Roller derby!! How cool! 😀
Nice to meet you, Cat. Hope you have a great semester!

Hey Cat, nice to see you in another class (I think this is the third one we’ve had together)! Growing up, my family had 3 rescue chickens named Brunhilda, Blondie, and Chicken Little; I love the names of all your chickens!
And, I love your Roller Derby name (not sure if you’re a fan of pro-wrestling, but there was a tag team group called The Hardy Boys who had a finishing move called Poetic Justice)! Happy semester!

Hello Catherine! You have a beautiful family and you’ve been on so many amazing hikes and journeys. I also think it is so cool that you do roller derby. I love to watch and always admired those that play, I am just so timid and scared that I’ve never tried myself. I can’t wait to get to know you more throughout the class!

@Catherine I am really appreciating the graphics you shared – yay for all of those things, especially roller derby, travel and chickens. Welcome to #hyperlib!

@claireburke. Great pics! 🧛‍♀️ I am enjoying a run on horror films right now… Monday night was Longlegs and last night I started Oddity. Boith are very well done. Thanks for your sharing here. Welcome to #hyperlib!

@claireburke I am giving The Blackcoat’s Daughter a try — from the director of Longlegs (which I can’t get out of my head).

I also love Halloween. My wife and I have been sneaking out the decorations earlier and earlier every year. She’s was more of a horror kid than I was, I was too scared, but I’ve come to really love the genre. Mostly movies, mostly older moodier ones. I’m currently finishing up a set of folk horror movies. I have started trying to read at least one or two horror novels or collections during the Halloween season too though. Last year I got through some Thomas Ligotti and finally read some Clive Barker. I’d love to read more contemprary or lesser known writers too though, but it’s hard to know where to start So, if you have any recommedations!

Your work also sounds really interesting. Thought it can be challenging at times, for a variety of reasons often unrelated to the individuals or groups you’re direclty assisting, I’ve found working with special needs communities to be the most rewarding and interesting.

Hey @louis
what folk horror movies have you been watching? That’s one of my fave genres, I really enjoy the original Wicker Man with Christopher Lee and The Witch. I’ve never read Thomas Ligotti and have only seen Hellraiser by Clive Barker, but liked it a lot.
The main horror writer I enjoy is Stephen King, but if you dabble in manga, Junji Ito creates some amazing stories and visuals. The book Hell House by Richard Matheson had me keeping the lights on at night when I’d read it.
Yeah, for sure I enjoy my job and have seen the kids I work with grow so much over the years I’ve known them; I definitely am clocked out by the end of the day, but in a good way, if that makes sense.

Hi Terri Beth,
nice to meet you and Lillian! Thanks for sharing about your professional background and I am looking forward to this semester as well!

@terribeth I heart Lilian!

Thanks for your kind words about 200 and this class!

Yay for being a film major. I did the film minor in my undergrad and it was a good background for when I started in the public library AV department.

Welcome to #hyperlib!

@michael Awww! Thank you! She’s my baby.

Film degrees are so great! I tend to think they really give you a good background in critical thinking, too.

Very hyped for this class! : )

Hi Terri Beth! Thanks for visiting my blog and for your comment. Lillian looks like such a sweetie! I love how she is holding your hand in the picture – my dog does that too! ❤️

@kianapouya Thanks for sharing what brought you our program and this class. When I was an undergrad I had no inkling about the power of libraries beyond writing papers etc. That came later. 😀

So glad you are here. Welcome to #hyperlib!

Hi Kyle,
the photos you posted are absolutely incredible! Thanks for sharing them! Also, that’s amazing that you just wrapped up your internship with Lucasfilm; that must have been an awesome experience! Nice to meet you and have a great semester!

Hi, Kyle. The Lucasfilm internship must have been amazing! Also, your photo gallery is stunning — thank you for sharing.

@kylehanson I am all about your internship. That must have been amazing to be in the film archives. Your website is AMAZING. I browsed around…so many cool images. I heart the Chicago photos!

And the Queen Mary! WOW!