Have you had a chance to check out Chimes of Freedom, Tracy ? It's just a few days after the album launch and we are close to selling out! We are working hard to produce more CDs, but if you haven't gotten your copy, do it today: amnestyusa.org/chimes
We've been so moved by the response to this album. Here are a few examples of what people are saying --
...This four-CD compilation is both musical and meaningful. The renowned performers on Chimes of Freedom possess not only ample talent but also a deep feeling for the political and personal messages that Bob communicates. And they clearly support Amnesty International, whose anniversary they celebrate. -- Thomas, Amazon.com Review
I'm REALLY digging #ChimesofFreedom, the @Amnesty album of Bob Dylan covers. Great deal, too.. ~80 songs for $20. -- Marc, on Twitter
Having nearly 80 Bob Dylan covers all in one place sounds almost too good to be true. The fact that the proceeds from these never-before-released versions also benefit Amnesty International's continuous efforts to support free speech and free political prisoners around the world is even better. -- Hilary Saunders, Paste Magazine
- Helen Garrett, Amnesty International USA
Amnesty International
50 years in the making. Worth every minute.
Dear Tracy ,
50 years ago, Bob Dylan started his professional career by picking up his guitar and playing at a coffee house in Greenwich Village.
That same year, British lawyer Peter Benenson launched a campaign to stand up for those imprisoned for the peaceful expression of their beliefs. That campaign grew into a human rights movement, Amnesty International.
Through the decades, musicians have been among Amnesty's most inspiring and passionate allies in the fight against injustice. That's why I am proud to announce the release of a very special album -- Chimes of Freedom: The Songs of Bob Dylan Honoring 50 Years of Amnesty International.
Listen to Chimes of Freedom.
When we started asking musicians to contribute to the album, we weren't sure what to expect -- but the outpouring of generosity from the music community speaks for itself: more than 80 artists donated 76 songs, almost all released for sale for the very first time.
Chimes of Freedom has been called "genre-busting" by The New York Times. It's a diverse, inventive album that features musicians who care deeply about human rights.
"Music for a good cause. What more beautiful thing could you be a part of?" - Neil Finn with the Pajama Club (Performs "She Belongs to Me")
From the civil rights marches of the 1960s to Occupy Wall Street, music has always played a big part in social movements. Music can touch people's hearts and awaken our social conscience.
"I think musicians from around the world realize the value of freedom of expression." - Kris Kristofferson (Performs "Quinn the Eskimo")
Whether focused on human rights or the human heart, Dylan's songs have consistently spoken to the need for dignity and freedom -- the same ideals that inspire and drive our work at Amnesty International. So even though we chose Dylan for our 50th, you could also say that he chose us.
"Bob puts his arms all around humanity, around the world, around the universe in those songs." - Outernational (Performs "When the Ship Comes In")
Chimes of Freedom is dedicated to people worldwide who are unjustly imprisoned or threatened for the peaceful expression of their beliefs. Buying this album will help protect human rights around the world.
"We all have a role to play. I cannot do it alone." - Angelique Kidjo (Performs "Lay, Lady, Lay")
Performers range from Miley Cyrus, 19, to legendary musician and activist Pete Seeger, who, at 92, performs Dylan's poignant "Forever Young" with a children's chorus.
We hope that you enjoy Chimes of Freedom as much as we do. Listen to clips and purchase your copy of Chimes of Freedom on the Amnesty website.
http://music.amnestyusa.org/?utm_source=aiusa&utm_medium=email&utm_content=email+1+-+helen,+artist+quotes&utm_campaign=chimes&msource=W1201ESCHI1R&tr=y&auid=10208895
Sincerely,
Helen Garrett
Director of Creative Services and Special Projects
Amnesty International USA
Monday, February 6, 2012
career counseling/ friends/ job articles
Feb. 3 Career counseling: Today I finally went to my career counselor at my college. I made an appointment last week. It was free counseling because I attended the school. She was an Asian woman. We did a mock job interview for an office assistant position. It was good because she asked me 3 job interview questions, and then afterwards we discussed if it was a good answer or not.
It was supposed to be an hr long mock interview, but I stayed 10min later to discuss job search techniques. However, there was no one else in the waiting room so I didn't cut into anyone's appointment.
CC: You are kind of sharp and abrupt in your answers. You need to slow down when you're speaking.
Me: Yeah, one interviewer said that to me that I talk fast.
CC: You seem tense.
Me: The thing is I want to be professional.
CC: There's a difference between being professional and being stiff.
CC: You need to give conversational answers. You list things, and it sounds mechanical. In an interview, the employer wants to know:
1. Can you do the job? (Technical skills. If they called you to do the interview, they think you can.)
2. Will you like it?
3. Will you fit in?
It's about personality, and how you come off as a person. You build rapport.
Know what the company is about, what they do. Does it fit with your interests? Why is it a good fit?
Behavioral questions:
CC: Behavioral questions are about how do you deal with a negative situation? Here's the acronym STARS.
Situation
Task
Action
Results
Skills
Describe the situation, what is the task, and what is your action? What were the results? What skills did you use?
Feb. 4 Job interview: Today I went to a job interview. It was okay because I got there on time. She did say I seem a little "intimidated" by the position. I got some more info and was told I will be trained to be able to be working by myself. I calmed down.
She did ask if this position sounds like something I'm interested in. Yes, I am. She did question if it's hard for me to get there. It's a bit of an effort, but I don't have a problem getting there.
Remember a job tip I had written about? Don't mention if the place is easy or hard to get to because it doesn't have anything to do with how you work at the job.
Rejects: It's been a few weeks since I did an interview at that computer store. They didn't call me back. He did ask: "Does it sound like something you're interested in?" And I said: "Not really." I wasn't putting obstacles in front of myself. I was being honest. Give the job to somebody else who would like it.
I got a call from Call Centre #6 and I told her my schedule. She said I sounded pretty busy. I said I will call back when I get my schedule. I looked the company up and they're paying a little bit more than I am making. You can work like 2 shifts a week.
It was okay that I didn't get hired at the computer store, or got an interview at Call Centre #6. That's because then my restaurant started increasing my hours so now I'm working full-time. I don't have to get a second part-time regular job. I can focus on the office job search.
Friends: Today I called my friend Sonia. We talked about my job search and she said that I should apply at the hospital's food service. I did before. I've been procrastinating and haven't been looking at the hospital websites. I've been looking at my other job sites though.
As soon as we hung up, I went and wrote down to apply at the hospital. Then I decided to get on the computer right now and look for the hospital websites. I applied to 6 positions.
We did chat a bit how she isn't on Facebook. She doesn't like it. I told her she's in the minority.
Feb. 5 Benefits: I was going through my work papers, to clean it out. I then thought about how full-time people get benefits. I started working full-time, so today I asked my boss about it. He'll look into it.
Feb. 6 Job articles:
Job fair: Today I read an Alberta Job Centre newsletter called "Why you should attend a job fair." A lot of people think it's overcrowded and competitive. You should still dress well and bring your resumes. I've been to one at the U of A Butterdome which were mostly for gas and oil companies. Some booths were for Target and regular jobs.
