Tuesday, April 14, 2009
sara conner chronicles
Terminator- Season Finale -> FANTASTIC! They threw out one heck of a cliff hanger at the end as well! Terminator has done a fantastic job with script, cinematography, and acting. The show is my favorite action series on television - HANDS Down. I cannot wait for the next season!
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Kings
Kings- the new series. VERY GOOD. Manipulation, hate, lies, love, innocence, betrayal its got it all! It also has some very obvious parallels to the story of David in the Bible. If you are looking for a mindless miss an episode and it does not really matter kind of a show Kings is not for you. can't wait for more.
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
No time, no sleep, no money!
Terminator last firday- John Connor just grew up and became a self-controlled man. Sexy!
Dollhouse on the other hand just got more involved- I will say that if they can keep the story moving it will be a hit.
TrustME - its got to be the most boring show on TV. Two guys who are in advertising createdc this show thinking they are the SHIT and they still think they are beyond clever and incredibly funny while in reality the show is no longer worth watching!
I have not yet had a chance to watch the new series Kings - but I will be commenting soon.
The AAF countdown has begun!
Dollhouse on the other hand just got more involved- I will say that if they can keep the story moving it will be a hit.
TrustME - its got to be the most boring show on TV. Two guys who are in advertising createdc this show thinking they are the SHIT and they still think they are beyond clever and incredibly funny while in reality the show is no longer worth watching!
I have not yet had a chance to watch the new series Kings - but I will be commenting soon.
The AAF countdown has begun!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Cover letter at its finest!
From http://abovethelaw.com/2009/03/now_this_is_a_cover_letter.php
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:10 AM - By Elie Mystal
Everybody has written a cover letter. The vast majority of people write the same cover letter, because there aren't more than a couple of ways of doing it right. They're boring to write, they're excruciatingly boring to read, and really the only point is to prove that the person writing the letter is basically sane. But, what if you are not sane? Maybe you started off sane, but the terrible job market has driven you to madness? What if you are at the point where you "just don't give a f***?" What does that cover letter look like? A few days ago, I received this email:
Frustrated by my failing job search, I decided to write a more unorthodox cover letter....
I sent it to Bingham McCutchen. I chose Bingham because they emphasize the importance of maintaining a sense of humor in the workplace. I emailed it to them and received a rejection letter in the mail within three days. It was one of my fastest rejections ever. Well, I've read the cover letter, and I think that Bingham made a mistake. There is a true talent here and (if properly medicated) this person would have made an excellent addition to the firm.
UNEMPLOYED J.D. CANDIDATE -- COVER LETTER
Normally, in my cover letters, I list my various qualifications with the hope that my record will impress the reader. However, in such a competitive market, my top 15% rank, managing editor position on my journal, and participation in moot court are not as likely to stand out. Even my experience teaching in [Redacted] for two years is incapable of impressing current hiring committees. Moreover, my immodest self-proclamations regarding my superior abilities are unlikely to convince you of anything more than the extent of my vanity. Thus, instead of providing you with a generic cover letter that will be filed away with hundreds of its kind, I have chosen to provide you with an outside perspective of my abilities.
Your colleagues from other competitive firms have had a great deal to say about me; therefore, I would like to share with you some of their opinions. Alston & Bird writes, "your qualifications are impressive." Remarkably, Blank Rome makes an identical assertion. McKee Nelson also express this view but do not limit its opinion to my qualifications. Rather, it considers my "credentials and qualifications" to be "impressive." Chadbourne & Parke takes a different focus, indicating that my "background is impressive."
Other firms convey similar opinions with a different focal point. Epstein, Becker & Green is "impressed" with "my credentials." According to King & Spalding, my "resume is impressive." Furthermore, Debevoise & Plimpton feels slightly more strongly, stating that they were "most impressed" with my resume. Uniquely commenting on both my background and credentials, Dow Lohnes indicates that they "were quite impressed." Cleverly using a more concise adjective-noun wording, Holland & Knight writes that I have an "impressive background."
Clearly, there is a consensus among many firms that I am "impressive." Although there is some disagreement about whether my background, credentials, qualifications, resume, or a combination of these is impressive, it is obvious that I am impressive on some level. Furthermore, while these accolades were all included in rejection letters, the opinions still hold true and are strong measures of my value as a candidate in your colleagues' and competitors' eyes. Thus, I am undoubtedly qualified for a position in your litigation department.
Finally, if I do not receive an offer for employment, many firms will be quite disappointed. Dozens of firms have indicated a desire for my "success" in the "future" with a "challenging" or "rewarding" position "somewhere else," and I do not intend to upset these firms by failing. Therefore, I am very motivated to find a position and to impress my employer with my dedication and superior performance. I have attached my impressive resume and transcript for your review, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Unemployed J.D. Candidate
Wednesday, March 11, 2009 11:10 AM - By Elie Mystal
Everybody has written a cover letter. The vast majority of people write the same cover letter, because there aren't more than a couple of ways of doing it right. They're boring to write, they're excruciatingly boring to read, and really the only point is to prove that the person writing the letter is basically sane. But, what if you are not sane? Maybe you started off sane, but the terrible job market has driven you to madness? What if you are at the point where you "just don't give a f***?" What does that cover letter look like? A few days ago, I received this email:
Frustrated by my failing job search, I decided to write a more unorthodox cover letter....
