The day I became an adult ... at the library.

• Sorry, the truth is not as nearly as scandalous as the title implies.
• Nonetheless, today I am officially an adult in the public library system.
• I have been an avid patron of the public library system since I was a kid and my mom would take me to Story Time.
• I have had a library card since I was 7.
• I have had my current library card since I was in the 7th grade ... when they upgraded from cardboard cards to fancy high tech laminated cards.
• I can remember when having to look something up in the catalog on the computer required you to, 
• for author type, "a:/ Last Name, First Name"
• and to look up a title type, "t:/ Title of Book, The"
• [... kids these days don't have to think.]
• I am a big fan of the library book sales.
• I have continued to check out books on a fairly regular basis.
• yet somehow my account was never changed from a juvenile account to an adult account.
• until today, when I was returning 2 overdue books, and a seemingly indifferent city employee said, "oh, we need to upgrade your account, I see you're not a juvenile anymore, and juveniles don't have to pay fines ... must have slipped through the system."
• you're tellin' me, lady.
• so there you have it 
• ... eligible for library fines,
• welcome to adulthood.

No List Friday

things go right when they could go wrong

Hot Child in the City

I am a big fan of New York. There are songs about NY that I really like, and there are songs that I would enjoy listening to while walking around the bustling city, like:

• Jay-Z - Empire State of Mind
• Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind Pt. 2
• Lady Gaga - Marry the Night
• Joe Purdy - The City
• Kings of Leon - Manhattan
• Local Natives - Wide Eyes
• Kid Cudi - Up Up & Away
• Hugo - 99 Problems
• Fitz and the Tantrums - MoneyGrabber
• Florence & the Machine - Cosmic Love
• Ace Frehley - New York Groove
• Nick Gilder - Hot Child in the City (thanks to Sex and the City)

No List Friday

From spring reading to summer reading; The Crying of Lot 49 has been a thorn in my side.

Recently ...

• I have been walking, a lot
• loathing running
• enjoying bike rides
• not reading
• accumulating library fines
• using said fines/ overdue books as motivation to finish books
• failing
• neglecting Life As List
• drowning my sorrows by creating a Tumblr

  

No List Friday

This time last year I was at Bonnaroo.  When I saw the lineup this year, I was less than impressed ... not to knock some of the awesome artists booked ... but I think it can't compete with last year.

HOVA

Life As List Seeks List

Confession: I am a sucker for a good list.

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