I signed this petition, and so should you. This is from Amnesty International.
October 4, 2011 - Vigils and action for Stolen Sisters
“Aboriginal families like ours are living through a tragedy of national proportions. We need action now."
- Pamela Fillier, the mother of 16-year-old Hilary Bonnell who disappeared in Esgenoopetitj (Burnt Church), New Brunswick in September 2009 and was found murdered two months later
Dear Human Rights supporter,
This summer Canada championed a United Nations resolution calling on all states to establish, fund, and monitor national action plans to eliminate violence against women. It’s an important resolution – so important in fact that Canada should act to implement it at home.
Indigenous women in Canada face much higher rates of violence than all other women. According to government statistics, Indigenous women and girls are three to five times more likely than all other women to die as a result of violence. This violence is so pervasive that the Native Women’s Association of Canada has been able to document more than 600 cases of Indigenous women who have been murdered in the last 20 years or who have been missing so long that they are feared dead.
The shocking scale and severity of the violence faced by Indigenous women in Canada cries out for the kind of coordinated, well-resourced and carefully monitored national plan of action that Canada has urged other countries to adopt.
To date, however, the government response has been limited and piecemeal. After decades of neglect, the federal government announced last year that it would commit $10 million to address violence against Indigenous women. As it turned out, most of that money will be used to establish a general missing persons database. Very little of the money will be spent to address the specific needs of First Nations, Inuit and Metis women.
This July, just days after the Canadian resolution was adopted at the United Nations, the Minister for the Status of Women, Rona Ambrose was quoted in the press as saying that there was no need for a national plan of action to eliminate violence against Indigenous women because the need “truly has been answered by the federal and provincial orders of government."
A wide range of organizations, including the Native Women’s Association, the Assembly of First Nations and many others, have repeatedly urged the government to adopt a comprehensive plan of action that would ensure proper police response and address the deep-rooted impoverishment and racism that put Indigenous women in harm’s way.
Please add your voice and encourage others to speak out as well.
There should be no double standard when it comes to the safety of Indigenous women and girls in Canada.
Lindsay craig
Lindsay Mossman & Craig Benjamin
Campaigners
Amnesty International Canada
Monday, October 24, 2011
blog/ Braindamadj'd/ Once Upon a Time
Oct. 22 Blog: When I first created my blog in Jan. 2008, it was for my computer class in college. I wrote a few posts for the assignment and that was it. A few months later I read that Juno screenwriter Diablo Cody had a blog and was discovered by it, and that lead her to write Juno. I need to brainstorm ways to get my writing career going.
I went to my friend Jessica's blog a long time ago. She isn't looking for people to come and read her blog. I did like how she made a video "Dating ad from Earth." What if Earth was a real person and she is looking for love? The video was creative, fun, and quirky. I noticed Earth wore blue and green like the planet.
I then thought: "Hey, I should put a video of my dancing" like a lot of people on Youtube do already. Then I thought: "Well people might like your dancing, and they may not. There may be comments dissing you." That's fine. But it's not related to writing. What if I read my blog posts to a camera and put it up on the internet? I have to borrow a camera from a friend then.
Now I thought of LinkedIn. I have a profile there, but there isn't much on it. I should put more on it like a link to my The Vertex Fighter blog. I will be more likely to be discovered. For the past 4 yrs, I'm the one who's been looking for production companies to pitch to.
Oct. 23 Vlog: A "vlog" is a video blog. Though I'm sure you know reading out loud takes longer than reading silently. You may be surfing the internet as you hear me speak my blog posts. I'll stick with a regular blog.
Braindamadj'd: I was on the internet looking for production companies to pitch my script to, and I found this show called Braindamadj'd. It's a crazy, remarkable, and true story. Here's the synopsis:
"Ten years ago, Montrealer Paul Nadler at 30 was a creative maverick - snowboarding, rock-climbing and scuba diving, taking part in all-night play-writing sessions, attracting women, and winning awards as a hip television director and producer. Then he was found alone on a road in Egypt, without clothes and I.D., comatose in the hot sun after a car accident. He had been left for dead. The doctors said he would never recover from TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury."
I watched him talk and behave. It was interesting because he said that the only good thing out of the accident was that he got this really deep, and evil laugh. If you hear it, it does sound evil. It's good he still has a sense of humor.
http://braind.apartment11.tv/
Quora: I got this article through my blog:
Hi Tracy,
We would love to share with you an article that we just posted on our own blog! “20 Ways Colleges Should Be Using Quora” (http://www.bestcollegesonline.com/blog/2011/10/12/20-ways-colleges-should-be-using-quora/) would be an interesting story for your readers to check out and discuss on your blog.
Either way, I hope you continue putting out great content through your blog. It has been a sincere pleasure to read.
Thanks!
Tim Handorf
I have never heard of Quora before. It's like a question-and-answer site. You can network, and get correct information from experts.
Oct. 24 Once Upon a Time: This show is about how fairy tales are real. The characters are from a fairy tale. They are cursed and then transported into the real world, and they don't know they are characters. It's very interesting, I recommend you watch it. I saw the pilot last night and I was really impressed.
It stars Jennifer Morrison who plays Emma Swan. Emma goes on a date with this guy she met online. They're at a fancy restaurant, and they're guessing things about each other.
Emma: Let me guess, you're a handsome, charming, man who embezzled money from his company. Your wife bailed you out.
Man: Who are you?
E: I'm a bails bond hunter.
Man throws the table over and he runs to his car.
E gets up and speed walks after him in her heels.
Man's car won't start.
Man: If you let me go, I'll give you money.
E: You don't have any money. Even if you do, you should be giving that to your wife.
That was a really good plot twist, and it was very original. I didn't predict that at all.
E goes home and a little 10 yr old boy arrives at her door. His name is Henry and says: "I'm your son. You gave me up for adoption 10 yrs ago."
Cut to a flashback of the fairytale world. The Evil Queen (played by Lana Parilla) threatens Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) and Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin from the TV show Big Love) that she will put a curse on them. Snow White is scared, so she and Prince Charming go to a prison to see Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle).
Rumpelstiltskin can not be trusted. SW is pregnant and R says the baby will end the curse that the Evil Queen cast.
R: You have to tell me what the baby's name is.
SW: Emma.
Cut back to the real world. Emma decides to drive Henry home to his hometown called Storybrooke, Maine. During the drive, H tells the premise of the series.
Henry: None of the Fairytale characters know they are characters.
They get to town, and it turns out H's adoptive mom is the mayor of Storybrooke. The adoptive mom is actually the Evil Queen from the Fairytale. E and the adoptive mom get to know each other. E then drives home and sees a wolf in the highway. She crashes her car into the town sign.
E wakes up in jail. The Mayor comes in saying her son H has run away again. They go to H's school, and it turns out the teacher Mary is Snow White from the Fairytale.
Mary: Stories give you hope, and the power of the possibility of a happy ending.
