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This Will End in Tears: The Miserablist Guide to Music by Adam Brent Houghtaling
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I read through this miserabilist book at random, mostly because I didn't know some of the artists but I wrote down the names of topics of interest (i.e. Breaking up, breaking down, cheating, divorce, decay, disintegration, self-harm and disease). It is funny because I am actually finding a lot of my favorite introspective artists in here (:

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Patron of the Day

As some of you may know, I also clerk at the library. So, today I was at the circulation desk when a lady and her child zoomed past a line of two people waiting and approached my desk…

Lady (in a rush): Hi, my card isn’t working.

Me: You know, you just cut those people off in line.

(I gestured to the woman next to us.)

Lady (not looking up at me): Oh.

Me: Ok, you see that sign over there… (waiting for her to look at me or the sign… then FINALLY looks up)… that’s the line, and you just cut in line in front of those people.

Lady (irritated): Well, I didn’t see her.

(I looked over to the next person in line who is now being helped by my co-worker)

Me: You say your card isn’t working?

Lady (looking at me now): Yes. I don’t know why.

Me: It isn’t working because you owe fines that add up to X amount of dollars. You need to pay some of it to checkout.

Lady (mad): I don’t have the money right now.

Me: Then I can’t help you right now.

Lady walks away sad.

Karma.

Cats Storytime!

I didn’t get 1…or 2, BUT 3 HUGS today at storytime.  We had taken a couple weeks break, and tonight was my first night back.  Tonight’s storytime was one of my favorite animals- CATS! (:

Setlist:

*(book) Grumpy Cat

*(flannelboard) Hey Diddle Diddle

*(action) Can you do sounds like a… cow, chicken

*(movement) Chicken Dance!

*(action) sounds like a… pig, dog

*(book) What Will Fat Cat Sit On?

*(flannelboard + paint bucket) Rainbow Kittens

*(movie) Katie loves kittens!

*cat stickers!

Othologies

Patron-of-the-Day:

A polite young boy came up to the desk inquiring,

“Do you have a list of all the othologies?”

He explained to me how he read almost all of them.

“I found Dragonology (he’s read it), Pirateology (read it), Mythology…”

The boy’s eyes got really big with this title.

“Oh! Do you have that one- Mythology?”

I told him to follow me, we went into the stacks where the immortals lived- Zeus, Hades, Prometheus, Aphrodite, etc. As we were approaching the big book, he started saying,

“All of my friends have almost read this book…” (I love how kids get all passionate about things.) “THERE IT IS! THIS IS SUCH A RARE FIND!! THANK YOU!!!”

I was very pleased to have found this treasure for him.

BUGS! Storytime

Tonight’s storytime theme was BUGS…eww. I asked for a very brave volunteer from the audience, whom I was going to cocoon, and then all of a sudden all these kids started raising their hands, so I picked a girl, but then there was already a boy standing right next to me. I told him he could help me toilet paper the girl into a cocoon which he was so excited that he almost started wrapping all the way up her head, and I had to tell him that she needs air to breath, so I had him stop at the chin.

Everybody watched in anticipation. Then I told the girl, “Spread your wings, come out of your cocoon!” and the whole audience went, “Yay!” and clapped. Then we all pretended to play with butterflies as I threw scarves into the audience…

BUGS Storytime set list:

*The Very Hungry Caterpillar (book + flannelboard pieces)

*Cocoon! (toilet paper + child)

*Butterflies (song + scarves)

*”Two Little Blackbirds” (song + puppets)

*”Head, Shoulders, knees and toes” (song)

*”Itsy Bitsy Spider” (song + puppet)

*Polliwog + Caterpillar (movie)

*butterfly stickers!

Casual Gamer Gina Reviews Super Mario Bros. Games!

The weather has been colder, and Casual Gamer Gina has been staying indoors mostly playing video games...

Mario Party 9 Wii Game
I have played Mario Party games ever since they were on the N64, and now for the Wii you get 80 all-new minigames! Play the minigames solo or in a group. Whomever collects the most MiniStars on the board game is the Superstar! I would say the boss battles were more fun when you played with friends.

Mario & Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games 3DS Game
As a fan of both Mario and Sonic, this sports game was a hit. There are a couple of options to play the Olympic games in single, multiplayer, or story mode. In story mode, Dr. Eggman (Sonic game) creates so much London fog that they’ll have to delay the Olympics. You could also play minigames alone or in teams with your favorite characters from the Nintendo and Sega franchise. It’s interesting that the characters talk after winning/losing a game, but they resort to just grunts during cutscenes. The dialogue in the story mode is quite funny. My favorite player to be is Luigi because whenever he wins 1st place, he busts a breakdance move!

Mariokart DS DS Game
 Mariokart is a pretty fun arcade game, and now you can get it handheld with all the same action. I don’t mean to brag, but I am always first place as Princess Peach.

The Art of Video Games Book
 Are video games art? For those who could not make it out to one of the 10 cities featuring The Art of Video Games National exhibition, you can read about the art of games since the 1970’s Atari system, and all the way to the Playstation 3. I’d recommend this book to gamers of all levels, who appreciate the graphics, storytelling, music, and cinematography of video games.

The Wizard DVD
 Starring a very young Fred Savage, this movie tells a story about a boy who is a video game wiz, who gets a high score on everything he plays, and travels with his brother and friend to a LA National Video Game Championship. The Super Mario Brothers 3 game is featured.

Wonderful World of Disney Games!

For this blog, I will be shortly reviewing video games, along with some other titles that may be of interest to those who like these games.

Disney Epic Mickey Wii game

Mickey has gotten into a painting mess, and now has his magic brush to make everything right. The first thing I noticed was how dark this Disney game was. It had a darker mood and was a little bit more challenging than another Disney character filled game- Kingdom Hearts. The controls were a little interesting, especially with the nunchuk to navigate Mickey around. It was difficult for me to control Mickey whenever the camera angles would change, but it was done for artistic value. It was funny how Mickey opens treasure chests like in the Zelda games. The music sounded like a Danny Elfman soundtrack, which I loved! Overall, I’d recommend this game to anyone who would love seeing Mickey Mouse go on a magical action adventure inspired by real Disney cartoons.







 The Nightmare before Christmas DVD

Not only is this a great Halloween movie, but it is also a dark and unusual Christmas movie.











  Best Of Boingo CD

Before Danny Elfman did music soundtracks for Tim Burton movies (like my favorites Edward Scissorhands , Batman Collection , Pee-Wee's Big Adventure) he also was apart of an eccentric 80's group. 










Alice's Adventures in Wonderland ; And, Through the Looking Glass Book

The original and sequel to Alice in Wonderland’s magical story by Lewis Carroll.











 Kingdom Hearts Graphic novel

Those who enjoyed the game can now read about Sora while he explores a new world, meets some new friends, runs into some familiar characters, and joins a quest to help his friends and find the King! Stay tuned for Epic Mickey 2 for all consoles, as well as the 3DS coming soon!