Annie Pho (she/her) @catladylib Twitter profile

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Annie Pho (she/her)

9 months

It’s really really weighing on me to stay here even though this is where I have the most community. I’m other places too if you all want to connect there. And a photo of my cats for good measure. Find me on IG: _anniepho_ Bl**Sky: anniepho

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 months

HOLY SHIT! I think I just got the best xmas present ever??? My student loans have been forgiven through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program. 11 years later it finally happened. I'm shaking, I cannot believe it. This actually changes my life. I'm crying.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

Every time I hear “libraries are neutral” I think about how many of us would even be allowed to use a library, let alone work in one, 100 years ago. Libraries weren’t always for everyone.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Some good news! I have been promoted and received librarian tenure. I've also been promoted to be Head of Instruction and Outreach at @GleesonLibrary ! Really excited to continue working w/ my amazing colleagues to do great things at USF!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

This is such an exciting development!!

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@zotero

6 years

PDF behind a paywall? Zotero now uses data from @unpaywall to automatically find and download open-access PDFs for items you add to your library.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 months

I think this needs to be repeated, “The Oxford research found that better pay and better schedules would be more helpful.”

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@MorePerfectUS

4 months

A new study has found that most workplace wellness programs don't have much benefit. Providing workshops and mindfulness classes and coaching for workers has become a billion-dollar industry. The Oxford research found that better pay and better schedules would be more helpful.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

Got some good news today! I have been approved for a professional development leave (librarian sabbatical) for next year to work on a project focused on BIPOC pandemic experiences. I’m likely narrowing down the focus, probably on instruction, and hoping to also compile a zine!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

I have some news! I've accepted a position at @GleesonLibrary as the Instruction Coordinator & Assessment Librarian. Ten years ago, I started off on my library career journey in SF and it feels somehow right to be coming back to where it started.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

7 months

In a class today, I had two students of color ask me about my path to librarianship. I feel really touched by their interest in the field and it makes me feel like sometimes representation does matter.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

🙄🙄🙄 Let people dress however they want to dress. It’s not hurting anyone. Some people want to suck the joy out of existence.

LIS Grievances

@lis_grievances

1 year

Millennial librarians who dress like 5 year old children thinking it’s “cute”. It is not cute. Stop.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

It's official, I'm the @ala_apala Vice-President/President-Elect: . Really excited to serve in this role for one of my favorite professional homes.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

6 years

Hey got some good news! I’ve achieved career status at UCLA, which is our equivalent to permanent status! 🎉💯🙏🏾

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

This year I: lived in my own place for the first time in my life, got divorced, went to London, threw my sis a bachelorette party, adopted a cat, broke up with my therapist, cried a lot, managed to keep my job, applied for tenure, tried to survive a pandemic.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

It's a huge honor to win this award. @roselovec and I couldn't have done it without our amazing friends who nominated us. Thank you @WGSS_ACRL !!! This one is for the WOC in LIS. We see you and send y'all solidarity + support.

ACRL

@ALA_ACRL

5 years

Congratulations to Rose L. Chou and Annie Pho, recipients of the 2019 Women and Gender Studies Section (WGSS) Award for Significant Achievement in Women and Gender Studies Librarianship.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I could scream. Push back hard on the idea of librarians as babysitters. Library instruction should be a collaboration between instructor, librarian, and students.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Thank you @WGSS_ACRL for the Significant Achievement in Women and Gender Studies Librarianship award! @roselovec and I are honored. #alaac19

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

2 years

I have an Avery sized hole in my heart. Avery passed this morning, peacefully at home with the sun shining on him, on my lap. He was a really special cat and beloved by so many people. Rest in the cosmos, my friend. 🖤

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

6 years

It's out! Pushing the Margins: Women of Color & Intersectionality in LIS edited by myself and @roselovec is available for purchase. You can purchase it here: ! #critlib #POCinLIS @librarieswehere

Library Juice Press

@LibJuicePress

6 years

New! Pushing the Margins: Women of Color and Intersectionality in LIS @catladylib @rose

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

11 months

When I was a student, I remember being told by a librarian that "librarianship is lonely" and after a few years, I understood what she meant. We don't talk about the external & internal resources needed to move for jobs. Thank you @DustinTheFife for this convo!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

