Home today, trying to write. I’m not feeling confi…

Home today, trying to write. I’m not feeling confident as the weekend was shocking, productivity-wise. (I had fun taking pictures of stuff, though.)

Lay in bed this morning after the alarm went off, listening to Verbatim on Radio National and the story of Carmel Middletent. She told of the horrors she went through as a child so matter-of-factly I felt compelled to listen.

And this morning, playing with Google Notebook and bothering people via gtalk. Reading. Reminiscing.

Why did I ever volunteer to write not-one-but-two papers?!?

It looks kind of gloomy outside. Going to be wet and cool this week, apparently. The weather has been lovely in Perth for these last few weeks, but I suppose it had to end sometime.

I had lunch with a mentor, T, on Friday. I wonder if he still considers himself my mentor – I first met T oh, five years ago while I was studying for my librarian’s qualification. I had to do a practicum as part of a unit, and wanted to do my stint in an academic library. I ended up at his library (which should probably remain nameless). I enjoyed my time there as it was the first time I ever got to see the inner workings of a library – and despite the fact that I didn’t deal with any of the students, it did confirm for me that I wanted to work in an academic library. I was interested in the issues that came up, and the project I worked on (looking through and listing a collection of materials that had been donated to the library, in various formats including 3 1/4 inch floppy disks) started me thinking about information in digital formats and the potential problems we’re going to face (are already facing in some areas!) in coming years.

And my mentor? Well T was my ‘official’ mentor some years ago – after I graduated I joined the ALIA mentoring programme (and I don’t remember if I asked T to be my mentor, or if he volunteered) and we have continued to keep in touch although my membership of the mentoring programme has long lapsed. I still think of T as a mentor as our conversations are always useful to me professionally, and the projects he works in are always inspiring. Gushy, MentorsAreWonderful stuff deleted. Friday’s conversation sparked off a random thought about my blogging paper, which led me to do a bit of research over the weekend, and I’ve now sent M to get a copy of a 1986 article (hard copy only) from work for me.

Note to self: thank T in person next time I see him. (Even if he reads this here, which he might!)

I should of course knuckle down and keep working on that paper. I keep gazing out the window instead. And it’s almost time for lunch. And should I allow myself to log in to EverQuest II? (answer: NO!)

Edit 12:42pm: Hmm. I can’t believe I forgot to give this post a title. Never mind.

Categories: navel-gazing, procrastination