I've finally had thoughts

Hello everyone,

It's been awhile since I've been on here. I've finally had some thoughts to post, well not many. I've not been up to much since I last posted something on here.

I went to Glacier National Park earlier this month http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan/sets/72157607560076965/

The weather was clear for the most part, but very windy. I stayed at the Many Glacier Hotel and it was so windy, that shingles started blowing off the roof there. I didn't see as many animals as I would have liked there, but I did in other parts of Montana and Idaho, to see pictures of them, please go to my Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan

The Sounders FC are in the final stretch of their season. They have just a couple of more matches left and I'm thinking that they need at least 4 more points to have a realistic shot at the playoffs in the MLS. Hopefully they will get them. It may come down to their last match of the year which is a home match. They've not been playing well at home lately, but hopefully they will pick up points on the road. They seem to have been playing in peaks and valleys all season and right now, they seem to be in a valley.

Thanks for reading my blog. Hope you all have a great day.

Random thoughts

Today I practiced some more on the databases that we use here at work, this is once the internet was up and running properly, nothing like trying to train on internet databases when the net isn't working.

I'm looking forward to the Chelsea - Sounders FC match on Saturday. This should be a great match. The Sounders FC are on a roll, they played fairly well against Houston at Qwest on Saturday in the win. Hopefully they can continue this nice roll they have been on in both MLS play and Cup play. They have a rematch against Houston on the 21st of this month at Starfire in Tukwila, this time though it is a semifinal match in the Cup play. I'm thinking both teams will be fielding squads mainly comprised of first team players or as close to it as they can get. The starting XI was announced today for the MLS All-Star match against Everton. Kasey Keller and Freddie Ljungberg were both named starters. I'm guessing that there might be one or two more Sounders FC players named in the reserves.

The Mariners have hit their All-Star break on a nice roll. They are a few games above .500 for the season, which I don't think anyone would have thought would have been possible. I think there have been some nice additions to the teams leadership and younger players being given a chance to play. Hopefully they can keep it up for the second half of the season.

Thanks for reading my blog. I've posted some more pictures at http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan I hope to put up some more this week. I've also had some professional interest in my work this week, hopefully I'm not too late in getting back to the people about it. More on that my next posting.

Vacation Pictures

Hi all,

I'm back from my vacation. I have put up some pictures and videos from it, but not all of them. Here is a link http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan I hope you all have a great day.

Practice Training

This week we are starting a new training program. I chose how to try and find information on the Novelist Database. It looks like a fun way to look things up, very comprehensive, read-a-likes, etc. I think with some more practice on this database, I could like using it regularly.

I had an evaluation today. It went fairly well, although, I feel like I am stuck between a rock and a hard place. I am a very, very shy person. No matter how hard I try, I can't overcome it. I feel like in order for me to continue working, I have to overcome it. My shyness torments me and now I have to decide if I should continue working in a profession that I thoroughly enjoy or try and find a new job or a new place to work. I don't know what to do. Maybe I'll feel better after my time off, I'm not sure. I'm not really sure of what to do. Either I come to work and continue to feel physically sick as I try and overcome what causes me this distress, trying not to be myself, which is being quiet and shy or giving it up, being able to be myself and not working in a job that I enjoy. I enjoy helping people, that's why I chose this profession. Maybe it's not the profession for me anymore. I only know I can be myself and not something else, otherwise I don't think I can be happy.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. I'm going to be taking a bit of time off so I won't be blogging again for awhile.

Photos and sports

I had a friend on here, LibraryChic2 http://librarychic2.blogspot.com/ show me how to put some Flickr photo badges on here. I'm an avid photographer and would love to make it a profession. Hopefully one of these days I will. She has a great blog and some cool photos on their blog.

Hopefully the Sounders FC will beat Chivas USA tonight down in Carson, CA. They have had a handfull of draws in a row, which is better than losing that many games, as picking up points on the road is a good thing, but that many draws at home, doesn't make the home crowd as happy, although the crowds are still into the matches and the atmosphere is incredible there. I can't wait for the friendlies against Chelsea and the UEFA Champion's League Champions Barcelona this year in Seattle.

Thanks for reading my blog. I'll blog more when I have the time. Take care and I'll blog again soon.

