urn I was able to have the extra money needed to go out and buy a new suit jacket. I've realized recently that maybe after almost 10 years of wearing the same black suit on interviews that it's time to freshen things up a bit and splurge on a new jacket. So after 3 hours of going store to store, I landed a new suit jacket! The best part is that my friend ended up getting the same jacket for FREE. You could say it was stealing but it was actually a huge mix up at the checkout counter where the sales person forgot to scan the jacket and my friend had taken it and put it in her shopping bag without realizing. So technically she did not know she was stealing. We debated for a while whether she should go back and say something. And then she realized that there was still an alarm tag! So she goes back to the store, they take the alarm tag off, and she still walks out without paying for the jacket. I, on the other hand, did pay for my jacket. I wonder who will get the job?
Saturday, April 17, 2010
How To Not Spend Money
It's basically impossible to not spend any money when you are unemployed in NYC, in case you are a thief. I try to limit the spending to food and bills (which there are about 10 of including phone, mortgage, maintenance, COBRA, electric, gas, etc.). Unemployment pays about half of what my actual salary was so obviously I'm now having to spend beyond my means. That said, I decided to go out with a friend the other day to do a little shopping. Thanks to my tax ret
urn I was able to have the extra money needed to go out and buy a new suit jacket. I've realized recently that maybe after almost 10 years of wearing the same black suit on interviews that it's time to freshen things up a bit and splurge on a new jacket. So after 3 hours of going store to store, I landed a new suit jacket! The best part is that my friend ended up getting the same jacket for FREE. You could say it was stealing but it was actually a huge mix up at the checkout counter where the sales person forgot to scan the jacket and my friend had taken it and put it in her shopping bag without realizing. So technically she did not know she was stealing. We debated for a while whether she should go back and say something. And then she realized that there was still an alarm tag! So she goes back to the store, they take the alarm tag off, and she still walks out without paying for the jacket. I, on the other hand, did pay for my jacket. I wonder who will get the job?
urn I was able to have the extra money needed to go out and buy a new suit jacket. I've realized recently that maybe after almost 10 years of wearing the same black suit on interviews that it's time to freshen things up a bit and splurge on a new jacket. So after 3 hours of going store to store, I landed a new suit jacket! The best part is that my friend ended up getting the same jacket for FREE. You could say it was stealing but it was actually a huge mix up at the checkout counter where the sales person forgot to scan the jacket and my friend had taken it and put it in her shopping bag without realizing. So technically she did not know she was stealing. We debated for a while whether she should go back and say something. And then she realized that there was still an alarm tag! So she goes back to the store, they take the alarm tag off, and she still walks out without paying for the jacket. I, on the other hand, did pay for my jacket. I wonder who will get the job?
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
Because I Care Part 2
If you remember a few weeks ago I worked at the food pantry in Clinton Hill, which was a really great experience and I do plan to do it again, but yesterday I decided to volunteer at a something different for New York Cares to try and see where I'm really needed and just open my eyes to different experiences. So I volunteered at PS 77 on Park Place (I think this is Park Slope but might be Prospect Heights) to help special needs boys practice yoga. There were about 15 junior high boys. Some needed more help than others doing the yoga poses but most had a pretty good grasp on what to do since they had been taking the class throughout the school year. We all put our mats in a big circle while the instructor was in the center and did about a 45 minute class. I thought the class was going to be an hour and 15 min but I guess they just tack on extra time on the schedule for clean up, which took about 3 minutes. I have never worked with any special needs children before so I was a little worried that I wouldn't know what to do, but I just followed the instructor and saw that she would come right over to a boy and try and place his hands or feet in the right position so that is what I would try to do. It didn't really work for me because the boy on my right seemed like he understood what to do but if I tried to move his hands or feet he just wouldn't move them. Obviously the boys didn't know me and probably didn't want to have me telling them what to do, but I did the best I could and so did they. I'm not sure I was really needed here because there were many other volunteers, but I did sign up again for next Tuesday to try it out again.
Monday, April 12, 2010
Are Hand Models The New Super Model?
With Apple churning out one hand-held gadget after another, plus e-readers and other cell phone companies, hand models have now got it made. Before all this technology, hand models use to be mainly women promoting nail polish. But I've been noticing these beautiful hands particularly in the new iPad commercials and wondering who these faceless models are... and how much do they get paid? I've read that a :30 second spot can take up to 12 hours. So you may think you have beautiful hands and this would be the perfect line of work for you, but hand modeling is still considered "work." You need to still create a modeling portfolio, take really good care of your hands constantly, and deal with rejection. And watch out for those hand job jokes!
My favorite hand modeling reference is of course the Seinfeld episode where George becomes a hand model. Check out the video.
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