Dec. 2 Five: I'm looking for a job and listening to the old British boy band Five interviews. You may remember them when they first came out in the late 90s. I have all 3 of their albums. Their songs are "Slam Dunk da Funk" and "When the Lights Go Out." Here's an interview when they first came out:
Abs: We just got together, and we're exploring what we can do together when you're in a house.
The entire audience of teen girls are cheering because it sounded sexual.
Rich and Scott are waving their arms to stop them.
Rich: Not like that, not like that!
Jay: He meant musically.
lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VzqVysd-OFY
Neighbors from hell: Here's a segment about Five where they are the "neighbors from hell." You put these five guys together in a house, and one couple are angry at them because they are loud. There are these 3 guys who are the same age as the Five guys and they complained about how noisy they were.
It's funny to watch, but not funny if you're living next door to them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WlrfT--3ow&feature=related
Funny: I found that TRL interview that I saw way back in 2002. It really shows the guys chemistry and how they joke around. 1:15 sec in Jay talks about what music he likes. Then Abs talks and Jay pretends to look really interested in what he's saying. Then Rich talks, Jay and Abs then follow suit and pretend to be really interested in what Rich is saying. It keeps going to Scott and Sean.
I love how one starts a joke, and they continue it. lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrNrBMysWSI&feature=related
Scott and Rich: Here are Scott and Rich are from Five. This was in 2008. It's interesting. This group ended in 2001, but I'm learning some new info that I haven't until now. 1min into the interview, Sean wasn't in the "Let's Dance" video so I and I guess a lot of fans thought he quit. What's interesting is that Sean did quit, and the 4 remaining guys didn't know. The management said Sean was sick. Well a few months later, the group ended.
Also I learned that Scott has been with the same woman since the start of the boy band and till the end, and still now. That's like 10 yrs. It started in 1998 and this in 2008. They're married, have 2 kids, and a dog. The audience applauds. lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi69asWkIM0&feature=related
Dec. 7 Headline: This was a couple weeks back. A headline on Jay Leno said:
"Sheep slightly used."
Me: What?
My friend Sherry said: It's a bad attempt at humor. It took me a few minutes to realize what it referred to, and believe me, whoever put that ad had an odd sense of humor.
Me: Is this sexual? Are they talking about a used condom? Please explain.
Sherry: sexual i suspect. the connection i made was used sheep as in it had been used by a human male for intercourse purposes (there are many running jokes about men and sheep)
Holiday jokes: This was also on Jay Leno. He has a Facebook page. He put a question up: "What do you hate about the holidays?"
Zelda, a black woman posted: "People returning things to Wal-Mart when it's obviously from K-Mart."
Chris Hernandez: "Family ask you if you lost weight, when you haven't."
Jay Leno: That's a compliment. So what? You want them to call you a fat- ass?
Joke: This was a few weeks ago, Jimmy Fallon was on Jay Leno. They made a bet. If JF lost bet, he has to wear JL's denim shirt and jeans to work on his Late Night show. They're playing shuffle board, and JF lost the bet.
Cut to a clip of JF in a denim shirt and jeans on the Late Night show.
JL: He looked good.
Cut to JL's studio audience, and they're all wearing denim shirts.
lol. That was a good clip.
Dec. 8 Friends: Today I talked to my friend Chase who works at the mall. I haven't seen him in months and we both talked about our job search. I talked to my friend Dan L. on Sat. on the phone. We talked about job interviews.
Paralympian cured: I found this on Yahoo news. Paralympic silver medallist Monique van der Vorst was paralyzed from the hip down when she was 13. Now she's a 27 yr old hand cyclist. She was hit by a bicycle while training for the 2012 London Paralympics. She spent months in physical rehab learning how to walk. Now she can walk. It's a miracle.
http://ca.sports.yahoo.com/sc/news?slug=reu-paralympiancured_tv_repeat
Dec. 9 Dating news: This was on Jay Leno and it was real news. There was a piece about this 30 something yr old woman who was good looking and I think she was a professional business woman. She goes online dating, and dates 4 or 5 guys a week, just so she could get a free meal. She's not interested in the guys at all, she just goes out with them so she could go to a restaurant.
It says she picks with good jobs. Cut to a shot of her talking, and she is really overweight which is what the Jay Leno editors made her look like.
Woman: So-and-so bought me a $500 meal, and so-and-so took me to this place.
Reporter: She got a boyfriend now.
Camera zooms out and Jack-in-the-Box is sitting beside her.
Reporter: They go out and eat every night.
lol.
Rant: I don't really approve of this woman's actions because she's fake and uses guys to get a free meal. She's wasting this guy's time and money. She didn't seem to be struggling to afford groceries. Yeah, well at least she's only getting food.
Sexual orientation: I've seen people who are way more fake like being gay (and knowing it) and dating someone who's straight. Sexual orientation is harder, because how do you really know if you're gay or straight? Maybe you haven't found the right person yet so you date around.
I have seen on TV about people who are gay, but they date people from the opposite sex. I remember seeing this woman on Oprah say: "I have dated all these guys and I didn't connect with any of them. So I must be gay."
Flashbacks: This kind of leads me to a flashback of a newspaper article. Something about how you can smell a "gold-digger" a woman who's only interested in a guy's money. If you two plan to go for drinks, but then she calls to change it to dinner. She probably wants something more. I do recommend you guys go for coffee or drinks to make it more casual.
Another flashback is this Seventeen magazine quiz from 2002. It's about: "How good are you?" A guy you're not interested in asks you out:
A. Go out with him (free food) and then blow him off.
B: Go out with him because everybody deserves a chance.
I forgot what C was.
Another flashback was of 2005. I was working at a clothing store and this guy Jordan told me that I should totally go out with the new guy Jason.
Jordan: You should go out with him. Go out for some Chinese food, and anyways he's a guy so he'll pay.
Dating: My tip is for guys and girls on a first date, is to go for a drink or coffee. Dinner as the first date is too much pressure. It's like you have to sit there for the entire meal and there's more money put into it. If it's coffee, it's more casual and only a few bucks. If it goes bad, the date ends after the coffee's drank. If it goes well, then you can get a refill.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Send a letter of hope for teachers in Bahrain (Amnesty International)
The nightmare faced by two teachers in Bahrain. It's why we Write for Rights.
Dear Tracy,
The terrifying threats. "We can do anything to you. Anything." Mocked, tortured, threatened. Forced to sign a confession, without even being allowed to read it. Civilians subject to an unjust military trial.
This is the story of two former leaders of the Bahrain Teachers' Association, Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, who were arrested and ill-treated during this spring's protests in Bahrain. Jalila and Mahdi are among the 15 cases featured in Amnesty's Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon this year.
