I find it frustrating to talk to some folks from the Carolinas and Georgia and such. They often say, "What did you say? You're talkin' too fast, hon." and I have to consciously speak slower. How do they watch TV if what I think is an average speech speed is too fast?
Or maybe that's the key to the prevalence of hyper-conservatism in the South--the liberals talk too fast, and if we slowed down the reasonable folks of the South would say, "Oh, yeah, that makes sense, sure, hon."
(Though I hate to be called hon)
It was indeed Chain Reaction, and he was being interviewed by fellow comedian Frank Skinner, but the BBC took it down from iPlayer last week, so I cannot verify. Ah well. I definitely remember a comment about doing future tours in transvestite mode.
He also talked about how a big part of the reason he's stopped wearing women's clothes/makeup is that he can't get TV parts when he's dressed that way. Which strikes me as pretty shoddy (of TV producers).
People from the East Coast think I speak too slowly and softly...Southerners can't keep up.(I guess that's what it sounds like not to sound like you're from somewhere.)
I feel better about "hon" since the Baltimore thing.
Of course, not all Southerners speak slowly.
No, maybe just by comparison.
In a few minutes, I'm gonna watch Rahm Emanuel on Charlie Rose...I wish I'd saved my (Apparently) freakiest thought about him for Bitches, because I posted somewhere recently that I think it's bad-ass that he still talks with his hands as much as his brothers, even with a half-middle finger(Obama's joke that this rendered him partially mute...I really did lol) But when I wrote that, nobody said anything.
Although that is more of an imperfection than a disability, I think we need some of that in our mispocheh
(I *do* understand that's not usually why people call him "shameless", however. But I like it.)
Thanks for the heads up, erika!
They're gonna have to dust off the bleep box.
You're welcome, Cash.
SOUND GUY: You do know this is *public* television, right? People don't get this excited around here.
Oh, but I totally do.
::grabbyhands::
::runs for fire extinguisher::
hey guys, I just got the following email from the guy who was hiring for my dream job (TM) a couple months ago, and who passed me over at that time:
I am writing to let you know that we have decided to repost the Staff Associate position in the Office of XXXX. Our initial search proved unsuccessful; we continue to look for the right person for that role. At this time we are eager to see what kind of response the posting elicits. If we decide to revisit your candidacy, I will be in touch.
I have drafted this email:
Thank you for your email, [HR guy]. I remain very interested in the position and would love to have the opportunity to come in and talk with you about the skills I possess that I really do believe would benefit the Office of XXXX.
Please know, in response to your previous feedback, that I have been working on documentation, communication, and training of high level processes and have been looking for other opportunities to take on demonstrable and professional writing projects.
I do hope you decide to revisit my candidacy. Thank you again for the update, however, regardless of your decision to do so or not.
What do we think? I want to play my hand perfectly- I really really want to be considered for this job again!