I sent it to Bingham McCutchen. I chose Bingham because they emphasize the importance of maintaining a sense of humor in the workplace. I emailed it to them and received a rejection letter in the mail within three days. It was one of my fastest rejections ever. Well, I've read the cover letter, and I think that Bingham made a mistake. There is a true talent here and (if properly medicated) this person would have made an excellent addition to the firm.
UNEMPLOYED J.D. CANDIDATE -- COVER LETTER
Normally, in my cover letters, I list my various qualifications with the hope that my record will impress the reader. However, in such a competitive market, my top 15% rank, managing editor position on my journal, and participation in moot court are not as likely to stand out. Even my experience teaching in [Redacted] for two years is incapable of impressing current hiring committees. Moreover, my immodest self-proclamations regarding my superior abilities are unlikely to convince you of anything more than the extent of my vanity. Thus, instead of providing you with a generic cover letter that will be filed away with hundreds of its kind, I have chosen to provide you with an outside perspective of my abilities.
Your colleagues from other competitive firms have had a great deal to say about me; therefore, I would like to share with you some of their opinions. Alston & Bird writes, "your qualifications are impressive." Remarkably, Blank Rome makes an identical assertion. McKee Nelson also express this view but do not limit its opinion to my qualifications. Rather, it considers my "credentials and qualifications" to be "impressive." Chadbourne & Parke takes a different focus, indicating that my "background is impressive."
Other firms convey similar opinions with a different focal point. Epstein, Becker & Green is "impressed" with "my credentials." According to King & Spalding, my "resume is impressive." Furthermore, Debevoise & Plimpton feels slightly more strongly, stating that they were "most impressed" with my resume. Uniquely commenting on both my background and credentials, Dow Lohnes indicates that they "were quite impressed." Cleverly using a more concise adjective-noun wording, Holland & Knight writes that I have an "impressive background."
Clearly, there is a consensus among many firms that I am "impressive." Although there is some disagreement about whether my background, credentials, qualifications, resume, or a combination of these is impressive, it is obvious that I am impressive on some level. Furthermore, while these accolades were all included in rejection letters, the opinions still hold true and are strong measures of my value as a candidate in your colleagues' and competitors' eyes. Thus, I am undoubtedly qualified for a position in your litigation department.
Finally, if I do not receive an offer for employment, many firms will be quite disappointed. Dozens of firms have indicated a desire for my "success" in the "future" with a "challenging" or "rewarding" position "somewhere else," and I do not intend to upset these firms by failing. Therefore, I am very motivated to find a position and to impress my employer with my dedication and superior performance. I have attached my impressive resume and transcript for your review, and I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely,
Unemployed J.D. Candidate
AAF hell continues
I can honestly say that I am dissapointed in some of the AAF group. The campaign is not done!!!!!!!!!!!! SO that means the work needs to continue so everyone needs to get their butts in gear and get this done! We have one week and the five people that are working on it right now cannot do it alone! This is a call to action! Get on it!
Friday, March 13, 2009
Watchmen
2 hours and 45 minutes of boredom. apparently I needed background on the movie to understand it - and that is not the point of going to a movie. It was slow, boring, and boring! I did enjoy the bluemans abs and I am still very confused over why they showed his penis so often. I have nothing more to say about this movie.
Slumdog Millionaire
Interesting, Fun, Delightful, Inspiring, and a very well done movie. I throoughly enjoyed it. it had humor, irony, sadness, loss, and hope. fabulous movie and the actors did a great job as well!
Thursday, March 5, 2009
A Protest of Morning Classes!
We need to seriously reconsider emerson's morning class policy. If any class is offered before noon the same class should be offered after noon. I am in my last semester and there was only one option for the consumer behavior class- 10am. Utterly pointless! While many might argue that in the real world the day starts earlier than 9am. I would like to retort that they are not consistently working from 9am to 10pm. If they are the rewards far outweigh taking a single morning class that is too damn early to make any impact on a student. Add to that the real world application of school extras (in my case AAF) in which we have 10pm, and midnight meetings, staying and working on the school's campaign until 2am a 10am class is absolutely ridiculous! fact has also shown that the older you get the more your brain patterns change, the younger you are (aka college studnets) the later your brain synopsis power at full speed. College students are at their prime brain functioning power in the late afternoon and not before- so really what is the point of having morning classes if the students brains are not fully functioning- we are wasting money and time especially when you are sitting in a 10am class that half way through the semester has covered nothing you have not already learned already. Pure frustration! However that frustration now has an outlet through this blog to be ranted about- and the best part- no one gives a hoot about this blog.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Sunday, March 1, 2009
Flipped
Interestingly enough Dollhouse was better than terminator on Friday night- perhaps Dollhouse will make it big for TV shows.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Dollhouse Cont'd
Dollhouse - this week- the plot thickens. Now the show is getting interesting, it somewhat reminds me of Dark Angel. Deep and complicated, but we shall see if Dollhouse can keep it interesting or if it will fall flat- I am beginning to have hope though.