Write a letter for Jalila and Mahdi, and other urgent human rights cases -- join thousands of others worldwide to Write for Rights this December.
Your letters are urgently needed. Next week marks a key milestone in Jalila and Mahdi's case. One day after International Human Rights Day on December 10th, Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb face an appeal hearing.
Why are these two teachers considered so "dangerous"? Because their trade union called for a teachers strike during Bahraini protests this spring -- protests seeking reform of a government that has used torture and excessive force against its own citizens.
Jalila and Mahdi have seen the horrific behavior of Bahrain's government firsthand. Mahdi spent 64 days in solitary confinement, where he says he was tortured. And when Jalila demanded a lawyer after her arrest, she says the authorities rebuffed her with the chilling words: "Who said you would have a lawyer in here? It's us, only us. And we have the permission to do anything to you to [get] the testimony we want."
After unfair trials before a military court, Jalila was sentenced to three years in prison, and Mahdi was sentenced to ten years. It's clear that Bahrain's authorities have no regard for human rights.
Don't let Jalila and Mahdi face their appeal hearing alone. Be there by writing a letter. It's not too late -- join us to Write for Rights.
Thank You,
Michael O’Reilly
Senior Director, Individuals at Risk Campaign
Amnesty International US
Dear Tracy,
The terrifying threats. "We can do anything to you. Anything." Mocked, tortured, threatened. Forced to sign a confession, without even being allowed to read it. Civilians subject to an unjust military trial.
This is the story of two former leaders of the Bahrain Teachers' Association, Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb, who were arrested and ill-treated during this spring's protests in Bahrain. Jalila and Mahdi are among the 15 cases featured in Amnesty's Write for Rights Global Write-a-thon this year.
Write a letter for Jalila and Mahdi, and other urgent human rights cases -- join thousands of others worldwide to Write for Rights this December.
Your letters are urgently needed. Next week marks a key milestone in Jalila and Mahdi's case. One day after International Human Rights Day on December 10th, Jalila al-Salman and Mahdi 'Issa Mahdi Abu Dheeb face an appeal hearing.
Why are these two teachers considered so "dangerous"? Because their trade union called for a teachers strike during Bahraini protests this spring -- protests seeking reform of a government that has used torture and excessive force against its own citizens.
Jalila and Mahdi have seen the horrific behavior of Bahrain's government firsthand. Mahdi spent 64 days in solitary confinement, where he says he was tortured. And when Jalila demanded a lawyer after her arrest, she says the authorities rebuffed her with the chilling words: "Who said you would have a lawyer in here? It's us, only us. And we have the permission to do anything to you to [get] the testimony we want."
After unfair trials before a military court, Jalila was sentenced to three years in prison, and Mahdi was sentenced to ten years. It's clear that Bahrain's authorities have no regard for human rights.
Don't let Jalila and Mahdi face their appeal hearing alone. Be there by writing a letter. It's not too late -- join us to Write for Rights.
Thank You,
Michael O’Reilly
Senior Director, Individuals at Risk Campaign
Amnesty International US
Human Trafficking/ Pregnant Bunny/ job interview book
Dec. 6 Human Trafficking: I was thinking about that this TV mini-series called Human Trafficking that aired back in 2005. They profiled about four women and girls who are lured into human trafficking. You can get more info on it here:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461872/
One is about single mom who is lured into it, because a guy took her from Europe to America, and she was forced into it. She was threatened that they will kill her daughter if she doesn't do it. This mini-series is really hard to watch, because it's dark, depressing, and intense. There's this one shot that sticks in my mind as I see this woman was being raped, and sodomized, and she wants him to stop, but she can't because they will kill her daughter. However, she manages to get to ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement agency) to help her.
The ICE agent is a woman who was actually abused and that's how she got into this department.
Another story was of a teen girl from Europe who thought she was going to be a model in America. She left a note to her single dad that she left. She told her friend where she was going, and then later the friend told her dad. Her dad then managed to get a job as a body guard for a human trafficker. That was how he managed to find his daughter.
A 12 yr old girl went to Thailand with her family and was kidnapped. They had to find the daughter and they were able to rescue her. You can watch this entire series on Youtube. Here's the first part:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4bLeY2xwtg
It was a real eye- opener for me. I have watched Law and Order: SVU for a few years already. From watching this mini-series, I learned at the end, drugs and weapons are trafficked the most. Then it's humans.
Prime Time: I think around that year, I had watched a part about human trafficking on the news magazine show Prime Time. If I remember correctly, they interviewed this Asian-looking girl who was saying goodbye to a friend. The Asian girl was then thrown into a van and she was forced into prostitution. She was threatened that her baby sister will have acid thrown in her face.
She was sometimes put in a dog cage, and fed dog food. When she was interviewed, she was disguised wearing a wig, and this purple lens sunglasses.
They interviewed this curly- blond hair girl and how she was at the mall. She worked there, and a young man and woman gave her this card to be a model. She wanted to make money, so she agreed. They took her to a salon and got her hair and nails done. They took photos of her with a regular camera. They said these are test shots. The photos were posted an a prostitution website with the rates. She was then forced into prostitution.
However, she managed to escape. My memory is kind of fuzzy here, but she managed to run.
Pregnant Bunny: I was looking up "Tyra Banks teen pregnancy" on Youtube to show you that African- American girl Jessica who said she wanted to have a baby so she can get her ex-boyfriend back. Instead I found "Pregnant Bunny." It's this 20 yr old woman Alana who got pregnant and became a prostitute 6 months along her pregnancy. She works at the Bunny Ranch in Nevada. This aired in 2009, and I missed it.
I watched the entire thing and it was sad. Alana's parents wouldn't support her and the baby. Her bills were piling up and if she worked min. wage at McDonald's then she can't pay all of her bills. She was desperate and then she called the Bunny Ranch. Her parents stopped communicating with her. Her older sister still supports her emotionally and told her to go to school.
Her ex-boyfriend says he doesn't know if he's the father, and there will be a DNA test. No one was there to support her. Tyra did talk about adoption, but Alana said she wanted to be a mom since she was 6yrs old. Throughout the entire show, Alana was crying.
A few good points was that the Bunny Ranch people threw her a baby shower because her family wasn't going to. The family was going to throw her the shower, but then when she said she was going to be a prostitute, they didn't have the party. The Ranch manager Dennis was supportive of her, because he does get 50% of her earnings. He stood up for her.
Tyra did ask the question: "After the baby's born, are you going back to prostitution?" Alana said in her ideal world, she would have a regular job and be home with her baby at 5pm. She hopes to finish school and be a pharmacist. You can watch the ep here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abeeY_95jkA&feature=related
Job interview book: My little brother checked out some job interview books. I read this one called Interview Skills that Win the Job by Michael Spiropoulos. It's a good, fast, and easy read. He gives you a common job interview question, and then gives you a good answer and a not-so-good answer. The comments explain why it's good.
