What I've Learned As An Archival Assistant

What I've Learned As An Archival Assistant

So I've been volunteering at this museum and archives for almost a month now and I've just noticed Some TMA Things

- Our archivist is a short chipper woman who wears glasses, silver rings and a cat charm necklace as well as the same black or grey cardigan every week -- she's thrilled by knowledge and hyperfixates on it

- Jack on the computer system digitizing files is ancient and will not let anybody help him he's been doing the job for almost 20 years I have no clue truly how old he is

- Some of my photographs go missing weekly and I just kinda. Shrug and work on another project

- We have tea time in the afternoon where us and the museum staff gather at the table and have tea and cookies

- I truly am the Martin Blackwood of this group but instead of tea I bring baked goods

- There's a spider sitting in the same damn spot by the front door that I always say hi to and he's constantly working on a web

- Randy's attire is Horrid he dresses like a hiker and his eyes are scarily blue

WEIRD MEAT?? DREAM?? ANYWAY I JUST WOKE UP FROM THIS

Had a dream last night I had to bring a full barbequed pig across a field to a party

It was warm, heavy, slung over my shoulder

I remember my steps were shaky and I could not get over the fact that it was as warm as it had been alive

The meat was warm and it felt like it was alive

And I panicked, I dropped it and fled and I just. Remember the fear

Anyway I think The Flesh visited me last night

yeah. thats not very mouse wearing a sweater and holding a cup of tea behavior. sorry.

this is going to sound like such a little sibling ass take but i genuinely believe that being a little bit annoying is actually a greater sign of maturity and self awareness than being universally likeable and on good terms with everyone

i'm such a friend lover. i genuinely believe that my friends are the coolest funniest loveliest most ridiculously joyous people out there! im biased as hell!! i think theyre all rad! and the universe just so happened to slip all these beloved people into my orbit! and vice versa!! wtf!

Unpopular opinion but an adult still living at home with their birth family doesn’t owe you an explanation for why they’re living there. 

It could be an illness/disability they have that’s not fully visible. Maybe they want to be around to care for their aging parents. Maybe the rents in their area are so disgustingly, astronomically high that it really doesn’t make sense for them to move out. Maybe they just don’t trust strangers enough to move into shared accommodation. No matter what it is, it’s not your business.