"He seemed like a really nice European DJ with a face tattoo."

I'm having to re-scan everything I scanned at work yesterday. Lame! Photoshop tricked me into thinking it had saved my custom settings when it had not.

Over Thanksgiving weekend, I watched the so-far season of "The New Girl". I had heard good things about it and I am a fan of Zooey. Things I liked about it:
Zooey is funny.
Zooey's character's clothes are amazing.
The three fellas are (sometimes) funny.

But, I don't think these three things can save this show, yo. I'm not a tv show critic or anything...I don't even watch much tv at all because I only get one channel, BUT, there's not much of a plot on that show that I can decipher. I don't know. I think it's hard to create a truly eccentric character without making them seem unbelievable. Zooey's character is believable, and I actually don't think she's as weird as people have claimed she is. She just seems like a fun person that's slightly too open with her feelings. I really wanted to like the show, and I laughed. But I wasn't hooked on it. I volunteer to take all of Jess's clothes when the series gets cancelled, though.

I have a backpack brimming over with graphic novels today. Astro Boy, Cyborg lunch lady, the one about the girl that saves the books in Iraq, etc. My last assignment for Children's Lit was to create a library program for a group of kids. I picked the 9-12 age range and decided to do an entire program on graphic novels and basic cartooning. The gist is that we would look at graphic novels and see the different cartoon styles and the different plots and storylines for the novels, and the kids could share their favorites or be introduced to other ones that the library has in its collection. Also, an art teacher or cartoonist would come in and work with the kids to learn the basics of cartoon drawing and the kids could practice their drawing and create characters and things. I'm planning to read through a couple of the graphic novels before class tonight, just so I have a better idea of what I'm doing here. So, if you see a girl in bright red jeans reading Astro Boy (Volume 8) all by herself at dinner, say "Hey!", won't cha? I don't have to do this program in real-life. Just pretend do it. Which is good. I bombed the last presentation I had to do in that class. Bombed it hard.

It just occurred to me that I might not be assertive enough in certain settings. I'm not a super assertive person to begin with. I generally kind of go with the flow, or go it alone. I don't really put up much of a fight about things. Most things aren't worth fighting about, but sometimes...I think I should say more about what I'm thinking. Like, when this kid (who is very nice) is constantly using the computer I use at work to check his facebook,e-mail accounts, and chat on google plus. I just want to be like, 'Hey, I need the computer for work stuff, can you save the personal stuff for the library lab or your home?'. But I'm like, 'Oh, Hi! No, I don't need the computer. No problem. I'll go find some collections and be back later.' I mean, I don't want to go off the deep end and become one of those mean drivers who constantly is flipping people off on the highway. But, just a little more confident in my own abilities. So at least during presentations, when I mess things up, I don't go "Eeeek. This is a mess! Sorry! [exuding flusteredness]', but rather: 'Oops, that was a mistake. I meant to say...[oozing composure]' Hmm. I'm going to work on that.