Now
Now
- bought a new-to-me car a few weeks ago and I’m really enjoying it
2020 Subaru Forester Sport, dark gray, orange detailing, black wheels with chunky all-terrain tires, and moderate acne from having been in a Texas hailstorm (saving me possibly $8-10 grand?)
- at work, keeping up with Sora collection development
new releases, renewals, keeping the hold ratios down
- also at work, cleaning up the catalog
fixing book series, building out records, which is a satisfying practice in the moment but feels possibly fruitless afterwards when having worked on it for an extended amount of time - like playing a video game? An arcane MARC record video game.
- getting ready to do a presentation at UCET+UELMA 2024: Cataloging Tips for Busy Librarians
which is super boring and nerdy, even for a library and edtech conference, but maybe useful? I was about to cancel out of anxiety, embarrassment, and laziness and not go to the conference, but when I saw 84 people had expressed interest in attending in the Sched app so far, and there just aren’t that many offerings for librarians, I realized I couldn’t flake out quietly.
- still trying to establish a sustained writing and learning practice in my “thoughtgarden"
what I call my Obsidian vault instead of a “digital garden” now, because its digital-ness is not the most essential thing about it)
- trying to re-establish a personal sharing and curation practice on this website
and likewise re-establish a professional sharing and curation practice with work colleagues
Next
- thinking about getting some gardening going
- thinking about going off on some kind of overlanding-ish adventure in my new car
- building out this website again
- reading a bunch of books, watching a bunch of movies
Linking
[ coming soon ]Listening
[ more ]
Playing
[ more ]
Reading
[ more ]
Watching
[ coming soon ]The 'now' and 'next' portions of this page were last updated on . (See my prior 'now' updates linked below.)
The Linking/Listening/Playing/Reading/Watching sections are or soon will be dynamically updated from my various activity logs, which can be accessed by clicking the '[ more ]' links to the right of the images.
Credit for the 'now' page concept goes to Derek Sivers. I tend to get aspirational when I update it, so I've decided to embrace that by adding a 'next' section.