I've been to an arts job fair also at the U of A. It was smaller and more jobs were fit for me. Some job fairs have to be pre-registered. I have been to one at Canada Place a couple of years ago. That's how I got an interview at Abercrombie and Fitch. This is a good article:
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=3A464CDB-2219-80B4-536232C131632EB2&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=34754251cf-AB_Career_Feb_01_20122_1_2012&utm_medium=email
Entry-level: That article lead me to "Selling Air: Marketing Your Entry-Level Career". Here's a good line: "An entry-level candidate who is eager, open to training, and flexible is desirable by employers."
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/re/career-advice/career-advice-articles/career-planning/selling-air-marketing-your-entry-level-career
Questions: This is a good article: "7 Questions That Could Land You the Job." Question 3 asks: "Can you describe a typical day for this position?" It's usually my question: "What are the duties?"
Question 6: "What are the working hours and the salary range and benefits?" I ask the question: "What are the shifts like?" Then towards the end either I, or they bring it up about the pay.
Question 7: "What can I do for you as follow-up?" At the of the interview I ask: "When will you be making a hiring decision?"
"What employers are looking for are people who really want to work in the organization and are enthusiastic about affecting the outcome of the interview."
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=161CEE2E-2219-80B4-53040922F4B80451&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=737245ecfa-AB_Career_Jan_25_20121_25_2012&utm_medium=email
Ineffective: "7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People on the Job." It talked about some things I know like how ineffective people don't show up. They don't put things away, so they waste time looking for things.
Good part: "Mark Twain is credited with saying, 'If you eat a frog first thing in the morning, that will probably be the worst thing you do all day.' Productivity experts agree that getting the 'worst' task out of the way first is one of the best ways to be effective."
I also like: "Ineffective people can get so hung up on doing things perfectly the first time that they can suffer what’s called 'analysis paralysis'." That means you are so focused on getting things perfect, you don't actually complete the task.
"Creativity, innovation and many valuable professional skills involve risk of miscalculation and mistakes, which is better than stagnation."
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=F1D27D8F-2219-80B4-53B8D24340625DA4&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=01eae3f25c-AB_Career_Jan_18_20121_18_2012&utm_medium=email
It was supposed to be an hr long mock interview, but I stayed 10min later to discuss job search techniques. However, there was no one else in the waiting room so I didn't cut into anyone's appointment.
CC: You are kind of sharp and abrupt in your answers. You need to slow down when you're speaking.
Me: Yeah, one interviewer said that to me that I talk fast.
CC: You seem tense.
Me: The thing is I want to be professional.
CC: There's a difference between being professional and being stiff.
CC: You need to give conversational answers. You list things, and it sounds mechanical. In an interview, the employer wants to know:
1. Can you do the job? (Technical skills. If they called you to do the interview, they think you can.)
2. Will you like it?
3. Will you fit in?
It's about personality, and how you come off as a person. You build rapport.
Know what the company is about, what they do. Does it fit with your interests? Why is it a good fit?
Behavioral questions:
CC: Behavioral questions are about how do you deal with a negative situation? Here's the acronym STARS.
Situation
Task
Action
Results
Skills
Describe the situation, what is the task, and what is your action? What were the results? What skills did you use?
Feb. 4 Job interview: Today I went to a job interview. It was okay because I got there on time. She did say I seem a little "intimidated" by the position. I got some more info and was told I will be trained to be able to be working by myself. I calmed down.
She did ask if this position sounds like something I'm interested in. Yes, I am. She did question if it's hard for me to get there. It's a bit of an effort, but I don't have a problem getting there.
Remember a job tip I had written about? Don't mention if the place is easy or hard to get to because it doesn't have anything to do with how you work at the job.
Rejects: It's been a few weeks since I did an interview at that computer store. They didn't call me back. He did ask: "Does it sound like something you're interested in?" And I said: "Not really." I wasn't putting obstacles in front of myself. I was being honest. Give the job to somebody else who would like it.
I got a call from Call Centre #6 and I told her my schedule. She said I sounded pretty busy. I said I will call back when I get my schedule. I looked the company up and they're paying a little bit more than I am making. You can work like 2 shifts a week.
It was okay that I didn't get hired at the computer store, or got an interview at Call Centre #6. That's because then my restaurant started increasing my hours so now I'm working full-time. I don't have to get a second part-time regular job. I can focus on the office job search.
Friends: Today I called my friend Sonia. We talked about my job search and she said that I should apply at the hospital's food service. I did before. I've been procrastinating and haven't been looking at the hospital websites. I've been looking at my other job sites though.
As soon as we hung up, I went and wrote down to apply at the hospital. Then I decided to get on the computer right now and look for the hospital websites. I applied to 6 positions.
We did chat a bit how she isn't on Facebook. She doesn't like it. I told her she's in the minority.
Feb. 5 Benefits: I was going through my work papers, to clean it out. I then thought about how full-time people get benefits. I started working full-time, so today I asked my boss about it. He'll look into it.
Feb. 6 Job articles:
Job fair: Today I read an Alberta Job Centre newsletter called "Why you should attend a job fair." A lot of people think it's overcrowded and competitive. You should still dress well and bring your resumes. I've been to one at the U of A Butterdome which were mostly for gas and oil companies. Some booths were for Target and regular jobs.
I've been to an arts job fair also at the U of A. It was smaller and more jobs were fit for me. Some job fairs have to be pre-registered. I have been to one at Canada Place a couple of years ago. That's how I got an interview at Abercrombie and Fitch. This is a good article:
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=3A464CDB-2219-80B4-536232C131632EB2&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=34754251cf-AB_Career_Feb_01_20122_1_2012&utm_medium=email
Entry-level: That article lead me to "Selling Air: Marketing Your Entry-Level Career". Here's a good line: "An entry-level candidate who is eager, open to training, and flexible is desirable by employers."
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/re/career-advice/career-advice-articles/career-planning/selling-air-marketing-your-entry-level-career
Questions: This is a good article: "7 Questions That Could Land You the Job." Question 3 asks: "Can you describe a typical day for this position?" It's usually my question: "What are the duties?"
Question 6: "What are the working hours and the salary range and benefits?" I ask the question: "What are the shifts like?" Then towards the end either I, or they bring it up about the pay.
Question 7: "What can I do for you as follow-up?" At the of the interview I ask: "When will you be making a hiring decision?"
"What employers are looking for are people who really want to work in the organization and are enthusiastic about affecting the outcome of the interview."
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=161CEE2E-2219-80B4-53040922F4B80451&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=737245ecfa-AB_Career_Jan_25_20121_25_2012&utm_medium=email
Ineffective: "7 Habits of Highly Ineffective People on the Job." It talked about some things I know like how ineffective people don't show up. They don't put things away, so they waste time looking for things.
Good part: "Mark Twain is credited with saying, 'If you eat a frog first thing in the morning, that will probably be the worst thing you do all day.' Productivity experts agree that getting the 'worst' task out of the way first is one of the best ways to be effective."