Say you were dismissed from your last job: You tell in detail, be dispassionate (don't sound bitter or angry), don't use abusive language, tell what the situation and job environment. Then you say you were dismissed, and then you can get the interviewer's sympathy. Don't mention the dismissal in the first sentence. You need to soften the interviewer.
Or don't mention the dismissal at all if you only worked there for short period of time and/ or it was in the distant past. If you worked there for a short period of time, I wouldn't even put that on my resume so they wouldn't ask about it.
He talks about negotiating wages like giving a range. He mentions building a rapport and trust. That reminds me of the job interview I did that I kind of had fun at. I felt I was building a rapport.
Dec. 7 Job: I also want to add to that "Pregnant Bunny." Alana said when she was 4 or 5 months pregnant, no one wanted to hire her. Because even if she gets a job at McDonald's, can we guarantee she won't miss work for her morning sickness? She said her feet hurt all the time. Even if she doesn't miss work, she is going to miss maybe a month after she has the kid.
She may not come back for work, so you might as well hire someone who isn't pregnant, and have a higher chance he or she will stay there longer.
Delusional: I was watching Once Upon a Time about fairytale characters in the real world. There is an episode about Jiminy Cricket and in the real world he's a therapist named Archie. 10 yr old boy Henry believes that the fairytale characters are real. The ep was written by Buffy writer Jane Espenson. The evil mayor/ adoptive mother of Henry tells Archie that he needs to end Henry's delusions.
Archie (to Henry): A delusion is not real, and it's not healthy.
I found the African- American girl Jessica on the Tyra Banks show. She's the one who wanted to get pregnant as a teenager to get her ex-boyfriend back. Go to the 2:20min mark and you can hear her talk. She's the girl who came back on the show 6 months later and said: "After I saw myself on TV, I realized how stupid and ridiculous I sounded and looked."
What other words can you say to describe her? I would say delusional. If you look in her eyes, she looks like she totally 100% believed what she was saying. You can watch the entire episode about teen girls wanting to get pregnant, and teen moms. It's a good episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_W6QtmuDMU
Dateline: Now this guy who is 35 yrs old and is going to date a 12 yr old girl. He is 50% delusional. It's like he didn't really believe he was going to date a 12 yr old, but he wanted to believe it so it could make his actions normal. When in reality, he is grooming her and not dating her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14FZUc8_rWI
Criminal Minds: What's full-blown delusional are some serial killers on this show. In the episode "Slave of Duty" (starring one of my fave actors Wes Brown as the serial killer) is delusional. In this clip it's described that: "He fantasizes or he believes he's in a relationship with these women."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGx_EATqJNY
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461872/
One is about single mom who is lured into it, because a guy took her from Europe to America, and she was forced into it. She was threatened that they will kill her daughter if she doesn't do it. This mini-series is really hard to watch, because it's dark, depressing, and intense. There's this one shot that sticks in my mind as I see this woman was being raped, and sodomized, and she wants him to stop, but she can't because they will kill her daughter. However, she manages to get to ICE (Immigration Customs Enforcement agency) to help her.
The ICE agent is a woman who was actually abused and that's how she got into this department.
Another story was of a teen girl from Europe who thought she was going to be a model in America. She left a note to her single dad that she left. She told her friend where she was going, and then later the friend told her dad. Her dad then managed to get a job as a body guard for a human trafficker. That was how he managed to find his daughter.
A 12 yr old girl went to Thailand with her family and was kidnapped. They had to find the daughter and they were able to rescue her. You can watch this entire series on Youtube. Here's the first part:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4bLeY2xwtg
It was a real eye- opener for me. I have watched Law and Order: SVU for a few years already. From watching this mini-series, I learned at the end, drugs and weapons are trafficked the most. Then it's humans.
Prime Time: I think around that year, I had watched a part about human trafficking on the news magazine show Prime Time. If I remember correctly, they interviewed this Asian-looking girl who was saying goodbye to a friend. The Asian girl was then thrown into a van and she was forced into prostitution. She was threatened that her baby sister will have acid thrown in her face.
She was sometimes put in a dog cage, and fed dog food. When she was interviewed, she was disguised wearing a wig, and this purple lens sunglasses.
They interviewed this curly- blond hair girl and how she was at the mall. She worked there, and a young man and woman gave her this card to be a model. She wanted to make money, so she agreed. They took her to a salon and got her hair and nails done. They took photos of her with a regular camera. They said these are test shots. The photos were posted an a prostitution website with the rates. She was then forced into prostitution.
However, she managed to escape. My memory is kind of fuzzy here, but she managed to run.
Pregnant Bunny: I was looking up "Tyra Banks teen pregnancy" on Youtube to show you that African- American girl Jessica who said she wanted to have a baby so she can get her ex-boyfriend back. Instead I found "Pregnant Bunny." It's this 20 yr old woman Alana who got pregnant and became a prostitute 6 months along her pregnancy. She works at the Bunny Ranch in Nevada. This aired in 2009, and I missed it.
I watched the entire thing and it was sad. Alana's parents wouldn't support her and the baby. Her bills were piling up and if she worked min. wage at McDonald's then she can't pay all of her bills. She was desperate and then she called the Bunny Ranch. Her parents stopped communicating with her. Her older sister still supports her emotionally and told her to go to school.
Her ex-boyfriend says he doesn't know if he's the father, and there will be a DNA test. No one was there to support her. Tyra did talk about adoption, but Alana said she wanted to be a mom since she was 6yrs old. Throughout the entire show, Alana was crying.
A few good points was that the Bunny Ranch people threw her a baby shower because her family wasn't going to. The family was going to throw her the shower, but then when she said she was going to be a prostitute, they didn't have the party. The Ranch manager Dennis was supportive of her, because he does get 50% of her earnings. He stood up for her.
Tyra did ask the question: "After the baby's born, are you going back to prostitution?" Alana said in her ideal world, she would have a regular job and be home with her baby at 5pm. She hopes to finish school and be a pharmacist. You can watch the ep here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abeeY_95jkA&feature=related
Job interview book: My little brother checked out some job interview books. I read this one called Interview Skills that Win the Job by Michael Spiropoulos. It's a good, fast, and easy read. He gives you a common job interview question, and then gives you a good answer and a not-so-good answer. The comments explain why it's good.
Say you were dismissed from your last job: You tell in detail, be dispassionate (don't sound bitter or angry), don't use abusive language, tell what the situation and job environment. Then you say you were dismissed, and then you can get the interviewer's sympathy. Don't mention the dismissal in the first sentence. You need to soften the interviewer.
