The Adventures of an International School Librarian

So there I am. Happy happy, bags are packed for Spain in the morning. I've done all the final checks, got my passport, boarding cards, money, iPod, etc. Everything is just peachy, my biggest concern at that moment is that I don't have an alarm clock to wake me up. Oh wells. One final check of the emails before I jump into bed. Oh look, an email from Publishing Ireland, an interview I attended last Tuesday and which I felt had gone really really really really well. Of course it being sent at 9.45pm, didn't bode well. No acceptance letter is sent at that time. I reluctantly opened it with a sigh, and boom, there they were. Those stupid horrible little words all strung together ' I regret to say that on this occasion you have not been successful...' Well it's definitely cemented my desire to move abroad. But for the moment, excuse me whilst I jet off to Spain in the AM. Now where's that tequila to drown my sorrows.

I used to write fan fiction. A lot. These were the days when I was finishing secondary school or sometime starting college, I used to write reams and reams of stuff. It embarrassingly started off with Westlife stories, then I discovered the world of Nsync fan fiction and I was sold. When I was in 4th year in secondary school, a story that I had written about a girl named Laura {clearly based on myself} who was originally Irish moved to NY to work in MTV. There she met Justin Timberlake and the entire Nsync gang, a whole whirlwind relationship followed and it was awful. But at the time, writing a new chapter every night it was great. The story got passed around the entire year, I would have classmates coming up to me asking, 'Where's Chapter 4 etc.' Horrifically I remember a teacher coming up and asking if she could read it. I'm pretty sure I finished it up quickly there and then. After Nsync I moved onto Orlando Bloom and alternated writing Tennis fan fiction {mainl

Every good blog should start with an introduction. So. Hello. I am Missy. And today I am alright. I'm doing pretty good. The highlight of my day so far has been dancing around my room, listening to Nina Simone. Other than that, nothing extraordinary has happened. No celebrity sightings, no EuroMillions win, no puppies that needed to be saved. Reasons for establishing this blog. a} As of Friday the 26th of August {approx. 3 days ago} I handed in my thesis. As far as I am concerned I am a qualified Librarian. I may not have the piece of paper that identifies myself as such, but, yes the rumors are true, I am a librarian. So job searches and moaning and general discord will be an almost guaranteed daily event. You have been warned. b} Because of the overwhelming shitty economic situation everywhere in the world, and especially in Ireland {where I happen to hail from}, I may just have to emigrate to warmer climes, or just where they speak English with a funny accent. c} I l