Thing #6: They'll Be Sorry!

Ok, guys. You are going to be very, very sorry that you encouraged me to learn about Flickr and mashups (such weird terminology) because I am having the best time you can imagine, and I have been sharing my fun all day with "Barry" and "LKP" and that other one! I had to print out the Wikipedia article and go through it with my highlighter at the ready, but the more I thought about it, the more sense it made :)

My favorite experience today was making the trading cards. I made two: Anime Librarian and The Singing Red Men in honor of my father's 92nd birthday on December 19th. I thought they would come out small like real trading cards, but the ones I printed out were almost 8 1/2 x 11. Perhaps I have overlooked the obvious.

As for library applications, I, myself, would not make trading cards of librarians, but I would teach students to make trading cards for authors, scientists, sports figures, Texas heroes, insects, animals, and the like. It sounds like a fun learning experience and would provide the students with a "showy" final product. Perfect for trading, awarding, collecting, etc.

My second favorite activity was making a jigsaw puzzle of my attack cat, Attila. I usually get up and walk with a friend for an hour before school, but we were rained out this morning, and I slept later than usual. When I opened the door, Attila stalked in. She was very hungry, very vocal, and very ticked off! When I turned around, she bit the back of my leg! (Yes, there is a point) When I created the jigsaw puzzle, there were chunks missing, and the caption read,"That was tasty. Got another puzzle?" It looked as if Attila had made a meal of it. I gather that if one is willing to pay almost $20.00, one gets all the pieces.

I am even enjoying my mistakes! That is as introspective as I get....

Things 3, 4, and 5: OMGoodness!

Where shall I start? With all the things I got mixed up on? The list is pretty long! Some people you just have to hit over the head or spoon feed! I prefer spoon feeding, but Vaughn might think smacking me is a better motivator! At any rate, she added a PowerPoint to help with behind the scenes "stuff" and put it at the bottom of the Blog Archive on Library2Play. She calls it "Other Help." Be sure to read it--first....

OK. Here goes. I thought I had completed my blog, but I needed to add a subtitle (haven't done that yet) and create an avatar. Hope you like it; it is my inner spirit. Scary, huh? Vaughn asked me how long I had been an Afghani accountant. Whoooooooooa! Be sure, in your profile, to select a country and a profession, or you, too, will be an Afghani accountant!

I explored Flickr, and I really need to keep working on that. I registered, decided on a password I hope I can remember, uploaded two photos of Attila, my attack cat, added the tags "cats" and "strays" and created a group called Grendel's Cavedwellers. I have invited Vaughn and my sister to join my group so they can say nice things about Attila. When I know more about this, I will invite the rest of you to join my group.

That's all for now. I am having a blast, but one reaches a point when taking some R & R is a great idea! I am eager to see how everyone is doing!

Thing 1 and Thing 2: Posting, Posting...Is anybody there?

Lifelong learning...well, we have all heard a lot about that these past few years. My assignment is to tell you which habit is easiest and which habit is the hardest for me. Ha! Most of the time Habit #1 is no problem for me. I get bored with inventory, so I do it back to front. I read the last chapter first and don't feel guilty. On a to-do list, I usually start with 10. In this case, however, Habit #1 is the hardest for me because I seldom begin with the end in mind. I live from day to day and moment to moment and probably have never had a goal that I could verbalize. My plans always went awry anyway. So--that is the hardest one for me.

The easiest is Habit #2. I have never had problems accepting responsibility for my own learning. I have a cousin who, when he moved to Alaska, told me he took advantage of every learning opportunity so that he could find work and be able to stay in a place he loved. I took that to heart and have always taken advantage of free opportunities to learn. It always becomes one more thing I know how to do. Besides, I found out that other people pay big bucks to learn what I am taught for free!

That's enough for a first post.