Good news on the job searching front:  The South Bend people were interested enough in my resume to actually send me an application packet!  OK, I know this is a far cry from actually getting the job, but stil...it means that they know I exist.  Unlike IU...and the Indy library system who are pretending that I never applied for positions at their respective institutions.

At this point, ANY library is looking better than MCPHell.  On Sunday, some asshole actually yelled a string of german-sounding words and "sieg heiled" me in response to me doing my job and enforcing a library policy.  And in this case, it was a pretty obvious policy...one that rarely gets an adverse reaction out of people.  I don't know why, but having this guy mimic a Nazi stormtrooper really bugged me.  Oh wait.  I guess it's pretty obvious why that would upset me.   In reality, this guy was just being more literal than the rest of the disgruntled people I have to deal with.  They all, in some way or another, accuse me of being as cruel and unreasonable as--oh I don't know--a fascist dictator?  I'm so sick of it!!  I feel like I fight dozens of futile fights during an average work shift.  And I don't think I get much accomplished for all of my efforts at trying to be even a moderately competent worker. 

I just want to work a reference desk somewhere where I won't really have to spend so much time being the bully/bullied anymore.  It just gets to be so overwhelming sometimes.  And I've been doing it too long.

On a lighter note (or perhaps this is just further proof that I'm close to completely losing it), there is a new version of 13 going on 30 out.  It's the "Fun and Flirty" edition.  Does that fact that I want to see this make me a bad person?