a 10 year revisit

I was recently reading some older blog posts from two decades ago, which are always strange given the immense span of time between then and now. I've only, in the past two years, gotten to a point where I am able to look at old posts. Before 2025, I am relegated to mostly un-navigatable backups taken from my old Xanga, and before that, physical notebook diaries. But now, I can always take a peek back into my own past like visiting an old friend. As we move into fall here, now, in 2026, I can see where my head was at in 2006 or 2016. In those entries, I am reminded that a decade ago, we were starting to do some really cool things in the library with programming--our first exhibits, workshops, and artist panels that went strong for another few years until covid ended them. We tried in that year or so back afterward, but they were never quite the same when most were virtual. It also kicked off a lot of drama with other departments, and in fact, administrators, who felt threatened by our…