I also like: "Ineffective people can get so hung up on doing things perfectly the first time that they can suffer what’s called 'analysis paralysis'." That means you are so focused on getting things perfect, you don't actually complete the task.
"Creativity, innovation and many valuable professional skills involve risk of miscalculation and mistakes, which is better than stagnation."
http://www.albertajobcentre.ca/content/index.cfm?objectid=F1D27D8F-2219-80B4-53B8D24340625DA4&utm_source=Albertajobcentre.ca&utm_campaign=01eae3f25c-AB_Career_Jan_18_20121_18_2012&utm_medium=email
Friday, February 3, 2012
The Vertex Fighter/ missing kids/ The Help
Jan. 27 The Vertex Fighter:
Producers:
Jonathan Joffe: The producer Jonathan Joffe has added me on LinkedIn. I added him a couple of months ago. I had emailed him, reminding him that we had contacted each other before. In 2009, I emailed my script pitch to him. He wanted to read the script, he read it, and rejected it.
Two years later, I added him on LinkedIn and reminded him of The Vertex Fighter. I was really happy about him adding me on LinkedIn.
Jan. 30 John Kerr: I pitched to him my new script Rain, but he said he was too busy. However, he did send me these 3 documents. One was about pitching, one was about theme, character, story. The last one was "The Top 10 Essential Script Questions."
The first question was "Do I like it?" There are subsequent questions to it like: "Does it make me feel anything?" Yes.
"Do I care enough to champion it for years?"
Yes, I have proven that by pitching The Vertex Fighter since 2008.
Actor: I thought of one of my favorite singer/actor Kyle Riabko in The Vertex Fighter. I can see him in the club. On my www.badcb.blogspot.com post called "coincidence/ crazy news/ writing" (Oct. 4,2010), I wrote about him:
"Kyle Riabko: I was going to quit watching 90210, but yesterday I had free time. It's a good thing I tuned in because one of my favorite singers Kyle Riabko was on. I forgot he was on."
A blog comment from Anna said: "Check out Kyle's new film 'Rising Stars' coming to GrandRapids, Tulsa & Nashville on Friday!!http://bit.ly/StaRZ "
Feb. 1 Law of Attraction: I was thinking about The Secret again about the law of attraction. My sister gave me her old Cosmopolitan magazines, and there was an interview with this CEO talking about focusing on getting what you want. The CEO said about before going to sleep, take 90 secs to imagine what you want.
I imagined being on the set of The Vertex Fighter. Cut the club the Vertex.
I can see Graham Wardle (Heartland) as the lead. The brother Craig Olejnik (The Listener) is there. Aaron Douglas (The Bridge) and Kit Cope (real MMA fighter) there. I see singer/ actress Cory Lee there.
Just by imagining it, I am able to focus on the first choice actors of the five main characters.
Video: John Kerr has a Vimeo account where you can watch his work. I saw this one "Indy 500 on ABC Opening Tease (2010)." It features Nascar drivers like Danica Patrick.
http://vimeo.com/23982111
Death: I read that (Backstreet Boy) Nick and Aaron Carter's sister Leslie has passed away. You may have remembered Leslie tried to start her singing career in 1999 with a song called "Like Wow." I remember the title, but not the song. It was on the Shrek soundtrack.
She's actually a mom. She had a daughter last year. She was 25. I read some Yahoo comments and people were wishing their condolences.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nick-aaron-carters-sister-leslie-dead-25-042323354.html
Feb. 3 Gnocchi: Yesterday I tried gnocchi. I have never heard of it before. It's a pasta. It doesn't really taste like anything. The cook told me it's spelled like gnoki and the g is silent. I asked my sister and she says it's spelled like gnocchi. She's right. Here's some more info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gnocchi
Robin Thicke: I was watching Pop Up Video and they showed Usher's feat. Young Jeezy video "Love in this Club." I haven't seen it in a few yrs. They pointed out other big music stars like P. Diddy and Kanye West making cameos. Then they pointed out Robin Thicke in it playing the piano.
Here's the video, and RT is in the 4:30 sec mark. When I saw him, I squealed with excitement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB5e0zHRzHc
Missing kids: I was watching 20/20 back in June 2011. They talked to 2 missing girls who were found.
Misty: They interviewed Misty Sanchez who is an 8 yr old. She ran 1 block ahead of her brother. A Man comes from a van with a cane. He kidnaps her. Later he left his keys in the car and she found the key. She ran out and a passing truck driver found her. The same day she was kidnapped, she went home.
Misty helped catch a child molester. He has died in prison. They talk to her now as she's 18 yrs old. After she was rescued, she ignored what happened. She got into substance abuse, and got into a near fatal accident. She is working full-time, and volunteers for a charity about child safety.
Misty: Time heals all wounds. Overcome your obstacles.
Janet: They interviewed Janet Tomaya. (I'm not quite sure about the last name. I Googled it, and couldn't find the link.) She was in her house. In a neighbor's security camera showed a Man coming into her house and kidnap her. She was 9 yrs old and watched Cops and CSI: NY. She gained his trust by by talking to him and got to call for pizza. She remembers his phone number.
She watches TV with him and someone on TV talked about asthma. She says she has asthma and needs her medication, or she will die. He lets her go and she went into a store. 1hr after being released, Janet led the cops to the house.
Janet is now 18yrs old. She writes in her diary in invisible ink. She buys stuffed animals and guardian angels. She has agoraphobia (fear of open spaces.) At 15 yrs old she started therapy. She wants to be a wedding planer or a makeup artist.
Janet and Misty met each other through 20/20. Host shows Misty the picture of her dad carrying her home after she's been rescued. She cries and I got teary-eyed.
Janet: If you put you problems in a circle and you put it with other people's, you will be glad you can pick yours up.
Jaycee Dugard: 20/20 did talk a bit about the kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard. She has created a charity called JAYC. It stands for Just Ask Yourself to Care. It's animal therapy like horses. Check it out:
http://thejaycfoundation.org/
The Help: This was also on the same 20/20 episode. I had written about the segment about the- book- into- a -movie The Help. I looked it up on my blog, but I couldn't find the post. Anyway, it was about how black maids were working for white families, and the maids were the ones raising the children.
They talked to this white woman Ivy who says the black maid Dorothy raised her. 20/20 talks to Dorothy at Central Park about working as a maid. Without prompting, Dorothy stars talking about Ivy. Dorothy was surprised by Ivy visiting her at the park.
Ivy predicted that Dorothy will say "Oh my gosh" and cover her mouth. Dorothy did just that. Ivy bout an angel necklace for Dorothy.
Ivy: You're my angel.
Dorothy: You're my angel too.
Producers:
Jonathan Joffe: The producer Jonathan Joffe has added me on LinkedIn. I added him a couple of months ago. I had emailed him, reminding him that we had contacted each other before. In 2009, I emailed my script pitch to him. He wanted to read the script, he read it, and rejected it.
Two years later, I added him on LinkedIn and reminded him of The Vertex Fighter. I was really happy about him adding me on LinkedIn.
