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Claire Burke commented on the post, Hello, I am Kyle, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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! -
Claire Burke commented on the post, a little about me, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
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…[Read more] -
Claire Burke commented on the post, Action Item: Share Your Intro Post Here!, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Ha, I forgot to attach it…
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Claire Burke commented on the post, Action Item: Share Your Intro Post Here!, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hey guys, attached is my introduction post. Excited to see your posts!
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Claire Burke commented on the post, My Introduction!, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Nice to meet you, Louis! Last semester, I took a class and one of my assignments was the evaluation of incorporating the Orbit Reader for patrons of the Braille Institute Library. Here’s to a good semester!
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Claire Burke commented on the post, My Introduction!, on the site 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Hi Terri Beth,
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Claire Burke posted a new activity comment 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Hi Jemielyn, I just finished the 2nd season of House of the Dragon as well (team Black fan)! I haven’t checked out A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder yet so will have to get on that soon since I’m actively looking for a new, fun thing to binge.
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Claire Burke wrote a new post on the site Book Bound Dino 2 months, 4 weeks ago
A Little About Me
Hi everybody, my name is Claire Burke and this is my second year in the MLIS program. I am leaning towards the Children’s Librarian […] -
Claire Burke commented on the post, Important: Creating an OPML File for Your Blogs, on the site 2 months, 4 weeks ago
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Claire Burke posted a new activity comment 3 months ago
YES! So glad to find someone else who knows about it! I’m a HUGE musical theater nerd and have been listening to the soundtrack nonstop! Great to meet you!
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Break the Ice: Binge-Worthy 3 months agoI just binged season 2 of House of the Dragon on Max and have watched Hazbin Hotel on Amazon Prime numerous times!
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Hi Claire! I was just about to post about the Hazbin Hotel!! It was fantastic!
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YES! So glad to find someone else who knows about it! I’m a HUGE musical theater nerd and have been listening to the soundtrack nonstop! Great to meet you!
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@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!
@michael. I have seen Longlegs, but haven’t heard of Oddity, will definitely check it out! During late September through October my friends and I watch, mostly, so bad they’re good scary movies (Fright Night being the exception to one of the bad ones).
Cheers!
@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.
Oh I love the original Wicker Man. I’m a little more mixed on The Witch and Robert Eggers in genereal, though I’ve seen most of his films and am looking forward to his upcoming Nosferatu. Thomas Ligotti is great. He’s a weird fiction guy, I guess. Very strange, disturbing, and dryly funny stories.
For folk horror I’ve been finishing up the films in the first volume of a folk horror series of box sets from Severin films, called All the Haunts Be Ours. Some of the recent highlights have been Penda’s Fen, Witchhammer, Robin Redbreast. They’ve all been great though, even if some stretch the definition of horror. I’ve been saving the documentary about folk horror, Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched, for last.
I’ve read some King and was thinking about picking up an Ito for this Halloween season. i’m going to add Richard Matheson to my list! Thanks!