Monday, August 27, 2007

am i spinster?

So today I did my usual bevy of chores/errands after work. I stopped at my neighborhood library to return cds and pick up something on hold. As is my usual routine, even on a quick drive-by library trip I check out the new magazines and see if there is anything on the new fiction/new non-fiction display that I want. While I want standing there, the librarian was like, "oh, Jessica, all of your books are in!". Now I've never had an actual by name conversation with the librarian. Sure, she checks out my books all the time, and thus probably has some sort of opinion of me ("wow, this lady reads a lot of cookbooks!", "wow, she needs to get out more if she really reads all these books!", "wow, she's probably good at Jeopardy!" ). At any rate, I was shocked that the librarian knew my name the minute I walked in the door. Yes, I make copious use of all of the libraries goodies, maybe even violating some copyright laws, but I'm not there every day. Is having the librarian know you by heart one step away from spinster-hood? Should I start knitting? Do I need to own multiple cats now? Can a spinster own dolce and gabbana sunglasses??????