Jan. 30 John Kerr: I pitched to him my new script Rain, but he said he was too busy. However, he did send me these 3 documents. One was about pitching, one was about theme, character, story. The last one was "The Top 10 Essential Script Questions."
The first question was "Do I like it?" There are subsequent questions to it like: "Does it make me feel anything?" Yes.
"Do I care enough to champion it for years?"
Yes, I have proven that by pitching The Vertex Fighter since 2008.
Actor: I thought of one of my favorite singer/actor Kyle Riabko in The Vertex Fighter. I can see him in the club. On my www.badcb.blogspot.com post called "coincidence/ crazy news/ writing" (Oct. 4,2010), I wrote about him:
"Kyle Riabko: I was going to quit watching 90210, but yesterday I had free time. It's a good thing I tuned in because one of my favorite singers Kyle Riabko was on. I forgot he was on."
A blog comment from Anna said: "Check out Kyle's new film 'Rising Stars' coming to GrandRapids, Tulsa & Nashville on Friday!!
Feb. 1 Law of Attraction: I was thinking about The Secret again about the law of attraction. My sister gave me her old Cosmopolitan magazines, and there was an interview with this CEO talking about focusing on getting what you want. The CEO said about before going to sleep, take 90 secs to imagine what you want.
I imagined being on the set of The Vertex Fighter. Cut the club the Vertex.
I can see Graham Wardle (Heartland) as the lead. The brother Craig Olejnik (The Listener) is there. Aaron Douglas (The Bridge) and Kit Cope (real MMA fighter) there. I see singer/ actress Cory Lee there.
Just by imagining it, I am able to focus on the first choice actors of the five main characters.
Video: John Kerr has a Vimeo account where you can watch his work. I saw this one "Indy 500 on ABC Opening Tease (2010)." It features Nascar drivers like Danica Patrick.
http://vimeo.com/23982111
Death: I read that (Backstreet Boy) Nick and Aaron Carter's sister Leslie has passed away. You may have remembered Leslie tried to start her singing career in 1999 with a song called "Like Wow." I remember the title, but not the song. It was on the Shrek soundtrack.
She's actually a mom. She had a daughter last year. She was 25. I read some Yahoo comments and people were wishing their condolences.
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/nick-aaron-carters-sister-leslie-dead-25-042323354.html
Feb. 3 Gnocchi: Yesterday I tried gnocchi. I have never heard of it before. It's a pasta. It doesn't really taste like anything. The cook told me it's spelled like gnoki and the g is silent. I asked my sister and she says it's spelled like gnocchi. She's right. Here's some more info:
Robin Thicke: I was watching Pop Up Video and they showed Usher's feat. Young Jeezy video "Love in this Club." I haven't seen it in a few yrs. They pointed out other big music stars like P. Diddy and Kanye West making cameos. Then they pointed out Robin Thicke in it playing the piano.
Here's the video, and RT is in the 4:30 sec mark. When I saw him, I squealed with excitement.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cB5e0zHRzHc
Missing kids: I was watching 20/20 back in June 2011. They talked to 2 missing girls who were found.
Misty: They interviewed Misty Sanchez who is an 8 yr old. She ran 1 block ahead of her brother. A Man comes from a van with a cane. He kidnaps her. Later he left his keys in the car and she found the key. She ran out and a passing truck driver found her. The same day she was kidnapped, she went home.
Misty helped catch a child molester. He has died in prison. They talk to her now as she's 18 yrs old. After she was rescued, she ignored what happened. She got into substance abuse, and got into a near fatal accident. She is working full-time, and volunteers for a charity about child safety.
Misty: Time heals all wounds. Overcome your obstacles.
Janet: They interviewed Janet Tomaya. (I'm not quite sure about the last name. I Googled it, and couldn't find the link.) She was in her house. In a neighbor's security camera showed a Man coming into her house and kidnap her. She was 9 yrs old and watched Cops and CSI: NY. She gained his trust by by talking to him and got to call for pizza. She remembers his phone number.
She watches TV with him and someone on TV talked about asthma. She says she has asthma and needs her medication, or she will die. He lets her go and she went into a store. 1hr after being released, Janet led the cops to the house.
Janet is now 18yrs old. She writes in her diary in invisible ink. She buys stuffed animals and guardian angels. She has agoraphobia (fear of open spaces.) At 15 yrs old she started therapy. She wants to be a wedding planer or a makeup artist.
Janet and Misty met each other through 20/20. Host shows Misty the picture of her dad carrying her home after she's been rescued. She cries and I got teary-eyed.
Janet: If you put you problems in a circle and you put it with other people's, you will be glad you can pick yours up.
Jaycee Dugard: 20/20 did talk a bit about the kidnapping survivor Jaycee Dugard. She has created a charity called JAYC. It stands for Just Ask Yourself to Care. It's animal therapy like horses. Check it out:
http://thejaycfoundation.org/
The Help: This was also on the same 20/20 episode. I had written about the segment about the- book- into- a -movie The Help. I looked it up on my blog, but I couldn't find the post. Anyway, it was about how black maids were working for white families, and the maids were the ones raising the children.
They talked to this white woman Ivy who says the black maid Dorothy raised her. 20/20 talks to Dorothy at Central Park about working as a maid. Without prompting, Dorothy stars talking about Ivy. Dorothy was surprised by Ivy visiting her at the park.
Ivy predicted that Dorothy will say "Oh my gosh" and cover her mouth. Dorothy did just that. Ivy bout an angel necklace for Dorothy.
Ivy: You're my angel.
Dorothy: You're my angel too.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
How will you help get to zero? (the Global Fund)
Stand with the Global Fund and (RED) on World AIDS Day
Dear Tracy,
Zero.
What does that word make you think of?
Do you think it means nothingness and absence? What if we told you it could mean progress and promise?
Today, the Global Fund and (RED) are joining all partners fighting against HIV and AIDS in support of "Getting to Zero," the World AIDS Day 2011 theme, which will run until 2015.
As you may already have heard from us, we are all working to ensure an HIV-free generation by 2015 and get closer to a world without AIDS. Today is an exciting day, and we want you to join us in commemorating it.
We're proud to be part of the online (2015)QUILT, created by (RED) for World AIDS Day. The Global Fund has already made its own panel -- take a look and then make your own!
This digital "quilt" follows the lead of the original 1987 quilt created by the NAMES Project Foundation, which covered the Mall in Washington DC, memorializing those who had been lost to AIDS.
This new, virtual quilt will be made of graphic images and pledges created by people all over the world who are helping to bring about the beginning of the end of AIDS - and we want you to make your mark on it. Set aside a few seconds to make your own digital panel for the quilt and show that a better world is possible.
There's reason for hope this World AIDS Day. Thirty years after the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, millions of people across the planet are receiving life-saving treatments. More than half the HIV-positive women who need to prevent transmission of the virus to their babies are getting these treatments, and we're on our way to seeing a generation of babies born without HIV in 2015.
But there are still more than 1,000 babies born with the virus every day. So much more needs to be done.
