Librarians Get Free Stuff
Oct. 23rd, 2008 05:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annundrielToday was the Benefits & Wellness Fair for library employees in Wenatchee. There was a lot of stuff going on and lots of stuff to learn.
The morning consisted of a presentation for library assistants (subs are assistants now, apparently - new title!) titled "Personal Safety and Gang Awareness." It was put on by the Wenatchee Police Department. The officer there didn't really focus on personal safety much, instead giving us a lot of information about Wenatchee gangs.
It's scary. And we're such a dinky area, which is part of the problem. There less there is to do, the more people look to make their own excitement.
What I found most disturbing was the clip the officer show of an elementary school performing a drive-by shooting drill. What kind of world do we live in that we have to practice for that kind of event?
We were also shown a clip from a recording some gang members had made while performing a drive-by. And then realizing they'd done it right in front of a cop. The act itself wasn't frenzied at all. Everyone in the car was calm and methodical about the whole thing, which is horrifying.
When the officer told us that they tape some of their activities, all I could think was, "What, so they can put them on YouTube?"
After that was over, I went on a quick tour of the headquarters. It's a very neat building that used to be a Coca Cola bottling plant. The inside is now all art modern, which is sort of the less decorative cousin of art deco. It's kind of warehouse-y and neat. Plus, they have these compressed shelves that have handles on the end and open and close. If they were to open them, it would be about a mile of shelving.
Lunch was catered and delicious. And then I got free acupuncture! I've always been curious about acupuncture and so when I saw that they'd have someone set-up there to talk about it and demonstrate, I had to sign up. There was about nine people in my group and the acupuncturist walked around the room and did our ears. Three in my left ear, two in my right. She told us that we should leave the needles in until the fair was over if we wanted to get a better idea about the results. By the time I went back thirty minutes later, I'd lost all but one needle in my left ear. The rest just fell out. Apparently it's not even necessarily my fault. If the body decides that they're not needed, it'll push them out. One woman had just gotten one put in and then it, according to her, just "jumped out."
Besides the needles, the acupuncturist had tuning rods and did something with the acupuncture points in my shoulders. Very interesting. I'm definitely thinking about checking it out further.
Then I went to, "A Spoonful of Sugar: What Mary Poppins Didn't Tell You" and now I'm afraid to eat anything.
Also got my flu shot. Now my arm hurts.
The morning consisted of a presentation for library assistants (subs are assistants now, apparently - new title!) titled "Personal Safety and Gang Awareness." It was put on by the Wenatchee Police Department. The officer there didn't really focus on personal safety much, instead giving us a lot of information about Wenatchee gangs.
It's scary. And we're such a dinky area, which is part of the problem. There less there is to do, the more people look to make their own excitement.
What I found most disturbing was the clip the officer show of an elementary school performing a drive-by shooting drill. What kind of world do we live in that we have to practice for that kind of event?
We were also shown a clip from a recording some gang members had made while performing a drive-by. And then realizing they'd done it right in front of a cop. The act itself wasn't frenzied at all. Everyone in the car was calm and methodical about the whole thing, which is horrifying.
When the officer told us that they tape some of their activities, all I could think was, "What, so they can put them on YouTube?"
After that was over, I went on a quick tour of the headquarters. It's a very neat building that used to be a Coca Cola bottling plant. The inside is now all art modern, which is sort of the less decorative cousin of art deco. It's kind of warehouse-y and neat. Plus, they have these compressed shelves that have handles on the end and open and close. If they were to open them, it would be about a mile of shelving.
Lunch was catered and delicious. And then I got free acupuncture! I've always been curious about acupuncture and so when I saw that they'd have someone set-up there to talk about it and demonstrate, I had to sign up. There was about nine people in my group and the acupuncturist walked around the room and did our ears. Three in my left ear, two in my right. She told us that we should leave the needles in until the fair was over if we wanted to get a better idea about the results. By the time I went back thirty minutes later, I'd lost all but one needle in my left ear. The rest just fell out. Apparently it's not even necessarily my fault. If the body decides that they're not needed, it'll push them out. One woman had just gotten one put in and then it, according to her, just "jumped out."
Besides the needles, the acupuncturist had tuning rods and did something with the acupuncture points in my shoulders. Very interesting. I'm definitely thinking about checking it out further.
Then I went to, "A Spoonful of Sugar: What Mary Poppins Didn't Tell You" and now I'm afraid to eat anything.
Also got my flu shot. Now my arm hurts.
