Dear Erin,

Thanks for your follow-up letter, which I received last week.

I had a look at your application online and unfortunately I will not be able to revert its status. We are not able to progress your application only because we are unable to hire in Geneva EU citizens, Swiss or people holding a C permit. This is an agreement P&G has with the ( Read more... )

Well, I start at Y&R on Wednesday at 9am. I have no idea what really awaits me, but I'm excited simply because it's a change from this sedentary and endlessly frustrating norm. I called Bob Heron this morning to wrap up details of my start date, etc and let him know that Jack and I can indeed cover the cost of the train pass each month if needed. ( Read more... )

Praise the advertising Gods! Today, I had a meeting with Bob Heron, the CD at Y&R Geneva (the 3rd person I've met there). He reviewed my book, liked it, and offered me an internship. I can start ASAP. Basically, WPP is on this giant insane freeze where they can't pay to hire anyone...not full-timers, not freelancers, not nobody not nohow. Which (he ( Read more... )

email I got a couple days ago:

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Hi Erin,

I’m bob heron. CD at Y&R in Geneva. We don’t have any open posts at the agency at the moment but Marcus has passed your details on to me saying you would be open to talking about a placement here. Give me a call on the number below and we can talk some more

All the best
Bob
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Yesterday, Jack and I "ventured out" a couple metro stops North of our apartment to visit the Sauvebelin Tower. The Sauvebelin Tower holds the distinct honor of being the largest wooden tower in Europe. Or something like that. Anyway, it looks really cool and provides a great view of...well...all of Lausanne, some of Vevey, and a good panoramic of ( Read more... )

This was the home page of The New York Times two weeks ago, October 22...
 
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I can't believe this woman is a candidate for the second highest office in the nation. Seriously. This guy doesn't even sound French. Not to mention the fact that she answered the phone "Helllllooo!" not "Hello his is Governor Palin, what can I do for you, Mr. President?" I honestly think I could have handled that call better than she did. Totally ( Read more... )

http://moviesister.com/redirect.php?url=http://megavideo.com/?v=MRKK9SHS

Above is a link to a really great indie film called "In Search of a Midnight Kiss." You can watch it for free on moviesister.com. The synopsis is below:

In Search of a ( Read more... )

We have officially met Winter, and he is a bad mamma gamma. It was below freezing early this morning (not that I was up to feel the sting), but poor Jack had to walk to the metro station at 7am. The cold here is not really like a cold I've ever experienced. It's so dry that you feel like your body's moisture is being sucked away and turned to ice ( Read more... )

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