Cut to Fairytale world. The curse is coming and the carpenter had built a wardrobe for SW to hide in to protect her and her unborn child. However, SW goes into labor and can't move from her bed to get into the wardrobe. She gives birth and she and PC decided to put the baby Emma into the wardrobe.
PC takes the baby and puts it into the wardrobe. PC fights off the bad knights and he gets stabbed and dies. The knight opens the wardrobe and the baby is gone.
Cut to the real world. Emma found Henry.
E: I was given up for adoption too. I was abandoned on the freeway and was in foster homes until I was three. I was adopted by a family that had kids of their own.
H: The freeway is where you came through from the fairytale. Please stay in this town for a week.
PC is a man in a coma in the hospital. Figures since he died in the fairytale, he wouldn't really be an active character in the show. At least for the pilot.
E goes to Granny's Bed and Breakfast Inn. It's Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood (played by Canadian actress Meghan Ory. She was on a TV show called Vampire High.) It's funny because LRR then puts on a red scarf on her head. Rumpelstiltskin is now Mr. Gold in the real world. Granny tells E that Mr. Gold owns the town.He asks E what her name is and now knows she is the baby of Snow White.
I went to my friend Jessica's blog a long time ago. She isn't looking for people to come and read her blog. I did like how she made a video "Dating ad from Earth." What if Earth was a real person and she is looking for love? The video was creative, fun, and quirky. I noticed Earth wore blue and green like the planet.
I then thought: "Hey, I should put a video of my dancing" like a lot of people on Youtube do already. Then I thought: "Well people might like your dancing, and they may not. There may be comments dissing you." That's fine. But it's not related to writing. What if I read my blog posts to a camera and put it up on the internet? I have to borrow a camera from a friend then.
Now I thought of LinkedIn. I have a profile there, but there isn't much on it. I should put more on it like a link to my The Vertex Fighter blog. I will be more likely to be discovered. For the past 4 yrs, I'm the one who's been looking for production companies to pitch to.
Oct. 23 Vlog: A "vlog" is a video blog. Though I'm sure you know reading out loud takes longer than reading silently. You may be surfing the internet as you hear me speak my blog posts. I'll stick with a regular blog.
Braindamadj'd: I was on the internet looking for production companies to pitch my script to, and I found this show called Braindamadj'd. It's a crazy, remarkable, and true story. Here's the synopsis:
"Ten years ago, Montrealer Paul Nadler at 30 was a creative maverick - snowboarding, rock-climbing and scuba diving, taking part in all-night play-writing sessions, attracting women, and winning awards as a hip television director and producer. Then he was found alone on a road in Egypt, without clothes and I.D., comatose in the hot sun after a car accident. He had been left for dead. The doctors said he would never recover from TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury."
I watched him talk and behave. It was interesting because he said that the only good thing out of the accident was that he got this really deep, and evil laugh. If you hear it, it does sound evil. It's good he still has a sense of humor.
http://braind.apartment11.tv/
Quora: I got this article through my blog:
Hi Tracy,
We would love to share with you an article that we just posted on our own blog! “20 Ways Colleges Should Be Using Quora” (
Either way, I hope you continue putting out great content through your blog. It has been a sincere pleasure to read.
Thanks!
Tim Handorf
I have never heard of Quora before. It's like a question-and-answer site. You can network, and get correct information from experts.
Oct. 24 Once Upon a Time: This show is about how fairy tales are real. The characters are from a fairy tale. They are cursed and then transported into the real world, and they don't know they are characters. It's very interesting, I recommend you watch it. I saw the pilot last night and I was really impressed.
It stars Jennifer Morrison who plays Emma Swan. Emma goes on a date with this guy she met online. They're at a fancy restaurant, and they're guessing things about each other.
Emma: Let me guess, you're a handsome, charming, man who embezzled money from his company. Your wife bailed you out.
Man: Who are you?
E: I'm a bails bond hunter.
Man throws the table over and he runs to his car.
E gets up and speed walks after him in her heels.
Man's car won't start.
Man: If you let me go, I'll give you money.
E: You don't have any money. Even if you do, you should be giving that to your wife.
That was a really good plot twist, and it was very original. I didn't predict that at all.
E goes home and a little 10 yr old boy arrives at her door. His name is Henry and says: "I'm your son. You gave me up for adoption 10 yrs ago."
Cut to a flashback of the fairytale world. The Evil Queen (played by Lana Parilla) threatens Prince Charming (Josh Dallas) and Snow White (Ginnifer Goodwin from the TV show Big Love) that she will put a curse on them. Snow White is scared, so she and Prince Charming go to a prison to see Rumpelstiltskin (Robert Carlyle).
Rumpelstiltskin can not be trusted. SW is pregnant and R says the baby will end the curse that the Evil Queen cast.
R: You have to tell me what the baby's name is.
SW: Emma.
Cut back to the real world. Emma decides to drive Henry home to his hometown called Storybrooke, Maine. During the drive, H tells the premise of the series.
Henry: None of the Fairytale characters know they are characters.
They get to town, and it turns out H's adoptive mom is the mayor of Storybrooke. The adoptive mom is actually the Evil Queen from the Fairytale. E and the adoptive mom get to know each other. E then drives home and sees a wolf in the highway. She crashes her car into the town sign.
E wakes up in jail. The Mayor comes in saying her son H has run away again. They go to H's school, and it turns out the teacher Mary is Snow White from the Fairytale.
Mary: Stories give you hope, and the power of the possibility of a happy ending.
Cut to Fairytale world. The curse is coming and the carpenter had built a wardrobe for SW to hide in to protect her and her unborn child. However, SW goes into labor and can't move from her bed to get into the wardrobe. She gives birth and she and PC decided to put the baby Emma into the wardrobe.
PC takes the baby and puts it into the wardrobe. PC fights off the bad knights and he gets stabbed and dies. The knight opens the wardrobe and the baby is gone.
Cut to the real world. Emma found Henry.
E: I was given up for adoption too. I was abandoned on the freeway and was in foster homes until I was three. I was adopted by a family that had kids of their own.
H: The freeway is where you came through from the fairytale. Please stay in this town for a week.
PC is a man in a coma in the hospital. Figures since he died in the fairytale, he wouldn't really be an active character in the show. At least for the pilot.
E goes to Granny's Bed and Breakfast Inn. It's Grandma and Little Red Riding Hood (played by Canadian actress Meghan Ory. She was on a TV show called Vampire High.) It's funny because LRR then puts on a red scarf on her head. Rumpelstiltskin is now Mr. Gold in the real world. Granny tells E that Mr. Gold owns the town.He asks E what her name is and now knows she is the baby of Snow White.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Bring down the system that executed Troy Davis
This is from Amnesty International:
When I spoke with him a few days before his execution date, Troy Davis told me he has never lost faith in our movement to end the death penalty.
And now, the week after his funeral, the state of Georgia believes it is over. But we know it is far from over. We are still fighting and we will not stop until we have won, until we have wiped from this country forever a practice that does not stop violence but is violence, that does not serve justice but mocks justice.
In the next 3 months, there are 11 more executions already scheduled across the US.
