{"id":1,"date":"2026-06-02T23:21:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedrivalry\/?p=1"},"modified":"2026-06-02T23:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T23:36:10","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/287.hyperlib.sjsu.edu\/hyperlinkedrivalry\/2026\/06\/02\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"A little about me"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"My Intro Video\" width=\"660\" height=\"371\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QaH6yBlRhQo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"ytSectionListRendererContents\">\n<div id=\"contents\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"ytwTimelineItemViewModelContentItems\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" role=\"text\">Hi, my name is Val Brownmith. This is my introduction post. I wanted to talk a little bit about myself.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ytwTimelineItemViewModelContentItems\"><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" role=\"text\">This is me <\/span>and my family. I&#8217;m the one in the front with the sticker on. That&#8217;s my wife smiling like a goofball and our two crazy kids. We have a three-year-old and an almost seven-year-old, so life&#8217;s a little crazy.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ytwTimelineItemViewModelContentItems\">I chose this course because when I took the information communities course, I was so interested in watching the videos that Michael put together and I was just drawn into a lot of the discussions because of that. And so I wanted to follow up and learn more about technology and library spaces and building community that way. So I&#8217;m very excited. This is, gosh, my, second year in the program and I&#8217;m interested in working in public libraries. I currently volunteer at a public library near me and I love it.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"ytwTimelineItemViewModelContentItems\">\n<div class=\"ytwTranscriptSegmentViewModelTimestampA11yLabel\">Other things on this little graphic, that&#8217;s my dog Maggie. She&#8217;s 17. We call her our old lady dog. She&#8217;s very sweet. <span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" role=\"text\">I sing I sing in the Portland Lesbian Choir in Portland, Oregon. It&#8217;s entering, no ending our 40th season. I <\/span><span class=\"ytAttributedStringHost ytAttributedStringLinkInheritColor\" role=\"text\">haven&#8217;t been with them for 40 years obviously, but it&#8217;s a great organization and I like to watercolor. So, I put a <\/span>watercolor that I did on there.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"ytwTranscriptSegmentViewModelTimestampA11yLabel\">Um yeah, that&#8217;s a little bit about me. I&#8217;m excited to dig in and get to know everybody this summer.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"ytSectionListRendererSyncContainer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi, my name is Val Brownmith. This is my introduction post. I wanted to talk a little bit about myself. This is me and my family. I&#8217;m the one in the front with the sticker on. That&#8217;s my wife smiling like a goofball and our two crazy kids. 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