head case

I'm on a sick day today. My head was pounding this morning and I had to shake myself awake to try to remember if I drank last night. I hadn't, so after lying around for a bit to see if the pounding would stop I decided to call in sick. I've run out of painkillers, otherwise I might have dragged myself in. As it is, my tummy feels a little queasy and light hurts my eyes. And my head still hurts.

I probably need a mental health day, anyway.

Rather than doing something useful, like homework or the mini-assignment I need to do for tomorrow's cataloguing class, I'm still inputing CDs into my computer. This is taking forever. I talked to someone who has been getting rid of his record collection and, while I respect the initiative, I don't think I could ever do that. Ever. Even having everything in my computer I wouldn't get rid of any of it. I'm way too attached to the liner notes.

One day I should probably organise the collection for real. I've been putting it off because I haven't seen a storage system that really meets my needs, but it's a pretty ridiculous arrangement right now. Boxes and piles are only good if you can access them; the reason they're all getting dumped on the computer is because they've been unaccessible for ages.

Like, is library school really making me this boring? I'm talking about cataloguing, for cripes sake.

I have visions of arranging stuff like Parker Posey in "Party Girl" with the card catalogue and everything, but, really, how much of a nerd do I need to prove I am? I'm one step away from organising my books in Dewey decimal with nameplates inside the cover and borrower cards. I think a system like that would prevent anyone from ever wanting to borrow anything from me ever again, and I'm OK with that.

I'm also thinking of a system for storing my hardcopy photos that doesn't involve photo albums.

You'd think with all this interest in organising stuff I'd be more into doing my homework.

Currently listening :
Psycho Babylon
By The Ids
Release date: 23 September, 1997