Santa Fe Update
Jan. 6th, 2009 06:52 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
swordmageSo, thus far, Santa Fe has been very good.
I use that last bit rather loosely - we're moving along quite well on what we can. It turns out that a large amount of stuff that should be here, isn't. We have all decided that "clusterfuck" is a good adjective for it. There are files missing, artifacts that seem to have wandered off, and lots of other stuff that's a bit wrong.
This means it's quite possible everyone will be heading home on Friday at various times.
Bright side though, I am learning quite a bit. Sure, I've been vacuuming books, which is (and everyone admits it) somewhat tedious. But, I'm getting a better idea of collection management and the internal chaos that comes with bureaucracy. ok, maybe that last one isn't as relevant to the field, but it's useful. When we get back to Tucson, Lynn (the head of our department at WACC) is going to do the letter of rec for me (yes!). Even though I've got two from professors, I think hers will help - as I'm really hoping I can stay with them and she's got a good idea of what I've been up to and why I'm qualified.
Plus, it's been really nice hanging out with the archivists and stuff. I've been introduced to sopapillas (where have you been!?) and blue corn tortillas (yum!). The Winter Ale at the place we went to Sunday night wasn't too bad, but we all agreed it wasn't spicy enough and we wanted more of the advertised flavors. Conversation has usually been quite amusing - the misspent youth of some, music, general chaos of other NPS jobs, etc. I've been quite enjoying it all. On Thursday, while the movers are here - Katie (the other student worker) and I are going to hit the Plaza area of Santa Fe. This is because we've never been here, and Lynn and Tef have decided it would be a good thing for us. I'm all kinds of pleased - particularly as in driving to the restaurant last night we passed a place that specializes in Spanish food and cookbooks. I kind of want to check it out...
I use that last bit rather loosely - we're moving along quite well on what we can. It turns out that a large amount of stuff that should be here, isn't. We have all decided that "clusterfuck" is a good adjective for it. There are files missing, artifacts that seem to have wandered off, and lots of other stuff that's a bit wrong.
This means it's quite possible everyone will be heading home on Friday at various times.
Bright side though, I am learning quite a bit. Sure, I've been vacuuming books, which is (and everyone admits it) somewhat tedious. But, I'm getting a better idea of collection management and the internal chaos that comes with bureaucracy. ok, maybe that last one isn't as relevant to the field, but it's useful. When we get back to Tucson, Lynn (the head of our department at WACC) is going to do the letter of rec for me (yes!). Even though I've got two from professors, I think hers will help - as I'm really hoping I can stay with them and she's got a good idea of what I've been up to and why I'm qualified.
Plus, it's been really nice hanging out with the archivists and stuff. I've been introduced to sopapillas (where have you been!?) and blue corn tortillas (yum!). The Winter Ale at the place we went to Sunday night wasn't too bad, but we all agreed it wasn't spicy enough and we wanted more of the advertised flavors. Conversation has usually been quite amusing - the misspent youth of some, music, general chaos of other NPS jobs, etc. I've been quite enjoying it all. On Thursday, while the movers are here - Katie (the other student worker) and I are going to hit the Plaza area of Santa Fe. This is because we've never been here, and Lynn and Tef have decided it would be a good thing for us. I'm all kinds of pleased - particularly as in driving to the restaurant last night we passed a place that specializes in Spanish food and cookbooks. I kind of want to check it out...
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Date: 2009-01-07 02:18 pm (UTC)Blue Corn Tortillas are a little harder to find, but possible. But I'd say the one thing you need to do while out there is eat more chilis. Get the chili relleno at as many places as you can!
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Date: 2009-01-07 02:21 pm (UTC)I like ordering things Christmas style - red and green makes a nice contrast....
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Date: 2009-01-08 01:23 am (UTC)