The more parts of yourself you can afford to forget, the more charm you have. - F. Scott Fitzgerald

The holiday did not go as planned. Though I had a lovely time in SF with my sister, we walked all over the city and enjoyed ourselves immensely. Then we returned home and met up with my mother so we had a family holiday, though not the one intended. I look forward to the celebration of New Year's Eve, one of my favorites. I anticipate a bath with my Lush bath bomb (in Phoenix scent, how new year appropriate) and some champagne and an evening alone. Delicious. Oh, and resolutions. I LOVE making resolutions. Goes along with lists and the obsessive color-coded recording in my daily planner.

I have said before but I repeat, I love my job. Being a librarian makes me so very happy. Though I spent part of Saturday weeding the children's' reference collection and I am alternately aghast and amused at what I removed. Examples? A book about famous "Negro" achievements. Uh . . . I'm pretty sure that is no longer a socially acceptable term. And hasn't been for some time. Guess the collection was a little neglected. Also, there was a book detailing children's' festivals in "Brazil, Iran, Sweden, and the USSR". Where? That place no longer exists. Again, who is supposed to have been paying attention to this? But I am now, our collection will improve and I will continue to devote my time to the library services and literacy. Hooray!

Next on my agenda - begin to date. I am not sure how I will accomplish this just yet. I responded to an ad on Craigslist but I don't think she is quite for me. And my (probably unrequited) crush on Hemalayaa Behl will remain confined to her workout videos. What's a (femme-loving femme)girl to do?

"A girl doesn't read this sort of think without her lipstick". - Truman Capote

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. - Jorge Luis Borges

I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a good book. - Groucho Marx

My last day at my current library. A little sad but inwardly I'm rejoicing. I dressed up for the occasion, my 3-inch heels making me an even six feet and my new Red Velvet Cake gloss flavoring and coloring my lips. Today I am super femme librarian! But this next step is only a brief one, I will become a reference librarian here in Las Vegas only temporarily because, to my immense pleasure, I have succeeded in securing the position I wanted in Northern California! I have not yet informed my new boss of this development since I am not sure of the exact date but it seems I will be moving in mid-October.

My visit to the area and my interview happened at the beginning of this week. I spent some time with my mom doing girly things like getting pedicures and buying some gorgeous shoes (including a pair of spike-heeled ankle boots that make me salivate just mentioning them). The library interview was hours of meeting with different people throughout the main library and answering endless questions. My faux storytime and book discussion went well and I was able to introduce some of my new coworkers to "New Socks" by Bob Shea, a great book to read to kids and very funny. Most of my time was spent wandering through the various libraries in the city and checking out the facilities. Such a library geek, even on vacation I tour them. I find that I really love the area, they have a much bigger gay community and tons of museums/venues/fun things to do. Basically the anti-Vegas.

Some fun things about my trip:
1. Meeting my gramma Jewel - in her 80s (though you would never guess) and she welcomed me into her house and tried to fatten me up
2. Tasting the food at an Afghan restaurant - mmm, rosewater and cardamon pudding!
3. Sharing red velvet cake with my mom at the dessert diner
4. Curling up with my mom's cat since I missed my own while I was gone
5. Meeting a high school friend of Mom's - they have a ranch in the middle of the city, horses and everything!
6. Getting out of Vegas and relaxing for awhile

Now I have to start packing and preparing to move. Which will be happening around the same time my best friend is getting married. Celebrations all around!

Don't join the book burners. Don't think you're going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they ever existed. Don't be afraid to go in your library and read every book... - Dwight D. Eisenhower

When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one. - Mark Twain

Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. - Socrates

I went to visit an old friend at B&N yesterday. While we were chatting, a customer came up and as she was helping him, he turned to me. "Can I give you a compliment?" Uh, sure? "You are perfect", he said. "I don't know if it's your clothes, your face, your body, but you are perfect." I thanked him and he left the store with the item you purchased. In telling this story to friends, some people think it is totally creepy and others think it is very kind. I was flattered and pleased to receive such a lovely compliment on my birthday and he was not slimy or overbearing in the least. Unlike some encounters . . . When Jane and I went to see local punks The Objex play a show, a drunk frat-type sidled up next to us. (The type I have nicknamed "terminal preppie" from the Dead Kennedys song of the same name) He began asking if I'd like a drink/dance/to go out sometime. I replied that I was flattered but that I am gay. He looked me up and down and provided this oh-so-charming rejoinder: "Why women? You're so attractive." Excuse me??? A girl would only be gay if she were too ugly to get a man? Fortunately Jane hustled him away before I made him permanently sterile but this is such a common problem for femmes. Just because a girl wears lipstick and heels, reveals some cleavage or likes to wear skirts, does NOT make her heterosexual. I have been reading articles about this on Sublimefemme Unbound and Femme's Guide to Absolutely Everything and they seem to be in agreement. I love being gay, I love pretty girly women, and I love to wear heels. Anyone who wants to make assumptions about me because of it should think again. I won't even start on the librarian sterotypes.

The Bible contains six admonishments to homosexuals and 362 admonishments to heterosexuals. That doesn't mean that God doesn't love heterosexuals. It's just that they need more supervision. - Lynn Lavner - as published in PFLAG

We've kept the good old vices and labored to invent a few, With cake in vulgar surplus we can have it, and eat it too. - Toy Matinee

This is a gift from my coworker and friend, an ideal treat since I hate chocolate and this is a pair of adorable *pink* cupcakes with "perfect pink icing" and "petite pink curls". This the femme-iest girliest dessert I have ever seen. I squealed delightedly but only managed to devour one of them on my lunch break. Delicious! I am such a lucky girl.