I’m sure there were some things I meant to post about this week, but as usual, time has gotten away from me. I did, however, work more than usual this week getting an extra eight hours in on my usual day off. This up-coming week is my week to work the weekend, though how that is handled is a little different. Rather than work Saturday then Sunday, I work Sunday then work a few days through the week and work again the following Saturday. I guess a lot of the librarians like the split, but I find it odd. Not a big deal, however. Just thought I’d mention it.

For the most part, I was thinking about all the different random documentaries I watch. Since the husband and I have Netflix and have the type of account with unlimited on-line streaming videos, I tend to just watch movie after movie while crocheting or looking through webpages or writing or whatever. Most of what I watch are dcoumentaries on all sorts of subjects. Just the other day, I watched documentaries on the Armenian genocide in 1915, corn, Navajo code talkers in World War II, and breaking the Mayan hieroglyphs to be able to understand their written language and history. Yesterday I watched a documentary on Thomas Jefferson made by PBS. I like a lot of the PBS documentaries. I enjoy many independantly-produced documentaries as well. I do catch some Nova and History Channel documentaries, but most are generally the lengthier films produced by people who are earnestly serious about their topic.

I’ve been trying to remember to keep a list of the documentaries I watch. Netflix keeps a record of watched films too, but it’s all mixed in with fictional movies too so it’s a little harder to sort through. I figure that by keeping a list, I can more easily go back and find the documentaries that I might eventually refer back to in conversation. Can’t say that I have many conversations with most people on any of the topics I tend to watch. After all, at the library I don’t have much chance to just stand around and chit-chat because I’m constantly shelving. I don’t have friends in town I hang out with, and when I talk with family, it’s generally not about African American geneology or a law suit about McDonald in England or how the United States is still colonizing countries through economic means rather than via force. Nope. Doesn’t tend to come up. Still, I enjoy the list-making process. I guess it’s something in my nature to order things, unless those things are rooms in my house.

I’m trying to decide what type of documentary I want to watch today. A history of cemeteries or the secret life of chickens? The Iraq war or World War II? The Dalai Lama or a look at llamas? Decisions, decisions. Heck, I’m sure I could probably find a documentary on the human brain and how choices are made, if I looked hard enough. Then again, I may forego the documentary altogether and just watch a movie that I’ve been meaning to see for some time. Then again, I still have one season of Star Trek: The Next Generation to finish. (I had recently decided to re-re-rewatch them all.) I think I’ll make some tea and contemplate it some more. Have a good weekend!