Musings of a DemonBrat

So with the latest round of people leaving LJ, I've started adding old LJ friends to my DW account. HI!

Four minutes into Castle and there's already been at least three Firefly shout outs!

If you like Anne of Green Gables, run (don't walk) over Archive of Our Own and read Tradition, and Its Reinvention by dollsome.  Anne's voice is spot on and Marilla and Rachel are also perfect!

So I've made it past the first round for a Digital Archivist job at a University.  Now comes the dreaded essay - "why do you want this job?"  Uh, because I'm unemployed and this is in my field and it's close to home??  Quite honestly, that is what it comes down too.  Anybody have any suggestions on how to be more tactful?  This is what I have so far:

The first thing that attracted me to this position was the fact that it was at {Blank}l University.  I am aware of the quality of {Blank's} employees, especially the library staff.  The staff at {Blank} University's library was always helpful in guiding me to sources I needed and suggesting sources that I had not considered. 

I am also attracted to the position itself and its challenges.  Increasingly, records are being created digitally and are never used “officially” in hard copy.  Businesses and archives are still determining best practices for preserving and archiving these digital documents.  The challenge of preserving these documents intrigues me, and has always interested me.  Two of my papers I wrote for my archives classes in graduate school at Dominican University addressed the challenges of archiving both “born digital” materials and the World Wide Web.

Thanks to everyone for the input on my laptop. I ended up getting a Sony Vaio from Best Buy (yes, I know BB is evil, but it came down to selection, price and availability). The best part was that I got one of BB "pre-optimized" laptops without paying for it. All that were left were the pre-optimized laptops, which I didn't want - I'm not paying $99 for someone to make back-up disks and install anti-virus software when I can do it myself! They offered to knock the $99 down to $59. I still said no and was ready to walk, so the department manager gave it to me for the non-optimized price.

So with the latest round of LJ issues, I saw a lot of my LJ friends list is moving to Dreamwidth/creating backup accounts, so I ran through the accounts that had Buffy listed as an interest and if I recognized a name, I added you to my circle.

OMG!!! I cannot wait for next season!