I may as well announce that I officially adopted a companion for myself and my older dude. Her name is Hoagie and she’s officially a part of the crew.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

For real, I am making a zine about this haircut. If you were a kid with this haircut, please submit to the zine. I'll mail you a copy when it's done! 🤣

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

6 years

When he went to Vietnam, he didn’t tell Vietnamese people how to eat their own damn food like some white American chefs. He asked questions and listened to their stories to learn about their history and lives. He freaking ate bún chả with Obama. #AnthonyBourdian

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Last night, Avery and I took my author profile picture.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I dyed my hair green and now zoom thinks my hair is a green screen so my hair disappears into my virtual background. 😂

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Well it's official. I'm running for @ala_apala vice president/president-elect!! And I see lots of other fantastic candidates on the ballot for this year!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Seriously! I applied for 63 jobs and it took me 10 months before I ended up in a FT position after I graduated. The workshops my school put on had people who seemed to be handed jobs upon graduation. I felt so much anxiety about it.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Good thing I took that web design class in library school aka how to google random html codes when you need to edit things.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I broke down crying. This continuing violence against QTPOC is horrific and I am sick to my stomach. Today especially with the murder of AAPI women in Atlanta. Last week, the killing of an AAPI elder in Oakland. It’s a lot of grief to hold.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

Also yes, this is absolutely gendered. I hope every single person who is speaking is wearing earrings and a ton of makeup. Everyone.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

So I got covid last week, likely from teaching some classes where students who were clearly sick came and were unmasked (I was masked). With everything going around, I really hope people care enough for each other to wear a mask. It’s simple.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Direct quote from ad, “comes in to work with a good attitude and doesn’t bring their own personal “little black clouds” into the work environment.” Okay....👀

ALA JobLIST Library & LIS Jobs

@ALA_JobLIST

3 years

Librarian for Scholarly Communications - Vanderbilt University Libraries - Nashville, TN #libraryjobs #libraryjob #LISjobs #libjobs #jobs

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

I recently moved and now my commute home is 15 mins vs an hour and 15 mins. Wow, talk about life changing.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

My coworkers threw me a cat-themed welcome reception!! There was even a 10-hour loop of a cat dance party video playing. They really get me. 😻😹

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Found a pair of skinny jeans that I used to wear in before times and now I hate them. Going to get rid of all clothes that don’t let me breathe or feel comfortable. How did I ever feel comfortable wearing them at all? Anyone else overhauling their wardrobe?

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

7 years

Do not let this push POC, women, lgbtq folx further into the margins. We will fight for equality. We have to. It's the only choice now.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

After 5 years, I have decided to step down from the @libraryleadpipe editorial board. It’s been amazing to see how much this journal has developed into a space for critical inquiry and librarianship during my time on the board.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

Had a student come to the ref desk to look for a book and after he found it, he came back to thank me and let me know that he saw a different book on the shelf that looked even more interesting. It was music to my librarian ears. 🥲

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Goes to one meeting, ends up on a committee.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

In a racial equity training, and they just pointed out that asking for practical strategies for equity is the wrong approach. Equity requires more than practical approaches, it’s a lens and an ideological commitment. To make it sustainable, ideological shifts are necessary.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

As a teaching librarian, I am accustomed to some degree of public speaking. But announcing the APALA winners at the YMAs requires something else completely. I am not convinced that I am camera material. 😂🤷🏻‍♀️

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Got that ALA renewal, seeing all the ALA MW tweets, and I just feel so disconnected from it all. I have no energy for professional orgs rn. The only reason why I was a member was because of an ACRL committee. I paid to work for free...😔

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

My cats y’all. They just hang out like this. 😭💕

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

I did it. Submitted my promotion file. Now to wait and see what the promotion and review committee says! Now to ride my bike off into the sunset.🤞

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

2 years

I really resent this and it’s triggering a lot of anger in me. I was raised in a religious minority household, and was bullied school for not being Christian. Now my body is being regulated by religious morals I don’t even agree with or have. And now this? So much for “freedom.”

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

2 years

Do I want to know what a library influencer is?

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

6 years

Since 2015, @roselovec and I have been working on an intersectional feminist research project focused on WOC in LIS. We’ve been working hard on creating academic space for WOC narratives & am proud to say that our book Pushing the Margins will be out very soon! #critlib #WOCinLIS

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Sometimes I see profs assigning students to find primary sources without collaborating with a librarian or archivist to help teach students understand what a primary source is and how to find one (especially during a pandemic).

