Rose's Plan

[nfotxn]

I absolutely love the new job. I mean I am still treading water and trying to absorb the obscene amount of material that is being thrown at me. But instead of selling groceries I am involved in the maintenance of a collection of information pertaining to a topic I love: the city I live in.

Has anyone else ever realized something that should have been obvious from the onset? This happened to me today, something pretty large. See, I'm pretty passionate about my city. It has a long history as an underdog, sorta ravaged since the 1960s economically and just starting to get back on an upswing in the early 21st century.

I wouldn't have this job if it weren't for a tip from my friend Rose. I tell you she is one of the smartest people I know. When we see white light she sees a spectrum. Anyhow I didn't realize until I really started working on the job that Special Collections and the archives for the Hamilton Central Library is of course mostly to do with topics about Hamilton.

Um, duh?

I even honestly did the interview talking about how I was involved in activism and so interested in the city, the large crop of publications regarding it etc. Completely obliviously without targeting my responses.

So all along it was Rose's plan to get me into the job knowing it was involving something I'm passionate about. Most of our patrons are local writers, journalists, researchers and activists. I was actually recognized from my blog by one local art supply shop owner.

It's a good job, so far.

Comments

[backawayslowly.livejournal.com]

wow. I'm really psyched for you!

[lucentnotion.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new job BTW and I'm glad you're enjoying it. Many people rarely have the pleasure of a job like that!

[jongrizzman.livejournal.com]

I'm having a bit of a moment here... This job is going to make a major contribution to who you'll become in future, i can just tell by the tone of the post. Hell, i feel enriched already. I look forward to you dropping little snippets of knowledge about "The Hammer" in future.

Awesome.

[gusmacroy.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness someone is thinking about these things for you.

This sounds great, Brodie!

[teddyb.livejournal.com]

Congratulations on the new job, buddy. There's almost nothing better than finding a job that lets you do something you love.

Good for you, man!

[bigredlug.livejournal.com]

How the heck did I miss this news? Congratulations! I am really, really happy for you.

[emramesha.livejournal.com]

Archival work can be fascinating stuff, especially when it's about a community you love. I've only ever been a user of community archives in Brampton and London, but I love what you can find there and what you can learn about a past that can be very real to the local inhabitant of the area.

[bitterlawngnome.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad there's a Rose. And I'm glad it's working out for you. I love that Archive, I used to skip school to go there in grades 11-13, I'm so happy someone like you is working there now. Please keep your eye open for geeky 16 year olds skipping school and obsessing over the hawt librarian :)

[backrubbear.livejournal.com]

Brodie the librarian has a certain ring to it.