I Love AO3!!

Originally posted by digitalwave at I Love AO3!!

Originally posted by rhiannonhero at I Love AO3!!

I'd write one of my own, but kassrachel said it so well!

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Dear everyone involved with the Archive of Our Own,

Thank you.

Thank you to everyone who's ever written a line of code, fixed a bug, wrangled a tag, answered a support ticket.

Thank you to the back-end coders and thank you to the front-end coders.

Thank you to everyone who's ever brainstormed about what the archive might do, and thank you to everyone who's poured their hearts, souls, and spare time into trying to make the archive do all of those things and more.

I use the AO3 every day. Thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for building it for me and for everyone who uses it -- and for everyone who doesn't use it yet but might use it someday.

This archive isn't something to which fandom is entitled. It's a labor of love. You make the archive as your gift to fandom, and I appreciate that gift so, so much.

Even though it isn't finished yet. Even though it isn't perfect yet. It's still awesome, and your hard work is tremendous and admirable, and I just want to say thanks.

(Dear everyone else: if anything in this post resonates with you, feel free to signal-boost or repost.)

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All Twisted Up

I just had one of the worst work shifts I've had in a while. Today started off good as I woke up early to do an extra shift so I can have break and then my afternoon shift wasn't too bad.

The trouble started during my last shift of the day when a conversation started that set my creep meter off but they hadn't done anything yet. Also it was clear English wasn't their first language so I kept trying to help until suddenly I was being asked if I was on Skype and they were saying their library doesn't have interlibrary loan. What makes it so awful was how they were still asking valid questions just mixing it in with trying to find out about me and I kept going Librarian!

I'm still a mess of twisted up nerves from how this person made me feel. Yes, I am a real person who is answering questions but that's where it stops. I'm not there to be hit on or picked up simply because I happen to be a woman. I sent my supervisor the transcript as it's something I can do.

Now as I am in serious need of distraction, have meme that's been posted by austen and agonistes. (Original formatting yoinked from bzzinglikeneon because it is of the pretty.) Though I kind of messed up the coding.

Pick any question or two and I'll answer it.

01. My sexual orientation. 02. What I'm really bad at. 03. The one person whose arms I'd like to be in. 04. My best first date. 05. A description of my self-esteem. 06. Who my best friends are. 07. My favorite book. 08. Biggest turn-offs. 09. A description of my best friend. 10. My favorite animal. 11. Someone I miss. 12. The reason behind my last break-up. 13. What I did yesterday. 14. My greatest achievements. 15. My favorite songs right now. 16. A description of my last kiss. 17. What I find attractive. 18. All of the pets I've ever owned. 19. My favorite ice cream flavor. 20. The one place I wish I was right now. 21. The most cruel thing anyone has ever said to me. 22. All of the places I've lived. 23. Qualities that make me more likely to love a person.

24. My future plans. 25. One of my internal conflicts. 26. What I'm doing tomorrow. 27. My life's aspirations. 28. My most embarrassing moment. 29. Two of my insecurities. 30. What I would do if I won the lottery. 31. What I love most about myself. 32. My biggest pet peeves. 33. What musical artists I've seen live. 34. How many kids I would like to have. 35. My idea of a perfect date. 36. What I'm really excellent at. 37. My most traumatic experience. 38. Where I would like to live. 39. The nicest thing anyone's ever said to me. 40. Whether I like where I live now. 41. What I can hear right now. 42. My relationship with my siblings. 43. What's currently worrying me the most. 44. Something I've repeatedly wished for. 45. My relationship with my parents. 46. What I dislike most about myself.

I'm not sure how I feel about how appropriate the music's being for my mood.