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Halley R
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she/her. public librarian by day, bubble water connoisseur the rest of the time. casual collector. loves indiepop and synthwave. does her best.
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This hair dye brings me a stupid amount of joy; it fades so delightfully, hardly bleeds when it’s fresh, and holds better than any dye I’ve ever used. I meant to try different colors when I started again, but never moved past it. I will be devastated if Good Dye Young ever stops making Kowabunga.
A selfie of Halley, a woman with glasses and brown hair with green streaks. Her green dye has faded out some and is a softer, mossier color.
November 26, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Travelin today.
A mirror selfie of Halley, a woman with glasses and brown hair with green streaks. She is wearing jeans and a T-shirt from The Midnight’s 2021 tour. The mirror is a little dusty.
November 26, 2025 at 3:24 AM
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Work Christmas tree topper 👌
The top of Halley’s Christmas tree at work. It features a cut out meme of Pearl from the horror movie Pearl, crying and saying “please! I’m a star” instead of an actual star.
November 23, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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Dopamine dressing for work today since we’re understaffed and had additional callouts (making me the only children’s staff in the building). LETS DO THIS

#skybrarian #librariansofbluesky #dopaminedressing #dopaminedetails
A selfie of Halley, a woman with glasses, a nose ring, and green and brown hair. She is wearing neon blue earrings shaped like gummy bears. A view of the back of Halley’s head from the mirror. She has a small Jenny Lemons hair clip shaped like an orange in her hair. A view of Halley’s tights, which feature honeybees. She is also wearing worn down Dr. Martin Chelsea boots. The view of Halley’s hand, which is wearing a delightfully mismatched beaded bracelet with beads that spell her name. Other beads are heart shaped, fake pearls, clay and plastic happy faces, and a plastic dice.
November 22, 2025 at 7:31 PM
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My copy of Ego Death came last week, and I’ve been spinning it nonstop. This is easily one of my top albums this year, massively replayable; just so, so good.

#nowspinning #vinyl #hayleywilliams #egodeathatabacheloretteparty
A vinyl copy of Hayley Williams new album, Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party, spins on Halley’s turntable. It is in the transparent highlighter yellow variant, and the album sleeve, which features a black and white photo of Hayley Williams leaning into her hand, is propped up behind it.
November 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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More stuff I’m trying to make rn
A strange grouping of baby blue circles that Halley has awkwardly crocheted together with yarn. A clumsily crocheted strawberry that admittedly has more tomato colors.
November 21, 2025 at 7:59 PM
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Arts n crafts at work 👌
A small paper cut out of a doll’s face, Cynthia from Rugrats. Cynthia has ragged, pulled out hair and stares with a blank expression. The cut out is being held by Halley and has tape stuck on the top and bottom, so as to tape it on something. A broom at Halley’s work that strongly resembles Cynthia, the doll from Rugrats’s, hair. It has seen better days and the fibers are flying out every which way. Halley’s hand gestures to the broom handle, which now has the cut out taped to it. It also has a label printed below it that says “CYNTHIAAAAAAA” as Angelica from Rugrats does. A close up of the broom handle.
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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Irrational excitement over finally getting to try a persimmon that didn’t make me feel like my whole face was stuffed with cotton balls 🥹
Halley’s hand holds a ripe persimmon in front of a black and white band poster. She is wearing a silly looking mismatched bead bracelet.
November 20, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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Dyscalculia and hobbies like crochet aren’t the best combo, but I’ve been improving 🥲
Halley’s first attempts at crochet. They are very tightly woven green triangles that were supposed to be squares. Continued (messy) attempts of the beginnings of a very uneven rainbow scarf. Finally some improvement and a basic understanding of a single crochet. Completed slip stitch beanie on Halley’s head. The stitches are not as even as they could be, but she’s still happy.
November 19, 2025 at 3:21 AM
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A few recent snaps 💛 1 + 2: Went to a library conference. 3 + 4: Got to see some buddies
Halley + coworker friend in front of a Where the Wild Thing Are mural in a library in Columbia SC. An awkward mirror selfie of Halley, who is wearing a muted rainbow sweater, jeans, dark Chelsea boots, and a bright blue beanie. Halley and her friend, caught outside in the rain during a fair. Halley and two previous coworkers, who were in town visiting for the day.
November 19, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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What could have been a way more stressful weekend last week turned out okay. Grateful for broski 💚
Halley and her brother sit on a park bench with Italian ice in hand. Halley has mango ice and Chad has grape. They are both wearing baseball caps and smiling.
October 24, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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A successful programming afternoon 👌 #skybrarian #childrenslibrarian
A group of six children’s library staff members pose for a photo in various costumes. From left to right, one (Halley) is wearing a yellow teletubbie head, one has on a Captain Underpants costume with black clothing on underneath, the next two have on witch hats, one wears cat ears, and one is dressed as a minion. Many of them hold photo props up and all of them are smiling.
October 24, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Might not have been here on release day, but still got here earlier than expected. Algae variant 💚
I’ve been beyond obsessed with this album since it dropped. Quiet Earth, Sanctuary and The Right Way are my favorites so far, but the whole thing is fantastic.
#nowspinning #themidnight #syndicate
Halley’s vinyl copy of The Midnight’s Syndicate is sitting in Halley’s record player. The record is semi transparent green and has swirls of blue and yellow in it. The vinyl sleeve is propped up behind it.
October 7, 2025 at 1:58 AM
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Yesterday’s Friday 5x5. I’m… not into Life of a Showgirl so far. Actually had to switch to the clean version to give it a chance, which blows my mind. I never thought I’d have an issue with Taylor Swift’s lyrics, but here we are. Now… Syndicate is a damned masterpiece.
Halley’s top albums of the last week includes music by The Midnight, Nujabes, Taylor Swift, Night Tapes, The Bad Dreamers, Clairo, Caspar Babypants (thanks to Storytime 😂), Bright Eyes, Múm, Jupiter Winter, Nine Inch Nails, Vacation Manor, and L’avenue.
October 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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September music wrap-up 🤍
Halley’s overall music wrap-up for September. The wrap-up says she listened for 5,204 minutes, her top artist was The Midnight at 736 minutes, top song was Summer’s Ending Soon at 15 plays, and top album was The Bad Dreamers Space and Time at 315 minutes. Halley’s top 5 artists: 1) The Midnight- 736 minutes 2) The Bad Dreamers- 407 minutes 3) Hayley Williams- 399 minutes 4) Nujabes- 354 minutes 5) Nation of Language- 236 minutes Halley’s top 5 albums: 1) Space and Time by The Bad Dreamers 2) Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party by Hayley Williams 3) Dance Called Memory by Nation of Language 4) Syndicate by The Midnight 5) Modal Soul by Nujabes Top 5 songs: 1) Summer’s Ending Soon by The Midnight 2) One Way Ticket by The Bad Dreamers 3) Runaways (feat. Bonnie McKee) by The Midnight 4) Romantic Comedy by The Bad Dreamers 5) Unspoken, Unbroken by The Bad Dreamers
October 4, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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Painted my bird buddy to put in the free raffle thing at work. Pretty happy with how he came out, esp. for the amount of time spent.
A small painting of the yellow throated bird from the day before, painted in acrylic. The sky in the background is green, and there are many clouds. The bird is perched on a branch.
October 1, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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I made a friend today, and haven’t been able to stop thinking about it 🥺🥹