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Dollhouse
Dollhouse premiered on Friday night. It was interesting- If I had to pass complete judgement now- I would say its going to be a dud. However I am willing to give it a little more time. It had a very confusing story line and it actually felt a little slow. While it had nuances that could turn it into a very interesting story I felt like it was lacking a big juicy bite of steak instead it was a bit of fluff. I will be patient and wait and hope that the steak is coming soon. On the other hand- terminator has been moved to friday before Dollhouse and it was another fast paced and very entertaining episode!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Push
Push- The Movie
While the story line was very interesting and complex much of the story was slightly illogical. I am not a huge fan of movies that lead up to a sequal either- which is exactly what this movie is one long set up for number 2 much like Jumper. Dakota was fun to watch as she is growing up and her character in the movie pranced around in a mini skirt the entire time- loved the drunk scene. I can't wait to see what she is capable of as she gets older and hopefully does not follow along in the wake of many child actor stars who are now in rehab. Anyway- the movie- was definitely entertaining and the plot did not follow the usual of many movies where you can lay out the entire movie based on the title. Not a bad watch and if number two speeds up the story line a little- number one had some very dragged out moments- the whole series should be a good watch.
While the story line was very interesting and complex much of the story was slightly illogical. I am not a huge fan of movies that lead up to a sequal either- which is exactly what this movie is one long set up for number 2 much like Jumper. Dakota was fun to watch as she is growing up and her character in the movie pranced around in a mini skirt the entire time- loved the drunk scene. I can't wait to see what she is capable of as she gets older and hopefully does not follow along in the wake of many child actor stars who are now in rehab. Anyway- the movie- was definitely entertaining and the plot did not follow the usual of many movies where you can lay out the entire movie based on the title. Not a bad watch and if number two speeds up the story line a little- number one had some very dragged out moments- the whole series should be a good watch.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Taken
Taken- the movie.
Overall its fairly entertaining. The plot is not bad- the movie continues to move quickly- thank goodness. Although I will say that some of the scenes are quite trite and overdone/stereotyped. I mean really- how often can the hero jump behind a couch to avoid bullet holes? Not that the hero in this movie does it more than once but it is a move that is fairly overused in the industry. Like Bond our hero makes it through to the end of the movie with only a few minor bumps and bruises and finally a bullet wound in the last five minutes. The man must have been a genius in his job to have as many men shooting at him as he did and always being able to dodge the bullet. Some oddities about the movie were that he did not seem interested in helping the other girls that were "taken." They only girl that matters was his daughter- while touching it puts the character in an awkward light. And by the way if he has all his buddies that want thim to go back to work because he is so good- and they can have steaks together and work together why could they not help in his mission to save his daughter- I mean what good are friends if you have to go on what should have been a suicide mission by yourself? Altogether the movie was fairly entertaining though. The cinematography was done quite well.
Overall its fairly entertaining. The plot is not bad- the movie continues to move quickly- thank goodness. Although I will say that some of the scenes are quite trite and overdone/stereotyped. I mean really- how often can the hero jump behind a couch to avoid bullet holes? Not that the hero in this movie does it more than once but it is a move that is fairly overused in the industry. Like Bond our hero makes it through to the end of the movie with only a few minor bumps and bruises and finally a bullet wound in the last five minutes. The man must have been a genius in his job to have as many men shooting at him as he did and always being able to dodge the bullet. Some oddities about the movie were that he did not seem interested in helping the other girls that were "taken." They only girl that matters was his daughter- while touching it puts the character in an awkward light. And by the way if he has all his buddies that want thim to go back to work because he is so good- and they can have steaks together and work together why could they not help in his mission to save his daughter- I mean what good are friends if you have to go on what should have been a suicide mission by yourself? Altogether the movie was fairly entertaining though. The cinematography was done quite well.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
E-mail I just recieved from a friend- Interesting way of looking at it!
Dear World,
We, the United States of America , your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage. We look forward to resuming full service and hope to improve in years to come. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
We, the United States of America , your top quality supplier of the ideals of liberty and democracy, would like to apologize for our 2001-2008 interruption in service. The technical fault that led to this eight-year service outage has been located, and the software responsible was replaced November 4. Early tests of the newly installed program indicate that we are now operating correctly, and we expect it to be fully functional on January 20. We apologize for any inconvenience caused by the outage. We look forward to resuming full service and hope to improve in years to come. We thank you for your patience and understanding.
Sincerely,
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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