Or don't mention the dismissal at all if you only worked there for short period of time and/ or it was in the distant past. If you worked there for a short period of time, I wouldn't even put that on my resume so they wouldn't ask about it.
He talks about negotiating wages like giving a range. He mentions building a rapport and trust. That reminds me of the job interview I did that I kind of had fun at. I felt I was building a rapport.
Dec. 7 Job: I also want to add to that "Pregnant Bunny." Alana said when she was 4 or 5 months pregnant, no one wanted to hire her. Because even if she gets a job at McDonald's, can we guarantee she won't miss work for her morning sickness? She said her feet hurt all the time. Even if she doesn't miss work, she is going to miss maybe a month after she has the kid.
She may not come back for work, so you might as well hire someone who isn't pregnant, and have a higher chance he or she will stay there longer.
Delusional: I was watching Once Upon a Time about fairytale characters in the real world. There is an episode about Jiminy Cricket and in the real world he's a therapist named Archie. 10 yr old boy Henry believes that the fairytale characters are real. The ep was written by Buffy writer Jane Espenson. The evil mayor/ adoptive mother of Henry tells Archie that he needs to end Henry's delusions.
Archie (to Henry): A delusion is not real, and it's not healthy.
I found the African- American girl Jessica on the Tyra Banks show. She's the one who wanted to get pregnant as a teenager to get her ex-boyfriend back. Go to the 2:20min mark and you can hear her talk. She's the girl who came back on the show 6 months later and said: "After I saw myself on TV, I realized how stupid and ridiculous I sounded and looked."
What other words can you say to describe her? I would say delusional. If you look in her eyes, she looks like she totally 100% believed what she was saying. You can watch the entire episode about teen girls wanting to get pregnant, and teen moms. It's a good episode:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_W6QtmuDMU
Dateline: Now this guy who is 35 yrs old and is going to date a 12 yr old girl. He is 50% delusional. It's like he didn't really believe he was going to date a 12 yr old, but he wanted to believe it so it could make his actions normal. When in reality, he is grooming her and not dating her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14FZUc8_rWI
Criminal Minds: What's full-blown delusional are some serial killers on this show. In the episode "Slave of Duty" (starring one of my fave actors Wes Brown as the serial killer) is delusional. In this clip it's described that: "He fantasizes or he believes he's in a relationship with these women."
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGx_EATqJNY
Monday, December 5, 2011
Global Write for Rights event launches! Are you on board?
I got this on Dec. 2. I have posted emails from Amnesty International about this Global Write for Rights event before.
Don't let the world's largest human rights event happen without you!
Dear Tracy,
Write for Rights begins tomorrow. Tens of thousands of people around the world are participating in Amnesty's annual Global Write-a-thon, joining together to write letters that can save lives.
It's your last chance to join us before the event's official launch. Tracy, will you sign up today and pledge to write at least one letter to free prisoners of conscience and to stop human rights abuses?
Yes, I will send a letter of hope this December. I will Write for Rights.
You won't be alone. Almost 50,000 people already plan to participate. And more than 800 Write for Rights events are taking place across the United States, with even more events happening worldwide.
One of these events, in Chicago, will feature a very special guest -- a man who symbolizes exactly why it is we're writing. Ed LeMaster knows how important your letters are. In 1961, letters from Amnesty supporters helped to set him free.
Ed, a missionary in Angola, was imprisoned in 1961 as a prisoner of conscience, wrongfully accused of terrorist activities. His case was part of Amnesty's first December letter-writing campaign, 50 years ago.
50 years later, we still write for justice. This year, Ed LeMaster celebrates his 50th year of freedom and will be writing with us. We'll write all across the country -- from Homer, Alaska, to New York City. Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles is organizing an assembly for over 1,200 students to write for rights. Birtukan Mideksa -- an Ethiopian prisoner of conscience and former Write for Rights case who was freed in October 2010 -- will join a Write for Rights event in Washington, DC.
The response has been truly inspiring so far. But we still need your help to reach our goal of 250,000 letters pledged. Every letter matters. Ed LeMaster still treasures every last one of his.
It all starts tomorrow. Write letters to amplify the voices governments are attempting to silence. Write letters demanding freedom. Write letters of solidarity.
There are many governments around the world that like to think their prisoners are forgotten, and that their unjust actions go unnoticed. Help us shine a light on human rights abuses. Join us and write for rights.
Thank You,
Michael O'Reilly
Senior Director, Individuals at Risk Campaign
Amnesty International USA
Don't let the world's largest human rights event happen without you!
Dear Tracy,
Write for Rights begins tomorrow. Tens of thousands of people around the world are participating in Amnesty's annual Global Write-a-thon, joining together to write letters that can save lives.
It's your last chance to join us before the event's official launch. Tracy, will you sign up today and pledge to write at least one letter to free prisoners of conscience and to stop human rights abuses?
Yes, I will send a letter of hope this December. I will Write for Rights.
You won't be alone. Almost 50,000 people already plan to participate. And more than 800 Write for Rights events are taking place across the United States, with even more events happening worldwide.
One of these events, in Chicago, will feature a very special guest -- a man who symbolizes exactly why it is we're writing. Ed LeMaster knows how important your letters are. In 1961, letters from Amnesty supporters helped to set him free.
Ed, a missionary in Angola, was imprisoned in 1961 as a prisoner of conscience, wrongfully accused of terrorist activities. His case was part of Amnesty's first December letter-writing campaign, 50 years ago.
50 years later, we still write for justice. This year, Ed LeMaster celebrates his 50th year of freedom and will be writing with us. We'll write all across the country -- from Homer, Alaska, to New York City. Roosevelt High School in Los Angeles is organizing an assembly for over 1,200 students to write for rights. Birtukan Mideksa -- an Ethiopian prisoner of conscience and former Write for Rights case who was freed in October 2010 -- will join a Write for Rights event in Washington, DC.
The response has been truly inspiring so far. But we still need your help to reach our goal of 250,000 letters pledged. Every letter matters. Ed LeMaster still treasures every last one of his.
It all starts tomorrow. Write letters to amplify the voices governments are attempting to silence. Write letters demanding freedom. Write letters of solidarity.
There are many governments around the world that like to think their prisoners are forgotten, and that their unjust actions go unnoticed. Help us shine a light on human rights abuses. Join us and write for rights.
Thank You,
Michael O'Reilly
Senior Director, Individuals at Risk Campaign
Amnesty International USA
Post Secret/ The Watcher/ missing girl found
Dec. 4 Post Secret:
"Every time I drive past a strip club, I scream DAD! Hoping that the guy walking in will feel horrible, and run away :)"
Me: That's kind of funny and can hurt the strip club business. Or by all means the guy walking in isn't a dad. Or he will think the strippers are someone's daughter.
"Every time a 'room inspection' notice is posted on my dorm room door I take it down so my roommates don't know when to hide their booze and drugs so they'll finally get expelled."