You can get involved this World AIDS Day -- find out all about it here:
http://www.2015quilt.com/#Learn
Thank you for your support. Together, we can make zero mean something.
Best,
Jon Lidén
Dear Tracy,
Zero.
What does that word make you think of?
Do you think it means nothingness and absence? What if we told you it could mean progress and promise?
Today, the Global Fund and (RED) are joining all partners fighting against HIV and AIDS in support of "Getting to Zero," the World AIDS Day 2011 theme, which will run until 2015.
As you may already have heard from us, we are all working to ensure an HIV-free generation by 2015 and get closer to a world without AIDS. Today is an exciting day, and we want you to join us in commemorating it.
We're proud to be part of the online (2015)QUILT, created by (RED) for World AIDS Day. The Global Fund has already made its own panel -- take a look and then make your own!
This digital "quilt" follows the lead of the original 1987 quilt created by the NAMES Project Foundation, which covered the Mall in Washington DC, memorializing those who had been lost to AIDS.
This new, virtual quilt will be made of graphic images and pledges created by people all over the world who are helping to bring about the beginning of the end of AIDS - and we want you to make your mark on it. Set aside a few seconds to make your own digital panel for the quilt and show that a better world is possible.
There's reason for hope this World AIDS Day. Thirty years after the beginning of the AIDS epidemic, millions of people across the planet are receiving life-saving treatments. More than half the HIV-positive women who need to prevent transmission of the virus to their babies are getting these treatments, and we're on our way to seeing a generation of babies born without HIV in 2015.
But there are still more than 1,000 babies born with the virus every day. So much more needs to be done.
You can get involved this World AIDS Day -- find out all about it here:
http://www.2015quilt.com/#Learn
Thank you for your support. Together, we can make zero mean something.
Best,
Jon Lidén
funny article/ Galaxyland/ 1000awesomethings.com
Jan. 30 Funny article: I got this funny article from Jennifer Lynch. It's called "10 Biggest Ways that TV High School is not like Real Life."
I like this part in the beginning of the article:
"What you'll react to, who you'll associate with, what you're interested in make adolescence, specifically high school, as informing as it is formative."
It talked about how "high school students are usually high- school aged." Most TV shows hire 20-something yr olds to play students because of child labor laws. Kids and teens can only work a certain amount of hrs a day. I'll give points to Degrassi for having real kids and teens play their age.
"High school kids aren't afraid of caffeine pills." They showed Saved by the Bell about taking caffeine pills in the early 90s. I'll give points to Degrassi again for talking about the real hard drugs people use like cocaine, and crystal meth.
Feb. 1 Funny commercials: I also got this from Jennifer Lynch called "10 Weirdest TV Ads in History."
Some are really creepy like "#1 Sugar Rice Krinkles" with a clown. I'm not afraid of clowns, but it was pretty scary. So was "#3 Baby Laugh a Lot" with this toy that laughs. It sounds so evil.
"#6 Jello" was straight-up offensive by making fun of Chinese people. So was "#9 Winston Cigarettes featured on The Flinstones." "#10 Calvin Klein Obsession" was so disturbing. The vibe I got was kind of like pedophilia with this Justin Bieber-like guy who is in love with this older woman. Sure makes me appreciate "#2 Chanel Egoiste" with the women opening doors on their balconies.
These days, perfume commercials are supposed to be sexy, fun, cool, and glamorous looking. Get the actors to wear clothes for a black-tie even, show a cool car.
The only commercial I thought was actually kind of good was #5 John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) Country Life Butter. He's the Sex Pistols lead singer. I don't listen to his music, but the commercial made fun of living in Britain.
Commercial: I emailed my friend Sherry about that Pepsi Max commercial where a guy beats himself up in the office, so his friend could get hired.
Sherry: fight club was and still is VERY popular with some groups....i think that says it all
i didn't like fight club either
I would like to add that I was reading Youtube comments and it turns out the guy who was beating himself up, his name is Tom Lenk. He played the geek Andrew on Buffy. I didn't recognize him because I didn't look that closely.
Joke: I got this from Daily Silly.
ACTUAL PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS:
ON BOOTS CHILDRENS COUGH MEDICINE: *Do not drive car or operate machinery.
ON NYTOL (A SLEEP AID): *Warning: May cause drowsiness.
ON A KOREAN KITCHEN KNIFE: *Warning: Keep out of children.
ON A STRING OF CHINESE MADE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: *For indoor or outdoor use only.
ON A JAPANESE FOOD PROCESSOR: *Not to be used for the other use.
ON SAINSBURY'S PEANUTS: *Warning: contains nuts
ON AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PACKET OF NUTS: *Instructions: open packet, eat nuts. (I think I remember hearing this in gr. 8 science class. The teacher Mr. Oxamitny was reading these dumb and obvious instructions.)
ON A SWEDISH CHAINSAW: *Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands.
Galaxyland: Last week I went to Galaxyland at West Edmonton Mall which I haven't done in years.
1. I rode on the Cosmic Spinner. It was a calm ride, and you are lifted up a bit.
2. Sonic Twister: That was so scary. You are sitting there and it goes really fast and you are being swung back and forth. Afterwards, I was dizzy. It's one of those rides that are too scary to be fun. I felt good after confronting my fear.
3. Auto Sled: I went on this light roller coaster ride. It was fun.
4. Flying Galleon: I went on this with my parents. You are sitting on a boat and you're swinging back and forth. Fun.
5. Merry-go-round: I also went with my parents. I haven't rode on that since I was in elementary school. I also was thinking about crime dramas like Criminal Minds where they found a dead body on the Merry-go-round.
6. Cosmo's Space Derby: I went with my dad. It's bumper cars. It's hard to control bumper cars. I thought of The Simpsons where Aunt Selma takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Land. The three bullies ended up stealing the bumper cars and driving on the road with them.
I did get a flashback of riding those other rides like the Space Shot. It was in 2002 and as soon as you sit in it, it goes straight up int the air really fast. It was so scary, my heart jumped. I had rode on the Solar Flare in 2002. It was scary because you go so high in the air, and you're going round and round. It's very rocky of a ride.
The Space Shot, Solar Flare, and Sonic Twister, and the biggest roller coaster there, are the scariest rides.
License plates: SK8TES
1MAGOO
"Getting scared about things that aren't supposed to be scary": I want to add the Buffy episode "Nightmares" where everybody's nightmares become true. Cordelia has a bad hair day and is being dragged by these nerds.
Cordelia: No, I'm not in the chess club. I don't even know how to play chess!
1000awesomethings.com: My sister bought the book The Book of Awesome. I read a bit of it. It was originally a blog that Neil Pasricha started just for fun, and his mom read it. Then his dad read it. Then his friends, and they forwarded it to other people. Now he got 3 books published and on The New York Times Bestseller list.
I hope to get noticed by TV producers through my blogs. They will then produce The Vertex Fighter script. I guess you can probably get all these written passages about one topic and put it into a book. How about Tracy's Job Tips? I have written so much about my job search, job articles, business, you can probably put it into a book.
