Ah, expectations
I remember when I was going to update this blog like a fiend. Yessir, I was going to jump headfirst into the realm of Librarian blogs and make a name for myself.
Heh. That worked well.
The problem has been, of course, that I habitually bite off more than I can chew. Last semester’s “two jobs, three classes and a practicum” debacle was a good example; though I think I got a remarkable amount out of all of it, all things considered. Still, the fact remains that, although I’d like to blog regularly, I don’t necessarily have the time to do it and even if I did I’m not sure what I’d say.
Part of this is that I feel to some extent that I’m not qualified to talk about much. That seems to be changing, though, as I become more comfortable with web programming, databases and other aspects of system librarianship (do you realize that, until 5 minutes ago, this blog was called “Metadan”? As though I know anything about metadata!). It’s interesting to see how different my expectations were coming into library school — that I’d be an archivist specializing in metadata, having written a thesis on it — and what has actually happened; namely, that I’m very proud of my accomplishments but have again embraced my geeky nature over everything else. I hadn’t done much of anything with coding since my ill-fated stint as a computer science major, but I do really enjoy it. I have some projects, mostly hobbies, in the works and hopefully they’ll turn out well.
I was considering tearing this blog down, calling it a failure and moving on. However, I might actually have contributions to make now to the blagosphere, so I think I’ll ride it out. I’ll need to update the theme (probably from Beast-Blog to Beast-Blog 2.0; and Mike, I swear I’ll try not to butcher your graphics this time) and so on, but that will take all of five minutes.
See you in six months, internet.