Dr Jekyll and Mrs Teen

When did I become huggy crafty bear? At some point over the last year I went from the "hugs are bad" girl who couldn't make a craft to save her life (nor would she want to) to the librarian who not only makes duct tape purses, bead creatures and other assorted crafts, but who actually enjoys doing such activities. The hugging has been getting more frequent as well - and while it was started by the teens, not by me, I haven't exactly discouraged it. What am I supposed to do when they zoom in for a hug - say, get away from me, you emo freak?!. I don't think so.

Today after school I was surrounded by various entourage members - 5 boys to be exact - and all of a sudden I was struck by how weird it was that 5 teenage boys were sitting around chatting with a teen services librarian instead of doing any other number of things that 5 teenage boys would normally do. This is the most popular I've been in years. It's a shame they're all under 20 years old, because apart from that fact this is quite the confidence booster. Luckily I haven't watched enough Nip/Tuck yet (only the first 2 seasons in the last 2 weeks) to draw any dark or depraved conclusions about what this might mean about my personality.