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User:pghbekka (3074842)
Bekka's Ramblings
Name:pghbekka
Location:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Birthdate:1974-11-08
Bio:Name: Bekka
Relationship Status: Happily Married
Schooling Status: Just completed Master's in Library Science
Money Status: In debt up to my eyeballs
Favorite flower: Roses/Bearded Irises
Favorite color: Burgundy

Why yes, I *am* a closeminded snark jerk. And you?

LJ Note: I tend to friend strangers more than I friend friends. This voids my fear of rejection. If as a friend you friend me, I will friend you back.

And I like the metre of that.
Interests:149: 80's music, abandoned places, acoustic music, adult fairy tales, ala, alphonse mucha, american library association, angelina jolie, animal rescue, anne feeney, anti-bush, art nouveau, auguste rodin, bad movies, bdsm, being an aunt, books, bookworms, boondocks, buffy musical, buffy the vampire slayer, caldecott awards, cats, ceann, children's books, city life, city of lost children, civil rights, clive owens, closeminded snark jerks, coffee, connie willis, contra dancing, corporate libraries, cynthia voight, daily show, daniel johnston, databases, david sedaris, digital libraries, dogs, doonesbury, edward gorey, edwardian era, elvis costello, eric schwartz, esther friesner, factoids, fairy tales, falcon ridge, falcon ridge folk festival, firefly, folk music, gardening, garry trudeau, get fuzzy, gunne sax, gutenberg project, hans christian andersen, helen mirren, homestarrunner, iain campbell smith, immortel, information science, irises, james marsters, janis ian, jim henson, johnny depp, jon stewart, joss whedon, judi dench, judy henske, kasey chambers, kate wolf, katherine hepburn, knowledge management, laurie anderson, librarians, librarianship, libraries, library and information science, library books, library research, library school, library science, library weblogs, machine-readable cataloging, maurice sendak, mercer mayer, metadata, muppets, mutts, nellie mckay, nerfa, new york city, newbery awards, pansies, paris, patricia mckillip, patrick suskind, perennials, pet rescue, pete seeger, phil ochs, pittsburgh, practical princesses, pro-choice, reading, records management, reference, reference librarians, regina spektor, research, researching, roses, schnoodles, search strategies, silk, snark, something positive, special libraries, special library association, spike, spuffy, stan rogers, strongbad, swing dancing, tchochkes, techies, tenacious d, terry pratchett, the brothers grimm, the mammals, the tick, they might be giants, tim burton, tom waits, trivia, two lumps, utah phillips, uwe boll, van allen belt, vance gilbert, victoriana, virtual reference, we're about 9, wondermark, young adult literature
Schools:Oyster Bilingual Elementary - Washington, DC (1980 - 1986)
Alice Deal High School - Washington, DC (1987 - 1989)
Woodrow Wilson High School - Washington, DC (1990 - 1992)
University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA (1992 - 1996)
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Library and Information Sciences - Pittsburgh, PA (2005 - present)
Friends:
People54:a_machine, alalibrary, allaboutspike, angelmachina, arialrainfire, bluelang, byzantine_ruins, cemeterygates, coffeeem, cordelia24, crevette, crowy_reads, crowyhead, cuntishness, dragonvyxn, drowningwoman, earthly_gnome, ellen_datlow, emturtle, eyelid, gwenix, ketzl, kittikattie, lexpendragon, lilbugbug, lokipgh, magicwoman, mamafrog, mickeysacks, mistful, momacress, mysirensong, nixicat, pghcoyote, prettykate, redherring, richardthinks, rockinlibrarian, scott_lynch, scottbateman, serista, sexy_librarian, shadowangelina, skzbrust, sonyaaaaaaaaa, suomifrikki, t_windling, takhisis, theredswingline, urbpan, ursulav, vocis, yavin7, zosiablue
