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Re: Blog Thread IIIb : Look Who's Blogging Now
Metope:
I had a flat viewing this morning! The flat is pretty much perfect: cheaper than my current flat, cute bedroom, amazing kitchen, in the best possible area of town, a small garden, sharing with two lovely girls who are also in art school and studying the same as me (although the year above). They're gonna call me later to let me know if I got it or not since they had two more viewings after me, I have a pretty good feeling about this.
So exciting aahh
StaedlerMars:
Guys I have just spent the past 24 hours awake taking part in a culture hack, which means that we were given a bunch of data (this time specifically for the Fringe festival here in Edinburgh) and we had to build some apps with it.
We built a cheeky rip off of whatshouldifuckingmakefordinner which randomly suggested shows for people to go see at the Fringe (http://www.wtfringe.com if you're interested), and then i took part in some the most mind numbing data crunching and bending and flexing to build festivalsreview.com, for which we basically scourged four of the main reviewers of the Fringe festivals their websites using simple scripts, and then dumped them on our servers, cross checked them with eachother, and finally brought them all together on the site to be a general this show was the best reviewed, this venue has the best shows, etc. type of website, something that didn't already exist.
It was a really cool experience, and I was surprised by how much we got done. I think we're definitely going to take Festivals Review further.
Also, Kris, I will reply to your message once I have had some sleep!
David_Dovey:
--- Quote from: jmrz on 07 May 2011, 05:59 ---I don't think we saw our biological "parent" (I really despise using this word in reference to him because biologically, yes he is, but that is absolutely it)
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I tend to go with "sperm donor", myself.
McTaggart:
Man as someone who was brought up with the nuclear family being the only thing it is a little scary many people I know have their family fractured or dysfunctional in all kinds of ways. It is the huge minority who still have their family in whatever state it was when it was nearest to 'ideal'.
I would never have guessed it from my experience alone but I guess that whole thing is a crock of shit a lot of the time.
Patrick:
--- Quote from: valley_parade on 03 May 2011, 12:17 ---
--- Quote from: Patrick on 03 May 2011, 00:28 ---Today I applied for more jobs. And today marks yet another day of not getting a phone call or a return email or anything of the sort. Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay
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GET ON EM, DUDE.
Seriously. Don't wait for them to call you. I got the job I have now basically by persistantly calling and emailing the HR director (and having friends that work here do the same).
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Update: I HAS A JOB. It's for Grassroots Campaigns, Inc. They have an office in Berkeley. Right now I'm just a canvasser, but I'm in line to be in a leadership position two weeks from now when the Cal students come on board for the summer. It's gonna be amusing to be a high school dropout in charge of a bunch of students from one of the country's more prestigious academic institutions, tell you what.
Tuesday I had a show in Berkeley, which went very well! We were the second (and final) opening act for the most popular band in the city (according to an online vote). We got some excellent exposure, which is great when starting to promote a new project. And we performed with the confidence that only comes from knowing you're 100% prepared and well-rehearsed. Kabir had me tell jokes while he and I picked up our other guitars (we each had an electric and an acoustic, because he tunes his shit hellof weird and I tune in something considerably more common), which surprisingly went over very well. The acoustics in the venue were PHENOMENAL. And we are playing original material that I have a lot of faith in. Most likely because I didn't write the lyrics to it.
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