Me: That's good. They deserve to get expelled.
"Somethings that you pretend to like so a boy will love you end up giving you more than that boy ever could."
"Seeing my ex's name come up on my phone when he texted hurt too much, so I switched his name to 'Urkel.'"
Me: That's a good way to deal with it.
Quote: I was reading on Yahoo about how who was considered to be the lead girl Bella in Twilight. Michelle Tractenberg (Dawn from Buffy) was one of the actresses. She says:
"[Hypothetical answers mean] you're not living in the moment and you're looking negatively at what you're doing now," she mused.
Me: That's a good quote that I collected in my quotes.
I was thinking about "What if I done this or done that?" The thing is, you can't take every route or do all the activities. All you can do is prepare and think through your decisions before you make them. Back to Tractenberg, she is still successful. She was on Gossip Girl.
The Watcher: I saw this movie last week and I didn't like it. It's about a serial killer playing a cat-and-mouse game with the police. It came out in 2000. I thought I would like it because I watch Criminal Minds. However, I would say I like other serial killer movies like The Cell and Taking Lives.
It starts off with helicopters and police are rushing to a scene. Cut to Keanu Reeves playing the serial killer Griffin. He is dancing to a Rob Zombie song that's on The Matrix soundtrack, and we all know KR is in that movie. lol. The SWAT team kicks the door open. The Detective Campbell (James Spader) is talking to his therapist Polly (Marisa Tomei) about the serial killer.
Campbell is lonely and sad. Then he gets a picture of a woman who's a murder victim. Then he gets another one who's about to die. Campbell goes to homicide Det. Hollis (Chris Ellis) about it. Griffen calls Campbell: "I'll send you a picture of a woman, and I'll give you a day to find her until 9pm. If you can find her, she won't get killed." (The inciting incident.)
There are flashbacks of Campbell and his Girlfriend. She was attacked by Griffen. Campbell gets a picture in a card, and he doesn't get his fingerprints on it. Another Detective Ibby is on the case. I know it's the African- American dr./ dad from Secret Life of the American Teenager. His name is Ernie Hudson.
Hollis holds press conference that says this woman Ellie is in danger. Tips pour in. Campbell gets photo blown up to get clues. Turns out Ellie works at the mall and Campbell misses seeing her. Cops pass out photos of her. A witness says she works at the photo store.
What's interesting is Ellie is at home and she gets a call from her mom. Her mom's freaking out about her pharmacist, and not because her daughter's in danger. Ellie hangs up and Griffen comes up from behind and strangles her.
Campbell calls Ellie, and Griffin picks up. He is too late to save her. Campbell and Hollis at the Vietnamese restaurant.
Campbell: What if he's watching us right now?
In the first phone call, Griffin mentioned how he has been watching Campbell.
Campbell leaves and walks out of the restaurant looking for Griffin. Griffin is in car, and drives away. He chases after the car and shoots at it. The question comes: "Why is Campbell obsessed with finding the killer?" It's answered that the killer killed his girlfriend.
Another interesting part is that Griffin follows Campbell into an elevator to see him go to therapist. Griffin followed Campbell to Chicago. Griffin talks to therapist to get info on Campbell. They never really met so Campbell doesn't know he's the killer.
The next victim is a young homeless woman named Lisa. Her mom saw her pic on TV and calls the police. They go to mom's place to get info. In Lisa's picture, there are 3 people from the same coffee shop. Which one? If you find the location, you can find her. Campbell stops Skateboarder who knows Lisa. He runs away from Campbell.
Griffin goes to Lisa and Lisa hits him with her stereo. She runs and hides behind pillars and go down the stairs. The cops go to abandoned building where they know Griffin and Lisa are. The Skateboarder told them. They run around. Lisa is killed, and Campbell runs after Griffin on the roof.
Griffin manages to get to a car, and hot wires it. They get into a car chase and it stops at an abandoned gas station. Griffin blows it up. There is a great explosion, hauntingly beautiful. 3 cops died in the explosion. Campbell is hospitalized. This would be the lowest point in the script.
Griffin breaks into therapist Polly's office to get file and tapes of Campbell's sessions. There is a flashback to delve deeper into when Campbell saves his Girlfriend. She was tied up in the chair and he takes the tape off her mouth. Campbell runs to chase Griffin, and a candle was knocked over and sets the house on fire. The question: "Do I save Girlfriend or let the killer get away?"
He tries to save her, but was unable to. Then I thought James Spader kind of looks like William Fitchner (Mahone from Prison Break.) Well they both have bags under their eyes and have that old, tired weathered look.
Campbell visits Girlfriend's grave and Griffin is there. Griffin has his next victim, the therapist Polly. Campbell gives Griffin his gun, so he could get to Polly. Campbell is driving and then he dials Hollis's number. They put a trace on it.
Cut to an abandoned building. Griffin was smart and sets up door that if it opens, it will shoot a gun at who enters. Polly is tied up to a chair and there are candles around oil. The movie ends where it begins. Griffin knocks out Campbell and shoots him in the leg, so he's weak.
Griffin: You need to thank me because I gave meaning to your pathetic life.
He starts strangling Polly.
Campbell thanks him to stop him from hurting Polly. Campbell then stabs him and knocks candle over. Everything's on fire and the SWAT teams bursts in. Campbell and Polly run out through the window and lands into lake. Griffin is on fire and falls into lake.
Campbell and Polly are fine. Griffin is dead.
Dec. 5 Missing girl found: A 2 yr old baby girl was abducted by her mom. Her dad, and her older brother has been looking for her. They found her 18 yrs later, and she's now 20 and will be meeting her dad and brother. Her dad talked to CBC news on the phone and he seemed calm and isn't mad at his ex-wife. He's excited to get to know his daughter.
He and his son has kept video blogs the entire time so they will show it to her.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/canews-22424922/missing-girl-found-27475057.html
Joke gift: I was reading in 24 newspaper, about a woman who creates a joke gift with dead flowers. It costs $43 and free delivery in the Edmonton area. A portion of the profits go to the Stollery Children's hospital. It's funny to send it on divorce, breakups, Halloween, etc.
It's kind of quirky to me, but I don't find it funny. It can be kind of creepy. It would be good for a Goth couple.
http://ownlyu.webs.com/
"Every time I drive past a strip club, I scream DAD! Hoping that the guy walking in will feel horrible, and run away :)"
Me: That's kind of funny and can hurt the strip club business. Or by all means the guy walking in isn't a dad. Or he will think the strippers are someone's daughter.
"Every time a 'room inspection' notice is posted on my dorm room door I take it down so my roommates don't know when to hide their booze and drugs so they'll finally get expelled."
Me: That's good. They deserve to get expelled.
