That time of the semester.

10/18/2010

It is, once again, the time of the semester where I am forced to go to the library. Today was to look at microfilms. And, naturally, there were a few mishaps.

The last time I worked on microfilms was about six months ago. The time before that was no months ago. So, I might have forgotten how it all worked.

The adventure began right away.

Turn the machine on.

Check.

Turn the computer on.

Check.

Put the spool on.

Check.

Oh, wait, I put it on backwards.

Put the spool on the correct way.

Check.

Feed the spool through the machine until it is caught.

Check.

Wait, what's going on? It isn't catching properly.

Fiddle around with the machine until something different happens.

Check.

Start looking at the microfilm.

Check.

Thirty minutes later... Wow, my eyes are tired.

Rub eyes with hands.

Check.

Forget about putting hand sanitizer on my hands thirty minutes before so eyes sting and water for about ten minutes straight.

Check.

Engine of machine stops working which doesn't allow the microfilm to advance.

Check.

Advance microfilm manually by sticking hand into machine.

Check.

Once done, rewind microfilm back onto spool.

Check.

Naturally, it doesn't rewind as intended.

Check.

The first time is always the most awkward, right? Hopefully tomorrow the experience will be better...