I'm drowning in paper at my desk. Ugh.
I have a quick question -- anyone have a non-erinaceous TED talk that they think is amazing and would be good for students studying how rhetoric works?
Buffy: I was regrouping. Spike: You were about to be regrouped into separate piles.
'Potential'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Jan 29, 2013 11:13:39 am PST #9313 of 30001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Laura - Jan 29, 2013 11:29:02 am PST #9314 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I haven't seen her TED talk, but Tavi Gevinson was on Colbert the other night and I thought she was a really articulate teen. Link to her TED - [link]
DavidS - Jan 29, 2013 11:54:00 am PST #9315 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I haven't seen her TED talk, but Tavi Gevinson was on Colbert the other night and I thought she was a really articulate teen.
She was!
I went to see Rio in SF when she was touring with the Rookie girls and I had only a vague idea of what the site was about. So Matilda and I are hanging out with Rio, eating ice cream and we troop over to the park where all these teen girls in homemade clothes and flower crowns are clustering around this one blonde girl. And she got up and started talking to them and she was literally one of the most charismatic people I've ever seen in person. Completely effortless and at ease in her own skin.
"Who's that?!" I asked Rio. "That's Tavi," she said.
Laura - Jan 29, 2013 12:01:55 pm PST #9316 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Of course anyone that can hold their own in a Colbert gets points from me, but for a teen it has to be that much more difficult.
Amy - Jan 29, 2013 12:03:09 pm PST #9317 of 30001
Because books.
Tavi is really special. She was only thirteen or something when she started her blog.
So ... I got a promotion, and a raise. I'm now a full-time employee instead of a contractor, and an editor instead of a content writer (although I can still write pieces and get paid for them on a freelance basis if I want to). I'm really hoping I didn't make this up in my head.
Laura - Jan 29, 2013 12:04:56 pm PST #9318 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Go Amy! Well done.
msbelle - Jan 29, 2013 12:09:28 pm PST #9319 of 30001
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
a promotion and raise on day 2?!?!? What are you SUPER WORKER!! Which is to say FUCK YEAH you did!
javachik - Jan 29, 2013 12:10:29 pm PST #9320 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Amy, WOW! Fantastico! That was super fast.
Burrell - Jan 29, 2013 12:12:01 pm PST #9321 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
So ... I got a promotion, and a raise.
Well THAT was a very successful first day, wasn't it? Go you!!
Amy - Jan 29, 2013 12:13:37 pm PST #9322 of 30001
Because books.
I plan on being CEO by Friday. (Not really.)
I'm really happy it's employee rather than contractor, and as much as I love writing, editing will be a lot easier to do on a daily basis. Plus, I can institute proper grammar and punctuation! I can insist on the Oxford comma! I can also develop a house style guide, because these folks are all over the place.
Thanks, ladies! I'm thrilled.