Monthly Archives: June 2008

Reading and Watching

I’ve spent a fair amount of time in darkened cinemas or with my nose jammed between the pages of a book recently. I guess I’m trying to get as much fun stuff in before I go to back to school which I have been told will probably kill me, or leave me with no social [...]

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PMA Postgraduate course interview

In spite of not getting any journalism job interviews, I’ve been to many interviews at temp agencies, which, for the most part have turned into massive circle jerks or counseling sessions, them not me - I had one tell me about her personal problems for over forty minutes. I figured that the PMA Post Grad [...]

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A giant, stupid leap off a cliff into the dark

In March, I left my cushy sales job in order to pursue a career in journalism. I bought the sales pitch from my tutors at Central Saint Martins–intern for six months, bowl people over with talent and beauty, and within a year you’ll become lauded in media circles as a (female) Gay Talese or a [...]

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The tyranny of cables

It will come to no surprise to anyone that I live in a house full of techy geeks. I’m usually pretty cool with that, leaving the room when the Xbox goes on for a big sesh, even finding it amusing (to a point) when the three of them get sucked in by an advertorial for [...]

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