"Somethings that you pretend to like so a boy will love you end up giving you more than that boy ever could."
"Seeing my ex's name come up on my phone when he texted hurt too much, so I switched his name to 'Urkel.'"
Me: That's a good way to deal with it.
Quote: I was reading on Yahoo about how who was considered to be the lead girl Bella in Twilight. Michelle Tractenberg (Dawn from Buffy) was one of the actresses. She says:
"[Hypothetical answers mean] you're not living in the moment and you're looking negatively at what you're doing now," she mused.
Me: That's a good quote that I collected in my quotes.
I was thinking about "What if I done this or done that?" The thing is, you can't take every route or do all the activities. All you can do is prepare and think through your decisions before you make them. Back to Tractenberg, she is still successful. She was on Gossip Girl.
The Watcher: I saw this movie last week and I didn't like it. It's about a serial killer playing a cat-and-mouse game with the police. It came out in 2000. I thought I would like it because I watch Criminal Minds. However, I would say I like other serial killer movies like The Cell and Taking Lives.
It starts off with helicopters and police are rushing to a scene. Cut to Keanu Reeves playing the serial killer Griffin. He is dancing to a Rob Zombie song that's on The Matrix soundtrack, and we all know KR is in that movie. lol. The SWAT team kicks the door open. The Detective Campbell (James Spader) is talking to his therapist Polly (Marisa Tomei) about the serial killer.
Campbell is lonely and sad. Then he gets a picture of a woman who's a murder victim. Then he gets another one who's about to die. Campbell goes to homicide Det. Hollis (Chris Ellis) about it. Griffen calls Campbell: "I'll send you a picture of a woman, and I'll give you a day to find her until 9pm. If you can find her, she won't get killed." (The inciting incident.)
There are flashbacks of Campbell and his Girlfriend. She was attacked by Griffen. Campbell gets a picture in a card, and he doesn't get his fingerprints on it. Another Detective Ibby is on the case. I know it's the African- American dr./ dad from Secret Life of the American Teenager. His name is Ernie Hudson.
Hollis holds press conference that says this woman Ellie is in danger. Tips pour in. Campbell gets photo blown up to get clues. Turns out Ellie works at the mall and Campbell misses seeing her. Cops pass out photos of her. A witness says she works at the photo store.
What's interesting is Ellie is at home and she gets a call from her mom. Her mom's freaking out about her pharmacist, and not because her daughter's in danger. Ellie hangs up and Griffen comes up from behind and strangles her.
Campbell calls Ellie, and Griffin picks up. He is too late to save her. Campbell and Hollis at the Vietnamese restaurant.
Campbell: What if he's watching us right now?
In the first phone call, Griffin mentioned how he has been watching Campbell.
Campbell leaves and walks out of the restaurant looking for Griffin. Griffin is in car, and drives away. He chases after the car and shoots at it. The question comes: "Why is Campbell obsessed with finding the killer?" It's answered that the killer killed his girlfriend.
Another interesting part is that Griffin follows Campbell into an elevator to see him go to therapist. Griffin followed Campbell to Chicago. Griffin talks to therapist to get info on Campbell. They never really met so Campbell doesn't know he's the killer.
The next victim is a young homeless woman named Lisa. Her mom saw her pic on TV and calls the police. They go to mom's place to get info. In Lisa's picture, there are 3 people from the same coffee shop. Which one? If you find the location, you can find her. Campbell stops Skateboarder who knows Lisa. He runs away from Campbell.
Griffin goes to Lisa and Lisa hits him with her stereo. She runs and hides behind pillars and go down the stairs. The cops go to abandoned building where they know Griffin and Lisa are. The Skateboarder told them. They run around. Lisa is killed, and Campbell runs after Griffin on the roof.
Griffin manages to get to a car, and hot wires it. They get into a car chase and it stops at an abandoned gas station. Griffin blows it up. There is a great explosion, hauntingly beautiful. 3 cops died in the explosion. Campbell is hospitalized. This would be the lowest point in the script.
Griffin breaks into therapist Polly's office to get file and tapes of Campbell's sessions. There is a flashback to delve deeper into when Campbell saves his Girlfriend. She was tied up in the chair and he takes the tape off her mouth. Campbell runs to chase Griffin, and a candle was knocked over and sets the house on fire. The question: "Do I save Girlfriend or let the killer get away?"
He tries to save her, but was unable to. Then I thought James Spader kind of looks like William Fitchner (Mahone from Prison Break.) Well they both have bags under their eyes and have that old, tired weathered look.
Campbell visits Girlfriend's grave and Griffin is there. Griffin has his next victim, the therapist Polly. Campbell gives Griffin his gun, so he could get to Polly. Campbell is driving and then he dials Hollis's number. They put a trace on it.
Cut to an abandoned building. Griffin was smart and sets up door that if it opens, it will shoot a gun at who enters. Polly is tied up to a chair and there are candles around oil. The movie ends where it begins. Griffin knocks out Campbell and shoots him in the leg, so he's weak.
Griffin: You need to thank me because I gave meaning to your pathetic life.
He starts strangling Polly.
Campbell thanks him to stop him from hurting Polly. Campbell then stabs him and knocks candle over. Everything's on fire and the SWAT teams bursts in. Campbell and Polly run out through the window and lands into lake. Griffin is on fire and falls into lake.
Campbell and Polly are fine. Griffin is dead.
Dec. 5 Missing girl found: A 2 yr old baby girl was abducted by her mom. Her dad, and her older brother has been looking for her. They found her 18 yrs later, and she's now 20 and will be meeting her dad and brother. Her dad talked to CBC news on the phone and he seemed calm and isn't mad at his ex-wife. He's excited to get to know his daughter.
He and his son has kept video blogs the entire time so they will show it to her.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/video/canews-22424922/missing-girl-found-27475057.html
Joke gift: I was reading in 24 newspaper, about a woman who creates a joke gift with dead flowers. It costs $43 and free delivery in the Edmonton area. A portion of the profits go to the Stollery Children's hospital. It's funny to send it on divorce, breakups, Halloween, etc.
It's kind of quirky to me, but I don't find it funny. It can be kind of creepy. It would be good for a Goth couple.
http://ownlyu.webs.com/
Thursday, December 1, 2011
Fight bad guys. No cape required. (Amnesty International)
This is your movement. Shine a light.
Tracy,
When journalist Lydia Cacho picked up the phone on June 17, she heard a low, gritty voice on the other end.
"Shut your mouth or we'll kill you."
As one of Mexico's leading investigative journalists and women's rights advocates, Lydia has been on a collision course with some of the most powerful men in her country.
Her enemies tried to rape her to force her into silence. But she remained undeterred, and opened a shelter for battered women. She went on to write not one, but two books exposing child pornography and sex trafficking rings in Cancun. She remains more resolved than ever to protect children from sexual exploitation.
