For Real Tho // About Me

Since I just decided to fork over two days of Diet Coke money for an ad for this blog, I figure I ought to do a more descriptive “About Me” post for any potential new readers.  You know, just in case they wouldn’t be able to discern from my posts that I am a 30 year old nerd with great ambitions and little necessary follow-through.  Luckily you, my dear friends and random family members who actually read this, get to benefit as well!

So, yeah, my name is Emily and I am a 30 year old graduate student living in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  I am originally from the south and YES, enduring a Michigan winter for the first time last year was probably the worst thing ever.  As you may have guessed, I attend the University of Michigan and you will likely encounter an obligatory “GO BLUE” or two when reading this blog.  Whenever people ask me what I am studying at U of M, I often have a brief anxiety attack before replying with something like this:  “It’s like if all the new hip librarians broke up with libraries and started sleeping with web developers and they had kids who were really into digitizing their old LP’s and crowdsourcing what they want to eat all the time.”  Umm, maybe it would make more sense if someone else explained it.

Anyhow, I spend my days in class, in project meetings, or at one of my part-time gigs in the technology or the digital curation departments. My nights, however… my nights belong to this hunk:

And this bitch:

We spend a lot of time watching movies, sittin on the porch, and cuddling.  Other than all things internet, I enjoy LAUGHING, cooking and baking, reading (mostly non-fiction), drinking good beer, and celebrating the artistic achievements of my friends and family while secretly bemoaning the fact that I have little artistic talent myself.

Also, I have just come to the realization that I am quite self-deprecating.  Hmph!  Learn somethin new everyday.

If there is anything else you’d like to know, do a simple Google search–I’m sure it’s out there somewhere.  If not, feel free to drop me a line at emily dot mahood at gmail dot com.

xo Em

PS – I wouldn’t be a proper southern lady without saying thank you for stoppin by darlin!