Well... My boy is a little bit blue these days about his job search in the coming months, what with all of the economic BS and post-2001 ridiculous clamping down on visas for foreigners...
(in my opinion, this guy is EXACTLY the type of person we want to be attracting to this country right now... The fact that getting a work visa can be so difficult even for someone who is so supremely qualified is just mind-boggling to me. Maybe its always been this way and I just didn't know it, but one way or another, seems to me that we've got our priorities ass-backward in this country.)
Anyway... Before I get to far out on a tangential rant, I actually know a whole bunch of folks who are out on the job market now, or will be shortly. So, I wanted to post a few helpful sample job interviews. Ya know, just to review the basics... The kind of questions that one might be asked... Appropriate responses... Whatev...
I'll cross my fingers and hope that this clip might just give one or two of you out there a leg-up in the stiff-times ahead. Its not perfect, cuz its a guy interviewing for a the job of voice-over for cartoons, but you never know what tomorrow may bring... We've all got to be flexible in these times!
Don't hesitate to pull out a pad of paper and take notes or anything!
:oP
Jonathan Goldstein
Length: 7:18
Original Show: WireTap - Come On, Get Happy
http://www.cbc.ca/wiretap/
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Friday, December 19, 2008
Pagan Poetry
So, given all of the holiday parties that have been rolling around recently, and a brief stint of my own into the realm of (bad) poetry. I was reminded of this little clip of a Christmas story that perhaps we can all relate to a bit more these days than those of Tiny Tim and Ralphie.
Length: 11:50
Original Show: #305 Holiday Special
www.thisamericanlife.org
Length: 11:50
Original Show: #305 Holiday Special
www.thisamericanlife.org
Monday, December 15, 2008
Let's Get Mortified!
Well... I am pretty much tapped out from writing a thesis, doing experiments, and trying to prepare for Christmas and my trip to Michigan these days, but want to keep up a blog with fun and interesting things. So, you might not be hearing much from me personally, but I'll try to sporadically update this with media that I have found to be particularly cute or intriguing.
One show that I stumbled across a while back was this show "Mortified". If anyone reading this has EVER kept a diary when you were younger, then stowed that diary away, only to stumble across it tucked amongst other objects from your childhood/adolescence, you will know how incredibly painful it can be to read these things. All too often, the pages of these things are just choked with angst, drama, and feel so unlike your current self that you want to curl up in a ball and hide. It seems impossible to reconcile these two different people into one space!
Enter Mortified. This show takes those journals, diaries, and all that bad poetry and pushes it out where it never belonged. On stage, in front of a live audience, where the original writer reads aloud their deepest childhood psychodramas, to laughter and ridicule. The show works because the material is so frank and one can usually identify with it instantly. We've all had these thoughts and embarrassing moments, its just that we are now adults and know better than to go around telling everyone about them!
This movie is an example. A bit young, and put to amusing visuals, but you get the idea!
One show that I stumbled across a while back was this show "Mortified". If anyone reading this has EVER kept a diary when you were younger, then stowed that diary away, only to stumble across it tucked amongst other objects from your childhood/adolescence, you will know how incredibly painful it can be to read these things. All too often, the pages of these things are just choked with angst, drama, and feel so unlike your current self that you want to curl up in a ball and hide. It seems impossible to reconcile these two different people into one space!
Enter Mortified. This show takes those journals, diaries, and all that bad poetry and pushes it out where it never belonged. On stage, in front of a live audience, where the original writer reads aloud their deepest childhood psychodramas, to laughter and ridicule. The show works because the material is so frank and one can usually identify with it instantly. We've all had these thoughts and embarrassing moments, its just that we are now adults and know better than to go around telling everyone about them!
This movie is an example. A bit young, and put to amusing visuals, but you get the idea!
More Couture Christmas Culture (CCC)
Apparently, Sedaris is not alone in his experience of an environment designed to pair a touching moment for a young child with a commercial enterprise.
Elna Baker shares her common experience of spoiled kids, grumpy parents, and miserable store employees dragged into role-play during the holiday season.
Length: 16:28
Original Show: #347 Matchmakers
www.thisamericanlife.org
Elna Baker shares her common experience of spoiled kids, grumpy parents, and miserable store employees dragged into role-play during the holiday season.
Length: 16:28
Original Show: #347 Matchmakers
www.thisamericanlife.org
Sunday, December 14, 2008
SantaLand Diaries Part 2
This is the second part of David's Story started in the last post, if I've still got your attention...
Length: 10:27
Original Show: #47 Christmas and Commerce - Part 2
www.thisamericanlife.org
Length: 10:27
Original Show: #47 Christmas and Commerce - Part 2
www.thisamericanlife.org
Back - Like Lazarus
Well, thanks largely to the generosity of a certain Timothy, I am fortunately with a functional laptop again and my files are recovered and happily backed up! My sanity thanks you!
Well, its that time of the year again; temperatures are falling... cheeks are rosy... hot chocolate and cider are back in vogue... my boyfriend is gushing over his acquired discount ribbons and wrapping paper... So, I figure it is time for a little bit more Holiday Storytelling!
This time our story comes from the intersection of Commerce, Culture, and Christmas and may be familiar to some of you who share a common love of all things David Sedaris. This story is arguably the work that catapulted David's career and has made him a popular comic writer and (nearly) household name. SantaLand Diaries chronicles David's brief stint as a commercial elf, working at Macy's.
Length: 20:25
Original Show: #47 Christmas and Commerce PART 1
www.thisamericanlife.org
Well, its that time of the year again; temperatures are falling... cheeks are rosy... hot chocolate and cider are back in vogue... my boyfriend is gushing over his acquired discount ribbons and wrapping paper... So, I figure it is time for a little bit more Holiday Storytelling!
This time our story comes from the intersection of Commerce, Culture, and Christmas and may be familiar to some of you who share a common love of all things David Sedaris. This story is arguably the work that catapulted David's career and has made him a popular comic writer and (nearly) household name. SantaLand Diaries chronicles David's brief stint as a commercial elf, working at Macy's.
Length: 20:25
Original Show: #47 Christmas and Commerce PART 1
www.thisamericanlife.org
Friday, December 5, 2008
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