Louie Goes to the Archives.

What a gorgeous day to be in Iowa City... too bad I spent it in the library. Oh well. My visit to the University of Iowa Archives was a little overwhelming at first. I was lost in the billions of books, journals, articles, posters, films, and many other forms of media that it contained. I even got a little lost in the history of the world wars section on the third floor. There, I was lost but was happy I was. Wow. I instantly realized I was going to need a lot more time. For about two hours I wondered around the history section looking at the various maps, posters, and books about WWII and WWI. I was a little spun around and couldn't find my way out. That and my A.D.D. kept kicking in as I got distracted by something that I wanted to take a look at. When I finally found my way back to the stairs I went to the second floor to check out the books in the art section. I was looking for books about community-based art. How come whenever I go to the library I can never find what I'm looking for but I seem to find plenty of thing I'm not. I was starting to get a little frustrated. The Dewey decimal system was obviously not working in my favor. Eventually I found one of the books on my list. It took me three hours to find it. I pulled it out. Looked at the cover........

"SH!T, I own this book." It was a text book I had for a class I took previously with Rachel. After that I looked around a little bit more then gave up. I was tired.

Overall it was a good visit. I really enjoyed the history section. I think if I had several days and hours to visit I would feel like I got more accomplished. But I'll stick to Amazon for now.