Will you take action -- chant loudly, talk to law makers, and raise awareness -- to bring a new, more just, day to the criminal justice system in the US?
One way to help win this fight is to become a member of Amnesty International. Your membership helps keep our movement running -- supporting our work to end the death penalty, stop torture, end violence against women and protect human rights worldwide.
Become a member of Amnesty International today.
Memberships start at just $25, and the truth is that without membership contributions there is no Amnesty International. We are completely independent from government or corporate interests. The more funds and supporters we have, the greater our impact will be.
As Troy said in a message to Amnesty supporters, "The struggle doesn't end with me. The struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. I will not stop fighting until I've taken my last breath." That's what Troy said to us, and now we must continue the fight.
Join us.
Sincerely,
Larry Cox
Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
When I spoke with him a few days before his execution date, Troy Davis told me he has never lost faith in our movement to end the death penalty.
And now, the week after his funeral, the state of Georgia believes it is over. But we know it is far from over. We are still fighting and we will not stop until we have won, until we have wiped from this country forever a practice that does not stop violence but is violence, that does not serve justice but mocks justice.
In the next 3 months, there are 11 more executions already scheduled across the US.
Will you take action -- chant loudly, talk to law makers, and raise awareness -- to bring a new, more just, day to the criminal justice system in the US?
One way to help win this fight is to become a member of Amnesty International. Your membership helps keep our movement running -- supporting our work to end the death penalty, stop torture, end violence against women and protect human rights worldwide.
Become a member of Amnesty International today.
Memberships start at just $25, and the truth is that without membership contributions there is no Amnesty International. We are completely independent from government or corporate interests. The more funds and supporters we have, the greater our impact will be.
As Troy said in a message to Amnesty supporters, "The struggle doesn't end with me. The struggle is for all the Troy Davises who came before me and all the ones who will come after me. I will not stop fighting until I've taken my last breath." That's what Troy said to us, and now we must continue the fight.
Join us.
Sincerely,
Larry Cox
Executive Director
Amnesty International USA
law of attraction/ job interview article/ CPR
Oct. 19 Law of attraction: My sister was watching Happy Endings and they did a story about vision boards. I was on the computer, and listening to the TV. I have read The Secret: Teen Power which is about the "law of attraction." The whole point of a vision board is to put pictures of things you want in life from your job, money, relationships, friendships, where you want to vacation, and where you want to live, etc. The universe will then give these things to you due to your focused positive thinking.
I googled it and I liked all the vision boards I found from the images search. They're collages. If you've been to my room, I have collages. I made them since I was a teenager. I still have 4 big collages in my room since 2007. However, the pictures and words do keep changing because I put different things on them.
Inspiration: A few months ago, my sister gave me a whole bunch of her old magazines and I clipped some things out to put on my one collage. I wasn't seeing it as a "vision board", but I guess it could qualify as one.
There are also pictures of a photo shoot/ advertisement for Toby Lightman's music video "Real Love." TL is covering Mary J. Blige's song. The pictures are of people on a TV production set which is where I want to be. (From Ellegirl magazine.)
Here's some from Oprah magazine:
"Live your best life: Inspiration, motivation, celebration."
"Aiming higher."
"It's time to motivate yourself and overcome obstacles."
From Shop, Etc. magazine. There's an article about women who opened their own clothing stores:
"I'm doing something that I absolutely worship."- Dana Spinola
"This is what I want to be doing. This is it."- Tracey Ross
"It's not a job to me." -Elizabeth Charles
I got this from the Edmonton Journal: "Stitching dreams, pursuing passions."
Job interview article: Here's an article "The Most Important Interview Advice You'll Ever Hear" by Allison Green. The tip is: "The point of the interview is not to get a job offer. It's to figure out if you're a mutual match, emphasis on mutual."
Questions:
-Is the work well aligned with your strengths--your real ones, not ones you puffed up in your cover letter?
-Is the environment one you'll thrive in?
-Is the manager someone you'd want to work with?
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/The-Most-Important-Interview-usnews-1357593029.html
I like the comments.
Iraqi: Who would ever apply for a job they don't wish to work for?! No point.. unless they really need that money they'd make to live
Tracy (a woman from Toronto): Whats the point as the article says, going to a job if you will only be there a while. Trouble is unemployment want to see that you have applied or are seen trying to get a job and so too many idiots try out for jobs they really don't want to go to.
Darke Spectre: I knew someone who responded to a position where she had almost every item requested. Education, years of experience, etc. But the job went to another person we both knew. She had NO education, NO experience NOTHING to suit the job. However she was 22, single and had beautiful titties in a sweater.
The idiot hiring her isn't doing her a favor, now she gets stuck in a position she can't perform, her co-workers have to carry her load and become resentful and quit, etc, etc. You gotta wonder if the idiot hiring has a wife, sister, etc that he would like to see treated that way...
Me: They should fire her, or she should quit. They could teach her as much as they can, and if she doesn't learn after a certain amount of time, then she should get fired.
I have been forced to carry another co-workers' load and resent them. It was back at the Soup place where the one co-worker keeps missing Mon. and Tues. every week and not calling. Then another worker who keeps missing one or two days a week, but you can't predict when.
Manitoba Move: This person makes it sound like one can be picky about where to work, when in fact for most unemployed people, ANY job offer would be welcome. When jobs get over a thousand applicants, getting to the interview stage at all is marvelous, one cant afford to worry about whether the job is a good match or not.
Oct. 20 Job interview: Today I went to a job interview and it was 30min long. It was mainly the boss telling me about the company and giving me a tour. It's at a post office. The pros are they are looking for someone long-term, and it has benefits. I plan to stay there for more than a few months.
The cons is that I worry about not being good enough. He says it's like 2 weeks of training on the computer program and it seems challenging. I'm comfortable with computers, but he talked about people quitting because it's too hard to learn. However, I will give it a shot because it's better to try and fail, than not try at all and wonder "What if..?"
He talked about a worker who's been there over a month and thinks he's smarter than he really is. I immediately thought of that Cantonese phrase (written in English): "lan leck."
Hit-and-run news: I read about this in the Globe and Mail and the National Post. It's about this 2 yr old girl who was run over by 2 different cars in China. She has now died. I was upset reading the articles. I thought it was the "by-stander effect" as in someone else will help, but the thing is you need to help. Don't assume someone else will. The conclusion in the article was this:
"Many people in China are hesitant to help people who appear to be in distress for fear that they will be blamed. High-profile lawsuits have ended with good Samaritans ordered to pay hefty fines to individuals they sought to help."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/chinese-girl-dies-hit-run-sparked-outrage-035947336.html
At the very least, start calling 911 or call to somebody for help to call 911.
Flashback: Now I'm getting a flashback of gr. 5. I was at home and this girl Tanya comes to my house and says her sister Christina fell off her bike close to my house. My sister was with me and she said what I was thinking: "Do you want me to call 911?" T: "No."
