Kenneth
Kenneth Simon
See also: Librarian, academic.

Male
39 years old
Los Angeles, California
United States



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    Kenneth's Interests
GeneralActing, writing, vegetarian food, reading.
MusicAni DiFranco, Beach Boys / Brian Wilson, Beck, Cindy Lee Berryhill, The Bobs, Eleni Mandell, Joni Mitchell, Oh Susanna (the singer not the song!), Nellie McKay, Lily Allen, Venus Hum, The Eagles.
MoviesI haven't gotten to the movies much lately, so I've been missing a lot of the good stuff. Juno was great, though! All-time favorites? 80s flicks: Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Breakfast Club.
TelevisionHeroes, Battlestar Glactica, Firefly (RIP), Lost -- and always, Buffy!!
BooksCharles de Lint, Kurt Vonnegut, Tim Robbins, Orson Scott Card, Haruki Murakami. All the Harry Potter books! I read a lot. Kind of appropriate for a librarian, right? Friend me on GoodReads.com!

     Kenneth's Details
Status:Married
Here for:Networking, Friends
Orientation:Straight
Hometown:Sherman Oaks, California
Ethnicity:White / Caucasian
Religion:Jewish
Zodiac Sign:Libra
Smoke / Drink:No / No
Children:Someday
Education:Grad / professional school
Occupation:Librarian

   Kenneth's Schools
University Of California-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CALIFORNIA
Graduated: 2006
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Master's Degree
Major: Library and Information Science
 

2004 to 2006
University Of California-Berkeley
Berkeley,California
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Law
 

1995 to 1996
Indiana University-Bloomington
Bloomington,Indiana
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
Major: Sociology
 

1992 to 1993
University Of California-Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CALIFORNIA
Graduated: 1991
Student status: Alumni
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major: Sociology
Clubs: New & Improv'd: comedy improv group
 

1988 to 1991
Bard College
Annandale On Hudson, NEW YORK
Graduated: N/A
Student status: Alumni
Degree: None
 

1987 to 1988
Cleveland (grover) High
Reseda, CALIFORNIA
Graduated: 1987
Student status: Alumni
Degree: High School Diploma
 

1984 to 1987

   Kenneth's Companies
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN US
Senior Secretary
Student Legal Services

1994-1995
Knowledge Alliance
San Francisco, CA US
Senior Trainer

1996-1998
Gap Inc.
San Francisco, CA US
Manager, Macintosh Systems Engineering
Information Technology

1998-2002
Eastern Michigan University
Ypsilanti, MI US
College Technology Specialist
College of Health & Human Services

2002-2004
University of California
Los Angeles, CA US
Reference Desk Assistant
Young Research Library

2004-2006
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA US
Reference Technology Coordinator
Von der Ahe Library

2006-



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   Kenneth's Blurbs
About me:

I have no idea how to define myself. My interests and ambitions are all over the map. I'll never figure out if that is a good or bad thing!

I tried to count the different career paths I've taken in my life, but I don't know what comes after one bajillion. Now, though, I'm a librarian. Took me long enough, but I found the career I want to stick with! Why? Well, I like to sit behind the reference desk, looking sneering at people over my glasses and shushing them.

No. I don't do that. That's old school! I like the job because I get to help people find the information they need. When I was in seventh grade, our school librarian showed us how to find books and crumbling old issues of Life Magazine. And that was pretty much it. Now, though, research is a vast sea of databases, books and web sites. I like teaching people how to navigate that sea.

When I'm not in librarian mode, I'm being lots of other things. I'm an Internet fiend and spend way too much time online. For a while, I spent way too much time playing World of Warcraft, an MMORPG. (If you don't know what that is, consider yourself lucky! Stay away! It's addictive!) I also love to write and to act. I've been in community theater productions, a radio theater group, and once upon a time, my brother and I co-founded a comedy improv troupe. I wish I could find a way to get back to that, but my work schedule makes it difficult.

