So, there are so many awesome librarian blogs out there that I have sometimes have trouble keeping up. However, sometimes I find a post from a few months ago that I just have to share. This is one of those cases with Sarah Glassmeyer’s blog. She wrote a post called “Everything I Need to Know, I Learned from Internet Memes.”

This post made me laugh, and it made me think. I love the LOLcats. I love the fail meme. I especially love the Haters Gonna Hate meme. Now, all of these memes and more have lessons to learn for librarians and general human beings (because apparently librarians in a separate category…?) It’s definitely a post worth checking out, if only to feel superior about your knowledge of internet memes. I know I got all warm and fuzzy inside, showed it to my significant other and then laughed at him when he asked what was up with the troll face. Then, of course, I had to tweet about it and write this post. So, I put this in the win column for me.

So, I wanted to use some LOLs to give some of my own advice. I’m not as big picture as Ms. Glassmeyer, but hopefully these will be fun:

Kids, you can be anything you’d like:

Surround yourself with happiness to keep out the negativity:

Librarians, we tend to be hoarders, keeping all our projects and care worn puppets “just in case.” Sometimes, though, we look a little ridiculous.

And, people can surprise you. You can either post Facebook messages about it or find a way to laugh about it.

But, still, no matter what… Haters gonna hate… Just be yourself, anyway.