as a 2007 Heeb 100'er, I will tell you the defining moment for me was when Heeb's Dreidel Hustler and I were tripping during Coney Island's last Mermaid Parade and concocted a master plan to get quintessential Jew Fyvush Finkel to do a spread.
Days later after his agent was contacted, it was learned that Mr. Finkel is very hardcore in his Orthodox ways and is allergic to the technology involved in photo shoots or some shit :[]
Having said that, they did let me design a lil' funtimes Flash game for them.. [www.heebmagazine.com] ..
I'm sure that many other people have made this point in the past, but Heeb always seemed like a pale imitation of the excellent zine Plotz. Having said, I've haven't seen an issue of Heeb for a while, so maybe this is no longer the case.
I understand the risk I'm taking by saying such a thing on this platform, but I actually really like Portfolio. Feel free to draw parallels... I think it makes for some great bathroom reading.
The sky is falling! On a happier note meh was accepted as a word in the oxford dictionary. The word, according to them, originated when homer simpson and bart both replied while watching tv to a request to do something, meh
@undefined: Sorry to break it to you, but "meh" was accepted not by the OED but by some pulpy sounding, fly-by-night operation called the "Collins English Dictionary." I just checked.
The word "nuh-uh" from the Simpsons is listed, though. Maybe that is what you meant. Here is how they cite it:
"1997 M. GROENING et al. Simpsons: Compl. Guide 218/4 Lisa. You lied to me. Nelson. Nuh-uh! Lisa. There, you did it again!"
In a related field, someone of my acquaintance who is an accomplished video producer and director was laid off. After failing to get a comparable job and getting desperate for anything, she redid her resume to change the word "producer" to the words "administrative assistant." And she entirely left out the words "Golden Globe." She immediately got an offer.
@Weegee's bored: I sent out a resume recently where I left off everything after the M.A. and made like I had been adjuncting for the past 4 years. It was for a job at Al Jazeera. Still haven't heard back.
@lionel-mandrake: Seriously, it was a shot in the dark. I am just an academic who is freaking out because I don't know what I am going to do when my fellowship is up in 7 months. I didn't expect they'd take my ivory-tower ass seriously.
Television stations are hiring on their websites. Check that, SOME television stations are hiring on the websites. If you can write quickly, lie well-enough about knowing how to put pictures and words together, you might want to check out TV. The pay is not memorable, but if you are a newsy sort, it's a good place to be.
How does copy-editing/proofreading compare to marking papers on "Beloved" written by college sophomores, pain-wise? I'm curious about my ever-dwindling career options.
@minou: Copyediting is a great outlet for any obsessive-compulsive tendencies. There's no glory in it, though, and I've certainly never made $40 an hour.
@aurora*raby: No glory in grading papers, either. And if you are obsessive-compulsive, it's hell. For $40/hour, it might be worth it but yeah, ain't nobody makin' that right now doing what I do unless they have tenure (which very few people do anymore).
@minou: Now, I've worked only on books and magazines. Books pay less than mags do because the latter benefit from advertising dollars (at least in a perfect world). Apparently, specialized fields such legal and medical pay more. Maybe that's where your $40-plus an hour comes in? (I'm such a loser.)
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What about tote bags?
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Days later after his agent was contacted, it was learned that Mr. Finkel is very hardcore in his Orthodox ways and is allergic to the technology involved in photo shoots or some shit :[]
Having said that, they did let me design a lil' funtimes Flash game for them..
[www.heebmagazine.com] ..
they ain't goin' nowhere..
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And this clip has become handy. (Substitute "Heeb" for "parrot.")
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Between Heeb, Jewcy & Jewlicious the only thing I could figure out differentiated them were what "witty" t-shirts and onesies they sold.
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The word "nuh-uh" from the Simpsons is listed, though. Maybe that is what you meant. Here is how they cite it:
"1997 M. GROENING et al. Simpsons: Compl. Guide 218/4 Lisa. You lied to me. Nelson. Nuh-uh! Lisa. There, you did it again!"
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Check that, SOME television stations are hiring on the websites.
If you can write quickly, lie well-enough about knowing how to put pictures and words together, you might want to check out TV.
The pay is not memorable, but if you are a newsy sort, it's a good place to be.
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