SO I HAD SORT OF AN EPIC DAY.
I attended a fashion convention on behalf of the incomparable BetaBeat. The tech keynote speaker was this man:
David Karp, founder and CEO of tumblr, and a really nice guy.
They told me that David would not be doing interviews, that there was no way I…
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What the Hell is Going On: Sylvia Edition, Part II
I completed my viewing of Delibes’ ballet Sylvia several days after I began it, still completely unaware of the ballet’s plot, background or influences. And by the end of the long performance, I still had no idea what was going on.
The point to Sylvia
I bought the ballet Sylvia by Leo Delibes for my Kindle Fire to amuse myself with this week for my internship. I purposefully avoided details of the ballet so I could try and figure out what was going on. I’m not quite done, but this is what I have so far:
Pitching: Newhouse v. NYU
Me: So how is your pitching process going?
NYU intern: Pretty well.
Me: So, umm, what are your pitches like?
NYU intern: Oh, well, usually I just email him a sentence. How about you?
Me: (deep breath) Well, I pitch as I was taught in class. Usually, it depends on the pitch itself. I'll spend a sentence or two outlining the event or subject, then I'll put in at least 1 news peg. If I think it's iffy I'll throw in a sentence about why I'm particularly qualified to cover or write about it. So a comprehensive pitch will be about 3 paragraphs for me.
NYU Intern: Cool story, bro. (goes to work on successful pitch)
Me: WTF. (scrolls furiously through Google Reader for ideas)
FASHION WEEK AND FAMOUS PEOPLE
The women in line ahead of me were wearing furs and one was carrying a Chanel clutch. My outfit consisted of treasured finds from H&M, Target, Gap and Macy’s.
What the hell was I doing at Fashion Week.
I have Things To Say about this (cultural appropriation/classical influence, Madonna’s Superbowl Greatest Hits medly, MIA being a jerk) but I need to work on a web design project right now.
The amount of press attention Downton Abbey is receiving is astounding, so I won’t hash it out any more here.
Can we talk about my day? Because I really need to talk about my day.
Sorry for spamming twitter today! A lot happened and tweeting something on my phone instantly is pretty satisfying. Twitter is so addictive for me.
So my day. No, it wasn’t horribly awful and I’m not going to do a Bexy rant in the tags. It actually had some really good moments, so I want to write about those.
I have been to New York many, many times, but I have felt more attuned to the city over the past month alone than I have over the past 13 years. Even though I got lost a few minutes ago on the way back to my hotel (it is dark, raining, and the West Village has weird streets, okay?), and walking around is exhausting and my Longchamp kills my back, there are some things that were just plain good.
