Every mother's nightmare is being lived at Virginia Tech right now. I have been reading blogs and watching the videos. This story is so very personal. And these kids are so online. It is all out there for us to see, feel and understand. The world has changed so very much. The forty-something crowd needs to embrace this change, or be left behind.
This online journal is an example: Bryce Carter http://ntcoolfool.livejournal.com/
This article from the LA Times this morning caught the trend perfectly. Sad and significant.
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/front/la-fi-web17apr17,1,501609.story?coll=la-headlines-frontpage
Video "We Are Virginia Tech" Convocation:
http://www.cnn.com/video/partners/clickability/index.html?url=/video/us/2007/04/17/sot.nikki.giovanni.convocation.cnn
Video on YouTube expressing sorrow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzVMQht96bM
YouTube CNN Cell Phone coverage:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ni81O2KWxg
Tuesday, April 17, 2007
Absent
I have been absent. My readership doesn't seem to have missed me. About the time of my last post, I began to look for a new job in earnest. My old job kind of imploded. Long story, my company bought a company and put their management in charge and they let all ours go then I decided to quit. So beginning Nov. 2006, I started hard core looking for a job. Oh the joys of being 40+ working in the young go-go-go world of marketing. I was really, really good at getting interviews. Chat chat chat chat chat. My all time funniest moment had to be when 4 mid-20's guys (complete with tattoos and piercings) interviewed me for a position at the massive online multi-player game, World of Warcraft. How inappropriate a hire would I have been? I made it through a screening phone call and then a first interview to this final round. They called me a few days later and seemed to really regret telling me they didn't think I would fit in culturally. DUH. I was terrified they would offer me a job.
Finally, in February 2007 I landed a position with an interactive health care marketing agency. Wow...quite a change from the computer hardware business. Needless to say my head is spinning. But I feel I am starting to come up for air. All these problems a typical Newport Beach mommy wouldn't have to worry about!!! It has been unsettling starting a new job...no vacation, farther from home. And, worst of all, I haven't been able to volunteer in school and keep track of my kid's annoying teacher.
Speaking of school, we decided to vote with our feet. The local Catholic school opened another 4th grade class. The Kid took an entry test and much to our astonished surprise...he got in. So next year we are abandoning public school and trying out parochial. Given the recent priests scandals, you probably think I am an idiot. But, I was so disgusted with the second/third grade combination and the distinct lack of learning in this sub-standard situation at the local public school, I had to investigate something. Not to mention this year's silent auction fund raiser SUCKED. So badly I, true to my name, sent an anonymous letter to the Principal. Poorly organized, ran way late, no booze on table, no tables, no food, all auctions closed late, rude drunk women running it. We had brought some friends with us (and paid $180 for their tickets thank you very much) and were very embarrassed by the whole situation.
So, on the last day of applications to the Catholic school, I turned one in for the Kid. The rest is history. Uniforms and daily religious education, here we come. Ya gotta fight back somehow.
Finally, in February 2007 I landed a position with an interactive health care marketing agency. Wow...quite a change from the computer hardware business. Needless to say my head is spinning. But I feel I am starting to come up for air. All these problems a typical Newport Beach mommy wouldn't have to worry about!!! It has been unsettling starting a new job...no vacation, farther from home. And, worst of all, I haven't been able to volunteer in school and keep track of my kid's annoying teacher.
Speaking of school, we decided to vote with our feet. The local Catholic school opened another 4th grade class. The Kid took an entry test and much to our astonished surprise...he got in. So next year we are abandoning public school and trying out parochial. Given the recent priests scandals, you probably think I am an idiot. But, I was so disgusted with the second/third grade combination and the distinct lack of learning in this sub-standard situation at the local public school, I had to investigate something. Not to mention this year's silent auction fund raiser SUCKED. So badly I, true to my name, sent an anonymous letter to the Principal. Poorly organized, ran way late, no booze on table, no tables, no food, all auctions closed late, rude drunk women running it. We had brought some friends with us (and paid $180 for their tickets thank you very much) and were very embarrassed by the whole situation.
So, on the last day of applications to the Catholic school, I turned one in for the Kid. The rest is history. Uniforms and daily religious education, here we come. Ya gotta fight back somehow.
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