I just go over to Christina and she was on the ground. Nothing was broken. I think another person was there. In my case, if I fell off my bike and nothing was broken, and one of my siblings was with me, I wouldn't go and call a friend to come over to help. There was nothing I could do to help C because there was nothing broken.
News: I'm getting another old flashback. I was reading this or it was on the internet. Someone died from a hit-and-run. They stopped to leave a note that said: "I'm sorry, but I have a family." I think the victim was a black man. That was interesting with the note, because I have never heard of a hit-and-run driver taking the time to write a note.
CPR: While I'm at it, I'll throw in other news that I read that if you have a heart attack and you're on the ground, there is only a 1 in 4 chance that someone will start CPR on you. The thing is, if you apply CPR on that person, there is a 75% chance they will survive. You don't even have to perform CPR perfectly for it to be effective.
You just need to start doing compressions on the person's chest. There is a law in Canada that protects good Samaritans trying to help.
Primetime: There's that news magazine show called Primetime where they do segments like "What would you do?" There are situations like if you see a man and a woman arguing with each other, do you step in to stop the argument?
Now I'm getting another flashback of 2005. I was riding on the bus and this woman in her early 20s talked about how this guy was drunk and walking on the street. These 2 other guys started hassling him and one of them pulls out a knife. This woman stepped in to stop it by saying something like: "Stop. He's just drunk."
I thought that woman was brave. She said on the bus: "I just moved to this part of town. After someone gets stabbed, I would have to move again."
Note: You guys are like "Where's the funny email of the week?" Consider last email with the funny video of a guy quitting his job with a marching band and the Punk'd episode the funny one.
I googled it and I liked all the vision boards I found from the images search. They're collages. If you've been to my room, I have collages. I made them since I was a teenager. I still have 4 big collages in my room since 2007. However, the pictures and words do keep changing because I put different things on them.
Inspiration: A few months ago, my sister gave me a whole bunch of her old magazines and I clipped some things out to put on my one collage. I wasn't seeing it as a "vision board", but I guess it could qualify as one.
There are also pictures of a photo shoot/ advertisement for Toby Lightman's music video "Real Love." TL is covering Mary J. Blige's song. The pictures are of people on a TV production set which is where I want to be. (From Ellegirl magazine.)
Here's some from Oprah magazine:
"Live your best life: Inspiration, motivation, celebration."
"Aiming higher."
"It's time to motivate yourself and overcome obstacles."
From Shop, Etc. magazine. There's an article about women who opened their own clothing stores:
"I'm doing something that I absolutely worship."- Dana Spinola
"This is what I want to be doing. This is it."- Tracey Ross
"It's not a job to me." -Elizabeth Charles
I got this from the Edmonton Journal: "Stitching dreams, pursuing passions."
Job interview article: Here's an article "The Most Important Interview Advice You'll Ever Hear" by Allison Green. The tip is: "The point of the interview is not to get a job offer. It's to figure out if you're a mutual match, emphasis on mutual."
Questions:
-Is the work well aligned with your strengths--your real ones, not ones you puffed up in your cover letter?
-Is the environment one you'll thrive in?
-Is the manager someone you'd want to work with?
http://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/The-Most-Important-Interview-usnews-1357593029.html
I like the comments.
Iraqi: Who would ever apply for a job they don't wish to work for?! No point.. unless they really need that money they'd make to live
Tracy (a woman from Toronto): Whats the point as the article says, going to a job if you will only be there a while. Trouble is unemployment want to see that you have applied or are seen trying to get a job and so too many idiots try out for jobs they really don't want to go to.
Darke Spectre: I knew someone who responded to a position where she had almost every item requested. Education, years of experience, etc. But the job went to another person we both knew. She had NO education, NO experience NOTHING to suit the job. However she was 22, single and had beautiful titties in a sweater.
The idiot hiring her isn't doing her a favor, now she gets stuck in a position she can't perform, her co-workers have to carry her load and become resentful and quit, etc, etc. You gotta wonder if the idiot hiring has a wife, sister, etc that he would like to see treated that way...
Me: They should fire her, or she should quit. They could teach her as much as they can, and if she doesn't learn after a certain amount of time, then she should get fired.
I have been forced to carry another co-workers' load and resent them. It was back at the Soup place where the one co-worker keeps missing Mon. and Tues. every week and not calling. Then another worker who keeps missing one or two days a week, but you can't predict when.
Manitoba Move: This person makes it sound like one can be picky about where to work, when in fact for most unemployed people, ANY job offer would be welcome. When jobs get over a thousand applicants, getting to the interview stage at all is marvelous, one cant afford to worry about whether the job is a good match or not.
Oct. 20 Job interview: Today I went to a job interview and it was 30min long. It was mainly the boss telling me about the company and giving me a tour. It's at a post office. The pros are they are looking for someone long-term, and it has benefits. I plan to stay there for more than a few months.
The cons is that I worry about not being good enough. He says it's like 2 weeks of training on the computer program and it seems challenging. I'm comfortable with computers, but he talked about people quitting because it's too hard to learn. However, I will give it a shot because it's better to try and fail, than not try at all and wonder "What if..?"
He talked about a worker who's been there over a month and thinks he's smarter than he really is. I immediately thought of that Cantonese phrase (written in English): "lan leck."
Hit-and-run news: I read about this in the Globe and Mail and the National Post. It's about this 2 yr old girl who was run over by 2 different cars in China. She has now died. I was upset reading the articles. I thought it was the "by-stander effect" as in someone else will help, but the thing is you need to help. Don't assume someone else will. The conclusion in the article was this:
"Many people in China are hesitant to help people who appear to be in distress for fear that they will be blamed. High-profile lawsuits have ended with good Samaritans ordered to pay hefty fines to individuals they sought to help."
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/chinese-girl-dies-hit-run-sparked-outrage-035947336.html
At the very least, start calling 911 or call to somebody for help to call 911.
Flashback: Now I'm getting a flashback of gr. 5. I was at home and this girl Tanya comes to my house and says her sister Christina fell off her bike close to my house. My sister was with me and she said what I was thinking: "Do you want me to call 911?" T: "No."
I just go over to Christina and she was on the ground. Nothing was broken. I think another person was there. In my case, if I fell off my bike and nothing was broken, and one of my siblings was with me, I wouldn't go and call a friend to come over to help. There was nothing I could do to help C because there was nothing broken.
News: I'm getting another old flashback. I was reading this or it was on the internet. Someone died from a hit-and-run. They stopped to leave a note that said: "I'm sorry, but I have a family." I think the victim was a black man. That was interesting with the note, because I have never heard of a hit-and-run driver taking the time to write a note.
CPR: While I'm at it, I'll throw in other news that I read that if you have a heart attack and you're on the ground, there is only a 1 in 4 chance that someone will start CPR on you. The thing is, if you apply CPR on that person, there is a 75% chance they will survive. You don't even have to perform CPR perfectly for it to be effective.
You just need to start doing compressions on the person's chest. There is a law in Canada that protects good Samaritans trying to help.
Primetime: There's that news magazine show called Primetime where they do segments like "What would you do?" There are situations like if you see a man and a woman arguing with each other, do you step in to stop the argument?
