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This Changes Everything
“It’s like I can see the words, but they don’t obey me.” That was my favorite quote given by the infamous Crazy Eyes in the latest season of Orange is the New Black. But as I’ve been learning the past few weeks, it’s important to take charge of the situation and have no fear; believing in yourself is all you need in order to overcome your challenges. (And through motivation and dedication, maybe…
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Making it work.
It’s been a good few weeks since I posted, but truthfully I just got caught up dealing with so many fun things that people at my age do, you know, the usual– figuring out health insurance, filing taxes, getting a flat tire, budgeting my money, interviewing for a really awesome position, and then being sad over not getting it. To be honest, I often get anxiety when dealing with these big issues…
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cooking with the boyfriend
At least once a week, my boyfriend and I try to prepare a special meal together. Admittedly, we don’t cook as much as we should and even less often together. We’ve been trying to make an effort to decide on a special meal and prepare it…together…as a team. It’s been pretty fun. Last week we made our own Nachos with a homemade cheese sauce, ground turkey, tomatoes, green onions, and black beans.…
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“He allowed himself to be swayed by his conviction that human beings are not born once and for all on the day their mothers give birth to them, but that life obliges them over and over again to give birth to themselves.”
― Gabriel García Márquez, Love in the Time of Cholera
How’s the job search going?
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they're missing FOG CITY, fools! #LeftMyHeartInSF
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The digital revolution has changed the way that we both make and watch movies.
Janet Grillo, a film professor at New York University in a phone interview with the FJP regarding the changes in the world of documentaries since the digital revolution. She went on to say:
And that now we’re in an era where instead of making movies for an audience, we’re making movies with an audience. And crowd sourcing, crowd funding, will become critical components for the life of a movie not just as a way to raise money to make a film or to market or to distribute a film, but a way to create audience engagement. So audiences are finding projects that they become very invested in and ownership […] becomes emotional loyalty. You’re building awareness, you’re creating community around your movie and you’re building your key social outreach, crowd sourcing building. It’s integral to the life of the movie on every level. Back in the day, a filmmaker would find a source make a movie then find the market for it. It’s really no longer the case.
FJP: The interview is part of a piece on the future of documentary & distribution in a video-on-demand world that Gabbi has been working on. It’ll be published this fall. Look out for it!
(via futurejournalismproject)
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Literary Birthday - 23 May
Happy Birthday, Mitch Albom, born 23 May 1958
12 Quotes
In a newspaper, you only have so much room. It teaches you the value of getting to the point, of not pampering yourself with your glorious writing. I’ve always been much more interested in one powerful sentence that stays with you. That’s my style.
I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.
The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
You have to be strong enough to say if the culture doesn’t work, don’t buy it.
Anyone who tries to write a memoir needs to keep in mind that what’s interesting to you isn’t necessarily interesting to a reader.
Critics have a problem with sentimentality. Readers do not. I write for readers.
A memoir should have some uplifting quality, inspiring or illuminating, and that’s what separates a life story that can influence other people.
For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.
Most people just want to read a book. If you have a good story, people want to turn the pages whether it’s a memoir or a novel.
I’ve always said I have one skill. That skill - if I have it at all - is storytelling.
I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, ‘Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?’
Writing a novel for the first time was the biggest challenge. Until The Five People You Meet in Heaven, I had always dealt with the truth and the facts.
Albom is an American best-selling author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, and radio and television broadcaster. His books have sold over 30 million copies worldwide. He is best known for Tuesdays With Morrie.
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What jobs can English majors get?
tales-of-creativity asked:
What jobs can you get with an English or communications degree? I’d like these jobs to let me be a bit imaginative/creative. Sorry if this isn’t really writing related. I can’t picture a better job than being a writer, but I know I should have a back up plan.
The whole idea that your major dictates what your profession will be post-grad is like, the biggest sham ever. Grad school, yes, but undergrad? My boyfriend studied finance and accounting in college and works at a trading now and I’m like WOAH YOU MEAN YOU ACTUALLY WORK IN WHAT YOU STUDIED!? I was an English major and I work in finance too. Wut o_O?
That’s not to say that being an English major doesn’t mean that finding a job post-grad isn’t going to be harder for you than someone who studied, say, business or engineering or web development. If you have big dreams of having money, study one of those things. You can survive on an English education after you graduate, of course, but the big bucks aren’t necessarily going to be rolling in while you’re in your 20s, if at all. And let me tell you, as someone who’s a little over a year out of college, fuck all that “No I’d rather do what I love I’ll just live modestly” bullshit. I mean, of course we all want that. But you know what I’d also like to do? Travel. Eat well. Shop somewhere besides H&M. Live in an apartment with windows. We’re all bright eyed and bushy tailed about following our dreams when we graduate, but I will tell you first hand, kids, it’s not as easy as we think it’s okay to be.
Also, yes, you get a lot of English majors in publishing, but that’s another sham: Studying English prepares you for working publishing about as much as it prepares you for working in a cat food factory. Publishing is a business, and I’d bet a business major would go into a publishing job with a lot more knowledge than an English major. The only correlation is that English majors are likely to have a heightened interest in the product. (More on being an English major here.) I think the last couple of paragraphs might be helpful to you.My roommate works as a copy writer at Penguin though, and I think she studied theatre and neuroscience.
So, I thought I would ask some yeah writers who are former English majors about their current professions, and this is what they’re up to:
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This was very helpful for me. I feel it translates easily to those of us with journalism degrees.
#BucketList Item No. 51 | Stroll along Australia’s Beaches
Inspired by @StayAdventurous
Typography by Leah Flores
With well over 30,000 miles of coastline, finding a beach in Australia isn’t a challenge. And with easy-to-earn miles from your Capital One Venture Card, getting there doesn’t have to be a challenge either. So what are you waiting for?! Start planning this #BucketList getaway!
*sigh, Australia. Still on my #BucketList
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21) go ziplining! possibly through jungle or forest
22) learn to go wakeboarding and/or paddleboarding
23) visit Puerto Rico and Cuba
24) experience New Orleans, all sides
25) throw a pie in someone's face with all of my force; and get one thrown in mine
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CURRENTLY READING
Just started reading this book last night when I was having trouble sleeping. It's my first real attempt at reading science fiction. It's not usually my thing, but I'm into this one. Within the first part, two children have already been viciously attacked...Yeah!
