Oldie But Goodie

We all have experienced that fulfilling moment were we received an acceptance letter from SLIS (School of Library and Information Studies) or a comparable library graduate studies program. My experience was pretty much no exceptions. It was memorable in several ways. So, I thought it would be fitting to revisit that moment before going forward with this blog. Yes, my next entries will focused more on current music and library trends.

Two years ago, I got accepted into SLIS (School of Library and Information Studiesl) back in the summer of 2008. My initial planned reaction was to run down the street butt naked screaming "!@#$%, I am going to be a Librarian".  But I digress. I simply looked to the heavens, smiled and then showed the letter to my family. Then later that day, I went to see some friends and hopefully find a few goodies at a yard sale. Well, most of the good stuff was gone. However, my friend who had the yard sale gave me a few video games, a copy of Apocalypse Now and a freaking Darth Vader helmet!!!

 

(!!!!Nerd!!!! )

You have no idea how bad I wanted to wear that thing out and drive down the street with it on. lol Nerd!!!!!!!! 

As such, later that night, I went to a coffee shop to hang out with few friends. Well, while there, a guy and a girl were on a 1st date. Nothing strange right? Ok, first of all, they sit down and he immediately starts going off on this tangent about how beautiful she was. Nothing wrong with that. But... he kept going on and on about it. He even asked the guys sitting around them if she was beautiful. All one guy could do was give him the Happy Days/ two thumbs up response.lol 

       

I sympathized with his nervousness because on my last date, I did the exact same thing up to this point. Let me stress; up to this point.  Anyway, he then starts going off on a rant about how awesome Alabama is. Nothing wrong with that. But his logic behind it was defiantly questionable. It pretty much murdered his chances of a furture date with this women. He said Alabama was awesome in that you pay lower property taxes and people are just nice. The property tax part is a sore issue because the potential revenue could go towards education. However, that is another story.

Then he started talking about education in general. He said if you go to school in Miami, which is where he formally resided, you would either speak Spanish or Black.

 

Yes, you read correctly. Black. I mean he went on and on as if all African Americans use a political incorrect form of English refereed to as Jive.lol I found his argument on language funny for obvious reasons. However, what almost made me bust a gut were the looks on all of my friends faces.  My friends around me who were all Caucasian, had a mystified look on their faces as if to say " Do you not see a black man sitting right in front of you?!!!!" I was just sitting there trying not to burst. lol I guess as a black man, I should have been offended. However, what happen next made his ignorant diatribe totally worth sitting through.  He got up and went inside to get something to drink. When he was safely inside, the girl was rolling her eyes speaking out loud " He is not the one, He is not the ONE!!!!" Anyway, after returning 6 minutes later, the girl got up and went to the bathroom. lol(evil laugh) Yea, you know what happened next. Two hours later and five minutes before close, he wondered where she was. I almost wanted to appease him and say "she was riding the toilet". But again, I digress, I just said she is somewhere inside. I was saying this as her car passed right by.lol This was my day was awesome. It showed me that librarians are needed to help the ignorant men learn how to find a book: Dating for Dummies. And last but not least, I am going to be a librarian. Yay!!!!!