Now I'm getting another flashback of 2005. I was riding on the bus and this woman in her early 20s talked about how this guy was drunk and walking on the street. These 2 other guys started hassling him and one of them pulls out a knife. This woman stepped in to stop it by saying something like: "Stop. He's just drunk."
I thought that woman was brave. She said on the bus: "I just moved to this part of town. After someone gets stabbed, I would have to move again."
Note: You guys are like "Where's the funny email of the week?" Consider last email with the funny video of a guy quitting his job with a marching band and the Punk'd episode the funny one.
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Re: October sale - fair trade necklaces for human rights
I went to the Amnesty International website and there are lots of cool things like clothes, jewelery, calenders, candles, posters, Christmas cards, etc. So if you want to get started on your Christmas shopping or for yourself, go to this site.
Shown in Photo: Beads of Strength Necklace
Dear Tracy,
SHOP FOR HUMANITY. SHOP WITH A PURPOSE. Say Hello to autumn with conviction & style! Check out our new Fall collection of scarves, jewelry & apparel. There's something for everyone at Shop Amnesty -- and best of all, every penny you spend supports Amnesty International's fight for human rights. Visit our store.
TON FAI OPEN WEAVE SCARF-$23.00
MULTI-STRAND BEADED NECKLACE-$30.00
HANDWOVEN DISC EARRINGS (RWANDA)-$24.00
ASSORTED HOLIDAY CARDS (SET OF 10)-$12.95
ECO-FRIENDLY HARDCOVER HORSE JOURNAL-$14.00
DIGNITY NOTE CARDS (SET OF 6)-$15.00
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT SHIRT-$17.95
TROY DAVIS PINS (2 IN A PACK)-$4.00
3/4 SLEEVE WOMEN'S EMBLEM SHIRT-$18.95
INSTANT KARMA CD-$15.00
DARFUR: TWENTY YEARS OF WAR & GENOCIDE IN SUDAN-$15.00
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GUITAR PICKS-$5.00
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Remove yourself from all mailings from Amnesty USA.
Shown in Photo: Beads of Strength Necklace
Dear Tracy,
SHOP FOR HUMANITY. SHOP WITH A PURPOSE. Say Hello to autumn with conviction & style! Check out our new Fall collection of scarves, jewelry & apparel. There's something for everyone at Shop Amnesty -- and best of all, every penny you spend supports Amnesty International's fight for human rights. Visit our store.
TON FAI OPEN WEAVE SCARF-$23.00
MULTI-STRAND BEADED NECKLACE-$30.00
HANDWOVEN DISC EARRINGS (RWANDA)-$24.00
ASSORTED HOLIDAY CARDS (SET OF 10)-$12.95
ECO-FRIENDLY HARDCOVER HORSE JOURNAL-$14.00
DIGNITY NOTE CARDS (SET OF 6)-$15.00
MATERNAL HEALTH CARE IS A HUMAN RIGHT SHIRT-$17.95
TROY DAVIS PINS (2 IN A PACK)-$4.00
3/4 SLEEVE WOMEN'S EMBLEM SHIRT-$18.95
INSTANT KARMA CD-$15.00
DARFUR: TWENTY YEARS OF WAR & GENOCIDE IN SUDAN-$15.00
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL GUITAR PICKS-$5.00
(c) 2011 Amnesty International USA | 5 Penn Plaza, New York, NY 10001 | 212.807.8400
Remove yourself from this mailing.
Remove yourself from all mailings from Amnesty USA.
priorities/ funny video/ saying
Oct. 17 Priorities: Here are the following things I will analyze/write/ think about due to importance.
1. Job search: Anything to do with my job search like job interviews, job articles, business/ economy news I will write about.
2. TV and movies: It may not be very important, but it is relevant to my writing. I analyze stories, dialogue and characters.
3. Comedy: Not very important either, but it kind of goes with TV and movies due to writing a good joke. I like to laugh.
4. Current events: Like what's happening in the city, country, and world. I usually write about what I saw on news magazine shows like 20/20.
5. Imagination: This is really about stupid stuff that doesn't matter like hypothetical situations. I really need to limit this so that's why I created this list.
Funny video: I found this on Yahoo: "Hotel worker quits his job with help from marching band." This guy Joey works at a hotel for 3.5 yrs. He then goes into the hotel with a marching band. They're standing in the hallway. As soon as the boss sees them, he looks mad and asks "What the hell? Get out of here." Joey says: "I quit." He hands him a piece of paper (letter of resignation) and drops it on the floor.
The marching band starts playing and they all walk out. I laughed at that part.
I like reading the comments:
Number 1: Notice how the boss blew his top before they even did anything. That's proof enough for me right there that he's a goof. I don't blame him for quitting, I wouldn’t want to work for someone like that either.
HolisticChick: My guess is he's doing this to get his 15 minutes of internet fame and hoping to get paid for interviews.
Me: I agree with both comments. The boss lashes out at them right away. I would have said: "Hi, can I help you?" The entire time I thought this guy was totally burning his bridges with his boss/ hotel. Joey can never come back and work for this place again. I'm sure he doesn't want to so it doesn't matter.
On a side note, I thought Joey was kind of good-looking.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/hotel-worker-joey-quits-job-help-marching-band-131411418.html
Call centres: Seriously, I wouldn't do that or tell anyone else to do something funny/ crazy to quit their job. Back in 2007 I got hired at Call Centre #3. I worked there for a day where they trained me. Then I called back next week and they said I didn't get hired. I was so angry. I hung up the phone and swore. I wanted to get hired again, and then quit after a day to get back at them. Of course, that's not really that mean of a revenge. lol.
At least I got paid for that one day of training. But I applied again back in 2008, and then again in 2009. That's when I got hired back, and was laid off 6 months later. I didn't burn my bridges.
It happened again in 2010 with Call Centre #4. I worked there for a day and was dismissed for not getting enough surveys completed. I hung up and swore, and then I imagined throwing an egg at their window. I also thought of calling the supervisor back and listing all these call centres in Edmonton that closed down and telling him that Call Centre #4 is going to close down too. However, I didn't do it.
I thought of it, but I know if I did do that, I would never get hired back. Some of you would say: "You want to get hired back at this crappy call centre?" Yeah, well they do pay well. Or you could put an ad on Kijiji warning people not to work for this company. I have read a few ads like that.
Job search: A few weeks ago I did a job interview at an office, and at the end we started talking about the restaurant I worked at. Yesterday I got an email and they rejected me. I have to look at this way. They got 100 resumes, and I was one of the 15 people they chose to interview. I did an interview at a cafe and they should call me by now, but they haven't.
Oct. 19 Punk'd: This is relevant to my job search. Punk'd is an old TV show where Ashton Kutcher plays pranks on celebrities. One prank was on the rapper Eve where she goes to a job interview and the trick was that the interviewer leaves in the middle of it. The office assistant then walks right into the desk and it topples over. He then blames Eve for it to the interviewer and they get into a huge fight.
