No, honest, at the library

  forty-one years and ten months of my life Subject specialist 33 years thousands of reference desk shifts forty-one years and ten months never called in sick on a weekend, ever hundreds of meaningless training sessions Chief Steward for Librarians Guild and Rank and FIle Steward for Central Library for six years Member in good standing Librarian's Guild entire career Was Young Adult Librarian for the History department until Fire Wrote five different articles about the fire and the pain of recovery in assorted publications The Communicator, Downtown News, LA Magazine, and USC School of Journalism. Interviewed extensively for Susan Orlean's "The Library Book"  Taught computer classes to public for six years. Had essay on inclusion published in Alternative Library Literature: A Biennial Anthology Survived the fire and unknown future for seven years, never knowing day by day where I would end up. Lived with debilitating bronchial conditions for two years from Fire clean...