Anastasia Armendariz
@anastasiaa2z.bsky.social
special collections librarian. seasonal baker. captain of the pismo beach disaster relief. she/her.
“That’s our homie William! We ride!” overheard Blake during an undergrad special collections session on Dante’s Inferno
May 8, 2025 at 2:29 AM
“That’s our homie William! We ride!” overheard Blake during an undergrad special collections session on Dante’s Inferno
Pi(e) Day slices
March 15, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Pi(e) Day slices
A wearying time to be an Angeleno, a woman in the US, a human. Was resenting an early Saturday wake-up for an event, and yet. Latinx and Chicanx alumni finding themselves and their siblings in photos. Elders grateful for the preservation of the heritage. Homegrown citrus. Now a bright morning.
January 25, 2025 at 11:59 PM
A wearying time to be an Angeleno, a woman in the US, a human. Was resenting an early Saturday wake-up for an event, and yet. Latinx and Chicanx alumni finding themselves and their siblings in photos. Elders grateful for the preservation of the heritage. Homegrown citrus. Now a bright morning.
New dream: host a New Year’s Eve Party that might live up to the fête this early 1930’s frame, designed by Irene Saltern Salinger, invites. From MS.P.059, UC Irvine Special Collections & Archives.
December 3, 2024 at 10:21 PM
New dream: host a New Year’s Eve Party that might live up to the fête this early 1930’s frame, designed by Irene Saltern Salinger, invites. From MS.P.059, UC Irvine Special Collections & Archives.
Was looking for slices of good-lumpia, free beverages, and a few book purchases including Peg Bracken’s follow-up to her 1960 work (which I found at a half price books few years back) with a pal made for a lovely Friday eve at a local bookshop fête.
November 9, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Was looking for slices of good-lumpia, free beverages, and a few book purchases including Peg Bracken’s follow-up to her 1960 work (which I found at a half price books few years back) with a pal made for a lovely Friday eve at a local bookshop fête.
western astrology girlies at it since at least 1499
November 7, 2024 at 11:35 PM
western astrology girlies at it since at least 1499
Scenes from our recent sessions with first-quarter Italian students celebrating the Week of Italian Language in the World.
October 30, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Scenes from our recent sessions with first-quarter Italian students celebrating the Week of Italian Language in the World.
A selection of UFW materials we shared during a pop-up prior to the on-campus screening of ‘A Song for Cesar’ last night. Lovely to table next to current student work all while alumni reminisced about campus life, activism, and their own work in the fields.
October 16, 2024 at 10:36 PM
A selection of UFW materials we shared during a pop-up prior to the on-campus screening of ‘A Song for Cesar’ last night. Lovely to table next to current student work all while alumni reminisced about campus life, activism, and their own work in the fields.
For any rare book people heading to RBMS, grab yourself a pin feat. Petr as rendered by one of my colleagues. Available during the UCI tour this afternoon or the Thursday afternoon beverage break💫
June 25, 2024 at 5:30 PM
For any rare book people heading to RBMS, grab yourself a pin feat. Petr as rendered by one of my colleagues. Available during the UCI tour this afternoon or the Thursday afternoon beverage break💫
Perfectly typical hazards.
March 25, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Perfectly typical hazards.
Worse things than leading multiple Malibu-focused instruction sessions with less than a week left in this role. Especially in this room.
February 1, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Worse things than leading multiple Malibu-focused instruction sessions with less than a week left in this role. Especially in this room.
Bonus: A surprise anteater in a corner of the student center (zot zot)
January 27, 2024 at 4:50 AM
Bonus: A surprise anteater in a corner of the student center (zot zot)
On the horizon: UC Irvine as Rare Books & Special Collections Librarian! Cannot wait to jump into this community and these collections in a month.
January 27, 2024 at 4:48 AM
On the horizon: UC Irvine as Rare Books & Special Collections Librarian! Cannot wait to jump into this community and these collections in a month.
Bonus: a whole anteater (zot zot)
January 27, 2024 at 4:45 AM
Bonus: a whole anteater (zot zot)
Rifle Paper Co. does make it easy for people to find gifts for their bookish pals (I have two of these notepads)
January 23, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Rifle Paper Co. does make it easy for people to find gifts for their bookish pals (I have two of these notepads)
Teeny tiny yet tall (24mo!) volume of Scotch songs tucked into an archival collection and located by a student employee.
October 17, 2023 at 5:47 PM
Teeny tiny yet tall (24mo!) volume of Scotch songs tucked into an archival collection and located by a student employee.
oat milk? $6:19. random vodka soda:
October 10, 2023 at 2:33 AM
oat milk? $6:19. random vodka soda:
I’m at the historic train station. I’m at the rare book fair. I’m at the combination…
October 8, 2023 at 9:37 PM
I’m at the historic train station. I’m at the rare book fair. I’m at the combination…
The undergraduates report that their phones try to read a map in the Geneva bible (from the book of Numbers) as a QR code.
September 5, 2023 at 7:40 PM
The undergraduates report that their phones try to read a map in the Geneva bible (from the book of Numbers) as a QR code.