Hello all! First off, I would like to formally apologize for my significant lack of blogging. I have come to the realization that yes, I fail at updating this blog on a regular basis. Just to speed things up I am going to give you one long post so if you would please bear with me and plow through till the end. If you must in fact leave your computer for any reason or seem to find yourself falling asleep at any point whilst reading this, I do not begrudge your departure.
For the past two weeks I have been steadily researching at the New York Public Library a couple days a week. The NYPL, as I found out, has several different wings with a variety of different rules and regulations. For instance, my first day there, I went into the wrong wing of the reading rooms and tried to use my laptop...got in trouble. I hadn't realized that it was prohibited to use electronic devices in that area. As a result, I had to pack EVERYTHING up and move to the South wing. My attempt to get internet research done was a failure. If any of you have experienced the unfortunate plague of changing locations the moment you have motivation to start something, you will understand what it's like to have to move and subsequently loose ALL motivation. So after a nice lunch/coffee break in Bryant Park, I moved my entire operation to the first floor micro-forms rooms to perform the arduous task of sifting through roll after roll of early 1800s newspapers. I promise you that this mind numbing task is not as easy as it sounds. If you have never dealt with micro-form before, especially newspapers published prior to 1900, let me explain that the scans are, at times, shotty at best. As a result it takes much longer to scan for a few specific advertisements than it normally would.
Instead of spending the majority of my days at the NYPL this past week, I had to go into the museum everyday this past week. A staff meeting on Monday, docent work on Tuesday, shopping for camp on Wednesday, and group tours on Thursday. A lazy week you say? Oh no my friend, not even close. I got little to no research done in favor of getting camp stuff prepped. My other fellow, Ruthie, and I had taken inventory earlier in the summer and were now having to traps about the city finding/purchasing the remaining materials. Our final shopping stop on Wednesday was Blick. If you are an artist and order any supplies from the website, the store is just even cooler. I would have spent the entire day there if we hadn't had to get back to the East side for another meeting. :( Anyway, after our shopping extravaganza, upon our arrival back to the museum we decided to start making prototypes for each craft (easier said than done), and prepare the materials for the "Mystery at Mount Vernon" game the kids would be creating. "Mystery at Mount Vernon" is our variation on Clue. The kids get to decorate their own game boards, character cards, and game pieces based on what they learned in their tours of the museum. It would be extremely fun, but now I am rethinking the "fun factor." (I am the one who has to layout, measure off, and draw out 21 game boards. Tedious. Not fun.)
Also, I would just like to finish this post by saying that yesterday I went to the Harry Potter Exhibition AND to see Wicked. It was a phenomenal day and an amazing first experience of Broadway. Wicked was literally fantastic! We had great seats (they had better have been for the price I paid) and the cast had amazing projection. Literally one of my best experiences to date.
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