#i worked at a library

[jakeperalta]

I'm curious. what job would you do if money was no object (you just automatically had an income you could live comfortably on)? including work like volunteering, studying etc. please share in the tags :)

#under this premise part time work is valid too! #personally i think i'd probably study. maybe do another masters maybe part time across two years this time #if i were to do a job job i think i'd try out working in a library (ideally an academic library). which would technically be more studying #since i'd need to get a library qualification first #i'm just very curious what people would choose if it was purely a choice of what appeals to you over the practicality/necessity #talking

[july-19th-club]

seriously have been thinking about this all night long. call me autistic but the fact that 90% of workplaces the point is not to get your work done and then be done doing it but to instead perform an elaborate social dance in which you find something to do even when you're done doing everything you need to do in order to show your fellow workers that you, too, are Working . because you are at Work . disgusting why cant we all agree that if there is no work immediately to be done. we just dont do anything

#i personally like to not be doing things constantly at all times. it stresses me out #i know there are ppl who thrive on cosntant activity #but me i like to chill out. #and the problem then becomes that i only ACTIVELY remember to do work and Find More Work To Do when im stressed #at the thought that others might want to see me working #if im ever relaxed i just dont look for stuff to do #catch 22 of modern work culture which permeates even ostensibly noncapitalist structures like public libraries #for instance: will it really kill anybody if the books get shelved by me now after a very busy day? #or shelved tomorrow morning by. well probably me since i'll be the one at the desk #not in the slightest #but it was work that wasnt being immediately done by me. therefore it was incorrect behavior #that i failed to identify because my instinct is to relax when not immediately presented with a Situation #this got me labeled as 'having no initiative' by my dad from a very early age #and even as an adult i still feel like im a child with no initiative

[anotherpapercut]

yesterday I went to a little meeting at my local queer community center and I was admiring their bookshelves and mentioned that I work at the public library and someone said "well I bet they don't have any [LGBTQ+ books] at our library" and I was like um. yes we do. we have tons of them. half of our employees are queer leftists so they said "oh well I bet they don't in [nearby rural county]" and I was like uh once again yes they absolutely do. gay people live and work there as well

so here's a quick reminder that if you don't think your local library has enough queer centered materials you should actually check before assuming, and if you're not satisfied with their collection you should submit a request for more such books. I don't know what the political landscape of libraries looks like outside the us rn, but within the us no matter where you are, I promise you there are employees at your library fighting for inclusion and intellectual freedom and they can't win without vocal public support

#literally maddening thing to hear #we were fucking at pride this year #i know missouri is a hell hole but there are people working really fucking hard to make it better and we could use some support here #just fucking go to your local libraries website right now literally right this second #and look around #you may be shocked at the stuff you discover there

[axiliern]

tim drake + bonus rotating tim ..........

#i went to the library w my friend to work on my portfolio #and i ended up animating rotating tim the entire time #here he is!!!!!! #idk how i ended up in dc. lord #tim drake #tim drake robin #red robin #dc robin #dc

[astorkes]

a kid needs to rest sometimes

check out my ko-fi shop, in a few days i'll be putting this (and more) up as printables🧐🥳

#oh i am miserable #end me #im in the library rn trying not to be a freak over trigun #it's not working #i wanna go home and draw more #trigun stampede #trigun #trigun stampede fanart #trigun fanart #trigun stampede wolfwood #wolfwood #nicholas wolfwood #nicholas d. wolfwood #wolfwood fanart #fanart #my art

[moist-von-lipwig]

the realest Discworld reading order is simply 'whatever the hell the local library has available, in whatever order it becomes available'

#the way i absolutely rawdogged the reading order because i would just grab whatever was in the school library... effervescent #and imagine my suprise when i went to another library and there were OTHER DISCWORLD BOOKS #i think trying to work out who the hell everyone is and where in the timeline u are is half the fun sometimes #Discworld

[fairydrowning]

"But there is a clarity about September. On clear days, the sun seems brighter, the sky more blue, the white clouds take on marvelous shapes; the moon is a wonderful apparition, rising gold, cooling to silver; and the stars are so big."

– Faith Baldwin, Evening Star

#finally it's September #last few days of August didn't go so quickly for me but rest the August literally give me so many happy thingss and memorieshaha #i hope you achieve what you want in this month and everything works out for youu #light academia #excerpts #fragments #poetry #books & libraries #romanticism #spilled thoughts #words #September #new month #september month #literary quotes #quotations

[literallybonkers]

I will love you in all my madness, and in all my fragile moments of sanity. I will love you from the cracks of my brain, and so wholly from the heart you healed.

#george and his charlotte i cant even- i simply just cant #bridgerton #queen charlotte #love #books & libraries #aesthetic #artists on tumblr #classic academia #original work #poemsociety #poetry #art #chaotic academia #dark academia #romantic academia #netflix #romance

[learnelle]

Trying to romanticise being stuck in stormy Paris weather, at least a 15 minute walk away from my metro stop. No umbrella, but happy to have a hot drink and colourful book.