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I'm reading through some of these ALA/ACRL candidate statements and I dislike the use of white people naming @weherespace + @uprootknowledge to prop up someone's campaign. These spaces in LIS for BIPOC are for community, not to be tokenized or propped up for someone's campaign.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

We did it! Presented “Making the connections: invisible labor and radical self-care for WOC librarians” with @roselovec and Alanna Aiko Moore!! #acrl2019

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

7 years

I met @LibnOfCongress and cried. #ALAAC17

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Told the student assistant that I was her library auntie, that as long as she was a student here, she would never pay for coffee if we went out. 🤣

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

It’s wild to realize that this Women’s History Month, women have less rights this year than we did last year.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

I’m slowly realizing that librarianship is truly moving into a different era and I don’t know if our interfaces and UC communicate to users that there are real humans behind our digital services.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

I feel like I'm reading things but they're really not sinking in. My comprehension skills are at an all-time low, maybe because I feel so overwhelmed and bombarded with an impending sense of doom? Anyone else?

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

Ever try to explain Library twitter to a non-librarian? 🧐

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

This summer I taught a credit-bearing info lit class as part of a summer bridge program for first gen students. Today is the last class and I am so proud of the work that the students have done. 😭❤️🌈🙌🏽

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I wasn’t expecting to get so emotional getting the covid vaccine but here I am, ready to cry and with a sore arm.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

Listen, on my day off I’m thinking about buying myself a fanny pack because I think it’ll be functional for travel and conferences. Maybe there is no hope for me. 🤷🏻‍♀️ My addition to the library discourse: fanny packs are fine.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Maybe it’s not officially fall yet but it’s officially time to change my phone wallpaper to this epic photo of Prince.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I just found a cast iron dutch oven at the thrift store!! The rush I feel is amazing. Now I need to make recipes that call for a dutch oven. 🤩

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Seeing my parents today for the first time since 2019. Feels surreal.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Why do we support ALA Council resolutions that purport to be "progressive" when we actively terrorize POC, queer, trans, disabled people IN OUR OWN PROFESSION??? I find the whole thing hypocritical.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

6 years

When you try to match costumes with your cat. Happy Halloween everyone. 🎃😹🐈🐄

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

If you’re having a day, here’s a picture of my cat in his thunder vest which I got because he has anxiety.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

8 years

Excited to announce that I've accepted a position as Inquiry & Instruction Librarian at @UCLA_Powell . I'll be moving to LA next month!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I started jogging this year as a result of the pandemic. I actually hate running, I find it hard to breathe with a mask; however, I never regret how I feel afterward and I'm now able to run for 20-30 mins without walking!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

After 3 weeks off from work, I’m ready to start my new job!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

2 years

bell hooks reframed so many things for me; from pedagogy, feminism, and how to love. May she rest in power.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

11 months

My dept's former intern won the Braverman Prize for her essay "Out of Bounds: Sexual Harassment from Patrons in the Public Library” and she will be presenting it at #ALAAC23 !! Go check it out: .

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

These articles are feeling extremely relevant lately. Myself and many of my librarian colleagues are feeling bone tired. If you are someone who has institutional privilege as an administrator or faculty member, I encourage you to read these articles.

Nicky Andrews

@maraebrarian

1 year

Librarians are underpaid, under-resourced, underappreciated, and under enough duress that two articles came out with this title this month:

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

The cat I’m fostering is so funny. She walks around the apt meowing “hello.” I swear it sounds like she’s saying it. She also likes jumping into the bathtub and drinking water after I shower. Also, she 50% fetches her toys, she runs for them but doesn’t bring them back. She cute.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Emailed an instructor several times for their assignment or syllabus so I could create a lesson plan, as we do, + in today's session they referred to my teaching as "a little tutorial." Obviously, I know we are all burnt out but damn that dig really dug in a little deeper today.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

I started teaching a credit-bearing info lit class this month and the best feedback I have gotten was that the group activity (done all on Zoom) was well organized and that the directions are clear. Teaching online takes a lot more prep time BUT well worth it to be engaging!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

What do you wish your manager knew or did when you started your first library job? Alternatively, what advice do you have for someone starting their first librarian job?

