Librarianniversary

[starfishstar]

Today's the one-year anniversary of when I started at the school library where I now work, and my colleague the Awesome Librarian gave me a present: temporary "literary tattoos" of Sherlock Holmes quotes. Because he's awesome.

He said it was actually a goofy impulse buy, because he and his wife were recently at the local bookstore, running around and buying lots of little presents for people they know, behaving like kids in a candy store, except, you know, with books and bookish things (how to spot a librarian...) And he wasn't sure when he should give my present to me – until I mentioned that today was the anniversary of my start date, and he decided that between that, and it also being about halfway between the time of Krampus (he just discovered this German/Austrian/etc. demonic "bad cop" counterpart to jolly old St. Nick and is kind of obsessed with the whole idea) and then Chanukah coming up in late December this year...  So he printed off a little greeting card showing Krampus stuffing terrified children into a basket, and gave me the Sherlock Holmes temporary literary tattoos tucked inside that. :-)

Comments

[indybaggins.livejournal.com]

Temporary literary tattoos? OMG, that's a great gift! You should put some on for watching the new season!

[starfishstar]

I'm kind of terrified that the new series is going to break my heart in one way or another, and then I'll be mad that I wasted a perfectly good Sherlock Holmes literary tattoo on it... BUT, I am hosting a little 1st episode watching party w/ friends, maybe we should all do the temporary tattoos together. :-)

[gilpin25.livejournal.com]

He sounds incredibly awesome! What a great gift -- and aren't impulse buys often the best ones?

[starfishstar]

He really is! I was just saying to someone again recently that I took this job in large part because he seemed like someone I would want to learn about how-to-be-a-librarian from. And he totally has been!

[shimotsuki.livejournal.com]

The Awesome Librarian continues awesome! And congratulations on your librarianniversary.

One of my friends recently told me she may be moving to your town. I am trying not to be jealous. ;)

[starfishstar]

Thank you! And don't be jealous...just come visit! ;-) It really would be cool and strange and great to meet you in person some day. :-)