We will never stop fighting for people like Lydia, who risk their lives to shine a light on human suffering. On Dec. 10, Human Rights Day, we honor champions of humanity like Lydia and the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Join this inspiring movement. Celebrate Human Rights Day with Amnesty. Become a member today.
TRIPLE YOUR GIFT: Join our Partners of Conscience monthly giving program before Dec. 31 and a generous donor will triple your 1st monthly gift. You'll also be eligible to receive a beautiful limited edition 50th anniversary Amnesty candle. It's a great time to join.
Your financial support powers the mobilization of millions. It helps human rights defenders walk free again, closes secret torture chambers, and protects the rights of people living in poverty.
You may never really know the people you are helping to protect, but know this -- they felt your presence. They know you made a difference. They are forever grateful. Lydia Cacho says this:
"You and I might live miles apart, but our activism unites us. Human rights for all people -- it's why we fight. From the bottom of my heart, thank you."
The struggle for justice and liberty does not end when the prison door opens. It ends when the door closes, to everyone, forever.
Together, we fight bad guys and save lives. And we can do so much more with your support today.
This is your movement. This is your Amnesty. Shine a light with us. Become a member today.
Sincerely,
Curt Goering
Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
Tracy,
When journalist Lydia Cacho picked up the phone on June 17, she heard a low, gritty voice on the other end.
"Shut your mouth or we'll kill you."
As one of Mexico's leading investigative journalists and women's rights advocates, Lydia has been on a collision course with some of the most powerful men in her country.
Her enemies tried to rape her to force her into silence. But she remained undeterred, and opened a shelter for battered women. She went on to write not one, but two books exposing child pornography and sex trafficking rings in Cancun. She remains more resolved than ever to protect children from sexual exploitation.
We will never stop fighting for people like Lydia, who risk their lives to shine a light on human suffering. On Dec. 10, Human Rights Day, we honor champions of humanity like Lydia and the rights enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Join this inspiring movement. Celebrate Human Rights Day with Amnesty. Become a member today.
TRIPLE YOUR GIFT: Join our Partners of Conscience monthly giving program before Dec. 31 and a generous donor will triple your 1st monthly gift. You'll also be eligible to receive a beautiful limited edition 50th anniversary Amnesty candle. It's a great time to join.
Your financial support powers the mobilization of millions. It helps human rights defenders walk free again, closes secret torture chambers, and protects the rights of people living in poverty.
You may never really know the people you are helping to protect, but know this -- they felt your presence. They know you made a difference. They are forever grateful. Lydia Cacho says this:
"You and I might live miles apart, but our activism unites us. Human rights for all people -- it's why we fight. From the bottom of my heart, thank you."
The struggle for justice and liberty does not end when the prison door opens. It ends when the door closes, to everyone, forever.
Together, we fight bad guys and save lives. And we can do so much more with your support today.
This is your movement. This is your Amnesty. Shine a light with us. Become a member today.
Sincerely,
Curt Goering
Chief Operating Officer and Acting Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
Dateline/ social media/ flashback
Nov. 29 Dateline: I found Dateline: To Catch a Predator ep "The Unseen Tapes." I think I may have missed this ep. I don't remember seeing an ep where the host Chris Hansen gives his commentary on how he approaches the predators.
Here's the teacher Walter Bast who was arrested. I think I may have read about him in Cosmogirl. There's an article about these 2 girls who said that they saw their high school teacher on Dateline. I remember this clip because of Chris Hansen asking: "Yeah, well how would you feel if some guy in his 40s walked into your house trying to hook up with your kids?" I think Bast said: "Pissed." Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwFM26cxTUk&feature=related
Here's another part of it. CH talks about how sometimes you feel sorry for them, but then you read the transcript and see how explicit it gets, you don't feel sorry for them anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krn5vP79Okw&feature=related
Nov. 30 Humanity: I found some interesting comments on Youtube about Dateline. There was a guy in the religion Sikh and he came to see a 12 yr old girl. One comment was: "This proves that there are deviants in all religions."
"This is why I've lost faith in humans. Don't like them or trust them, so I keep my guns and knives nearby."
I remember talking to my friend Angela about this thread on the internet "People as a whole, suck." She disagrees with me because there is still a lot of good people who do good things. She said she doesn't like watching some reality shows because it shows the bad side of humanity.
I mentioned before about that guy on Survivor who lied about his grandma passing away so he get sympathy votes and get himself further in the game. It was manipulative, but it was a reality show, and it's just a game. When you're on an island with strangers to win $1 million, you can do whatever. However, what happens in real life is what matters. Catching sexual predators and preventing them from harming children is important.
Productive: Today I woke up and my sister is asking me questions.
S: Is today your day off?
Me: Yes.
S: I wrote a list of chores for you to do.
I shoveled snow (not too much has fallen), took out the trash, recycling, and washed 2 pots.
Cell phone: I then went to downtown and got my cell phone to work. I had to put $20 on it to work for a pay-as-you-go. I was happy that I accomplished that task. Now I can get more phone calls from offices that I applied to.
School: I then went to my old college so I can gain access to my college emails. They told me it expired and I can't access my emails about job openings. I can access the website though. That's okay, there are a lot of job sites out there, and I can type in "communications" to search for a writer's position.
Social media: Alberta Job Centre has a newsletter: "Finding your own social media voice." It was about combining one interest with your work. An example from the article was you like snowboarding for fun, but your job is transportation. You can write a blog post about your transportation that you usually don't use to the snow hill.
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=F5B519AD-2219-80B4-5349EE9BF9F97BC2&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=08cccc32e4-AB_Career_Nov_30_201111_30_2011&utm_medium=email
Excel book: It took me 3 weeks, but I finally finished reading this Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Quicksteps by John Cronan. It's $19.99 (USD), but I got this from the library. I will say it's a really good book. It's got good tips, caution about pitfalls in the program, bonus info. It's very clear, and concise writing. I like the pictures because I'm a visual learner.
However, it's just me, but I'm not really interested in it. As in the book and the program. Well I have to push myself if I'm going to get an office administrative assistant job, because that's a common program. I can say at least I got some of the basics about the program.
I think I have to take a class to become really familiar and knowledgeable about the program, besides just reading this book.
Flashback: I did get a flashback of 2005. After I did a yr at NAIT, I took a few classes at MacEwan. One of them was a computer class where I learned Excel. I remember this assignment where the teacher gave us a choice to do 1 of 3 projects. I took the easy one and I think a lot of others did too. I wanted to be guaranteed to get a good mark. I talked to this 27 yr old woman Kristy who did the really hard one.
K: I want to do the hard one and get not as good of a mark, so then I can actually learn something. If I did the easy one, then I didn't really learn anything.
