Author Archives: A Dreamer

The broken blog isn’t broken anymore!

Posted on January 3, 2015 by A Dreamer

CafeChatNoir.net is back!  And the first post even has the wrong damn date because I didn’t get the time zone set right! I’ll still be blogging here – the now not-busted blog with be a creative space for me, and … Continue reading →

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Year in Review Time!

Posted on December 31, 2014 by A Dreamer

Yeah, I didn’t think about until today… 2014 has been nothing short of a blur. And maybe a little flat. I guess that is life when you get older, right? But I have pictures.

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Happy Boxing Day

Posted on December 26, 2014 by A Dreamer

And, no, it does not mean you can punch a relative.  Nor does it mean box up the stuff that wasn’t quite right and take it back to the store.  It’s when folks got their Christmas Box, aka, Christmas bonus way back in … Continue reading →

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My wish for you this holiday and for 2015

Posted on December 25, 2014 by A Dreamer

That you find the time and means to occasionally step back from the world and take care of yourself. That you find justice for your losses. That you fight for yourself and others when they (and you) need it the … Continue reading →

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Police Deaths and the Ferguson Protest Movement

Posted on December 21, 2014 by A Dreamer

I haven’t written much at all on the Ferguson protest movement, but I have been following it (and supporting it) closely since August. The violent deaths of two police officers in NYC last night is nothing short of a tragedy. … Continue reading →

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So, what now?

Posted on December 11, 2014 by A Dreamer

Sent off my final write up for my archives class this morning. 9 pages of “what I did at the archives!” (Seems that spending 70+ hours in a bar and new BRAND NEW work environment will give you a lot to … Continue reading →

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One down, one to go…

Posted on December 9, 2014 by A Dreamer

The digital final is done!!  2,811 editions of Eleanor Roosevelt’s “My Day” column turned into text files, thrown into the topic modeling blender and some pretty charts spit out in the end. Archives final isn’t due until Thursday night – … Continue reading →

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In the throes of my final finals.

Posted on November 24, 2014 by A Dreamer

For this degree at least. (Anyone want to give me buckets of money to go get my MLIS next? Just figured I’d ask.) But at the moment, finals are stressing me out far less than they have in semesters past, … Continue reading →

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Flaky day, saved by the cats.

Posted on October 25, 2014 by A Dreamer

And today (or yesterday, or whatever Friday was in your timezone) was one of those days and yay for my cats. My archives administration professor called in some favors and got his students the option of a practicum/mini-internship in lieu … Continue reading →

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I found the food trucks!

Posted on October 9, 2014 by A Dreamer

Those of you in more urban/cosmopolitan/not-the-suburbs areas may be thinking, “So?  There are food trucks all over the place.”  Yeah, not so much where I live.  Sure, the county has finally given the green light for food truck operators to apply … Continue reading →

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