For the past few months I've been in turmoil about where I am in my life versus where I want to be ten years from now. I've finally settled my mind and am comfortable, nay, even happy, with how my life stands now. Part of my epiphany was that in order to have the time and money to study the rather useless subject in which I someday plan on earning a PhD, I must focus more immediately on raising myself up among the best in my current field (a field in which I am actually very happy, but which is simply not useless enough for that part of my brain that needs to study frivolous and arcane topics). To that end, I am leaving the ranks of those who merely observe the blogosphere to join the ranks of those who who actively participate in it. So hello to all the librarians and information gurus out there. I am officially throwing my hat in the ring! I am here, I will post, and I will comment. By way of introduction, I graduated from an accredited School of Information in 2005, worked briefly in an academic library, spent 15 months in a public library, and have now finally settled in with a well-known vendor which shall remain anonymous. I have a love/hate relationship with technology. In other words I'm fascinated by all of the exciting things I've seen in this Web 2.0 world, but the more I learn the more behind the times I feel, and I'm not particularly tech-minded, so everything comes with a steep learning curve. For now, I look forward to becoming an active member of this marvelous community we call the biblioblogosphere.