I looked it up on Youtube, but couldn't find the video. This is from years ago, so my memory may be fuzzy. I remember Eve was interviewed for a role on a TV show and maybe some talk about availability. Eve was dressed in a black sleeveless shirt and a denim skirt. I didn't think it was very professional, but I think it was more of a casual meeting than an interview.
She didn't have a pen and paper to write down, which is fine. I always do because I have questions and answers to write down. But the main problem was that Eve was quiet and reserved during it. AK made a snarky comment:
AK: I thought the whole point of a job interview is that you're supposed to be interested in the job.
That reminds me of my friend Jessica saying: "You need to show your personality in an interview."
Job interview: Today is my day off so I went to a job interview for a receptionist position. I was there 10 min. early and I had to wait 15min for the interview to start. It lasted 5 min. We discussed that I will be working at my restaurant job in the morning and at the office at night.
I can imagine after the restaurant, it'll take me 1hr to take the bus home. Get on the computer and pitch my script for 1hr. Then go to work at the office for a few hours. Then go home and have 2 hrs to rest before I have to go to bed.
Actors: I was watching Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.) There was a promo for the TV show Supernatural. It has Charisma Carpeneter and James Marsters on it. I was like: "Oh my god! Cordelia and Spike from Buffy are on it!" Then I remembered Mercedes McNab guest- starred on an ep of Supernatural where she plays a vampire so it's not too much of a stretch for her.
MM played Harmony the vampire on Buffy and Angel. I haven't seen a good Buffy reunion since Charisma Carpenter and Alyson Hannigan (Willow on Buffy) guest- starred and was on a scene together in Veronica Mars. The Buffy creator Joss Whedon also guest- starred on a Veronica Mars episode.
Saying: My sister was watching The Playboy Club and a line talked about the Greek mythology Icarus. I was reading a poem about him in Eng. class in college. Icarus has these wings made out of wax and feathers. He was told not to fly too close to the sun, but he did and the wax melted and he fell to his death.
This is from Wikipedia: "..both are usually taken as tragic examples of hubris or failed ambition — and is often depicted in art."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus
On Playboy the line was: "Our ambition can make us careless."
News: In lighter news, Playboy got cancelled after 3 episodes. The remakes of Charlie's Angels got cancelled after 4 episodes. I had Playboy in the background as I was on the computer. My sister watches it because it's like the 1960s themed show Mad Men that she likes. I never got to watch Charlie's Angels.
1. Job search: Anything to do with my job search like job interviews, job articles, business/ economy news I will write about.
2. TV and movies: It may not be very important, but it is relevant to my writing. I analyze stories, dialogue and characters.
3. Comedy: Not very important either, but it kind of goes with TV and movies due to writing a good joke. I like to laugh.
4. Current events: Like what's happening in the city, country, and world. I usually write about what I saw on news magazine shows like 20/20.
5. Imagination: This is really about stupid stuff that doesn't matter like hypothetical situations. I really need to limit this so that's why I created this list.
Funny video: I found this on Yahoo: "Hotel worker quits his job with help from marching band." This guy Joey works at a hotel for 3.5 yrs. He then goes into the hotel with a marching band. They're standing in the hallway. As soon as the boss sees them, he looks mad and asks "What the hell? Get out of here." Joey says: "I quit." He hands him a piece of paper (letter of resignation) and drops it on the floor.
The marching band starts playing and they all walk out. I laughed at that part.
I like reading the comments:
Number 1: Notice how the boss blew his top before they even did anything. That's proof enough for me right there that he's a goof. I don't blame him for quitting, I wouldn’t want to work for someone like that either.
HolisticChick: My guess is he's doing this to get his 15 minutes of internet fame and hoping to get paid for interviews.
Me: I agree with both comments. The boss lashes out at them right away. I would have said: "Hi, can I help you?" The entire time I thought this guy was totally burning his bridges with his boss/ hotel. Joey can never come back and work for this place again. I'm sure he doesn't want to so it doesn't matter.
On a side note, I thought Joey was kind of good-looking.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/daily-buzz/hotel-worker-joey-quits-job-help-marching-band-131411418.html
Call centres: Seriously, I wouldn't do that or tell anyone else to do something funny/ crazy to quit their job. Back in 2007 I got hired at Call Centre #3. I worked there for a day where they trained me. Then I called back next week and they said I didn't get hired. I was so angry. I hung up the phone and swore. I wanted to get hired again, and then quit after a day to get back at them. Of course, that's not really that mean of a revenge. lol.
At least I got paid for that one day of training. But I applied again back in 2008, and then again in 2009. That's when I got hired back, and was laid off 6 months later. I didn't burn my bridges.
It happened again in 2010 with Call Centre #4. I worked there for a day and was dismissed for not getting enough surveys completed. I hung up and swore, and then I imagined throwing an egg at their window. I also thought of calling the supervisor back and listing all these call centres in Edmonton that closed down and telling him that Call Centre #4 is going to close down too. However, I didn't do it.
I thought of it, but I know if I did do that, I would never get hired back. Some of you would say: "You want to get hired back at this crappy call centre?" Yeah, well they do pay well. Or you could put an ad on Kijiji warning people not to work for this company. I have read a few ads like that.
Job search: A few weeks ago I did a job interview at an office, and at the end we started talking about the restaurant I worked at. Yesterday I got an email and they rejected me. I have to look at this way. They got 100 resumes, and I was one of the 15 people they chose to interview. I did an interview at a cafe and they should call me by now, but they haven't.
Oct. 19 Punk'd: This is relevant to my job search. Punk'd is an old TV show where Ashton Kutcher plays pranks on celebrities. One prank was on the rapper Eve where she goes to a job interview and the trick was that the interviewer leaves in the middle of it. The office assistant then walks right into the desk and it topples over. He then blames Eve for it to the interviewer and they get into a huge fight.
I looked it up on Youtube, but couldn't find the video. This is from years ago, so my memory may be fuzzy. I remember Eve was interviewed for a role on a TV show and maybe some talk about availability. Eve was dressed in a black sleeveless shirt and a denim skirt. I didn't think it was very professional, but I think it was more of a casual meeting than an interview.
She didn't have a pen and paper to write down, which is fine. I always do because I have questions and answers to write down. But the main problem was that Eve was quiet and reserved during it. AK made a snarky comment:
AK: I thought the whole point of a job interview is that you're supposed to be interested in the job.
That reminds me of my friend Jessica saying: "You need to show your personality in an interview."
Job interview: Today is my day off so I went to a job interview for a receptionist position. I was there 10 min. early and I had to wait 15min for the interview to start. It lasted 5 min. We discussed that I will be working at my restaurant job in the morning and at the office at night.
I can imagine after the restaurant, it'll take me 1hr to take the bus home. Get on the computer and pitch my script for 1hr. Then go to work at the office for a few hours. Then go home and have 2 hrs to rest before I have to go to bed.