More Random Thoughts

Today, I am back in training, not for a fight like Rocky, but trying to improve myself as a library employee. I am going back into the training module and looking at things that I might have over looked or didn't get a chance to take a look at. I'm looking at an e-book site, I found an interesting book, although I'm not a member, so I can't download it http://www.archive.org/details/photographyinstu00estauoft Being an avid photographer, I can't even imagine what it would have been like to have had to do all of the work that went into photography in the 1800's. I'm quite happy just to press a few buttons on my camera and get into a setting that I want. Having to create the formulas to develop the pictures would be a task as well. I had friends who took photography in High School who learned how to develop their own pictures. Now with digital cameras, you just look at what you've taken on the camera, a computer or plug the card into the TV, if you have a newer TV. I recently got a new Kodak digital camera. I am enjoying it so far, I've put up a few pictures on my Flickr page http://flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan I took some more over the weekend and hope to get them posted this week sometime. I've tried putting in some other authors and/or titles, but I keep coming up empty. I must either be inputting the information incorrectly or I must be choosing authors who aren't overly popular or who don't have the title that I am looking for available electronically. I just tried the Google Book Search http://books.google.com/advanced_book_search it has books available online, but some of them aren't available completely online, pages are omitted, but at least it is better than nothing. I chose some obscure authors and/or titles and it was able to find them, albeit with the above limitations.

I've decided that YouTube can be fun, lots of interesting videos are on it, although the quality of some them are poor. Here are some more finds that I enjoyed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VofXdFNuI3U http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGE8wVTvHF0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0X-t4en2wPE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9BQBa45IOiY I've not had a chance to watch them completely, so I don't know if they are complete or not.

I also like music as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JK2hKzZss5Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW3Risxm6PY I've had the opportunity to see Sir Paul three times in concert and I hope to be able to see him again, as he puts on a great show. This song I've not seen him perform live, but it is one of my favorites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsWufNDJl4M

I did buy some books over the weekend, but I forgot to write down their ISBN's or the titles to input them into my LibraryThing account http://www.librarything.com/catalog/tbirdshockeyfan I'll have to add them in the next few days. It's quite nice having an online account for my books, as I am an avid book buyer, and I hate buying the same ones more than once. I saw a title this weekend at a store, I thought I owned it, but the cover looked different. I checked out my account on LibraryThing and saw that I already owned it, thus saving money and time, by not having to return it to Seattle.

I've learned much over these past 9 or so weeks. I hope that I'll be able to remember it all, especially my user names and passwords, as they all are different, so that will be a big challenge, as to trying to remember what goes with what account, especially if I don't use them on a regular basis.

Thanks for taking the time to read my blog. I hope you have a great day!

Internet Rantings

This week is going to be a collection of miscellaneous thoughts. First off, I did some searching on YouTube and found some interesting sites including several on Eric Clapton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8wbTHzNcQQ and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_av4Vz3BfcQ I've been lucky enough to see Eric twice in concert up in Seattle. I'm hoping that he comes to Seattle at least once more. I'm also a Carlos Santana fan. I've seen him twice as well. I found this clip on YouTube as well, it's his performance from Woodstock, one of the greatest live performances, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnamP4-M9ko The last time that I saw Carlos was at the White River Amphitheatre. When he played this song, he used clips from this footage up on the screens next to the stage, it was something to see. I was quite happy that this last concert that I saw of his, he played a nice retrospect of his career, including many of his hits from the late 60's and early 70's.

Like most things on the internet, there are good things and bad things. YouTube can be a fun place to explore and see what people have posted. Some of it fun and interesting to look at and others boring and uninteresting. I have some experiences with Podcasts from work. They can be quite useful, it allows someone to be trained without having to leave where they work. If something isn't understood, you can just replay the podcast, until it is understood.

I have discovered that someone down in Reed College, Portland, Oregon has taken a picture that I had used on my Flickr site http://www.flickr.com/photos/tbirdshockeyfan and claimed it as their own. Needless to say I was quite upset when I discovered this. I only found out about it, as I was looking at my Flickr site and discovered an odd URL that someone had used to look at my picture. I was surprised to see the blog that was written about the picture. The blogs author at least linked the picture back to my Flickr site, but what they wrote irritated me. So far nothing has been done, although I have now de-linked the picture so all that they have on their post is a space where it says the picture is currently unavailable, although if you click the spot where the picture is suppose to be, it still takes you to my picture and my Flickr site.

Today's UEFA Champion's League Final looks like it was a great game to watch. I can't wait to go home and watch it. I was torn over who I wanted to win. Man. U a team I have seen in Seattle and cheer for in the EPL. They were trying to become the first back to back champions since A.C. Milan in the late 1980s. Barcelona won, which means that when they come to town in August to play the Seattle Sounders FC, I'll be watching the reining UEFA Champions League Champions play, that will be a very cool event indeed.

This is the last week's worth of training, so I'm not sure if more training is going to be coming in the future, if there is, I'll be blogging on here about that. If there isn't, I might just blog about sports on here, thus my reason for giving the blog its title. Hopefully the M's will pull out of their funk and get back on track. Seems like when the offense is clicking the pitching needs help and vice versa. Just like the old days with the M's, one part got fixed and the other became broke, oh well, a true fan supports their team whether they win or lose, no matter how badly they play. Go M's!

Thanks for taking the time to read my thoughts and hopefully looking at the links I have been providing.