Michael R. Barrick's blog
Mon, 2006/01/30 - 11:48am
I just got a call from a recruiter who thought that "Vancouver, BC CA" on my résumé meant I was looking for work in Vancouver, Baja California, or California. She seemed genuinely stunned that I didn't want to even consider living in Los Angeles. Me living in L.A. is about as likely as a bonspiel on the Los Angeles River.
Oringinal post: http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/692513.html
Mon, 2006/01/30 - 6:58am
"To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow,
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day,
To the last syllable of recorded time;
And all our yesterdays have lighted fools
The way to dusty death. Out, out, brief candle!
Life's but a walking shadow; a poor player,
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage,
And then is heard no more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying nothing."
Sat, 2006/01/28 - 4:58pm
| Who Should Paint You: Tamara de Lempicka |
You're universally attractive with a modern appeal
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Fri, 2006/01/27 - 5:37pm
You won't get to play this one often, but I just did.
Watch a couple of suburban yahoos seriously offend an older east Indian man (I missed the offending comment or action).
Listen as the old man seriously cusses out the yahoos with some "colourfully" translated insults.
Watch as one of the yahoos gets up and spits at the old man, precipitating a full-blown fist-fight.
At this point the driver pulls over and puts the yahoos off the bus. One of the yahoos decides to swing around and take a Parthian shot at the old man that nearly knocks him down.
Sat, 2006/01/21 - 2:38pm
FOUR JOBS YOU'VE HAD IN YOUR LIFE
01. Groupware Developer
02. Geologists' Assistant
03. Private Barrick, R77 Medical Assistant
04. Bank Teller
(there are about 50 more)
FOUR MOVIES YOU COULD WATCH OVER AND OVER
01. Lawrence of Arabia
02. Casablanca
03. Blade Runner
04. Fight Club
FOUR PLACES YOU'VE LIVED
01. Duncan, BC
02. Victoria, BC
03. Nanaimo, BC
04. Vancouver BC
Sat, 2006/01/21 - 12:28am
Tue, 2006/01/17 - 4:48pm
My ability to tolerate stupidity (and therefore the great bulk of humanity) is directly related to how well rested I am.
I am not, at this point, at all well rested and I am on a suburban bus.
Oringinal post: http://mbarrick.livejournal.com/691107.html
Tue, 2006/01/17 - 12:38pm
I just finished adding a few of the photos from Sunday's shoot to my
Model Mayhem pictues page and realised that I really should pick some other photos to go there. I'd don't have any good runway examples.
Mon, 2006/01/16 - 1:05pm
A few more from yesterday's shoot:
Mon, 2006/01/16 - 8:06am
Here I sit, on a fully-automated robot train, typing a message that I will trnasmit by radio to in-turn be relayed by wire and light to San Francisco where it will be automatically published. The message will be read on cathode ray tubes and liquid crystal displays across the continent from Vancouver to Los Angeles to Miami to New York. It will be read at opposite ends of the earth, from Europe to Australia. And this is all a routine part of my Monday morning commute.
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If these people had brown skin this would be considered a terrorist training camp...