Actors: I was watching Ringer starring Sarah Michelle Gellar (Buffy on Buffy the Vampire Slayer.) There was a promo for the TV show Supernatural. It has Charisma Carpeneter and James Marsters on it. I was like: "Oh my god! Cordelia and Spike from Buffy are on it!" Then I remembered Mercedes McNab guest- starred on an ep of Supernatural where she plays a vampire so it's not too much of a stretch for her.
MM played Harmony the vampire on Buffy and Angel. I haven't seen a good Buffy reunion since Charisma Carpenter and Alyson Hannigan (Willow on Buffy) guest- starred and was on a scene together in Veronica Mars. The Buffy creator Joss Whedon also guest- starred on a Veronica Mars episode.
Saying: My sister was watching The Playboy Club and a line talked about the Greek mythology Icarus. I was reading a poem about him in Eng. class in college. Icarus has these wings made out of wax and feathers. He was told not to fly too close to the sun, but he did and the wax melted and he fell to his death.
This is from Wikipedia: "..both are usually taken as tragic examples of hubris or failed ambition — and is often depicted in art."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icarus
On Playboy the line was: "Our ambition can make us careless."
News: In lighter news, Playboy got cancelled after 3 episodes. The remakes of Charlie's Angels got cancelled after 4 episodes. I had Playboy in the background as I was on the computer. My sister watches it because it's like the 1960s themed show Mad Men that she likes. I never got to watch Charlie's Angels.
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Steve Jobs success tips/ Youtube Generation
Oct. 13 Steve Jobs success tips: I was watching 20/20 last week and there was a segment about him. I needed this because I need inspiration to keep me going. I don't know who was explaining SJ's tips; all I remember was a man in a suit talking about the 7 tips.
I went on Google and there are a lot about SJ's success tips and videos about him.
1. Do what you love. An example is Rachel Ray who was giving 30 min cooking shows at Macy's before she got famous and got her own TV show.
2. Put a dent in the universe. Make a concise vision, that could be put in a Twitter post. An example is President Kennedy wanted to put a man on the moon. It was a concise plan.
3. Say no to 1000 things. It's to focus on the few important things. It's about simplicity.
4. Kick start your brain. Do something different, and it will make you think differently.
5. Sell dreams, not products.
6. Sell experiences.
7. Master the message. You are judged by how you communicate.
Sophia Grace: I saw this on Yahoo about this 8 yr old girl named Sophia Grace from the UK. She is singing and dancing to Nicki Minaj's song "Super Bass." Her 5 yr old cousin Rosie is by there dancing along. Here they are in the interview, singing and dancing to the song on the Ellen Degeneres show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odhUPMYXpX4&feature=topvideos_entertainment
SG does an American accent for Ellen, and I thought it was pretty good. Here they are with the real Nicki Minaj. NM tells them that she's going to take them on a shopping spree to buy books, book bags, pencils, clothes, and guitars. I thought that was really nice of NM to do that, and she actually mentioned something educational like books to buy.
There's also a clip where NM tells them to stay in school. They also perform the song together here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxaQZi4Rm9Y
My nitpick is that these are little girls and they don't really know what the song is about. There is a lyric "he might sell coke" and few references to sex.
Just Go With It: I was on twop.com thread "TV moments that Angry up the blood".
Nagurikorosu: Stars has been promoting their newest premiere Just Go With It film with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston and the concept of the film just pisses me off. In order to date one woman, Sandler's character is pretending he was married to another. And well, as comedies goes, the lie gets bigger and he has to pretend that he has two kids.
This is not funny. At all. Its creepy is what it is. I've seen this premise in a Hornitos commercial where a Vice Principle at a class reunion pretends to be another student, so she have relations with a former student. There was no need for her to lie to him. And when the VP is outed, the scammed student is turned on, instead of disgusted.
This really isn't okay movie and ad execs. If someone can't truthfully tell you something as simple as who they are. Its not sexy or desirable at all. They're probably not going to tell the truth about...oh, their std status, their birth control methods, exes and relationship status. You know minor stuff that you'd want to have at least some idea of before you jump in bed with them.
Also, no man lies about having kids. But they will lie about not having kids... Which is also part of the reason why Just Go With It pisses me off. Its almost too easy to twist into the Lacey Peterson/Amber Frye(?) story.
Eegah: It's actually a remake of a film called Cactus Flower, which has much classier actors and treats the situation a bit more seriously. Just stick with that one.
Me: I haven't seen the movie, but the trailer looks funny. It's an interesting comment. I never noticed that a man never lies about having kids, but will lie about not having kids. I never thought about the Lacey Peterson and Amber Frey story. I didn't know about Cactus Flower until I looked it up.
Oct. 16 Youtube Generation: I was watching 20/20 on Sept. 23, 2011. It was about how people became successful and famous on Youtube. Did you know that 48 hours are uploaded a day? This is relevant to Steve Jobs saying "Do what you love" and Sophia Grace who got famous on Youtube.
Michelle Phan: She went to a job interview for Lancome to work at a beauty counter. She got rejected. She then taught how to put on make up on Youtube. She's a 23 yr old art school drop out, and now she is the face of Lancome.
Joe Penna: He's a mystery guitar man. He makes music videos. He then gets discovered, and then directed and starts in a McDonald's commercial.
Moms on Youtube:
Mindy puts instruction videos on how to braid daughter's hair. She got 2 million views.
Betty's Kitchen: Betty is a mom/ retired math teacher who has a cooking video on how to make salsa. She did kind of have the vibe of a teacher because of how she was instructing the viewer.
Crafty Gemini: Vanessa created a site called Crafty Gemini where she teaches sewing on Youtube. She wins a trip to NYC and got $35,000 check for her instruction videos.
Music video spoofs: There is Katy Perry music video parody of her video "California Gurls." Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_stcgW8E4o
The real Katy Perry said: "I'm flattered."
They talked to Mike who was a bell boy before he quit so he could be a full-time Youtube video producer.
Greyson Chance: He is a 14 yr old boy who plays Lady GaGa and puts it up on Youtube. He then goes on Ellen Degeneres. He plays the piano and sings great. I went on Youtube to listen to him after the show. EG started a record company and produces GC's album. The segment closed with him singing: "You're afraid of taking chances/ How are you going to reach the top?"
Youtube and the news:
Tornado videos.net: It's about filming tornadoes.
Neda: There was news when Neda was shot in the head, and bleed out. Grown men were yelling "Don't leave us!" Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=neda&aq=f
There was footage of a car running over a protestor.
Khan Academy: Khan is an East Indian guy is a MIT/ Harvard graduate who teaches everything from math to history on Youtube. His hobby reaches millions of people. Bill Gate's kids watch his videos and BG donates money to his academy. A small staff translates his lessons in different languages to get to different audiences.
Obama girl: Does anyone remember this? It came out in 2007 and Amber Lee Ettinger is dancing around and singing about how she loves Obama. I checked the credits and the singer is Leah Kauffman, but Amber is starring in it. They interviewed Amber, and she is hosting as "Gadget Girl" and has her own jewelery line. She never met Obama.
