So with two roommates off...somewhere (early spring break?) and the third at AWP, I have the apartment to myself! It's a wonderful feeling. I can watch what I want, play my own music, wander anywhere in the house without worrying about us tripping over each other or blocking each other's shower times.
This seems as good a time as any to make an attempt at restarting this blog. I know it's been forever (again) but here's a quick summary:
1. New Year's! Yay! Party at Megan's (and we tricked/kidnapped Kristin into coming). Odd though, that there's so many couples in my group of friends now. Changes the dynamics a bit.
2. Farm! Yay! Great seeing everyone, and going for a long walk. Found a new spring, checked lingering damage from Irene, and begged the trees not to bloom (they're a little confused as to what season it is - and with the weather we've been having, I can't blame them).
3. Boston! Yay? Well, not so much, but Boston and I are at least getting along a bit better than last semester.
4. Classes: Translation, Textual Editing, and Web Development. Web Development=Yay!
5. Mark Does Stuff came to Boston. I was there! Double Yay!
Okay, summary over. See, that wasn't too bad, now, was it?
Mom & Dad - see you soon!
Double Dare
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Friday, December 2, 2011
Digital Archives
I have to say, this is a definite improvement on microfilm. It's amazing the amount of research this makes open to the general public - but still only to a point. Searches are free, but access to the actual pages requires paying a fee.
The fees really don't look too bad though. You can get a day pass or a week pass, or go through a "subscribing institution," which apparently means UK universities, some UK libraries, and miscellaneous places in other countries.
I love old newspapers. And this is one instance where I'm ready to celebrate digitization.
Netflix for books
A children's book publisher has come out with an app that sounds like a sort of instant Netflix for books - or perhaps like a cable channel. A paid library. Why would this catch on, when we have such a long-standing tradition of free libraries? Well... because it's convenient. And because it just might have a better selection.
Libraries are slow to adapt ebooks for many reasons. Publishers are fighting them. Budgets are limited. And after all, isn't community space part of the idea of a library? Some librarians may find it hard to reconcile this idea with large investment in ebooks. Certainly, my own library recently chose to invest in a bigger, more open open building, with more comfortable seating, rather than extending its collection. And frankly, I like the result.
But that brings us back to digital libraries. Is that the direction public libraries are headed? Academic libraries, probably, but not necessarily the public ones; it just doesn't fit the traditional use of a public library. Anyone should be able to come read - even without the money for a computer or ereader. And librarians should be eager to help reluctant readers, not cautious about loaning out expensive equipment. Plus the location itself is almost as important as the collection.
So is there a place for a paid, digital library in the future? I think perhaps there is.
Fitting into the market
This recent post at Publisher's Weekly is all the more interesting for the comments it's collecting. We can debate the meaning and use of epublishing all we want, but it's starting to feel as if we will go in circles forever if we never look outside the publisher's viewpoint. Here, however, we have authors and readers debating the value of ebooks and their different business models. They're different perspectives, and ones we need to remember. Without them, epublishing debates can never be more than theory.
Readers are worried about not recognizing books they've read already. While this has always been a concern with reprints, how can publishers make ebooks more visually memorable?
Authors are debating the value of their own work. When and how did this happen? What value has publishing traditionally placed on an author's work, and how can this be preserved?
Personally, I find the idea of ebooks filling the same role as cheap mass market books a good idea. The same business model should be easily converted. We need to be wary of undervaluing an author's work - and for this reason, I think six or seven dollars is generally a valid price. But the commenter Norma Beisher has a valid point as well: if the ebook is more expensive than the already available mass market, something's gone wrong.
Quality Control
Epublishing has made self-publishing a lot easier. That's obvious. But what are the ramifications?
Many people talk about the new ease of self-publishing as an unqualified good thing. They talk of cutting out the middle man and being fair to authors. They don't want publishers telling them what's worth reading.
Even Amazon seems to be behind this view, despite recently becoming a publisher:
On the other side, there are the complaints that this change is an unqualified disaster. Books are dying, publishing's dying, and so on... but isn't the truth somewhere in the middle?
"Quality control" is an interesting phrase, and very accurate. The way to assurequality is to maintain control. But our values are quality and freedom.
This news story got me thinking. Yes, publishing of news is becoming more decentralized through blogs and social media. Yes, people tend to want news for free now. But do we really want to get rid of major news networks? Trade CNN and BBC for a loose collection of whichever blogs have caught our interest?
Book publishing has more in common with this dilemma than we might at first think. Yes, publishers are controlling. But they are also offering quality - or at least they should be.
How far is too far?
Consider this an addition to "What makes a book a book?" since I've been thinking along the same lines recently. When people start talking about "networked books" and text as "enhancement of cinema," I begin to wonder if they're even in the same business anymore. It's like MTV switching to reality shows and the history channel's obsession with alien documentaries. If the business model works for them, fine. But should they really still be calling themselves a music channel and a history channel?
Or Indigo's switchover to being a "lifestyle store for booklovers" rather than a bookstore. I see the economic logic - at least in the short term - but at what point does the identity stop stretching and start to disappear entirely?
As websites become more able to imitate books and books begin to imitate websites, what is the difference between them? Here's some of what I value in a book rather than a website:
1. I physically own it. It can't disappear, change, or become temporarily unavailable unless I am the one who loses, lends, or writes in it.
2. Reuse value. When I buy a book, my assumption is that I will open it more than once.
3. Wireless :-) That is, I don't need internet, electricity, or any kind of tech, just me and the book.
4. Relaxing. "Curl up with a good book" is a common phrase for a reason.
So now we have ebooks. Do I physically own them? Well... I have a copy of the file. Unless, of course, I decided to store it in the cloud. Reuse value? That's still there. Wireless? Well... getting more complicated, but this is perhaps balanced by the ability to carry 100 books instead of 1. Relaxing? Well, a good e-ink screen is still relaxing. So overall, I'm okay with ebooks.
Next step - networked and/or multimedia books. Can we physically own these, or will there be at least parts subject to the fast-paced changes of the internet? Reuse? Sure, that's still there. Wireless? Not really. Relaxing? Yeah, I think I'll go curl up with a good book... just me and 200 of my best friends... oh, don't mind the noise, it's got a soundtrack. And a video. And a link to an online database... is our internet working?
I know I probably sound like I'm whining. I'm not saying that some of these innovations don't have their uses. But they're not books anymore. Let Hollywood deal with text-enhanced cinema. And some social networking company can make a website for "networked books." Can't book publishing find a way to produce technology-enhanced text rather than losing its identity completely?
Monday, September 26, 2011
Reposting
My epub class has a blog!
Here's my first post there:
Here's my first post there:
Once upon a time, books were often illustrated with watercolors, or colored pencil. Because of this, many illustrations were soft and detailed. As photos and brighter colors became easier to produce, new styles of illustration developed.
Right now, ereaders are either back-lit or black-and-white, and many illustrations are produced unthinkingly by copying the print version. Some publishers, however - especially publishers of kids' books - have started to design animated, interactive illustrations for back-lit ereaders. I doubt people will pay much attention to the static black-and-white pictures with these around, but there's a third option coming. For now, the complaint is that the color's too faint, and perhaps it really won't be released until the color's as bright as a computer screen. But I think that would be a shame. I'd like to see what artists and designers would come up with for pastel colors on a small screen. It could be an opportunity to be innovative, rather than trying and failing to recreate the illustrations we've been used to in print.
But design is just the obvious adjustment to make in a new form. Content is changing in more ways than that. Length is much more flexible. Editability, for better or for worse, has increased. Even basic grammar's been affected, whether it's just using the electronic format to back up an old rule, writing an addendum to a rule specifically to deal with electronic formats, or straight-out changing the rule because of electronic publishing.
How else might content change?
Right now, ereaders are either back-lit or black-and-white, and many illustrations are produced unthinkingly by copying the print version. Some publishers, however - especially publishers of kids' books - have started to design animated, interactive illustrations for back-lit ereaders. I doubt people will pay much attention to the static black-and-white pictures with these around, but there's a third option coming. For now, the complaint is that the color's too faint, and perhaps it really won't be released until the color's as bright as a computer screen. But I think that would be a shame. I'd like to see what artists and designers would come up with for pastel colors on a small screen. It could be an opportunity to be innovative, rather than trying and failing to recreate the illustrations we've been used to in print.
But design is just the obvious adjustment to make in a new form. Content is changing in more ways than that. Length is much more flexible. Editability, for better or for worse, has increased. Even basic grammar's been affected, whether it's just using the electronic format to back up an old rule, writing an addendum to a rule specifically to deal with electronic formats, or straight-out changing the rule because of electronic publishing.
How else might content change?
Saturday, September 24, 2011
I'm not really crazy. I promise.
Me: You should really get some work done.
Me: Nah, I don't feel like it.
Me: Seriously – homework, cleaning, something.
Me: In a bit.
Me: A new blog even?
Me: I'll get to it.
...
3 hours later
...
Me: It's getting late.
Me: Mmm.
Me: You do realize you have a paper due tomorrow?*
Me: Yeah, I'll do that next.
...
Me: Hello?
...
Me: Remember that paper?
...
Me: Really, it's getting late and you've got a long day tomorrow. Just do the paper.
Me: Yeah, yeah.
...
Me: Just write the paper and go to bed!
Me: ...I think I'll watch Balto III, that sounds like a great idea.
Me: PAPER! BED!
And that is why the internet is evil. Because of course it is entirely to blame for my concentration problems and it will single-handedly destroy the world momentarily.
...Does the internet even have hands?
*Disclaimer: The paper in question was only a one-page, informal response paper, and it did, in fact, get written. Don't worry, Mom.
Friday, September 9, 2011
A New Year
I'll continue talking about the wedding later, but while I've been pulling that together, life's been happening. Isn't it funny how that goes?
So I've had my first two classes for the semester - ePub overview, and copyediting. I'm excited for both. In the very first class for ePub, he already went over all the basics of HTML and had us make practice pages. And he actually made us stop and think about what each line meant, so I no longer think of the opening few lines as "the gibberish that makes it work that I copy-and-paste onto each page." In the process of learning this, I also realized that I essentially used the hard way when I made the farm's page. If you look at that page and select "view source," you'll see I'm using "XHTML 1.0 Strict" as opposed to "HTML 4.01 Transitional" which is what we used in class. The key difference is the strict vs. transitional - if I left out one end tag on the farm's page, it would screw up the whole thing; if you leave out an end tag in transitional but it can figure out what you meant, it'll do what you meant.
Wow, that sounds cool when I say it like that. And science-fictiony. It's technology that acts on what you think, not what you tell it. Sort of. :-)
Oh, and I wore my China shirt to the first day of copyediting. "The waves swept overt the coast II typography cocktail."
Ever wondered if this could be true?
So I've had my first two classes for the semester - ePub overview, and copyediting. I'm excited for both. In the very first class for ePub, he already went over all the basics of HTML and had us make practice pages. And he actually made us stop and think about what each line meant, so I no longer think of the opening few lines as "the gibberish that makes it work that I copy-and-paste onto each page." In the process of learning this, I also realized that I essentially used the hard way when I made the farm's page. If you look at that page and select "view source," you'll see I'm using "XHTML 1.0 Strict" as opposed to "HTML 4.01 Transitional" which is what we used in class. The key difference is the strict vs. transitional - if I left out one end tag on the farm's page, it would screw up the whole thing; if you leave out an end tag in transitional but it can figure out what you meant, it'll do what you meant.
Wow, that sounds cool when I say it like that. And science-fictiony. It's technology that acts on what you think, not what you tell it. Sort of. :-)
Oh, and I wore my China shirt to the first day of copyediting. "The waves swept overt the coast II typography cocktail."
Ever wondered if this could be true?
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Time to Breathe
So... yeah, I've been ignoring this blog for a while. Sorry. Of course, Mom and Dad came to visit, so they didn't need the blog...
I'm done at Borders. It's empty. Closed. Signs torn down and everything. When we passed it last week, there were a bunch of guys in suits having some sort of meeting in there... I wonder what will take over the space?
I'm also almost done with school - just one more week. All my major projects and papers are done. I just love this feeling: for once, I don't have dozens of things due, overdue, or almost due all hanging over my head. What's more, Mom & Dad took me grocery shopping and helped me get my laundry done when they visited for Easter (thanks guys!), so none of that needs to be done immediately either.
I cleaned off my desk today. I know it looked like piles and piles of random junk, but believe it or not, that was my "inbox," which was overflowing. So cleaning my desk off meant completing dozens of minor (and not-so-minor) things that I'd let slide. I vacuumed too, and washed the stove and the microwave. And the dishes. Really, I've been quite productive considering how late I got up.
About that: I got up very late today. I've been sleeping 10-12 hours straight each night... hopefully this means I'll soon be caught up on all the sleep I missed this past month, and can go back to 8-hour nights.
I'm done at Borders. It's empty. Closed. Signs torn down and everything. When we passed it last week, there were a bunch of guys in suits having some sort of meeting in there... I wonder what will take over the space?
I'm also almost done with school - just one more week. All my major projects and papers are done. I just love this feeling: for once, I don't have dozens of things due, overdue, or almost due all hanging over my head. What's more, Mom & Dad took me grocery shopping and helped me get my laundry done when they visited for Easter (thanks guys!), so none of that needs to be done immediately either.
I cleaned off my desk today. I know it looked like piles and piles of random junk, but believe it or not, that was my "inbox," which was overflowing. So cleaning my desk off meant completing dozens of minor (and not-so-minor) things that I'd let slide. I vacuumed too, and washed the stove and the microwave. And the dishes. Really, I've been quite productive considering how late I got up.
About that: I got up very late today. I've been sleeping 10-12 hours straight each night... hopefully this means I'll soon be caught up on all the sleep I missed this past month, and can go back to 8-hour nights.
Walden Pond
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Awesome Day
1. I got an internship.
2. It was about 60 degrees out - ie perfect.
3. My new shoes came.
4. I got an internship.
5. I finally got a response from one of the magazines I contacted about my final paper.
6. My printer passed its last test - it worked perfectly, with no hassle & no wait, after having been left on all night. Epson: 3 HP: 0 (or should I give them a point for being pretty?)
7. I got an internship.
8. My group's magazine project presentation went really well, and the class let out early.
9. My new issue of Ploughshares came in the mail.
10. Did I mention the internship?
Also: I got off the T, thought, "It smells like rain," and two seconds later it was raining. Which... is less awesome, but at least proves I'm awesome.
:-D
2. It was about 60 degrees out - ie perfect.
3. My new shoes came.
4. I got an internship.
5. I finally got a response from one of the magazines I contacted about my final paper.
6. My printer passed its last test - it worked perfectly, with no hassle & no wait, after having been left on all night. Epson: 3 HP: 0 (or should I give them a point for being pretty?)
7. I got an internship.
8. My group's magazine project presentation went really well, and the class let out early.
9. My new issue of Ploughshares came in the mail.
10. Did I mention the internship?
Also: I got off the T, thought, "It smells like rain," and two seconds later it was raining. Which... is less awesome, but at least proves I'm awesome.
:-D
Thursday, April 7, 2011
What Makes a Translation
My book editing class attended the "Writer as Translator: Translator as Writer" panel today.
Some thoughts gathered there:
1. A translator is like a musician, and the original author is the composer.
Or, in other words, they're both artists. What's more, ten different musicians could play the same piece in ten different ways, but it's still the same song. It's kind of cool to think about. I have 3 or 4 different versions of the song "Gypsy David" (one of which I barely recognized). What if I wanted 3 or 4 translations of Dante? Or Beowulf? Or, for that matter, Harry Potter in Spanish? Actually, what about just the fact that I do have two versions of Harry Potter - Spanish and English?
Just look at the Bible (Isaiah 11:9):
לא-ירצו ולא-ישחיתו בכל-הר קדשי כי-מלאה הארץ דעה את-יהוה כמים לים מכסים
"They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea."
"Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD."
"No one will harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is filled with water."
"They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea."
....and that's just one verse.
2. Writers are translators. They translate reality.
Well, cool. And here I am, translating my memory of a seminar into a blog post.
3. Conversations are translation.
Just think about it. If you ask someone how their day went, and they look at the floor an mumble "Good, I guess," you ask what's wrong. If you ask someone how their day went, and they look you in the eye with a big smile and say "Good!" you smile back and want to hear all about the fun they had. So what does "good" mean?
"You always should do what you cannot do" - Willis Barnstone
Some thoughts gathered there:
1. A translator is like a musician, and the original author is the composer.
Or, in other words, they're both artists. What's more, ten different musicians could play the same piece in ten different ways, but it's still the same song. It's kind of cool to think about. I have 3 or 4 different versions of the song "Gypsy David" (one of which I barely recognized). What if I wanted 3 or 4 translations of Dante? Or Beowulf? Or, for that matter, Harry Potter in Spanish? Actually, what about just the fact that I do have two versions of Harry Potter - Spanish and English?
Just look at the Bible (Isaiah 11:9):
לא-ירצו ולא-ישחיתו בכל-הר קדשי כי-מלאה הארץ דעה את-יהוה כמים לים מכסים
"They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain; for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea."
"Nothing will hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain, for as the waters fill the sea, so the earth will be filled with people who know the LORD."
"No one will harm or destroy on my entire holy mountain, for the land will be as full of the knowledge of the LORD as the sea is filled with water."
"They will neither harm nor destroy on all my holy mountain, for the earth will be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea."
....and that's just one verse.
2. Writers are translators. They translate reality.
Well, cool. And here I am, translating my memory of a seminar into a blog post.
3. Conversations are translation.
Just think about it. If you ask someone how their day went, and they look at the floor an mumble "Good, I guess," you ask what's wrong. If you ask someone how their day went, and they look you in the eye with a big smile and say "Good!" you smile back and want to hear all about the fun they had. So what does "good" mean?
"You always should do what you cannot do" - Willis Barnstone
Monday, January 24, 2011
Back to Classes
So now I'm a supervisor and in 3 classes - copyediting, magazine overview, and book editing. Book reviews are suspended for now because book lending has been suspended at Borders until we finish a rather extensive and thorough inventory check.
Being a supervisor is cool, I guess. At least I'm not tied in one spot any more - I can walk around and talk to the customers.
My first copyediting class is tomorrow - we'll see how that goes.
Magazine overview is interesting. Magazines aren't really for me, but I think it will be fun. I plan on focusing my papers on kids' literary magazines.
Book editing is going to be work - but it's going to be so much fun! And I'm now receiving the New York Times daily, to be read for class.
Being a supervisor is cool, I guess. At least I'm not tied in one spot any more - I can walk around and talk to the customers.
My first copyediting class is tomorrow - we'll see how that goes.
Magazine overview is interesting. Magazines aren't really for me, but I think it will be fun. I plan on focusing my papers on kids' literary magazines.
Book editing is going to be work - but it's going to be so much fun! And I'm now receiving the New York Times daily, to be read for class.
Saturday, December 11, 2010
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
Applications Class
I can't believe we're done! That happened so fast! It was a great class, and everybody's final projects looked great during today's presentations. We finished class early and went out to have dinner and toast the end of the semester with martinis. We brought Joe along with us and treated him (which turned out to be easy to do, since he only ordered a beer and there were 8 or 10 of us).
A good end of the semester. I'm going to miss this class.
A good end of the semester. I'm going to miss this class.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Excited
So just as I was starting to worry I would get no responses to my requests for interviews... just as I was drafting an email in my head asking my professor what I should do... I get two responses! And I can't wait to talk to both of them! This will be a great paper!
Then I started freaking out with "wait, what do I ask?" and then I stopped and thought about it and realized these are amazingly cool people and they're willing to talk to me and I have so much I want to ask and who cares about the paper! Approached that way, I soon had a list of questions, and... well, as I said, I'm sure this will be a great paper. A little tight time-wise, but hey, deadlines make it daring, right?
Then I started freaking out with "wait, what do I ask?" and then I stopped and thought about it and realized these are amazingly cool people and they're willing to talk to me and I have so much I want to ask and who cares about the paper! Approached that way, I soon had a list of questions, and... well, as I said, I'm sure this will be a great paper. A little tight time-wise, but hey, deadlines make it daring, right?
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
My stomach loves Chinatown; my purse doesn't
Long day... but so much fun!
It's a Tuesday - so that meant laydowns & display changes at Borders. I worked 8-5, which means I got to put a lot more time into ipt than I usually do. And my boss was telling her boss about how good all her employees are, and she says he put my name in his blackberry!
...So does this mean I can demand a Christmas break now?
Then I got dinner in Chinatown, and went to class (Thursday's class was today, since we obviously didn't want to hold it on Thanksgiving). Today's topic was contracts, and we had another guest speaker - it was really interesting! But then again, I'm starting to suspect I'd find almost any aspect of publishing interesting... which means I'm in the right place, I suppose. We also talked a bit about our final projects - more on that later - and our resumes. We'll be going over resumes next class.
Afterwards, I went back to Chinatown with a friend and had bubble tea & sesame eggrolls (they were like cookies...yum). I also bought dumplings for lunch/dinner tomorrow. We wandered around for a bit & talked about Thanksgiving. I can't wait for tomorrow! And the next day!
...and the next, for that matter. My plans for Black Friday:
1. Eat leftovers
2. Put up Christmas tree
3. Work closing shift at Borders. I'm a brave, brave woman. ;-)
It's a Tuesday - so that meant laydowns & display changes at Borders. I worked 8-5, which means I got to put a lot more time into ipt than I usually do. And my boss was telling her boss about how good all her employees are, and she says he put my name in his blackberry!
...So does this mean I can demand a Christmas break now?
Then I got dinner in Chinatown, and went to class (Thursday's class was today, since we obviously didn't want to hold it on Thanksgiving). Today's topic was contracts, and we had another guest speaker - it was really interesting! But then again, I'm starting to suspect I'd find almost any aspect of publishing interesting... which means I'm in the right place, I suppose. We also talked a bit about our final projects - more on that later - and our resumes. We'll be going over resumes next class.
Afterwards, I went back to Chinatown with a friend and had bubble tea & sesame eggrolls (they were like cookies...yum). I also bought dumplings for lunch/dinner tomorrow. We wandered around for a bit & talked about Thanksgiving. I can't wait for tomorrow! And the next day!
...and the next, for that matter. My plans for Black Friday:
1. Eat leftovers
2. Put up Christmas tree
3. Work closing shift at Borders. I'm a brave, brave woman. ;-)
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Halloween
And it has, yet again, been quite a while. That's what I get for having a life... or rather, that's what you get. Oh well.
Busy day today. Ran all over the place, getting lots done, including practicing for the Photoshop test. Practice consisted of creating this:
This was originally your basic, yellow rubber-ducky. Isn't he so much cuter now?
After practicing our practical skills together (because, come on, what's more practical than being able to dress your digital rubber duck for Halloween?) we went out to get dinner and study for the written part of the test. Then we had the test. I think I did pretty well.
I came home to Halloween cookies. Yum!
And Sunday, I'm off to Salem.
I think I like this holiday.
Busy day today. Ran all over the place, getting lots done, including practicing for the Photoshop test. Practice consisted of creating this:
After practicing our practical skills together (because, come on, what's more practical than being able to dress your digital rubber duck for Halloween?) we went out to get dinner and study for the written part of the test. Then we had the test. I think I did pretty well.
I came home to Halloween cookies. Yum!
And Sunday, I'm off to Salem.
I think I like this holiday.
Friday, October 15, 2010
I still prefer wine
As I write this my laundry hangs next to me drying so slowly that I hope it finishes before I run out of things to wear. It's going to be a close one. Luckily I got a box of sweaters in the mail today, so at least I don't have to worry about running out of shirts (Thanks Mom!).
Wednesday's class was good - we watched Helvetica and talked about the designers we'd researched. We finished early, too, because the professor was sick & wanted to go home to bed. I'm glad I got a chance to talk to him before class - he was more awake then. I think I understand better now what I'm supposed to be concentrating on for the final project. Our next bit of homework is idea sketches for the postcard & poster we'll make - should be fun.
Today's class was cool too. Our professor brought a guest lecturer - the associate manager of domestic rights for the publisher she works at. Our topic for today was, needless to say, domestic rights. Cool, right? And the two of them told us they're looking for interns, and will be represented at next week's internship fair. After class, I asked for advice on how to juggle work & an internship, and she seemed impressed I was thinking that far ahead - she said they'd had interns quit after a couple weeks because they were broke (and that those interns could expect to never get a job there again). I am so going to the internship fair, with updated resume, and looking for a summer internship. She said I should start now if I want to get an edge.
At the Tam afterward, I had my first full beer. I've discovered that the carbonation doesn't bother me as much in dark beers, so that's what I had, and I was able to finish it. And, even better, I was able to enjoy it. I also discovered that a friend and I read a lot of the same stuff online. He gave me a hug for recognizing the name of a fanfic writer and being able to name what she wrote. We also started quoting webcomics. Moral of the story? Even the world wide web is a small, small world.
Tomorrow's a reading at the Brookline Booksmith, which I may or may not go to. The timing's not the best, and I don't know what the reading's about, but I have been wanting to find the Booksmith for a while now. It's one of Boston's bigger independent bookstores.
Saturday's the bookfest. I can't wait! It's practically across the street from Borders, which means I can go on my lunch break. One of my friends is working at it, the rest will probably be there, and directly after work at one of the tables I have my interview for fiction reader for the Redivider! They didn't forget me!
Plus, apparently there's an old costume sale Saturday, which some of us might be going to, and... Obama will be in town? However, if we can make it back home through the presidential security, we might have some friends over for a literary party!
Fwoosh
Wednesday's class was good - we watched Helvetica and talked about the designers we'd researched. We finished early, too, because the professor was sick & wanted to go home to bed. I'm glad I got a chance to talk to him before class - he was more awake then. I think I understand better now what I'm supposed to be concentrating on for the final project. Our next bit of homework is idea sketches for the postcard & poster we'll make - should be fun.
Today's class was cool too. Our professor brought a guest lecturer - the associate manager of domestic rights for the publisher she works at. Our topic for today was, needless to say, domestic rights. Cool, right? And the two of them told us they're looking for interns, and will be represented at next week's internship fair. After class, I asked for advice on how to juggle work & an internship, and she seemed impressed I was thinking that far ahead - she said they'd had interns quit after a couple weeks because they were broke (and that those interns could expect to never get a job there again). I am so going to the internship fair, with updated resume, and looking for a summer internship. She said I should start now if I want to get an edge.
At the Tam afterward, I had my first full beer. I've discovered that the carbonation doesn't bother me as much in dark beers, so that's what I had, and I was able to finish it. And, even better, I was able to enjoy it. I also discovered that a friend and I read a lot of the same stuff online. He gave me a hug for recognizing the name of a fanfic writer and being able to name what she wrote. We also started quoting webcomics. Moral of the story? Even the world wide web is a small, small world.
Tomorrow's a reading at the Brookline Booksmith, which I may or may not go to. The timing's not the best, and I don't know what the reading's about, but I have been wanting to find the Booksmith for a while now. It's one of Boston's bigger independent bookstores.
Saturday's the bookfest. I can't wait! It's practically across the street from Borders, which means I can go on my lunch break. One of my friends is working at it, the rest will probably be there, and directly after work at one of the tables I have my interview for fiction reader for the Redivider! They didn't forget me!
Plus, apparently there's an old costume sale Saturday, which some of us might be going to, and... Obama will be in town? However, if we can make it back home through the presidential security, we might have some friends over for a literary party!
Fwoosh
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