Job tip: I was reading a Cosmopolitan article about job interviews. One thing: "You came. You saw. You Tweeted." Don't write about how well a job interview went through your Facebook or Twitter account. Korin Miller writes: "You may have tweeted yourself out of a job." It shows an employer you don't know how to be discreet.
"Hiring managers tell me it's all but certain that they'll Google a prospective candidate" says Paul Powers, Phd, author of Winning Job Interviews. Don't tell about about the job opportunity, online or with others in your industry until you've been hired.
I will say it's totally okay to tell everybody you're looking for a job on Facebook. Then all your contacts will tell you about openings.
The thing is, after I do a job interview, I always write about it on my blog. However, I never mention the company. I always say something vague like Call Centre #4, dental office, computer store.
I like this part in the beginning of the article:
"What you'll react to, who you'll associate with, what you're interested in make adolescence, specifically high school, as informing as it is formative."
It talked about how "high school students are usually high- school aged." Most TV shows hire 20-something yr olds to play students because of child labor laws. Kids and teens can only work a certain amount of hrs a day. I'll give points to Degrassi for having real kids and teens play their age.
"High school kids aren't afraid of caffeine pills." They showed Saved by the Bell about taking caffeine pills in the early 90s. I'll give points to Degrassi again for talking about the real hard drugs people use like cocaine, and crystal meth.
Feb. 1 Funny commercials: I also got this from Jennifer Lynch called "10 Weirdest TV Ads in History."
Some are really creepy like "#1 Sugar Rice Krinkles" with a clown. I'm not afraid of clowns, but it was pretty scary. So was "#3 Baby Laugh a Lot" with this toy that laughs. It sounds so evil.
"#6 Jello" was straight-up offensive by making fun of Chinese people. So was "#9 Winston Cigarettes featured on The Flinstones." "#10 Calvin Klein Obsession" was so disturbing. The vibe I got was kind of like pedophilia with this Justin Bieber-like guy who is in love with this older woman. Sure makes me appreciate "#2 Chanel Egoiste" with the women opening doors on their balconies.
These days, perfume commercials are supposed to be sexy, fun, cool, and glamorous looking. Get the actors to wear clothes for a black-tie even, show a cool car.
The only commercial I thought was actually kind of good was #5 John Lydon (aka Johnny Rotten) Country Life Butter. He's the Sex Pistols lead singer. I don't listen to his music, but the commercial made fun of living in Britain.
Commercial: I emailed my friend Sherry about that Pepsi Max commercial where a guy beats himself up in the office, so his friend could get hired.
Sherry: fight club was and still is VERY popular with some groups....i think that says it all
i didn't like fight club either
I would like to add that I was reading Youtube comments and it turns out the guy who was beating himself up, his name is Tom Lenk. He played the geek Andrew on Buffy. I didn't recognize him because I didn't look that closely.
Joke: I got this from Daily Silly.
ACTUAL PRODUCT INSTRUCTIONS:
ON BOOTS CHILDRENS COUGH MEDICINE: *Do not drive car or operate machinery.
ON NYTOL (A SLEEP AID): *Warning: May cause drowsiness.
ON A KOREAN KITCHEN KNIFE: *Warning: Keep out of children.
ON A STRING OF CHINESE MADE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS: *For indoor or outdoor use only.
ON A JAPANESE FOOD PROCESSOR: *Not to be used for the other use.
ON SAINSBURY'S PEANUTS: *Warning: contains nuts
ON AN AMERICAN AIRLINES PACKET OF NUTS: *Instructions: open packet, eat nuts. (I think I remember hearing this in gr. 8 science class. The teacher Mr. Oxamitny was reading these dumb and obvious instructions.)
ON A SWEDISH CHAINSAW: *Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands.
Galaxyland: Last week I went to Galaxyland at West Edmonton Mall which I haven't done in years.
1. I rode on the Cosmic Spinner. It was a calm ride, and you are lifted up a bit.
2. Sonic Twister: That was so scary. You are sitting there and it goes really fast and you are being swung back and forth. Afterwards, I was dizzy. It's one of those rides that are too scary to be fun. I felt good after confronting my fear.
3. Auto Sled: I went on this light roller coaster ride. It was fun.
4. Flying Galleon: I went on this with my parents. You are sitting on a boat and you're swinging back and forth. Fun.
5. Merry-go-round: I also went with my parents. I haven't rode on that since I was in elementary school. I also was thinking about crime dramas like Criminal Minds where they found a dead body on the Merry-go-round.
6. Cosmo's Space Derby: I went with my dad. It's bumper cars. It's hard to control bumper cars. I thought of The Simpsons where Aunt Selma takes Bart and Lisa to Duff Land. The three bullies ended up stealing the bumper cars and driving on the road with them.
I did get a flashback of riding those other rides like the Space Shot. It was in 2002 and as soon as you sit in it, it goes straight up int the air really fast. It was so scary, my heart jumped. I had rode on the Solar Flare in 2002. It was scary because you go so high in the air, and you're going round and round. It's very rocky of a ride.
The Space Shot, Solar Flare, and Sonic Twister, and the biggest roller coaster there, are the scariest rides.
License plates: SK8TES
1MAGOO
"Getting scared about things that aren't supposed to be scary": I want to add the Buffy episode "Nightmares" where everybody's nightmares become true. Cordelia has a bad hair day and is being dragged by these nerds.
Cordelia: No, I'm not in the chess club. I don't even know how to play chess!
1000awesomethings.com: My sister bought the book The Book of Awesome. I read a bit of it. It was originally a blog that Neil Pasricha started just for fun, and his mom read it. Then his dad read it. Then his friends, and they forwarded it to other people. Now he got 3 books published and on The New York Times Bestseller list.
I hope to get noticed by TV producers through my blogs. They will then produce The Vertex Fighter script. I guess you can probably get all these written passages about one topic and put it into a book. How about Tracy's Job Tips? I have written so much about my job search, job articles, business, you can probably put it into a book.
Job tip: I was reading a Cosmopolitan article about job interviews. One thing: "You came. You saw. You Tweeted." Don't write about how well a job interview went through your Facebook or Twitter account. Korin Miller writes: "You may have tweeted yourself out of a job." It shows an employer you don't know how to be discreet.
"Hiring managers tell me it's all but certain that they'll Google a prospective candidate" says Paul Powers, Phd, author of Winning Job Interviews. Don't tell about about the job opportunity, online or with others in your industry until you've been hired.
I will say it's totally okay to tell everybody you're looking for a job on Facebook. Then all your contacts will tell you about openings.
The thing is, after I do a job interview, I always write about it on my blog. However, I never mention the company. I always say something vague like Call Centre #4, dental office, computer store.
Monday, January 30, 2012
Who's standing next to you? (The Global Fund)
I got this from the Global Fund:
Dear Tracy,
Bill Gates. Bono. You.
That's what the lineup of faces appearing onstage at our tenth anniversary celebration could look like. All we need is your photo.
This Thursday, the Global Fund will mark ten years of impact in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Thanks to the tireless work of the hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers we support in 150 countries and to the drugs, anti-malaria bed nets and medical equipment we finance, the world has made amazing, lifesaving advances. We're looking forward to the next ten years, and to meeting the challenges ahead.