Dentist kid: The kid named Dave who came home from the dentist. He sits in a car and is talking to his dad. He was 7 yrs old. Daniel Tosh interviewed him and the kid on DT's show Tosh. O. 20/20 interviewed the kid and his dad, and they're making money off ads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs
United Airlines: There's a music video about how "United Airlines breaks guitars." This guy named Dave used United Airlines and it damaged one of his guitars really badly. He's not a lawyer, but a songwriter. So he wrote a song and made a video. He got 1 million hits in 4 days. He flew again on that airline, and they lost his luggage. United Airlines lost a lot of business because of the video, but they didn't tell him to stop and take down the video.
Here's his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
Me: How about a video about hating Wal-Mart?
I typed "I hate wal-mart" and I got a whole bunch of videos:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=i+hate+walmart&aq=0&oq=i+hate+wal
I went on Google and there are a lot about SJ's success tips and videos about him.
1. Do what you love. An example is Rachel Ray who was giving 30 min cooking shows at Macy's before she got famous and got her own TV show.
2. Put a dent in the universe. Make a concise vision, that could be put in a Twitter post. An example is President Kennedy wanted to put a man on the moon. It was a concise plan.
3. Say no to 1000 things. It's to focus on the few important things. It's about simplicity.
4. Kick start your brain. Do something different, and it will make you think differently.
5. Sell dreams, not products.
6. Sell experiences.
7. Master the message. You are judged by how you communicate.
Sophia Grace: I saw this on Yahoo about this 8 yr old girl named Sophia Grace from the UK. She is singing and dancing to Nicki Minaj's song "Super Bass." Her 5 yr old cousin Rosie is by there dancing along. Here they are in the interview, singing and dancing to the song on the Ellen Degeneres show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odhUPMYXpX4&feature=topvideos_entertainment
SG does an American accent for Ellen, and I thought it was pretty good. Here they are with the real Nicki Minaj. NM tells them that she's going to take them on a shopping spree to buy books, book bags, pencils, clothes, and guitars. I thought that was really nice of NM to do that, and she actually mentioned something educational like books to buy.
There's also a clip where NM tells them to stay in school. They also perform the song together here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxaQZi4Rm9Y
My nitpick is that these are little girls and they don't really know what the song is about. There is a lyric "he might sell coke" and few references to sex.
Just Go With It: I was on twop.com thread "TV moments that Angry up the blood".
Nagurikorosu: Stars has been promoting their newest premiere Just Go With It film with Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston and the concept of the film just pisses me off. In order to date one woman, Sandler's character is pretending he was married to another. And well, as comedies goes, the lie gets bigger and he has to pretend that he has two kids.
This is not funny. At all. Its creepy is what it is. I've seen this premise in a Hornitos commercial where a Vice Principle at a class reunion pretends to be another student, so she have relations with a former student. There was no need for her to lie to him. And when the VP is outed, the scammed student is turned on, instead of disgusted.
This really isn't okay movie and ad execs. If someone can't truthfully tell you something as simple as who they are. Its not sexy or desirable at all. They're probably not going to tell the truth about...oh, their std status, their birth control methods, exes and relationship status. You know minor stuff that you'd want to have at least some idea of before you jump in bed with them.
Also, no man lies about having kids. But they will lie about not having kids... Which is also part of the reason why Just Go With It pisses me off. Its almost too easy to twist into the Lacey Peterson/Amber Frye(?) story.
Eegah: It's actually a remake of a film called Cactus Flower, which has much classier actors and treats the situation a bit more seriously. Just stick with that one.
Me: I haven't seen the movie, but the trailer looks funny. It's an interesting comment. I never noticed that a man never lies about having kids, but will lie about not having kids. I never thought about the Lacey Peterson and Amber Frey story. I didn't know about Cactus Flower until I looked it up.
Oct. 16 Youtube Generation: I was watching 20/20 on Sept. 23, 2011. It was about how people became successful and famous on Youtube. Did you know that 48 hours are uploaded a day? This is relevant to Steve Jobs saying "Do what you love" and Sophia Grace who got famous on Youtube.
Michelle Phan: She went to a job interview for Lancome to work at a beauty counter. She got rejected. She then taught how to put on make up on Youtube. She's a 23 yr old art school drop out, and now she is the face of Lancome.
Joe Penna: He's a mystery guitar man. He makes music videos. He then gets discovered, and then directed and starts in a McDonald's commercial.
Moms on Youtube:
Mindy puts instruction videos on how to braid daughter's hair. She got 2 million views.
Betty's Kitchen: Betty is a mom/ retired math teacher who has a cooking video on how to make salsa. She did kind of have the vibe of a teacher because of how she was instructing the viewer.
Crafty Gemini: Vanessa created a site called Crafty Gemini where she teaches sewing on Youtube. She wins a trip to NYC and got $35,000 check for her instruction videos.
Music video spoofs: There is Katy Perry music video parody of her video "California Gurls." Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_stcgW8E4o
The real Katy Perry said: "I'm flattered."
They talked to Mike who was a bell boy before he quit so he could be a full-time Youtube video producer.
Greyson Chance: He is a 14 yr old boy who plays Lady GaGa and puts it up on Youtube. He then goes on Ellen Degeneres. He plays the piano and sings great. I went on Youtube to listen to him after the show. EG started a record company and produces GC's album. The segment closed with him singing: "You're afraid of taking chances/ How are you going to reach the top?"
Youtube and the news:
Tornado videos.net: It's about filming tornadoes.
Neda: There was news when Neda was shot in the head, and bleed out. Grown men were yelling "Don't leave us!" Here's the video:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=neda&aq=f
There was footage of a car running over a protestor.
Khan Academy: Khan is an East Indian guy is a MIT/ Harvard graduate who teaches everything from math to history on Youtube. His hobby reaches millions of people. Bill Gate's kids watch his videos and BG donates money to his academy. A small staff translates his lessons in different languages to get to different audiences.
Obama girl: Does anyone remember this? It came out in 2007 and Amber Lee Ettinger is dancing around and singing about how she loves Obama. I checked the credits and the singer is Leah Kauffman, but Amber is starring in it. They interviewed Amber, and she is hosting as "Gadget Girl" and has her own jewelery line. She never met Obama.
Dentist kid: The kid named Dave who came home from the dentist. He sits in a car and is talking to his dad. He was 7 yrs old. Daniel Tosh interviewed him and the kid on DT's show Tosh. O. 20/20 interviewed the kid and his dad, and they're making money off ads.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txqiwrbYGrs
United Airlines: There's a music video about how "United Airlines breaks guitars." This guy named Dave used United Airlines and it damaged one of his guitars really badly. He's not a lawyer, but a songwriter. So he wrote a song and made a video. He got 1 million hits in 4 days. He flew again on that airline, and they lost his luggage. United Airlines lost a lot of business because of the video, but they didn't tell him to stop and take down the video.
Here's his video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo
Me: How about a video about hating Wal-Mart?
I typed "I hate wal-mart" and I got a whole bunch of videos:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=i+hate+walmart&aq=0&oq=i+hate+wal
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