In the great, grand scheme of things, I'm pretty insignificant, but working register four at the ROM really makes me feel it. I'm all the way at the back. No one looks down here at me, or hears me when I'm calling for the next in line. On the other hand, it's a very pleasant, stress-free post. Good thing I'm wearing my awesome harlequin socks. I bought them last night, the two last pairs of them at this neat store on Queen Street that specialises in accessorising feet. They're both red and yellow diamonds, but one has blue and the other has black. They're super funky and they actually make it most of the way to my knees. Wow.

In other news, I spent the last half hour discussing museum policies and principles with a co-worker. She's one of the recent hires and I really like her. She did the Arts Education Masters programme at Concordia with a special focus on museums - you can see how we have stuff to talk about. We had a rather animated conversation about what the ROM should be, and more generally the purpose of museums. We argued a bit about how to make Thorsell's ideas into something workable, and basically, we're on the same page, but our approaches differ a bit. We should probably get a drink and discuss it properly when we're not interrupted by patrons, in the place we're discussing. I shall email her and invite her out. Hurray for thinking !

I'm going to walk down to the bus terminal tonight, stopping somewhere cheap for dinner. My bus is at 7:30 since I will miss the 5pm. Annoying, but there's nothing for it. It will give me a bit more time to work on my projects, I suppose. I'll pop into the Pearls exhibit again to further develop my ideas and then I will be all set to write my review tomorrow. Tonight is for finishing my paper (if I can) that was extended to Tuesday.