thoughts and rants

i kid, i kid.

but i just want to publicly thank a bunch of people without whom my degree would NEVER have been possible.

first, naturellement, to my hubby™ who loved me when i had no idea what i wanted to do with my life (and was doing very little), and who continues to support me now that i think the world is my frickin’ oyster and i am invincible. (i even have a superhero - you should too!)

second, to my bestest ever friend, who will remain an online-enigma, save to say that if Alexander McQueen ever went straight, she would be first in line to marry him. and he’d be one lucky dude to have someone so intelligent and creative at his side. velouria FTW!

third, to my rugby posse. who tonight surprised me not only with sushi and molson export (YAY!), but earrings from the Frank Gehry collection at Tiffany (love me some Frank) to celebrate my graduation. the card read:

with so much love & pride.
congratulations on everything amy.
love cathy, shelly, gij, susy and jess

given the accomplishments (leaving their rugby achievements aside) of these women (anyone need an accountant, social worker, teacher, graphic design firm owner, or philosophy professor?  just holler) i can’t believe they have the time to look out for me - but i know they always have my back.

and to my online network of librarians and ed tech folks. [i was thinking of linking each of your blogs to a word in the following paragraph - but i don't have enough words to thank everyone...] you played a significant role in my success in library school. i couldn’t find all the components of the professional network that i wanted to create from the peeps i knew in Montreal/at McGill, and all of you have managed to answer questions, lend support, tell me when i’m doing something stoopid, and share your lives. you are all part of one of my fundamental beliefs, that knowledge requires collaboration.

finally, there are many folks from grad school who made academia WAY more fun - you know who you are, JJaCL. the day-to-day would have been excruciating without you. i am forever in your debt.

but frankly it’s a welcome break from the icky-sticky heat we had in Montreal last week.

i’m pretty pumped about the SLA conference since this is my first conference where i am able to say that i am a librarian! (and no, i don’t just mean that in terms of having an MLIS now - let’s not open the whole M&S can of worms again - but until now i hadn’t even worked in a library. thus MLIS + working in a library = librarian, si?)

i’m helping my aunt setup the SLA Marketplace again (her store provides all the killer books sold at the SLA) but since i am an “award winner” (note to all SLA student group presidents - recruit lotsa students, get free registration & hotel at SLA!) i can also attend all the sessions that i like (in previous year i’ve worked at the Marketplace throughout the entire conference).

i’m going to meet up with some tweeps, the LSW SLA crew, and hit up the always-a-rockin’-time Canadian reception.

i’ll blog about the fun stuff. for the more professional stuff, i’ll probably keep that at amybuckland.info - i’m testing out separating my professional online life from this blog which is a mix of LIS and other stuff.

my bestest friend ever, kimi, treated me to a celebratory dinner last night - sushi and cake!

(i had to take the pic with my cell phone - hence the resolution.)

kimi rocks.

rockin’.

(more thoughts on being done with school - until i cave and do a phd - coming up soon.)

a wee bit outta control
a wee bit excited
and definitely supported by some good folks that won’t let me fly away

(thanks to jan, one great supporter, for sending me the pic.)

a bigger post will follow later this week (once i catch up on sleep and the job-that-pays-the-bills) but as of this morning, i am finished my master’s degree.

i’m a bit stunned that it’s suddenly over. leaving my job in vancouver to finish my undergrad so that i could go to library school - that all began 4 years ago!

finished undergrad, got into various grad schools, chose McGill, worked my tail off, joined waaaaay too many associations (though the people i have met makes it all worth it), did some decent school work, explored somefun tech, and now…

we’ll just have to see what happens.

so the new WP update is out and i’m dying to get it in place on this blog.
only i’m crazy busy trying to graduate.
so for the next two weeks, i’ll be running lame old WP 2.3.3. but soon…

i’ve just finished reading all the Movers & Shakers profiles.

my RSS feeder is now wonderfully full with the blogs of exciting folk in the LIS community.

so fortunate.

… except that i haven’t actually filmed the movie yet.

i’m a bit in awe to be included in the list of Movers & Shakers.

i can’t believe i’m on the same list as these people - all of whom i look up to for the amazing work they’ve done in the LIS field.

as for me, well, let’s just say, i guess i now really have to “do something!“

well the move from the free wordpress.com hosting to my own server space was not without multiple kinks.

basically: i shoulda paid more attention to my awesome web design professor. (the class was on monday mornings… which are frequently painful for me.) (most mornings are.)

the blog seems happy (phew!)

i have multiple plans for the space, but given the fact that i have six weeks until my degree is over, it’s not likely i’ll dive into much more than blogging and fixing up the homepage.

cheers all!