By bluerasberry on 2011-08-24
Nandan had told me that he was working with a British documentary crew and that things were cool. He has worked with with film crews before and he seems to enjoy it and some good work has been done. The day before the shoot they say, “Oh, Richard Dawkins is hosting this. You are his […]
Posted in India, service industry | Tagged celebrity, science
By bluerasberry on 2011-08-23
I just have a short story about my neighborhood. This kind of thing is not atypical where I live. I was walking on the sidewalk with a friend in my busy neighborhood, which is as close as possible to the center of the University of Washington. We saw a car pull next to another car […]
Posted in legal, Seattle | Tagged crime
By bluerasberry on 2011-08-04
Yesterday I got a letter from someone at the Kaiser Family Foundation. She is a PR person who was editing her organization’s Wikipedia article, and since I was watching that article, I immediately knew she was changing it. I wrote to her offering to help her develop the article, and she sent me back a […]
Posted in non-profit, Wikipedia | Tagged ad campaign
By bluerasberry on 2011-08-04
Dear X-person – I am sorry. I regret my actions and I learned from my mistakes. I wish that I had not upset you and I regret my behavior for that reason. Since I cannot change what has happened, I hope that you find consolation in the fact that I am making an effort to […]
Posted in research, Seattle, Wikipedia | Tagged mistake
By bluerasberry on 2011-07-30
In August I am going to a meet up organized by Wikipedia to get training to be a “campus ambassador. Wikipedia is starting to provide support for people to go out to the general public and encourage other people to use Wikipedia. This is markedly different from any other top website’s marketing strategy – here […]
Posted in computer, research, Wikipedia | Tagged ad campaign, campus ambassador
By bluerasberry on 2011-07-27
I met Sarahjane yesterday. I brought lots of books and work with me while I waited at the coffeeshop. She told me to be there at 4 and she showed up at 6. We got to her mom’s nearby hotel 2.5 hours later. She looks great. She has in spirits which were higher than most […]
Posted in personal, Seattle | Tagged Sarahjane
By bluerasberry on 2011-07-25
I have been dating this boy named Xu since the middle of June and we have been seeing each other a few times a week. He is from Liaoning, which is the coastal province of China which shares a border with North Korea. He is doing a logistics program through Penn State’s industrial engineering department […]
Posted in China, love, personal, Seattle, tour
By bluerasberry on 2011-06-29
Recently I met a lot of leaders in public and global health. The World Affairs Council is a Seattle non-profit which organizes for leaders from other countries to come to Seattle and give presentations. Global Health Nexus promotes talks about health issues in Seattle. WAC definitely does a lot more events. On June 6 WAC […]
Posted in health, non-profit, presentation, Seattle | Tagged conference, politician, royal
By bluerasberry on 2011-06-26
There was a pie eating contest at the Fremont Outdoor Movie screening of Shaun of the Dead. I went in a Shaun costume and was very serious. There were not many willing competitors and only two others volunteered for this. I have no idea why other people do not see this sport the way I […]
Posted in Seattle | Tagged competitive eating
By bluerasberry on 2011-06-06
I attended the June 4 open house to celebrate the opening of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation building opening across the street from the Seattle Center. This is a 500 million dollar building whose employees have the responsibility to manage the spending of 3 billion dollars a year to improve the human condition. The […]
Posted in education, encounter, non-profit, Seattle | Tagged conference