Upload your photo now!
It's been an incredible decade. In just ten years, the programs the Global Fund supports around the world have provided financing for AIDS treatment to 3.3 million people, treatment for 8.6 million cases of tuberculosis, 230 million insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria, helped 1.3 million HIV-positive women prevent the transmission of the virus to their babies, and much more.
Here's where you come in: For our tenth anniversary we're putting together a giant collage of photos of people involved in the struggle against epidemic disease, including some of the world's leaders, and we want you alongside them. The more people we can see, the better we can show that we have a global movement for change.
Take a photo modeled on what we've provided here and on our website, then send it to us!
http://onemillion.theglobalfund.org/page/s/submit-your-photo?utm_medium=email&utm_source=globalfund&utm_campaign=20120124photosubmit&source=20120124photosubmit
With your ongoing support, we are confident that we can achieve goals like seeing the birth of an HIV-free generation starting in 2015.
Send us your photo so we can feature you alongside Bill Gates and Bono.
http://onemillion.theglobalfund.org/submit-your-photo
Here's to another decade of change!
Best,
Jon Lidén
The Global Fund
Dear Tracy,
Bill Gates. Bono. You.
That's what the lineup of faces appearing onstage at our tenth anniversary celebration could look like. All we need is your photo.
This Thursday, the Global Fund will mark ten years of impact in the fight against AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. Thanks to the tireless work of the hundreds of thousands of healthcare workers we support in 150 countries and to the drugs, anti-malaria bed nets and medical equipment we finance, the world has made amazing, lifesaving advances. We're looking forward to the next ten years, and to meeting the challenges ahead.
Upload your photo now!
It's been an incredible decade. In just ten years, the programs the Global Fund supports around the world have provided financing for AIDS treatment to 3.3 million people, treatment for 8.6 million cases of tuberculosis, 230 million insecticide-treated nets to prevent malaria, helped 1.3 million HIV-positive women prevent the transmission of the virus to their babies, and much more.
Here's where you come in: For our tenth anniversary we're putting together a giant collage of photos of people involved in the struggle against epidemic disease, including some of the world's leaders, and we want you alongside them. The more people we can see, the better we can show that we have a global movement for change.
Take a photo modeled on what we've provided here and on our website, then send it to us!
http://onemillion.theglobalfund.org/page/s/submit-your-photo?utm_medium=email&utm_source=globalfund&utm_campaign=20120124photosubmit&source=20120124photosubmit
With your ongoing support, we are confident that we can achieve goals like seeing the birth of an HIV-free generation starting in 2015.
Send us your photo so we can feature you alongside Bill Gates and Bono.
http://onemillion.theglobalfund.org/submit-your-photo
Here's to another decade of change!
Best,
Jon Lidén
The Global Fund
job talk/ social job search/ Looking past limits
Jan. 22 Job talk: I was working with one of my servers, and she's 50 yrs old. She said she thought of being a receptionist and getting paid $16/hr. However, she's getting paid that much right now. She gets paid $11/hr, with say $5 an hr on tips.
We talked about how I did get an offer on an office job position, but it was in an industrial part of town. (It happened in Oct. 2011). It was for a dry walling company. He said: "I will hire you right now, if you are able to start tomorrow." He gave me his card so I will think about it. I talked to my dad about it, and he said it wasn't really an office position because it's in the industrial part of town.
It's not really that good of a position. The buses aren't that frequent. I did a job interview at a car dealership, and the boss said: "If I were to hire you on the spot right now, you would be thinking 'Is this a good company to work for?' And I would be thinking 'Did I hire the right person'?"
The server told me I had to start somewhere, and it may not be in downtown. You need to start somewhere and build experience. I know. I should talk to the manager and ask for more hours by putting me in other departments. I have worked in 2 other departments before. I should ask for more duties and responsibilities. It's a big company, I can grow in it.
Jan. 26 Social Job Search: I got this through my blog. Jen Rhee emailed this to me last week. It's about how using social media like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn helps increase your chances of looking for a job significantly.
I emailed her this:
"This is a really good infographic. It's a fast and easy read. I got inspired by it and decided to put my professional info on Facebook. I only used Facebook to tell my friends I'm looking for a job, and contacted all my old school classmates about it. But now I will put my resume there."
I put a bit of my resume up on Facebook. There are tips from the infographic like:
1. Post "Notes": Notes stay on friends feeds longer than status updates. Use them to describe your situation and job interests.
Jan. 27 Job interview: Today I went to a job interview. The ad said it was for a telephone company, and it was contracted out to this marketing company. At the interview I learned that it is selling a package of TV, phones, and internet package. We go door-to-door selling it. I rather sell that, then go door-to-door selling energy. People are going to use TV and phones.
It's like 3 weeks training, paid $1000. You go to the office, and they will drive you and your team to a location and sell this package.
It's Mon.-Fri. and weekends are optional, so I can work at the restaurant on the weekends. There are 45 applicants for 15 positions.
They talked about how it's mainly college students applying and working for them. He mentioned how one 18yr old girl hit her sales target after 3 days. The ad really seemed to be aimed at young people age 18-24. The incentives were if you hit daily, weekly, monthly goals, you can win 1 of 8 trips to Vegas. Cool and fun technology like an XBox, and IPads.
Review: Let's be straight-up. That "left and right brain" article has an effect on me.
My left brain says: I don't think I'm going to be good at this job. I don't really like selling door-to-door. I've never done it.
My right-brain says: I don't have a good feeling about this job.
Highlight: The highlight of that interview was that the interviewer told me that I asked good questions. It was as simple as my question: "What are the duties?"
Looking past limits: I got this through my blog from Emma Taylor. It's called "20 Essential TED Talks for New Grads."
I was listening to the third one: "Caroline Casey: Looking Past Limits." CC talks about how when she was 17, she took her little sister to the eye specialist. CC also gets her eyes checked, and then she learned that all her life she was legally blind, and she didn't know it.
Her parents didn't want to label her, and put her in special schools and put limits on her. She was very successful, going to college and having careers like running a restaurant and working for a global company. It was very inspiring and uplifting.
Jan. 30 Motivation: I needed to hear the above TED talk. It motivates me, and is a pick-me-up.
Reject: I did a job interview on Fri. about being a door-to-door salesperson. I didn't get a callback. They said they will call or text me by the end of Fri. It's Mon., so I can assume that they didn't hire me. That's fine.
Commercial: This is relevant to my job search. I just posted this on twop.com "TV Moments that Angry up the Blood":
This doesn't totally angry up my blood, but it does annoy me. It's that new Pepsi Max commercial. Guy #1 goes into a job interview and he starts throwing stuff in the interview room, and beating himself up. The applicants in the waiting room start to get up and leave. Guy #1 throws himself out, pretending the Boss is beating him up.
Boss sees that Guy #2 is the only one in the waiting room, so he interviews him.
Cut to outside of the office building, and Guy #2 tells his friend Guy #1, that he got hired.
