Xander ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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Buffista people. I am having a very hard time getting up and going to work. Right now it is 10:30 and I am still not there. I start at 8:30
I am wondering if there is an East Coast Buffista who is willing to be an accountability partner and call me at 6:30 am to make sure I am awake. I am not sure what I can do in return, but I am open to suggestions.
I haven't been talked to about this, but I think it is just a matter of time and I do not want to lose my job!
I've got a new Hilo Hero piece up on the filmmaker Edgar Ulmer. If you could spare the time and like it, then click the FB Like button at Hilobrow 'cuz that factors into their money making algorithm with their advertisers. Danke!
Thanks for all the job-ma -- I got the medical editing job!!! Part-time, but I knew that. Right on!
It's that time of year when I ask, hat in hand, for some help. Things at my school are dire. For example, since 2009, our enrollment has declined by 30%, while our staff has declined by 52% (and that's with keeping some 12% of teachers by writing a crazy grant for something else). So we have no money and I'm Donors Choosing it.
Each year, Sonic runs a Limeades for Learning Program. People can vote each day for the next 30 days. Each week, Sonic will fund the projects with the highest votes. Please help me by voting. My current project is for Doubt which I am totally stoked to teach and my project in the wings is for Lauren Hillenbrand's book Unbroken.
You can vote each day (and via many email addresses) at [link] Please to help and thanks!
Ethan's book is available for pre-order! Go buy it!
(About the price, this publisher mainly sells to libraries and academic institutions, so it's priced like a textbook. Hopefully they'll be able to put out a more public-friendly paperback or e-book release in the future!!)
Can I have some interview ~ma around 1:30pm PST? I have a preliminary phone interview with a tech company.
My sister has taken a turn for the worse. Prayers or vibes or good thoughts if you have them would be welcome. This may just be a reaction to the chemo, but we'll know more later.