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

Yes, I really did log in and unsubscribe myself from some ALA listservs; and no I did not email the entire listserv to do so. #goldstar

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

6 years

It blows my mind that there are editors for LIS journals who will ask POC librarians to write about #critlib topics, then TELL THEM THEY ARE WRONG FOR WHAT THEY ARE WRITING. Clearly, if you don't get it, then this isn't for you. Also, don't ask for it then. #goaway

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Now, the UC system can give the librarians a fair contract and academic freedom so they can continue to do OA work. They haven’t had a contract for months. Read more here and support them as they continue to bargain:

Sarah Houghton

@TheLiB

5 years

Today is a day I am particularly proud to work for the @UofCalifornia libraries. We terminated negotiations with Elsevier for all the reasons you think. Open access to publicly funded research is more important than padding a greedy company's bottom line. Go UC Libraries!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

After years of living in small spaces, I sometimes dream about having a big kitchen for all the random appliances and single-use objects. Yeah, I want a milk frother, an air fryer, a burr coffee grinder, a cast iron dutch oven, idk anything that seems fun.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

2 years

If someone is sick with covid, please have empathy for them and cancel meetings with them. Don’t ask people who are sick to continue to be productive when they actually need to rest. It’s a serious illness and I wish more people would be understand the importance of rest.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

You know when you buy a spice for one recipe but then you end up with a jar of celery seed for 8 years just sitting in your pantry?

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I recently learned that I got a scholarship for a 9 month tarot certification program at my local apothecary. I’m so excited for this and soon hope to do some practice readings for folks who are interested. 😊

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

Am I the only one who’s thinking this is a great time to hit up the thrift and secondhand stores? 🤣🤣🤣 #theworst #hoarder #KonMari

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

6 years

My instruction session was so fun today! The students asked about jobs at the library, how old I was, how to access full-text articles, k-beauty routines (related to my age), my cats, and more. All questions are valid questions in library instruction right? 🤣🤣

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

Applying for promotion (librarian tenure) at my job which means I need to actually update my CV. 😬

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

8 months

I think it would be funny to start having where LIS folks read articles published 50+ years ago and talk about how much and how little things have changed.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

She has her choice of beds but she’ll have neither.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

This book is going to change things in LIS, for the better. Go get your copy! Congratulations @sofiayleung & Jorge, and all the contributing authors.

sofiaaaaa

@sofiayleung

3 years

It’s here!! 😱🥳😍 #knowledgejustice #crtinlis

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@catladylib

3 years

I’m 4 days away from taking 3 weeks off from work. I am so ready to rest and do nothing for the rest of 2020. Even if I can’t go anywhere or do anything, I don’t know even care. It’s been a year!

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Okay being back in the library building saps a lot more energy than I was ready for. Maybe I need to take more breaks to breathe outside air?

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

I took today off for mental health and thought I would go do something, like buy a plant or go for a walk, but I barely made it out of bed, and I might just order dumplings and call it a day.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

My cat crashed my class and hugged me on camera while I was trying to teach. They really are relentless sometimes.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I’ve had my kitty for a month now! She’s a lot more comfortable with me and my old man cat. 😻💕

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

My new hobby is saving internet reaction photos.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

10 months

In the pandemic, my therapist made me do a 5 year plan of goals and one of mine was to some day own an L-shaped couch. Well, I am happy to say that this will soon be a reality! Can't wait to veg out even more! 😂

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

I love my cat so much. I look at her adoption photos and see how healthy she is now. She has brought so much joy to my life and has been a wonderful companion to my other cat.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

I’m very curious to hear from folks who are over 40, what advice do you have for someone entering this decade of life?

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Got some sad news that my aunt passed away last night. She was a caretaker, always patient, and supportive. I hope she is in peace now.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

4 years

Hyper local update but I love my cat so much 😻

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

1 year

Anyway, I am sad about losing this space, losing access to the community that helped me stay grounded, seeing hilarious takes. Sometimes other people say the things I am not brave or smart enough to.

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

5 years

No sir, I am positive I don’t want to switch my aisle seat to sit in the middle. 🤦🏻‍♀️

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Annie Pho (she/her)

@catladylib

3 years

Today my very shy kitty got over her fear of the window and decided to check out the sunshine hour!!

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