The teacher actually showed her assignment to the entire class because he was so impressed by her work. So hard work does pay off, and risk can pay off too.
Job search: I was going through my emails and I applied to be an administrative clerk at the beginning of the month at this one place. She emailed back saying she got my resume. Then 3 weeks later I actually applied again to the same place, and she said she got my resume. It must have been a different job ad or they put it up again.
Rejects: Also with the emails, I had gotten rejected from the art gallery. Not surprised because they would have called. That contact lenses place didn't call for an interview. I thought they would because it's a part-time position and more people are more interested in full-time. Unless I'm wrong, and people are willing to take what they can get.
You know that interview I did and I mentioned that I kind of had fun during it? Well I didn't get the job, but I did email back saying I'm willing to be a receptionist or work at the call centre. In the interview they did ask me what I did for fun. I said I write a blog about TV shows and movies.
Guy: What TV shows?
Me: The Mentalist, and Criminal Minds.
Guy: Oh, I love Criminal Minds.
lol.
Job interview: I did a little phone interview today for a company. I did research about the company prior to it, so I was able to tell the interviewer what I knew about them. Always do a little research about the company to impress the interviewer. Or at the very least inform yourself about the company so you can decide if you want to work for them.
TV production: Onto some good news, today a producer called me, but I wasn't home. I called back, but he wasn't there either. I told him to email me.
I read the Working section in the Edmonton Journal about a TV production company called Big Soul Productions. It's in Toronto and it's Aboriginal owned and operated company.
Dec. 1 Feeling good: After I wrote the above about my job search, I feel good. Even thought I didn't get the job, I feel good that I'm trying and working.
Here's the teacher Walter Bast who was arrested. I think I may have read about him in Cosmogirl. There's an article about these 2 girls who said that they saw their high school teacher on Dateline. I remember this clip because of Chris Hansen asking: "Yeah, well how would you feel if some guy in his 40s walked into your house trying to hook up with your kids?" I think Bast said: "Pissed." Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwFM26cxTUk&feature=related
Here's another part of it. CH talks about how sometimes you feel sorry for them, but then you read the transcript and see how explicit it gets, you don't feel sorry for them anymore.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krn5vP79Okw&feature=related
Nov. 30 Humanity: I found some interesting comments on Youtube about Dateline. There was a guy in the religion Sikh and he came to see a 12 yr old girl. One comment was: "This proves that there are deviants in all religions."
"This is why I've lost faith in humans. Don't like them or trust them, so I keep my guns and knives nearby."
I remember talking to my friend Angela about this thread on the internet "People as a whole, suck." She disagrees with me because there is still a lot of good people who do good things. She said she doesn't like watching some reality shows because it shows the bad side of humanity.
I mentioned before about that guy on Survivor who lied about his grandma passing away so he get sympathy votes and get himself further in the game. It was manipulative, but it was a reality show, and it's just a game. When you're on an island with strangers to win $1 million, you can do whatever. However, what happens in real life is what matters. Catching sexual predators and preventing them from harming children is important.
Productive: Today I woke up and my sister is asking me questions.
S: Is today your day off?
Me: Yes.
S: I wrote a list of chores for you to do.
I shoveled snow (not too much has fallen), took out the trash, recycling, and washed 2 pots.
Cell phone: I then went to downtown and got my cell phone to work. I had to put $20 on it to work for a pay-as-you-go. I was happy that I accomplished that task. Now I can get more phone calls from offices that I applied to.
School: I then went to my old college so I can gain access to my college emails. They told me it expired and I can't access my emails about job openings. I can access the website though. That's okay, there are a lot of job sites out there, and I can type in "communications" to search for a writer's position.
Social media: Alberta Job Centre has a newsletter: "Finding your own social media voice." It was about combining one interest with your work. An example from the article was you like snowboarding for fun, but your job is transportation. You can write a blog post about your transportation that you usually don't use to the snow hill.
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=F5B519AD-2219-80B4-5349EE9BF9F97BC2&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=08cccc32e4-AB_Career_Nov_30_201111_30_2011&utm_medium=email
Excel book: It took me 3 weeks, but I finally finished reading this Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Quicksteps by John Cronan. It's $19.99 (USD), but I got this from the library. I will say it's a really good book. It's got good tips, caution about pitfalls in the program, bonus info. It's very clear, and concise writing. I like the pictures because I'm a visual learner.
However, it's just me, but I'm not really interested in it. As in the book and the program. Well I have to push myself if I'm going to get an office administrative assistant job, because that's a common program. I can say at least I got some of the basics about the program.
I think I have to take a class to become really familiar and knowledgeable about the program, besides just reading this book.
Flashback: I did get a flashback of 2005. After I did a yr at NAIT, I took a few classes at MacEwan. One of them was a computer class where I learned Excel. I remember this assignment where the teacher gave us a choice to do 1 of 3 projects. I took the easy one and I think a lot of others did too. I wanted to be guaranteed to get a good mark. I talked to this 27 yr old woman Kristy who did the really hard one.
K: I want to do the hard one and get not as good of a mark, so then I can actually learn something. If I did the easy one, then I didn't really learn anything.
The teacher actually showed her assignment to the entire class because he was so impressed by her work. So hard work does pay off, and risk can pay off too.
Job search: I was going through my emails and I applied to be an administrative clerk at the beginning of the month at this one place. She emailed back saying she got my resume. Then 3 weeks later I actually applied again to the same place, and she said she got my resume. It must have been a different job ad or they put it up again.
Rejects: Also with the emails, I had gotten rejected from the art gallery. Not surprised because they would have called. That contact lenses place didn't call for an interview. I thought they would because it's a part-time position and more people are more interested in full-time. Unless I'm wrong, and people are willing to take what they can get.
You know that interview I did and I mentioned that I kind of had fun during it? Well I didn't get the job, but I did email back saying I'm willing to be a receptionist or work at the call centre. In the interview they did ask me what I did for fun. I said I write a blog about TV shows and movies.
Guy: What TV shows?
Me: The Mentalist, and Criminal Minds.
Guy: Oh, I love Criminal Minds.
lol.
Job interview: I did a little phone interview today for a company. I did research about the company prior to it, so I was able to tell the interviewer what I knew about them. Always do a little research about the company to impress the interviewer. Or at the very least inform yourself about the company so you can decide if you want to work for them.
TV production: Onto some good news, today a producer called me, but I wasn't home. I called back, but he wasn't there either. I told him to email me.
I read the Working section in the Edmonton Journal about a TV production company called Big Soul Productions. It's in Toronto and it's Aboriginal owned and operated company.
Dec. 1 Feeling good: After I wrote the above about my job search, I feel good. Even thought I didn't get the job, I feel good that I'm trying and working.
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