It seems as though I am beset by a stomach bug. Hopefully I will be back to posting tomorrow, but I really am not up to it today. I apologize.
Month: September 2019
September footprints Regret by Ivor Steven
Prompts Day 20
Ten days until the deadline. Have you submitted for Faery Footprints?
Friday Writing
So, I have been writing my whole life. I was also a bit of a club joiner in high school. I worked on the school newspaper and the literary magazine. Since then, I have found places to submit my writing and work with other writers. That has included doing resumes.
I know resumes are scary. But they are useful… So I decided that I would touch on resume writing today. Templates are found easily for resume writing. Really though, you can do one without a template. It is a bit of common sense.
Start with your name and address at the top corner. This is how the employer can contact you. It should be name, address, and phone number…but nowadays you should probably also include your email address.
Next section is experience. List between 3-10 years of employment. If you have spaces of unemployment, explain it. Were you in school? The entry for each employer should list the address, phone number, job title and description, and how long you were there.
Follow this with skills. This is a section that you can get creative with how you describe what you are capable of. It’s like the meme says.
This is the section for this. You have leeway in how you describe what you are capable of, just make sure that you only describe things that you are actually capable of doing. Lying on the resume might look good in the beginning, but it will catch up to you.
Next is education. You have college? List it, put the school, address, phone number, your major and whatever degree you received. Don’t have college? List your high school and any extra courses that you may have taken at any technical school.
Lastly, list any awards you have. Any other thing that you feel is pertaining to the job you are aiming for. I recommend keeping a digital copy that you can adjust as needed.
So does this help any? Any questions?
Thursday Tea Party
Today is a coffee day. So much on my mind today, and no where near enough sleep.
Did you see that my bestie has a new book out? You can get it here. I am so proud of her. She worked really hard to get it out.
I applied, and was accepted, for a position with Coffee House Writers. I will be doing a bi-weekly article for them. My anxiety is through the roof. After all what do I write? Especially for the first one. After I get used to it, I don’t think that it will be as bad. The article has to use 5 of their tags… Which are expansive, but I am not one who is used to conformity with tags. I am stuck in a debate whether to write an article, a story, or a poem. It is so much to think on.
Have you preordered Inspiration Without a Home yet? It releases on the 30th of September. It is a hard story for me, my own. Memoirs are never easy to write. This was not any different.
I have been working on my studio. I nearly have all craft and art supplies moved in. I still have to organize it. I will be posting pictures as I get it useable.
Social anxiety is no joke. I have jewelry pieces and paintings to sell. I have an online store but it is not as active as I would like. I think it is due to me not being as good at taking pictures of what I make. My resin pieces and art always look so much better in person. I can get a table at the local flea market for $5 a day. The problem is that I am terrified that I will make a mess of selling it. So I may be putting out time and money for a fail. I love making the pieces. But I am often putting a lot of money into crafting with no return. So I am planning to do the flea market the first weekend in October.
September Footprints Mirror by Ivor Steven
Prompts day 18
Wordless Wednesday
Prompt catch up
My appologies. I appear to have lost a day. So we are caught up with these two.
Tuesday Tunes
Today I am doing a two fer. Technically. After all, the two songs are the same, one is a modernized cover of the other.
Let’s start with the original…
Lyrics
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Give him two lips like roses and clover (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I’m so alone (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Don’t have nobody to call my own (bung, bung, bung, bung)
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen
Give him the word that I’m not a rover
Then tell him that his lonesome nights are over
Sandman, I’m so alone
Don’t have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Mr. Sandman (yes) bring us a dream
Give him a pair of eyes with a “come-hither” gleam
Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci
And lots of wavy hair like Liberace
Mr Sandman, someone to hold (someone to hold)
Would be so peachy before we’re too old
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please
Mr Sandman, bring us a dream
And the cover…
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make her the cutest that I’ve ever seen
Give her two lips like roses and clover
And tell her that her lonely nights are over
[Refrain]
Sandman, I’m so alone
Don’t have nobody to call my own
Please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
[Verse 2]
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make her the cutest that I’ve ever seen
Give her the word that I’m not a rover
And tell her that her lonely nights are over
[Refrain]
Oh, Sandman, I’m so alone
Don’t have nobody to call my own
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
[Verse 3]
Oh, Sandman, bring us a dream
Make her the cutest that I’ve ever seen
Give her two lips like roses and clover
And tell her that her lonely nights are over
[Refrain]
Oh, Sandman, I’m so alone
Don’t have nobody to call my own
So please turn on your magic beam
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
[Outro]
Mr. Sandman, bring me a dream
Make her the cutest that I’ve ever seen
Give her two lips like roses and clover
And tell her that her lonely nights are over
My two cents
As you can see there is not much difference between the lyrics. The difference is in how it is arranged. I used to love the original when I was a teen. It was a cute song with an upbeat melody. The new version is slightly better though. Syml is a male singer with a voice that could be female or male. Which means that the song can feel like it is good for cishet males or for the more lgbtq people as well. The cover definitely feels more modern without taking away from the song. I like that.
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