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urbpan

Applying myself

Mar 01, 2009 18:47

For some reason I didn't notice until just now that the Portland Zoo insect keeper job is a temporary (May-September) position only. It would be idiotic to leave my wife for a year for a temporary job (considering that it would be pretty hard to get another one at the end of it) so I'm going to let my anxiety about writing a cover letter go. That ( Read more... )

zoos, fretting, job-hunting, moving

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cottonmanifesto March 2 2009, 01:56:44 UTC

dude. i would be apoplectic about the mc gig, but then i would never accept such a thing!

urbpan March 2 2009, 02:10:29 UTC

How different can it be from speaking at my mom's memorial?

cottonmanifesto March 2 2009, 02:12:00 UTC

it will be similar, but for 2 hours.

elainetyger March 2 2009, 23:44:24 UTC

The Portland job sounds as though it is perfect for someone in academia.

You could probably find someone else to do the Power Point changes, or even better, teach you how to do it yourself.

For the MC gig, I can only suggest making it about the other people in the show instead of about yourself... talk to them, make sure you pronounce their names clearly and correctly... also to be certain that you are the correct distance from the microphone so that you can be heard.

urbpan March 2 2009, 23:57:40 UTC

Good tips! I already got a start on pronouncing some of the hard ones: Mascianica = "Massy Ann-icka." One of the films is called "Scala naturae." I need to ask Alexis' Latin scholar friend for some guidance there.

cottonmanifesto March 3 2009, 15:33:10 UTC

i know how to use powerpoint, you know.

cottonmanifesto March 3 2009, 16:00:01 UTC

scah-lah nah-tyoo-rye

that's what i got from her.

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ndozo March 3 2009, 16:14:05 UTC

Tulane University is looking for animal enrichment people and some other stuff, but it's probably for the animal testing department.