{"id":8910,"date":"2026-01-15T13:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/?p=8910"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:50:19","slug":"hi-hello-and-all-that-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/index.php\/2026\/01\/15\/hi-hello-and-all-that-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"Hi, Hello, and All That Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>     I&#8217;m Nicole Davis and this is my final semester in the MSI program at FSU (and hopefully my last semester of school). Before this I was an English major, and you can likely already tell I have an over-fondness for parentheses. For some it&#8217;s the oxford comma, others the em dash, but you can pry parenthetical statements from my cold dead hands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>     I am looking forward to this class (which I have already started affectionately calling &#8220;digital arts &amp; crafts&#8221;) as a creative outlet for my last semester, at the very least compared to my other courses. I have some minor (mostly self-taught) experience with digital creative tools (for example, I had a media productions class in high school where we experimented with Premiere Pro video editing) but I am excited to refine and improve these skills (and new ones) over the course of the semester and looking for potential ways to apply these skills at work. Speaking of work&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ef248d21715ee60c5900aabf605e388a\">     Starting in December of last year (so very recently) I finally got a part-time job in a library. I work the reference desk at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.fl.edu\/academics\/academic-divisions\/library\/meet-the-library-staff\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.tsc.fl.edu\/academics\/academic-divisions\/library\/meet-the-library-staff\/\">Tallahassee State College<\/a>. That link should take you to the staff page for the library, where you can see a picture of me because I will not be including one of myself here (I prefer to keep as few pictures of myself on the internet as possible). I currently live in Perry, Florida (which if you&#8217;ve heard of it&#8217;s likely only because you&#8217;ve driven through it) but because of the new job I am actively looking to relocate to the Tallahassee area. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default wp-duotone-unset-1\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"561\" height=\"549\" src=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260115_175226204.webp\" alt=\"Pumpkin art study done in paint markers is shown to demonstrate a semi-recent example of one of my hobbies.\" class=\"wp-image-8918\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:contain;width:338px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260115_175226204.webp 561w, https:\/\/torch.cci.fsu.edu\/~lis5313\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/PXL_20260115_175226204-300x294.webp 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 561px) 100vw, 561px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">                 <em>Pumpkin Art Example<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fea990f38b1ef5f550b78513c2e5bc85\">     Now for the fun stuff, I love to collect hobbies, especially creative ones, such as painting, writing, photography, music and so on. For seven years in school I played clarinet, hence why I decided to allude to music in the title (honestly I just couldn&#8217;t think of anything better and &#8220;all that jazz&#8221; has been my recent default filler phrase). Technically speaking reading is my biggest hobby because I read almost everyday (but that is such a cliche hobby to talk about as an English major turned future librarian). So instead, none of that is what I am going to focus on here, rather I will mention my growing love and fascination with <a href=\"https:\/\/lostmediawiki.com\/About_us\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/lostmediawiki.com\/About_us\">lost media<\/a>. I&#8217;ve linked to the wiki &#8220;about us&#8221; page for lost media in case anyone is interested. As a busy college student I do not have much time to participate in searches for lost media myself, but I am always interested in learning more about how media goes missing, why, and most of all the often odd ways this media is found again. I think lost media searches are also fascinating because they encourage people to participate in archiving practices, and the growing popularity helps bring more attention to archival institutions like the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/\">Internet Archive and it&#8217;s Wayback Machine<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.discordapp.com\/attachments\/799719402043867229\/1461418400201838785\/PXL_20260115_175226204.jpg?ex=696a7b72&amp;is=696929f2&amp;hm=09f83886b6adcd3b13e0b68b380b7e96803eaf15f4569f454c6246fc80291951&amp;\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m Nicole Davis and this is my final semester in the MSI program at FSU (and hopefully my last semester of school). 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