The First Full Week Completed

So my first full week went pretty well. Before the internship started I worried if looking over microfilm all day would kill me, but so far it's been fine and even if I'm having a harder time finding good stories for the datebook, there are still a bunch of fun things to read- like Ann Landers! I also have my microfilm reading companion who comes in to copy things from a newspaper- says he learning more about his dad from the paper then he ever knew- his dad was apparently a quiet man.

For a while I was getting discouraged on finding good topics- all the really popular things have been taken- all the historic sites, governors, Lewis and Clark and Custer stuff is pretty much covered. But not Dakota Maid Flour! I was so excited about that one- it's a state owned mill. So by the end of the week things were looking up. And I finally summoned up the nerve to show my boss what I'd been working on- heading in the right direction at least. I should probably talk with him more often.

On Friday there was a surprise party for someone in the office who'd just gotten married. I brought potato salad which went over pretty well and then there were many good deserts!

Oh and on Thursday I put up some postcards above my desk and brought a mug in. The postcards started up some conversation. And on Friday I brought in headphones so I could listen to music. Very exciting.

And I finally got my oil changed. Now I need new tires. Ahh.

This weekend I went to the zoo with two other interns. We walked, crouching through low ceilinged tunnels to get to the middle of the tiger's cage and for the prairie dog thing too- I'd never seen baby prairie dogs before-so cute! Then we walked around downtown- not a whole lot going on, but we stopped in a historic church and weather station. For dinner we went to Space Aliens bar and grill- quite the atmosphere.

And tomorrow it will be back to work.

Here are some highlights from the archives:

chin stretching helps devlop good contour

bicycles "better than walking"

velvet lined bathtubs

anti-freckle helmets

children's letters to god- one of your clouds made a face that scared me- please don't do it again

british politician asked health service to provide tights instead of stockings to women to hide the vericose veins of mini skirt wearers

there was also an article about visiting soviets who disapproved of how short miniskirts were and how older people were wearing them and that there was too much coupling

one teacher put fake bomb around bad students neck

"Dangerous when aroused..a woman's curiosity"

"... the way you look may be the way you'll stay in someone's memory-Dorothy Perkins Fine Cosmetics"

"Love on a greyhound bus"

a little boy in NY ran away to coney island because his mom loved the dog better