tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7238998.post-58396082540965732172008-07-01T16:48:00.000-07:002008-07-01T18:05:24.649-07:00<P><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bq6Is99CyYU/SGrLxTZR-_I/AAAAAAAAABk/8zSRDiBG7pI/s1600-h/btweb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_bq6Is99CyYU/SGrLxTZR-_I/AAAAAAAAABk/8zSRDiBG7pI/s320/btweb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5218207166142479346" border="0" /></a><br />I spent the past 5 days at the Anaheim convention center for the American Library Association conference. When I first walked in, I was sad to see everyone had their correct number of ears. But, by the end, loaded down by free stuff, I stopped missing the cosplayers.<br /><br /><br />My flickr set <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/10555978@N00/sets/72157605925239384/detail/">is here</a><br /><br />Among other things I came home with:<br /><br />16 bags (10 cloth-like, 1 oilcloth-like, 5 vellum or paper gift bag like)<br />23+ full books (8 advance readers, 13 regular, 2 blank paged-- i paid for 3 of the books)<br />various sampler books and cds<br />2 regular cds<br />6 different post-it notes (multiples of a few)<br />tomato seeds<br />2 pencils<br />7 pens (i totally m2issed the ball on the free pens. somehow, early in the convention I decided I didn't need any pens. I just don't know why)<br />8 buttons<br />library temporary tattoos<br />calendar<br />mousepad<br />stress tv<br />air freshener (from a book on tape company--it says "commute stinks"<br />business card holder<br />sunblock<br />choose your own adventure fortune cookie<br />flying, screaming monkey toy<br />2 packages of mints<br />so much free candy<br /><br />I'd also like to thank ProQuest for all of their delicious free espresso drinks<br />And I'd like to boo TLC for never having a freshly baked Otis Spunkmeyer cookie when I walked by.<br /><br />One of the days we had dinner with my old supervisor and friends. Ryan ordered the 5 pound burrito, it was more like a 10 pound burrito. Needless to say he did not win the t-shirt for eating it all. However, it made a tasty breakfast for us the next 2 days. (picture may or may not be forthcoming)<br /><br />One major highlight of the weekend is pictured above.<br /><br />The other was the book cart drill team. I'm hoping better videos will be posted later.<br /><br />But for now, you can see part of the <a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-4189721532197215862">winner's video</a><br />although it's the beginning part before it gets really good and turns into thriller<br /><br />Also, the <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=CdnMJ-mk35c">entry from texas has some good hats</a><br /><br />And, <a href="http://youtube.com/watch?v=JTn2BzFZdq0&amp;feature=related">I met this monkey</a>Chttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07206172035542838069noreply@blogger.com