{"id":228,"date":"2006-10-12T20:33:06","date_gmt":"2006-10-13T03:33:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=228"},"modified":"2006-10-15T18:01:57","modified_gmt":"2006-10-15T23:01:57","slug":"field-trip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"Field Trip!"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the coolest things about doing what I do, where I do it, is that I occasionally get to see real, live, awesome authors and illustrators in person. One such time is the Boston Globe-Hornbook Awards<\/strong><\/a> ceremony at the lovely Boston Atheneum<\/strong><\/a>, to which all Boston-area children’s librarians are invited every October (at least, I think that’s the deal – maybe we just get invited because our Head of Children’s Services has been on the selection committee in years past… I should investigate). I’ll be attending this evening, along with a few of my fellow child-libs from the other branches. This year, I’m not just going to listen to the speeches and then try to accumulate as many autographed books as possible – I have some very specific goals in mind:<\/p>\n

1. I will not embarrass myself in front of Roger<\/strong><\/a>. I did this once, when our library brought Katherine Paterson to town and he hosted a panel discussion with her and a couple of local literature and\/or religion experts. The wound is still too fresh for me to describe what I did in such a public forum as this. Maybe someday…\n<\/p>\n

2. I will avoid any contact with Kate DiCamillo that might reveal my identity, just on the off chance that she or someone she knows has read the little, er, critique<\/strong><\/a> Jules and I did on the bunny book. Which means, I will probably have my friends call me by a code name for the duration of the evening. Hmm… “Eisha-O”?<\/p>\n

3. I will carefully monitor my cheese-to-wine intake ratio, to ensure that I avoid sloppyness. I have about the same body mass as an average 10-year-old, and roughly the same tolerance. So I don’t fare well at these wine-and-cheese affairs – somehow I have the impression that it’s undignified to grab the entire wheel of cheddar off the buffet table, but fail to recognize the potential for undignified-ness if I have that second glass of chardonnay on an almost-empty stomach. I have another embarrassing story about a reception at the BPL<\/strong><\/a> during the PLA<\/strong><\/a> conference in March. Again, I won’t go into detail, but I believe that when my friends decided to take me home I was trying to find the on-switch for the outdoor fountain. Repeat: I will not embarrass myself in front of Roger.\n<\/p>\n

4. I will dress like a grown-up. I can’t explain it, but even after 33 years on this planet I cannot get the hang of dressing up. I’m pretty safe in jeans, but when I try to dress up I get caught between my conflicting love of all things crocheted\/embroidered\/buttony and all things studded\/grommeted\/lug-soled, and end up looking like Kim Gordon dressed like Stevie Nicks for Halloween. I’ll see if I can find something suitable. Repeat: I will not embarrass myself in front of Roger.<\/p>\n

5. I’ll take excellent notes and tell you all about it this weekend. <\/p>\n

Wish me luck, and if any of you readers\/fellow bloggers happen to be attending too, give me a shout-out. Maybe we can meet under one of the statues or something… I’ll be the man smoking two cigarettes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One of the coolest things about doing what I do, where I do it, is that I occasionally get to see real, live, awesome authors and illustrators in person. One such time is the Boston Globe-Hornbook Awards ceremony at the lovely Boston Atheneum, to which all Boston-area children’s librarians are invited every October (at least, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-etcetera"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}