At the advice from about 10 people who love me and know that I love blogging, I finally took the time to watch the movie “Julie and Julia.” It was a pretty good movie. The film highlighted the parallel lives of famous chef, author and TV personality Julia Childs and Julie Powell, a self-proclaimed failed…
Category: Marcie’s Thoughts
Succeess Does Not Come Without Work
I received a text message from my friend saying that she’s reading fashion blogs for plus size women and she’s thinking about doing one. As a blog addict who loves helping others, I should have felt like a proud mommy who saw her baby take her first step. Three things kept me from feeling warm…
I Need to Be a Street Team Reporter
While covering the the Save-A-Lot story for Gapers Block, I followed their street team members as they passed out surprised grocery bags with up to $12 worth of food in the Avalon community. It was not the coldest day in Chicago, but it was close. I have to say that I really enjoyed combing the…
Keep the Faith
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see. Heb 11:1
Just a Quick Update
Things are quite busy, but I just had to take the time to give a quick update. Revising The Write Design website. It is giving me the flux, but it will be done REAL soon. I have come up with at least three different ways to profit from teaching blogging. Now, it’s time to plan…
My Interesting Interview
I had an interview for a part-time community manager position at a nonprofit organization. I was interviewed by the Executive Director and Operations Manager. I felt the ED was asking unusual questions. Why did you pick human resources? First of all, I wasn’t interviewing for an HR position. Second, by the time he asked that…
I Need at Least 5 Clones
What is the going rate for clones these days? If scientists can figure out how to clone a sheep, surely they can duplicate me. I’m only five feet (at least that’s what I tell myself and DMV) and relatively height/weight proportionate according to those charts that were not created by people who choose to ignore…
Marcie’s RandomThoughts
1. It is really frustrating to care when it appears that no one else cares. 2. Sometimes faith is ALL you have. 3. People need to pray for wisdom so they will know when to shut up and when to speak up. 4. It’s extremely hard to elect candidates to represent me that I know…
Updates on My Progress
I am pleased to report my progress on the following projects: 1) Both of my proposals to present at the Blogging While Brown conference had the most votes. So, I’ll be presenting Live Blogging 101. 2) I’m squeezing in research for my roller skating book, and I’m working on an intern job posting to get…
Where are the Black People In Roller Skating?
I was checking out roller skating books at Harold Washington Library, and there were very few black people in the few books I found. Bill Butler’s book is the only book that featured black people. Bill is black, by the way. The few books that did highlight black people showed them in the 1970s during…