I'm Doing What Now?

I'm a geek.

Am I ashamed of this? Nope. I'm very proud of my geekiness and I make no excuses for it (mostly because I don't have any).  I love my sci-fi, my fantasy, and examining those things at every possible angle til your eyes get crossed.

Yes, it's a Swiss Guard with a lightsaber.
Your argument is invalided.

But I don't keep my geekiness reserved for just those things.  I geek out over my Catholic faith, and there is a lot to geek out over.  We got traditions (both big T and little t), sacraments, history, saints, and I could on and on.  But I won't here.

No, the place I will completely geek out on my favorite shows and the faith on The Catholic Geeks.

The Catholic Geeks is a collection of people who are Catholic, who are geeks, and who are (to quote the Scarlet Pimpernel) demned proud of it.

Will I stop geek out over stuff on this blog? No.  It just means that there will be more stuff by me to read in internetland.

Enjoy my first posting Scarlet Pimpernel, Vatican Style.

Next Big Step

I can easily say that for the past five years of my life I have felt stuck in rut.  Mostly in the job/occupation department. Combination of economy and choose of degree made for a very interesting job hunt to say the least.

So I have worked mostly part-time positions, with little possibility of upward movement.  One such position is a Library Assistant at the local library system.  I really do enjoy working in the library, and loved the time I spent in the archives.  It took me awhile, but I finally buckled down and signed up to take the GRE (Graduate Records Examination), which is like the SAT/ACT for graduated school.  Taking the test was a experience to say the least (don't bring anything to the test expect a form of ID, trust me).

My new school, see above

After looking at several school options I settled on the University of Alabama School of Library and
Information Studies and was just recently accepted into the program.  It was an adventure with what I, and the admissions counselor, call the 'Transcript Drama'.  Dun dun daaaa!!!!!

Let me explain . . . well sum up actually - there is too much to explain: in something that could be akin to a comedy of errors I had to get an unofficial copy of a transcript of a school that no longer exist.  Yeah, that was fun. Anyway, the program is completely online, except for orientation, so I can keep working to pay the bills and hopefully not take out another school loan.

This, while not difficult, took a long time for me to figure out.  The only regret I have is that it did take so long.  All I ask of people is that they keep me in their prayers as I go through this process.  I have done independent studies before, but nothing like this online schooling.  That's really the only thing I'm majorly nervous about, but it's life and I'm a woman, I need something to fret about. ;)

Wish me luck and offer some prayers!

Ready or not Alabama here I come!!!

Random Quotes

"I've been married to a dental hygienist for years and if you think I haven't heard "Use the Floss" you'd be mistaken."
-- Mark Hamill

"The simplification of anything is always sensational."
-- G.K. Chesterton

"That’s the real trouble with the world. Too many people grow up.”
--Walt Disney

"We cannot like everyone, but we can love everyone."
--Venerable Fulton Sheen