It's that time of year again, when I bring my mini Canadian flag to work and wave it about the office. Thanks to Liz who called me at 7:49 this morning to remind me of the holiday!
I've been away for the past little while, attending the ALA Annual Conference in Chicago. What a nice city (and I discovered Marshall's)
Highlights:
- being bumped off the flight to Chicago and getting a free roundtrip ticket for anywhere in the US and Canada - which somewhat alleviates the torture of being trapped on a plane sitting on the tarmac with no air-conditioning for two and a half hours on the trip back
- speaking to a very full, very big room about Generation X management styles, in the process freaking myself out because I do fit pretty much every stereotype of the group
- Seeing an omnimax film at the Museum of Science and Industry that was, I think, supposed to be about the human body and how it works and ended up being a very long pro-life commercial. I really don't need to see a Stepford wife lying on a couch caressing here barely-there bulge with a wistful smile on her face in full IMAX glory. The images of the inside of a person's stomach were cool, though.
- getting a Jane Austen bobblehead doll, an unabridged Laurell Hamilton novel on mp3 (and chatting with her husband), various other exhibit freebies, and so many free books that I had to ship them back to myself
- Wandering through the Field Museum and sneaking into exhibits that were closed (in our defense, we were not the only ones doing it), then topping the evening off with make-your-own ice cream sundaes
-watching Karen go crazy over the pressed penny machines - it's good she has a cheap obsession
- Riding the ferris wheel at Navy Pier and taking the river cruise architectural tour
Last but not least: 4 girls, 1 tiny hotel room, 1 even tinier bathroom, NO BLOODSHED!!
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Don't put away that flag! Frank McKenna needs you!
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