By bluerasberry on 2008-05-29
I want to make some notes about my last job as a test grader for high school standardized exams. I worked at this mass grading facility for ten days sometime within the last couple of months, and I read essays by kids around 12 years old. I do not know the standards, but the grades […]
Posted in art, education, work | Tagged data, fiction, logistics, pop culture, test, youth
By bluerasberry on 2008-02-10
I visited Gay City on 500 E Pike last week. I was planning on going there anyway, but then I saw an ad on craigslist looking for Seattle bloggers to write about gay rights in other countries. I saw an opportunity to get publicity for S.B. but when I responded, the guy said it had […]
Posted in health, HIV, non-profit, Seattle | Tagged advertising, AIDS, data, logistics
By bluerasberry on 2007-09-18
I got two jobs last weekend. Yesterday, Monday, I started one of them. It was with a company that does interviews over the phone, and they are in Seattle. Their call center has about thirty phones and they also do focus groups. My first assignment is to do a survey about pesticide use in Oregon. […]
Posted in work | Tagged data, survey
By bluerasberry on 2007-03-06
I went to the Monkey Temple today and enjoyed it. Today is Tuesday so there was a big crowd there. Tuesday is Hanuman’s day. The monkeys here were nicer than ghat monkeys, but they still harassed people. The monkeys would put their hands out to beg for treats and if people tried to feed them […]
Posted in education, India, religion | Tagged data, death, Hinduism, monkey, ritual, temple