I've been meaning to post something about my new job for a while, but I've been sans internet at my apartment for the past few weeks. Actually that may progress into a whole month, as Mediacom has yet to show up at my apartment. Probably just as well as their internet service is overprice, but in Iowa has few speedy alternatives. Oh right...the ( Read more... )

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I've been a fan of Matisyahu's music for some time. This song has been out for a while but I only just discovered the music video on Youtube: it's quite lovely (is that too girly of a word to use?). Too often the music video for a song I like is either entirely incongruous with the subject matter or just fails to live up the song so you're left ( Read more... )

As with school work, I feel like the time I spend on preparing for impending job interviews can be divided into--95 percent thinking/being indecisive/feeling overwhelmed by my seeming inability to accomplish the goal at hand and perhaps 5 percent actually being productive/producing tangible work. My project du jour is for a presentation later this ( Read more... )

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It's come to this: pouring out frustration in a lj post for potentially all 5 of my readers to see. I'd like to say my job search has improved since last I updated this blog. In some ways I suppose it has, I've landed a few more in person interviews and several more phone interviews with jobs in great geographic locations (in near proximity to ( Read more... )

I've this song stuck in my head on permanent repeat.

I think Time magazine put it best in describing Glee as consistently schizophrenic, in that it's wildly inconsistent and frustrating but keeps you coming back for more: because well, those kids really can sing and there's at least 2 or 3 moments an episode that tug on the heartstrings (albeit, in a sometimes heavy handed way). I'm surprised SNL ( Read more... )

Rant time. Sorry for the poor editing/grammar:
Dede Allen passed away today at the age of 85. Who's Dede Allen? was the very same question I asked myself when I saw the headline on several news sites. Ms. Allen was a film editor whose filmography includes, at random, Bonnie and Clyde, Dog Day Afternoon, Serpico, the Breakfast Club, Reds, and Wonder ( Read more... )