Ah Friday, so lovely to see you. Do you have any exciting plans for the long weekend? I think my plans are mostly packing. Maybe some baking. Hopefully lots of sleeping.
Here are some things I’ve encountered this week.
I’ve been listening to a lot of This American Life
I’m in love with this Brass Whale Door Knocker
This door is so beautiful. I would totally buy it.
Some of these made me laugh. Some of them made my eyes roll.
I’m tempted to try these cookies this weekend. They sound scrumptious.
Hope you have a lovely weekend! I am now officially on “reading week” aka Canadian spring break, but am going to spend pretty much the whole time reading. WOOO!
I realized while looking back on last weeks content that it was an especially photo-heavy week. Next week will be more of a variety I think.
Seriously, say what you will about Miss Swift (we all know I personally adore her), but these photos from a vacation (they’re taken by her/her friends!) are just beautiful.
That last one is my favorite. So lovely.
Hope you have a happy Thursday!
(all photos from here: http://taylorswift.com/media/photos/17453)
So as much as last week was a big deal for Nathan, it was kind a big deal for me too. Over the weekend, I signed a contract to be an ambassador/ intern for the marketing department at a new online platform called Uniiverse!! They describe themselves as a “platform for collaborative living” and it’s actually really cool. It’s all about people connecting online to get together offline. You can post services (like classes or dog walking, etc) or just propose a group outing (lets go to the movies). In some ways, this feels like moving away from my dream of a career in publishing, but I also feel really good about this opportunity, and I’m hoping to explore my interests in readership through my work at Uniiverse (are you interested in starting a book club? how about an author meet and greet?). In short, please check them out and possibly post something?
Plus, it feels pretty good to get work (even if it’s unpaid) after your first interview post graduation.
(Elizabeth Taylor from Vanity Fair)
I had a presentation on shame rituals as a medium in my Early Modern Media class today and got SO NERVOUS! I haven’t had a presentation in a while (I can’t actually remember the last time I had to do a formal presentation), but I definitely don’t remember being so nervous. I used to do theatre, this isn’t supposed to happen to me anymore! I had flashcards and a spiffy powerpoint but by the time they got to me — of course I was last — I had, not only butterflies, but bunnies, running around my stomach. It might have had something to do with my prof lambasting the three people who went before I did, but luckily for me when I’m nervous I tend to babble and make a lot of semi silly asides like, “I don’t know why they would use real horses during these shaming rituals since there is all this cacophony going on, that seems a little dangerous to me don’t you think?” so there were no awkward silences. It all went over very well in the end; my prof seemed pleased and one of my classmates even came up to me after class to compliment my “awesome” presentation, but, man, I hate jitters. I haaaaaaaaaate them.
(photo via Vanity Fair)
Do you get jitters or have any fullproof anti-jitter tips?
