Christy, metadata janktress

As you may have guessed, a goth archivist. Also writes, knits, raises hell. Queer lady: Y (she/her). Employer's opinions: N.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

Smarmy emcee: "A bachelorette!...do you have a job, love?"
Me: "Yes! I'm an archivist!"
Emcee: "And what do you archive?"
Me: "Holocaust testimonies!"

And that, my friends, is how I made a burlesque show interlude awkward.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@plaguelibrarian Hi Evelyn!

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@ablwr Great, now I need to populate it!

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

I need to make a Github repo titled "Janky Jank" for the stuff I make for absolutely, stupidly bonkers workarounds.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@librarian_elle @pobocks I AM WARNING YOU JAVERT,
I'M A STRONGER MAN BY FAR!
THERE IS POWER IN ME YET,
MY RACE IS NOT YET RUN!

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

I should not put songs from musicals on my playlists because it's taking every bit of self-control to not dramatically sing along while students are in the office.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@waitmanb That sounds amazing and I dearly wish I that I didn't have a late-onset hazelnut allergy.

Side note: if you want to be really weird, chai tea with milk and vodka is surprisingly great as well.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

*cries in freemium*

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@waitmanb Sorry, I know this isn't remotely the point, but I cracked the hell up at "Wehraboos."

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

Behold. My amazing new Weird Al shirt.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

Hello 35, how are you.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@pullmygoalies It means doing something in a barely correct, not exactly stable way. Think of using duct tape to do repairs. I use it in my display name because my ways of handling metadata for work can be inefficient or unorthodox, but it gets done.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@meau_takes Congratulations!

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

I had this weird thing growing up where the things I could watch were heavily policed, but I could pretty much read whatever I wanted. My parents were very contradictory in general.

[David Barnett @davidmbarnett]

Did your parents monitor/police your reading? And if so, at what age did it stop? I certainly didn’t get any input from when I started choosing/buying my own books, maybe age 10 or 11, and I can’t remember ever being told “not that” when I wanted a book from a shop or library.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

@thatliBEARian I jokingly refer to my aesthetic as "haunted clergy." So: plain tees, tunics, or button downs; neat jeans, dress pants, or long skirt; combat boots/Docs; sweater, duster cardigan, or blazer; a (made by me) shawl; weird earrings and necklace. I'm an academic librarian/archivist.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

My soul joyously becomes one with the universe when "Temple of Love" by the Sisters of Mercy comes on at the goth night and I can let loose.

Apparently the 7 drunk preppy dudes who wandered in from the downstairs bar and jumped in a circle while chanting feel the same way.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

Tonight involves dancing along to "The Witch" by Rosetta Stone while cooking dinner.

[Animorphing Time Podcast @animorphingtime]

Good morning from a meme I made in 2020 when we started the podcast

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

For the record, they have said very nice things and I was not expecting anything bad. But man, do I hate reading about myself.

[Christy, metadata janktress @GothArchivist]

Things that take forever at work:
* Downloading mezzanine quality video files
* Converting hundreds of video files to another format
* Me reading through what a supervisor wrote about me in an evaluation statement, complimentary or not, because DEAR GOD NO.