More specifically, I am a master's degree student in Library and Information Science at Syracuse University in New York.
I always knew that I wanted to do something intellectual. Of course, as a child, this meant that I was going to be an Indiana Jones-style archaeologist. Once I realized that the job description for "archaeologist" didn't actually include fighting Nazis, however, I decided to move on. Eventually my dream evolved into one in which I would be a teacher, but then something happened.
I moved into a house whose previous owner had been a librarian. She had died, leaving her extensive book collection behind. This was one of those houses where every wall was covered in books. I was surprised there weren't books lined up in the bathroom (there were, however, books lining the hallway.) Librarianship wasn't even something I had remotely considered until then, but this woman's life and living space fascinated me. I had just graduated college with a degree in East Asian Studies that I didn't know what to do with. The world was open to me, so to speak.
I spent a few more years debating whether I still wanted to be a teacher or whether I wanted to go into Library Science. Finally, I made my choice. It was kind of late to be applying to schools, but I scrambled around doing like a madwoman taking the GREs, securing letters of recommendation and finally sending out the applications. I applied to three schools, sat back and waited.
When I got the acceptance E-mail from Syracuse, I was shocked. This was by far my first choice school, the school I thought I had no prayer of getting into. Of course I was going to go!
So here I am.
In the interest of avoiding redundancy, I am just going to link to my Syracuse website, which has other fun info about me, like what mountains I like to punish myself by climbing and where my occasionally clever poetry has been published.
That's all for now!
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