03.10.10 at 12:48 pm by Kara_S
Do you like deadlines? I absolutely love them. They’re one of my favorite things. I think I thrive on the pressure (a.k.a. stress) of a deadline.
Now, my deadlines at the moment aren’t high pressure. The 15th of every month is the close of advertising sales for the next month’s issue of Two Lane Livin’. Besides the sales, I have to have any advertising designs completed by the 15th or shortly thereafter. No big deal. I love sales and I love designing.
Probably more high pressure are my self-imposed business deadlines. I’m working with @stargardener to develop a social media presence for Skala Creative.
I managed to complete the Step 1: create a twitter account. You can follow Skala Creative here. You’ll receive helpful tips on writing and editing, thoughts and quotes (related to writing), special promotion discounts and lots of other stuff. Trust me, if you’re a writer, you don’t want to miss out on some of
Continue reading Thriving on Deadlines
03.05.10 at 3:00 pm by Kara_S
Oops! Guess I need to go back to the drawing board on choosing my American Idol top 3 females!
I was quite surprised that Michelle Delamor got kicked off last night.
She could definitely sing better than at least half of the remaining girls. Yeah, she kinda chose the wrong song, but come on, was she really worse than some of the others? Seriously, Michelle was standing with Didi Benami, and no one can persuade me that Didi has a better voice than Michelle. Sorry, Didi, I don’t think you believed it either.
Besides her voice, Michelle has the looks and fashion to sell to a crowd.
Sometimes I think there’s a small conspiracy going on behind the scenes at AI. Contestants with awesome voices are “voted” off, but are they really? I wonder if big name producers don’t “buy” some of the contestants off the show, and the final vote results are skewed to reflect that.
While I don’t
Continue reading Goodbye to 4 American Idols
03.03.10 at 11:44 am by Kara_S
Last week I chose my top 3 females for Season 9 of American Idol. I really struggled with choosing which guys I thought would make it the longest. None of them seemed to be standouts, and they definitely didn’t have the vocals like the girls. The performances were okay, but nothing to write home about, if you know what I mean.
So … I decided to wait a week and see who did better this week. I’m glad I did because one of the guys I “thought” had a possibility of making it got sent home. Oops!
I feel a little better about my choices this week. I’m still borderline on these so I went with 4.
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From left to right, Tim Urban, Michael Lynche, Lee DeWyze, and Aaron Kelly.
Those are listed in no particular order. Here’s to hoping they all make
Continue reading Pt 2: American Idol Season 9 Picks
03.01.10 at 12:24 pm by Kara_S
Do you have pet peeves? I suppose I do. If you asked me to name them, I probably couldn’t. I don’t think about them very often so I usually forget them until I see one in action.
I found one in action today. In fact, I didn’t realize this was a pet peeve until just now.
What’s my new pet peeve?
Ah, I’m so glad you asked.
Plagiarism.
You know, the copying of other people’s words and claiming them as your own. It’s that thing you could get into big trouble for if you did it on an English paper in high school.
How did I develop my detest of plagiarism? I do a lot of fact-finding and/or research online. Nothing frustrates me more than reading the same information with the exact same wording on 10 different websites.
If you’re going to copy the Wikipedia information and make it a blog post, at least attribute the information as coming from Wikipedia.
Or better
Continue reading Plagiarism: My Next Pet Peeve
02.24.10 at 10:50 am by Kara_S
I started watching American Idol during Season 7, so this year I decided that since I have a little experience under my belt, I would choose potential winners (read: who should get recording contracts and we’ll hear from in the future, IMO).
After last night’s show, I chose my top 3 females. Drum roll, please …
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On the left is Siobhan Magnus. Center is Michelle Delamor. And, on the right is Katie Stevens.
(Those are listed in no particular order.)
Stay tuned for my top 3 male picks after tonight’s show.
Photos are from americanidol.com.
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