#i used to listen to ‘rainy paris cafe’ background noise on YouTube while working- the vibe is not the same today looool #light academia #cottagecore #studyspo #dark academia #Studyblr #Chaotic academia #books & libraries #Paris #france #upthebaguette #Bookblr #bookish

[julijbee]

girlbossing too close to the sun.

#art #ive literally just been treating this game as a library simuator #i walk from bookseller to bookseller opening up all of their books #vivecs sermons are either a highlight or the point at which i stop reading #ive been trying to convince the ordinators that imitation is the highest form of flattery but it hasnt been working #let me wear your helmets please theyre so funny.. #posting morrowind in 2024 isnt a cry for help but youre not wrong to be concerned. #morrowind #almalexia #vivec #im going to explain the chitin armor give me a moment #so the bonewalker nerevar on the shrines is adorable and it was only after drawing it however many times that i realized #it looked relatively close to a modified chitin armor #and so i modified chitin armor a few times and this was probably the cutest result #i also know i drew almalexia relatively pristine and untouched by years and vivec not so much but my thought process was #vivecs role as if not a favorite then the most accessible divine or the most “hands on” in a manner of speaking #acting in ways visible to the general population or actions explicitly brought to their attention #like not that almalexia isnt doing anything she is #but the dissemination of information regarding that is very different etc etc etc #anyways to a certain extent a god is the face on a shrine or in art or upon a statue or carving #but vivecs presence is interwoven with the geography of vvardenfell especially and his actions and writings with pubished materials #and the arts and culture and customs etc etc etc #so to me the face of a god you know and feel a commonality with or a god that walks alongside you is a face you would recognize #and vivec is already otherworldly looking enough #the simple mark of the years on his skin in some way grounding him in reality felt more right #that and i think the ways in which he and almalexia care about outward appearance are slightly different- they prioritize different things #and the ways they present outward power and their embodiment of their respective attributes share some similarities as they both have that #important preoccupation with physical power and physical strength to a certain degree #oh my god nobody read this i am yapping so bad. #tes

[marzipanandminutiae]

me when the motion sensor light in the museum bathroom turns off while I'm on the toilet: dark academia

#museums #museum worker #museum work #(I will broadly count GLAM- galleries libraries archives museums -as academia for aesthetic purposes)

[liyazaki]

read the full article here

help fight book censorship

#i’m sorry (not sorry)- i swear this is the last one #i’m in near tears at work & i had to #grace linn #book banning #banned books #book censorship #libraries #public libraries #school libraries #censorship #florida #martin county #us politics #world war two #auschwitz

[hyakunana]

A Wizard and a Rogue walk into the Archive

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #larian studios #gale dekarios #astarion #house of hope #comics #fanart #enjoy this sort of comic production while i can now that the projects im working on are all paused together #no lil video to prove this occurence bc it was such a casual method at this point dfghjk #but it was funny to have separated these two in library and wyll and shadow rescuing hope #hope: wHERE'S THE HAMMER U DOOFUS / wyll: hold on my magic pockets are working on it #yes i've become what i feared: i've become an astarion main #it's against my nature to leave him at the camp in my durge run since she's the dex one already #Is pillaging the house of a devil a crime? experts weight in

[loktauri]

Tma au where nothing is wrong ever and Jon gets to pet as many cats as he likes

#tma #the magnus archives #jonathan sims #tim stoker #sasha james #its just an office comedy at this point #idk the horrors are still there but now it's the horrors of genuinely needing a masters for archival sciences #BE SO FR what the hells is the point of a masters #listen this is my gripe about the educational ladder you have to climb in order to even think about going to library sciences #and getting some sort of guaranteed work off it #oh martin got through alright by lying but he got real lucky with this boss being a literal cult leader #but nooooo I have to finish my bachelors and get another 30k or so in debt BAR student finance #as if med school isnt already a scam!!! #and furthermore-- #oh old art tag

[melusiiine]

i got my grubby little mitts on a commission slot by the magnificent @kabukiaku , the omega3 angst is perfection

#the band ghost #yes i commissioned some fanart for a long-form fic i'm working on #and really isn't that what the renaissance was about anyway #commissioning cool artists for art of one's silly little stories is part of the human condition at this point #a page from the library #the band ghost art

[spllwys]

endless ghifs 11/? ⛧ source — "I don't wanna end like this—"

#but the sting in the way you kisss meee #we are back to ghostposting! #i should be working but the fire alarm went off in the library so what can you do #work at home? nahh #lgifs #alltag #eg_series #ghost #the band ghost #papa emeritus iv #nameless ghouls #the source material was soo crusty i am actually thrilled with how these came out all things considered #added a bit of noise which is smth i started doing for s///up//ern- i cant say it #did not do many of those. just made some things for myself then ducked out #forgot about that trick until today #it really helps i recommend #just 1% to kind of hide the grainy smoke background #i don't know what i'm talking about ngl