Oh yeah. I also like hunting for the needle in a haystack, taking the rhythm of conversation apart and putting it back together again. Kind of a weird librarian / sociologist / poet thing. If I tried to explain it I might pull a brain muscle.

Who I'd like to meet:

   Kenneth's Friend Space (Top 4)
Kenneth has 55 friends.
 Kelly 


 Mai 


 Eleni Mandell 


 Amy Kuney 





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Mai





Sep 30 2008 6:25 AM

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
Saqi Dosaj - new song is up!





Sep 1 2008 12:04 AM

Hey Kenneth as a friend I want to tell you about my new "Imagine" Video Contest





Thanks come and visit- Saqi Dosaj
Jeni





Feb 1 2008 3:17 PM



Yea. didn't make sense to me either but I thought it was funneh!
JELANA





Jan 3 2008 11:27 PM

I can be a Bare Essentials 007 for you.
Mai





Nov 4 2007 2:33 AM

If you haven't already, an earring always does the trick too you know. :)
Sarah♥





Nov 1 2007 12:38 AM

Happy Halloween!
Mai





Oct 20 2007 4:47 AM

If I didn't answer, I'm going to Italy and France (around Rome and Paris).
Mai





Oct 20 2007 4:45 AM

I remember missing your birthday before reading your note [just so you know I'm not that horrible of a friend :)]
Natalie





Oct 1 2007 11:14 PM

Kenneth Kenneth Kenneth!
Nice to see your space, on myspace hehe
Hope you are well allllll the way over there :) Take care mate
Sarah♥





Sep 30 2007 4:48 AM

Happy Birthday. I hope you had a great day!
Mai





Sep 29 2007 1:15 AM

Rome and Paris

It'll be cold there too. Also, aren't you use to the cold? Memories of snowy winters? :)
Mai





Sep 27 2007 3:22 AM

Hi back!
Things are okay...I found out that I get to go to Europe!
How's the librarian job coming along?
Naomi





Jun 8 2007 3:52 AM

Did you know that you are the second long lost friend I've found on MySpace who's now a librarian in LA?

Stop by and say hello... :)
Sarah♥





May 27 2007 3:58 PM

Wow, I hadn't realized how many colleges you have been to. You could give a lot of advice to kids that are just starting school about where to go and where not to go.
Arifa





May 22 2007 9:59 PM

i just signed on and saw that you're on right now, too! i had no idea that you and i have such similar taste in television. i'm finally watching firefly now. we just have one disc and the movie left before it's over. *sniff*
Naomi





May 18 2007 4:21 PM

Hey, Ken! What have you been up to?
Arifa





Apr 10 2007 9:56 PM

we missed you at yet anothe lunch! =( the food was really good, though. you should go sometime just to try it out.
Arifa





Feb 7 2007 8:26 AM

it's too bad you couldn't make the lunch, but it actually worked out because howie and i ended up being almost an hour late!!! yikes! maybe next time =)
Kelly





Feb 3 2007 11:44 PM

Thanks for my first ever myspace comment. I shall cherish it always. Especially the part about the viscious rumors.
Mai





Jan 16 2007 6:00 AM

Thanks! It's the best because I had a 3 day weekend!
Mai





Nov 15 2006 6:23 AM

The real me this time...HI!
Mai





Jun 18 2006 9:30 AM

alright...so it's been forever. I forget if it's your turn to write or mine. Just want to say hi...HI!
Chris





Jun 15 2006 4:06 AM

We're done. It's over! Hooray. Now, it's off to the real world again.
Amy Kuney





Jun 5 2006 1:01 AM

thank you for the kind words Kenneth. Im glad you like the CD. Were gonna be working on another one soon!! keep in touch!

-amy
Sophie B. Hawkins





May 29 2006 2:59 PM

Thanks for your support kenneth

take care

Sophie B.



www.sophiebhawkins.com
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