At first when I saw it, I thought it was creative. Then the second time I saw it, I was annoyed by how unrealistic and unbelievable it was. If I was an applicant in the waiting room, I would be knocking on the Boss's door, asking: "Are you okay in there? I'll call security."
I thought about it some more, and the Boss was unrealistic too. How come the Boss isn't saying: "Stop breaking my stuff! Why are you beating yourself up?"
Then I thought it was kind of like the movie Liar, Liar where Jim Carrey beats himself up the washroom. However, that was a little bit more believable because a man in the washroom asked why he was beating himself up.
It's been a few hours since I wrote the above. I then checked twop.com, and someone commented on it:
Actionmage: "Sounds like someone has now proven that Fight Club is over. Guy 2 was probably hired because he was 1) sane and 2) around. Guy 1 waas a bud who "acted" nuts to scare the others off, but it's also similar to a scene in Fight Club (1999) where Ed Norton's character beat himself up to frame/blackmail his boss.
Either way, yeah, why security wasn't called by someone else outside that office, I don't know aaaand they advertiser lost me. Especially since you don't have to hire the last remaining person. What would Guy 2 have done if the hiring guy took the rest of the day off? All that scheming for nothing.
Stupid ad folks."
Zombie restaurants: A few months ago, I was reading in the National Post business section about "zombie restaurants." It's about restaurants like Sbarro that aren't doing very well, but they stick around like a zombie. The restaurants barely make a profit and are able to pay for the worker's wages and supplies. By having these zombie restaurants around, they are hurting business from other restaurants from making more money.
We talked about how I did get an offer on an office job position, but it was in an industrial part of town. (It happened in Oct. 2011). It was for a dry walling company. He said: "I will hire you right now, if you are able to start tomorrow." He gave me his card so I will think about it. I talked to my dad about it, and he said it wasn't really an office position because it's in the industrial part of town.
It's not really that good of a position. The buses aren't that frequent. I did a job interview at a car dealership, and the boss said: "If I were to hire you on the spot right now, you would be thinking 'Is this a good company to work for?' And I would be thinking 'Did I hire the right person'?"
The server told me I had to start somewhere, and it may not be in downtown. You need to start somewhere and build experience. I know. I should talk to the manager and ask for more hours by putting me in other departments. I have worked in 2 other departments before. I should ask for more duties and responsibilities. It's a big company, I can grow in it.
Jan. 26 Social Job Search: I got this through my blog. Jen Rhee emailed this to me last week. It's about how using social media like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn helps increase your chances of looking for a job significantly.
I emailed her this:
"This is a really good infographic. It's a fast and easy read. I got inspired by it and decided to put my professional info on Facebook. I only used Facebook to tell my friends I'm looking for a job, and contacted all my old school classmates about it. But now I will put my resume there."
I put a bit of my resume up on Facebook. There are tips from the infographic like:
1. Post "Notes": Notes stay on friends feeds longer than status updates. Use them to describe your situation and job interests.
Jan. 27 Job interview: Today I went to a job interview. The ad said it was for a telephone company, and it was contracted out to this marketing company. At the interview I learned that it is selling a package of TV, phones, and internet package. We go door-to-door selling it. I rather sell that, then go door-to-door selling energy. People are going to use TV and phones.
It's like 3 weeks training, paid $1000. You go to the office, and they will drive you and your team to a location and sell this package.
It's Mon.-Fri. and weekends are optional, so I can work at the restaurant on the weekends. There are 45 applicants for 15 positions.
They talked about how it's mainly college students applying and working for them. He mentioned how one 18yr old girl hit her sales target after 3 days. The ad really seemed to be aimed at young people age 18-24. The incentives were if you hit daily, weekly, monthly goals, you can win 1 of 8 trips to Vegas. Cool and fun technology like an XBox, and IPads.
Review: Let's be straight-up. That "left and right brain" article has an effect on me.
My left brain says: I don't think I'm going to be good at this job. I don't really like selling door-to-door. I've never done it.
My right-brain says: I don't have a good feeling about this job.
Highlight: The highlight of that interview was that the interviewer told me that I asked good questions. It was as simple as my question: "What are the duties?"
Looking past limits: I got this through my blog from Emma Taylor. It's called "20 Essential TED Talks for New Grads."
I was listening to the third one: "Caroline Casey: Looking Past Limits." CC talks about how when she was 17, she took her little sister to the eye specialist. CC also gets her eyes checked, and then she learned that all her life she was legally blind, and she didn't know it.
Her parents didn't want to label her, and put her in special schools and put limits on her. She was very successful, going to college and having careers like running a restaurant and working for a global company. It was very inspiring and uplifting.
Jan. 30 Motivation: I needed to hear the above TED talk. It motivates me, and is a pick-me-up.
Reject: I did a job interview on Fri. about being a door-to-door salesperson. I didn't get a callback. They said they will call or text me by the end of Fri. It's Mon., so I can assume that they didn't hire me. That's fine.
Commercial: This is relevant to my job search. I just posted this on twop.com "TV Moments that Angry up the Blood":
This doesn't totally angry up my blood, but it does annoy me. It's that new Pepsi Max commercial. Guy #1 goes into a job interview and he starts throwing stuff in the interview room, and beating himself up. The applicants in the waiting room start to get up and leave. Guy #1 throws himself out, pretending the Boss is beating him up.
Boss sees that Guy #2 is the only one in the waiting room, so he interviews him.
Cut to outside of the office building, and Guy #2 tells his friend Guy #1, that he got hired.
At first when I saw it, I thought it was creative. Then the second time I saw it, I was annoyed by how unrealistic and unbelievable it was. If I was an applicant in the waiting room, I would be knocking on the Boss's door, asking: "Are you okay in there? I'll call security."
I thought about it some more, and the Boss was unrealistic too. How come the Boss isn't saying: "Stop breaking my stuff! Why are you beating yourself up?"
Then I thought it was kind of like the movie Liar, Liar where Jim Carrey beats himself up the washroom. However, that was a little bit more believable because a man in the washroom asked why he was beating himself up.
It's been a few hours since I wrote the above. I then checked twop.com, and someone commented on it:
Actionmage: "Sounds like someone has now proven that Fight Club is over. Guy 2 was probably hired because he was 1) sane and 2) around. Guy 1 waas a bud who "acted" nuts to scare the others off, but it's also similar to a scene in Fight Club (1999) where Ed Norton's character beat himself up to frame/blackmail his boss.
Either way, yeah, why security wasn't called by someone else outside that office, I don't know aaaand they advertiser lost me. Especially since you don't have to hire the last remaining person. What would Guy 2 have done if the hiring guy took the rest of the day off? All that scheming for nothing.
Stupid ad folks."
Zombie restaurants: A few months ago, I was reading in the National Post business section about "zombie restaurants." It's about restaurants like Sbarro that aren't doing very well, but they stick around like a zombie. The restaurants barely make a profit and are able to pay for the worker's wages and supplies. By having these zombie restaurants around, they are hurting business from other restaurants from making more money.
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