I have been very remiss in posting to this blog for the last few months. Ever since graduating from the iSchool I have been scrambling to get a job as a librarian, so far without success. I've applied to the community college (didn't even get an interview - a returning employee got the job), and am currently in the application process at WWU. Money is getting tight as my fellowship money runs out, and pretty soon I'll have to start paying back those student loans. But I try not to think about it too much.

Paul and I have another article out this month in Searcher, "A Failure to Communicate: Politics, Scams, and Information Flow During Hurricane Katrina". It made the cover and can be read online here.

I'm leaving for Hawaii tomorrow to present with Paul at the LOEX of the West conference "Information Literacy for a Lifetime". Our presentation is called "Letting the Grass Grow: Grassroots Information Blogs and Wikis". I'm excited and nervous about it, but not looking forward to the long plane ride and missing my family.

What else? I rode my bike in the Ski to Sea with Jittery Dog VII - a tough ride with lots of major muscle cramping, but I was able to average 20mph over the 36 miles, and I didn't throw up this year!

H's KAP performances went well, though she didn't make as much $$ as she wanted to - but her business is still fairly new.

The kids are all growing and changing every day, and I really love hanging out with them. They're great people.

OK, maybe I can manage to post here more often...