I think my boss can read my mind...
...because literally days after I bitched about not getting any writing assignments I had two pleasant surprises this week with the writing thing. The first was one of my mini articles is getting printed in one of my industry's newsletters. Granted, it's only a crappy newsletter but it will be my very first clip. Hooray! I saw my name in print for the very first time...it was kind of neat.
The second was kind of sprung on me this afternoon. We're re-designing some parts of our website and they needed a whole bunch of program blurbs writing for a series of pages that is going to be launched next month. Again, it wasn't exactly high art but it did get me out of my accounting-voucher-lowest-rung-on-the-ladder rut. And the bosses seemed to like what I came up with so hopefully more will come of it. Who knows...In the meantime, I guess I should start putting together a portfolio.
Been watching some of the Olympics this evening. It's very different trying to watch on NBC...soooo many adverts! And every now and then there are these dumb features thingeys were they send this ridiculous American reporter to look at all things Chinese. Tonight's subject was chop sticks. I'm being totally serious. It was awfully patronising. "Like, oh my gawd, they, like, eat with these stick thingies" *reporter tries to pick up a marble with a pair, fails miserably and looks increasingly retarded* "Like, awesome!" Ugh, it was painful. I miss the BBC! Say what you will about the declining quality of Eastenders plots, at least there aren't any adverts!
The second was kind of sprung on me this afternoon. We're re-designing some parts of our website and they needed a whole bunch of program blurbs writing for a series of pages that is going to be launched next month. Again, it wasn't exactly high art but it did get me out of my accounting-voucher-lowest-rung-on-the-ladder rut. And the bosses seemed to like what I came up with so hopefully more will come of it. Who knows...In the meantime, I guess I should start putting together a portfolio.
Been watching some of the Olympics this evening. It's very different trying to watch on NBC...soooo many adverts! And every now and then there are these dumb features thingeys were they send this ridiculous American reporter to look at all things Chinese. Tonight's subject was chop sticks. I'm being totally serious. It was awfully patronising. "Like, oh my gawd, they, like, eat with these stick thingies" *reporter tries to pick up a marble with a pair, fails miserably and looks increasingly retarded* "Like, awesome!" Ugh, it was painful. I miss the BBC! Say what you will about the declining quality of Eastenders plots, at least there aren't any adverts!