I feel like I should add, there was no poking or prodding in this. Mostly just watching and waiting. I have an awful memory from college of a stunned owl that then seized, and wanted to be sure to keep an eye on this guy.
A photo of a small bird in a cloth lined shallow Tupperware container. Text on the page reads: “he and his friend flew into one of our branch windows and we thought they were both dead. I went out to give them a bird funeral (sadly, this happens a lot) and found he was stunned, not dead. I gently picked him up with a cloth and placed him in a Tupperware to give him time to recover.” The bird is now sitting on the cloth, which is in Halley’s hand, looking alert. Text reads: “once he opened his eyes, I tried to encourage gentle movement to see if anything was hurt aside from his poor noggin 🥺 It took him around ten minutes to open his eyes and start looking around and a few patrons waited on him. I talked to him quite a bit.” The bird is now alert and vertical, perched on the side of a wall. Text reads: “I wish I had a better picture of this, because it was so special. Once we were open I started moving the Tupperware to the childrens porch so I could keep an eye on him. Hedecided it was time and he fluttered out of the container, perched on the fence about three feet away from me, and just stared at me for a good ten seconds before flying off. It felt like he was saying thank you 🥺”
September 30, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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Got a double rainbow.

And this gloriously unattractive photo.
Halley tries to take a selfie holding Rupert, her five pound Yorkshire terrier. Rupert, who is not having it, is mid bark, telling the neighbor dogs THIS IS HIS YARD.
September 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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A few more photos of my tapioca pal.
A grainy closeup from this morning of a completely white spider perched on a zinnia. The same spider, just on a different zinnia this afternoon. One last photo of said spider friend.
September 28, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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Smol milk jelly fren.
September 28, 2025 at 2:48 AM
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I didn’t become a parent to do this to my child, but I did not not become a parent to do it 😌
A screenshot of a series of texts Halley sent to her child. It includes two photos of Rupert, a Yorkshire terrier, wearing a pink Kirby hat, followed by several short messages. They read: “It’s 9:00. Also, that hissing was Rupert farting Farts Butts Poop”
September 23, 2025 at 1:23 AM
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Office mess updated to feature this rad Starcadian poster 🥰
A photo of Halley’s office, with all location indicators blacked out. Her desk is covered in lots of pop culture, playful, art type trinkets, and now has a Starcadian poster for Midnight Signals propped up on the backer.
September 22, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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When an old friend from college visits you from the Midwest and requests Waffle House, you make it happen.
Two women sit side by side in a Waffle House. The one on the left, Halley’s friend, has red hair and clear glasses. Halley is sitting next to her and has wavy brown hair and has brown tortoiseshell glasses. They are both smiling.
September 22, 2025 at 2:11 AM
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Took a couple of days to pick up, but grabbed a vinyl copy of Nation of Language’s newest, Dance Called Memory. I’ve been listening to it via streaming quite a bit the last few days and knew it had to be in my vinyl rotation 🤍. #nowspinning #nationoflanguage #dancecalledmemory
A vinyl copy of the Loser (clear with blue splashes) color vinyl variant of Nation of Language’s newest album, Dance Called Memory spins on Halley’s turntable. The album art is displayed behind it, and features the tips of fingers picking up red cherries from a yellow cloth napkin. Behind the napkin is a blue patterned sheet.
September 22, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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Friday 5x5 🤍
A grid of Halley’s top listened to albums of the week. Offerings include albums by Ollie Wride, Djo, The Midnight, Maxx Parker, Nujabes, Dr. Psilocon, Michigander, Com Truise, FM-84, Starcadian, Peter Gabriel, The Secret Chord, Timecop1983, The Bad Dreamers, Carpenter Brut, The Midnight & Magik*Magik, Hayley Williams, Nation of Language, Young Empress, Taylor Swift, and The Strike.
September 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM