ProjectTwenty1
Last Friday, Stephanie Yuhas spoke to animation and film students at the high school where I teach. Probably one of the best speakers I’ve ever had visit and share their career experiences, Stephanie sent the following information to those 50 kids who listened to her jokes and learned from her experiences. Stephanie and I met through a former student, @gabsters, who found me on Twitter and made the online introduction to a friend of a friend (and then starred in TeamTacovsGrilledCheese’s P21 entry last year). The rest is history! I’ve also included a video of a talk Stephanie gave at a workshop I hosted about a year ago in Asbury Park. Great social media marketing info for artists of all types! If you want to get in contact regarding any...
Blender
This post is not an ode to my immersion blender, probably the best little appliance ever (thanks Sarah and Joe), although I do recommend it if you don’t currently own one. However, as part of reverb10 last December, I came up with 10 goals for 2011. One of them, and probably the most difficult, was learning (and then teaching) blender. If you read this blog on a regular basis, you might remember that if I could be any character in a book or film I would be Trinity from The Matrix. Faced with teaching a new program unlike any she’d used before to 10 high school boys and one very talented girl, she would’ve asked Tank for a disk and uploaded all of the instructions into her brain in about 30 seconds. Sadly, I am not Trinity. Over a year ago, I...
Dress Code
What do you think about dress codes? Do they make sense in school, restaurants, or places of business? Why or why not? Once upon a time, there was a twenty-something young woman who lived in a land ruled by a former actor and full of people dressed in power suits, sporting big hair, and hefting filofaxes. She landed a job at a large insurance company, and on her first day, was handing a large stack of forms to sign. Some allowed the former actor and his agencies to take money from her paycheck to pay for exciting projects named after George Lucas movies. Others warned her against telling the competition any deep dark insurance secrets. At the bottom of the stack was a dress code form which she signed after looking at her watch, then the title of the form,...
Stress
What’s the best way for you to blow off some steam? Cooking. No, really, I love spending a Sunday afternoon in my kitchen or a few weeks in the summer working my way through a cookbook. I completely got the entire Julie & Julia story back when it was just a blog. I may be vegan, I but appreciate what that project did for her. I haven’t spent much time in my kitchen in the last two weeks, and I’m suffering. Leisurely preparation of food, especially if I have NPR on the iPod, is my favorite way to relax after a crazy day or week. Sometimes, I just crave lentils. Here’s a recipe I make a lot because it’s quick, delicious, and even better for lunch the next day. Red Lentil Curry 1 cup red lentils 1 to 1 1/2 cups veggie stock...
Business
NaBloPoMo Daily Prompt: If you could start any type of new business, what would it be? I started voxpopnj last February after the success of AsburyPop in November of 2009 and a few social media workshops at the beginning of 2010. I was all set to take the local social media scene by storm… and then was asked to produce a short movie for the ProjectTwenty1 Film Festival that August. Having no idea what this entailed, I said yes. I’m glad I did, but it sent my vision for voxpopnj way off course. When I reflect upon what I want my business to be, I realize I should concentrate on what I both love to do and do well. I started this blog to get back to writing; I have a B.A. in Writing from Rutgers, my Dad paid good money for it, and I love to write,...
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