Communities130:0bsessed_reader, 50bookchallenge, _tomwaits_, abandonedplaces, academicfantasy, academics_anon, adopt_a_pet, amused_library, anarcho_folk, animal_rescue, anti_a_a, archivists, art_nouveau, art_nouveau_nut, article_request, bestoffreecycle, book_worm, bookish, books, booksalon, booktards, breastcancer, bush_sucks, cat_adoration, catalogers, children_books, cliveowen, colbert_report, consumers4wga, csbs, danieljohnston, dark_christian, deco_delight, discworld, domestic_snark, dot_bdsm_snark, dot_book_snark, dot_cattiness, dot_class_snark, dot_dot_snark, dot_irony_oops, dot_omgwtf, dot_other_snark, dot_pedantic, dot_pet_snark, driveforlife, dysthymics, east_o_the_sun, edwardgorey, elviscostello, faerie_tales, fake_lj_deaths, falconridge, faraway_land, flounce_o_rama, folk_club, folkfans, forshipping, gardening, genrereviews, getfuzzyfeed, gogolbordello, gothgardener, grad_snark, grammar_nazis, grammar_whores, iheartregina, ilikemymeds, infojunkies, jmfun, jonstewart_fans, kissmyass_cosmo, kissmyassvogue, librarians, libraries, library_grrls, library_mofo, librarygrads, libraryschool, librarything, light_cite, literal_libris, lj_maintenance, lolbrarians, metaquotes, mixed_up_mutts, my_cat_fetches, non_profits, non_stop_james, nonfluffybdsm, note_from_cat, note_to_asshat, note_to_cat, outdamndspot, overheard_lib, owlbabies, pet_debate, petitepower, pittsburgh, pittsburghscene, practicalcats, pro_smokers, rationalsnark, readthisbook, researchers, searchengines, snarksexual, som_pos, steamfashion, storybookland, stumpers_list, stupid_free, teenliterature, tenaciousd, the_giants_wife, the_smithsonian, theatre_techies, thedailyshow, thedogpark, theoryishotcrew, twolumps, urban_decay, urban_flowerpot, useless_facts, victorianlife, wga_supporters, whatposessedyou, whatwasthatbook, whedon_whores, word_ancestry
Feeds5:researchbuzz, savagelove, snopes_dot_com, someposifeed, twolumps_feed
Friend of:31: a_machine, angelmachina, arialrainfire, bluelang, byzantine_ruins, cordelia24, crowy_reads, crowyhead, cusm, drowningwoman, earthly_gnome, emturtle, eyelid, gwenix, ketzl, kittikattie, lilbugbug, lokipgh, magicwoman, mamafrog, mickeysacks, momacress, mysirensong, nixicat, pghcoyote, scottbateman, serista, suomifrikki, theredswingline, vocis, yavin7
Member of:117: 0bsessed_reader, 50bookchallenge, _tomwaits_, abandonedplaces, academicfantasy, academics_anon, adopt_a_pet, amused_library, anarcho_folk, animal_rescue, anti_a_a, art_nouveau, art_nouveau_nut, article_request, book_worm, bookish, books, booksalon, booktards, breastcancer, bush_sucks, cat_adoration, catalogers, children_books, cliveowen, colbert_report, consumers4wga, danieljohnston, dark_christian, deco_delight, discworld, domestic_snark, dot_bdsm_snark, dot_book_snark, dot_cattiness, dot_class_snark, dot_dot_snark, dot_irony_oops, dot_omgwtf, dot_other_snark, dot_pedantic, dot_pet_snark, driveforlife, dysthymics, east_o_the_sun, edwardgorey, elviscostello, faerie_tales, fake_lj_deaths, falconridge, faraway_land, flounce_o_rama, folk_club, folkfans, forshipping, gardening, genrereviews, getfuzzyfeed, gothgardener, grad_snark, grammar_nazis, grammar_whores, iheartregina, ilikemymeds, infojunkies, jmfun, jonstewart_fans, kissmyassvogue, librarians, libraries, library_grrls, library_mofo, librarygrads, libraryschool, librarything, light_cite, literal_libris, lolbrarians, metaquotes, mixed_up_mutts, my_cat_fetches, non_profits, non_stop_james, note_from_cat, note_to_asshat, note_to_cat, outdamndspot, overheard_lib, owlbabies, pet_debate, petitepower, pittsburgh, pittsburghscene, practicalcats, pro_smokers, researchers, searchengines, snarksexual, som_pos, storybookland, stumpers_list, teenliterature, the_giants_wife, the_smithsonian, thedailyshow, thedogpark, twolumps, urban_decay, urban_flowerpot, useless_facts, victorianlife, wga_supporters, whatposessedyou, whatwasthatbook, whedon_whores, word_ancestry, wrongworddammit
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