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Miss Annie

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. Scratch where it itches.
In the evening hours
Annie trims flowers
Very lovely
But next to her, they're ugly

-A. Ivey

My Interests

Making stuff.

I'd like to meet:

Other Naughty Librarians, Dirty Secretaries, Overstimulated Bookworms, Crafty Beavers, Bearded Ladies, Kept Women, Underpants Gnomes & Bored Housewives.

Music:

If its got a good beat, I'll dance to it.

Television:

Idiot Box.

Books:

The Great Gatsby and children's literature.

My Blog

Compare and Vote!

Friday evening a whole bunch of us went to Richmond to see Clutch play at the National.  One of the band members is brother to Mary Alice, the young lady that appears on the Food Network ’A...
Posted by Miss Annie on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:20:00 PST

Milestones.

I just celebrated my seven- year anniversary working for the bookstore! I have never done anything for this long. I've loved it, hated it, laughed, cried, cleaned up biohazards, threatened to burn the...
Posted by Miss Annie on Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:35:00 PST

Violence and Subtle Nuances of the English Language.

This morning I hosted a field trip for preschoolers, ages 3 & 4, at the book store. These 12 kids came from an Elementary Head-Start. This partictular group comes from a tiny little community sout...
Posted by Miss Annie on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 06:34:00 PST

Eastern European Work Ethic

I now have two jobs.My day job: PR for the Big Bookstore. Same 40 hours as it was. My new Part Time: 15-20 hours a week between now and the end of May. I am the coordinator for the Harrisonburg/Rockin...
Posted by Miss Annie on Sat, 02 Feb 2008 05:24:00 PST

Dancing my ass off

Its been a good eight years since I have gone out for a night of dancing- lindy, lindy hop, fox trot and some full-contact shoulder-to-hip blues dancing. You know what? I still have it. And a first pl...
Posted by Miss Annie on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 11:48:00 PST

Its a Virginia CHRISTMAS!

Christmas is over. Thank goodness. I'm ready to move on.This is my first christmas alone. I'm single, my family lives 500 miles away, I have had to work all through the holiday and I won't have any ti...
Posted by Miss Annie on Wed, 26 Dec 2007 04:06:00 PST

Why I am over the moon happy:

Many of you know me as, "Miss Annie from Story Time".  Miss Annie LOVES story time. The mornings that I get to sit on the floor, criss cross apple-sauce and read aloud to the under-five set are t...
Posted by Miss Annie on Thu, 20 Dec 2007 03:38:00 PST

Bang your threads.

Check out Threadbanger.comfor an interview from the BHCC from the BUST Magazine Christmas Craftacular!
Posted by Miss Annie on Sun, 16 Dec 2007 11:36:00 PST

Crappy Holidays; or, the OCDs of making lists

Top Five BAD:1. Yet another season in retail. Didn't I swear last year that I wouldn't repeat this? Seems job falls into compusive behaiviors. See Previous holiday entries, re: Nick Cave & experim...
Posted by Miss Annie on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 07:53:00 PST

Busy beaver.

NYC Bust Holiday Craftacular - December 8th- 10-8.Bored housewives (myspace/thebhcc) Coming to kick the ass of NYC.http://www.bust.com/craftacular/meet us there,  and hopefully, my ulcer will qui...
Posted by Miss Annie on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 12:55:00 PST