Me and the Libary
Last November I started becoming enthusiastic about the Libary but it was this year that I made that part of my persona. Here are some of the highlights of this journey:
The Libary is a community centre - embraces the library
R. David Lankes(don't know how noteworthy he is) who wrote on Twitter: "Bad libraries build collections, good libraries build services, great libraries build communities. " this was reposted by the library. Before reading this I thought VR, Murder Mystery Night, Boardgame Afternoon, where just coincidences but afterwards it made me think "what if the Libary were not a Libary? (in the traditional sense) what if the Libary were a sort of community centre? Then all these things they have been running would not be coincidences but exactly what they should be doing! If the Libary is a community centre then no wonder I find it so thrilling! It the sort of thing I have been looking for". I then correctly predicted the Libary would run an event like FanFest(a Fandom Celebration) and what I thought then become the basis for my speech to the board.
My speech to the board
My friend suggested that I give a speech to the board, since they normally only hear bad news from people, so I did. They loved it! We are given 10 minutes to present to the board and after 30 minutes(most of which was QnA) I said: "sorry I have to go to my club" and left! Also after my speech, they sent me this letter. A few weeks later I walked in and was enthusiastically called over by Staff member Beverly King(She and some other Staff were at the Board Speach) to Get my photo in the paper.
Being featured
I was featured in the Halton Hills Camera Club newsletter in which I talked about my desire to capture the buitey of the world through photography.
A story about how much I have changed
It's funny, I really have changed a lot, at the begging of the year I said on Facebook "... but don't worry physical books are not going anywhere anytime soon" and a Libary volunteer replied "The library is way more than a collection of books!" and I was thinking "ok, if you say so" but now if someone said the first thing to me I would say what She said, maybe followed by "but we must not forget the collection of books"
Eunuastic Patron/Unofficial Volunteer
A family member called me an "Unofficial Volunteer" after I told her about how I promote the library all the time! The name stuck and now "Enthusiastic Patron/Unofficial Volunteer" appears in my email signature when I email the library!
Converting others to "Libary"
If you own a bookstore you have a wide variety of books that you can take home(at the price of not selling them) if you want. So Tom of White Rabbit Books has little need of the Libary but I was able to convince him to get a Libary Card (mainly so he can borrow WiFi to Go) and have converted him to Libary(his words).
Library Thrills
They is an Instagram tag "#librarythrills" which the Libary(and sometimes other people) used to use. It inspired me to use it as an expression and now I have a few "Libary Thrills" 3D bookmarks. They use a purple filament since that is the library's colour.
Things I did this year
Now I'll tell you some other highlights of the year, which may or may not involve the library. These are not really in any order, just the order I found/remembered them in.
Clubs
As usual I am still involved in many clubs. We did some monthly meetups a Nox Church where we performed improv. As is always the case, clubs and social event at the library are a great way to make new friends, which I did this year.
Winter Reading Challange
VR
Here are all my VR experiences(2019 and other years), at the time of writing most of these took place in 2019.
Escape Rooms
I did a couple of these with my friends at the library, they are fun and like the Adventure games that I love.
Improve at The Macking Box

Fan Fest
Basically "Libary Trhills" with another helping of "Libary Thrills" ontop! They were VR. boardgames. carnival events(like beanbag toss), Spiderman and Batman where they and I won a FanFic contest for this Sonic FanFic I wrote.
3D Printing
It takes a lot of time but you get custom 3D objects, so I love the result. More info about the Libary's 3D printer can be found here.
The Fox
Read about it here.
Culture Days
Scanned Newspaper Archives
During the year I found old newspaper clippings that I had saved and scanned them. They are now on Facebook and if you don't have Facebook contact me and I'll send you the ones that might interest you. I also found some others in the Newspaper Archives one of which I printed from Microfilm(Microslide?) and scanned in.
Pathfinder
I got to play some Pathfinder this year and it was fun. Fyi I don't want to spread myself too thin(with other things) so I don't play anymore.
Year-End Photo
The receipt is from a restaurant when I had my existing trip in Acton.
New Years Resolution
Because people might ask, my NYR is personal, something I only will talk to close friends about but it is a way I will improve myself.
OTAM
I will be doing cool things next year but without the OTAM rules, it was fun writing this blog, so I will write about them here. The reason I am not doing OTAM is that it can be too restrictive .
Thank you for reading this and
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