2011
– Last 100 Days
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November 2011
Currie, really?
Is anyone else really wound up about Senator Currie and the
endless stream of Maryland Government officials going on record to testify to
how __________________ [fill in your “nice” word for “stupid”] ?
At a remote level, I understand how Maryland’s heavy hitters
are hesitant to turn on “one of their own,” and yet the question remains, how can they honestly support long-term
incompetence during these bleak economic times?
Here we are, at (what we hope is) the peak of unemployment in the
nation, millions of people looking for work and we have a highly paid
politician rated by his peers and superiors:
- · Organizational skills “lacking” (Wagner, Washington Post Local, 2011)
- · “No one would call him smart” (Wagner, Washington Post Local, 2011)
- · “Did not pay attention to details…” (Associated Press (AP), 2011)
- · “Right at the bottom of the smart scale” (Bishop, 2011)
Many people are out of work right now. Some of them I know personally, a lot of them
I know virtually. One LinkedIn group I
belong to is the Ashford University Alumni Group. I read the posts from recent and soon-to-be
graduates and a common theme is, “I just finished my degree, but I can’t find a
job.” Replies to these posts run the
gamut from resume tips to marketing yourself for a tighter market. I get emails with job search tips from The
Ladders every other day. All of the
advice for job hunters revolves around competence. Documenting competence and finding new and
innovative ways of conveying that competence.
Imagine how highly educated and skilled people must feel reading about a
State Senator accused of pocketing and
extra $245,000 over five years while considered to be a less than stellar
legislator.
Works Cited
Associated Press (AP). (2011, October 18). Baltimore,
Maryland News. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from WBAL TV:
http://www.wbaltv.com/news/29519827/detail.html
Bishop, T. (2011,
October 24). Baltimore Sun. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from Blatimore
Sun:
http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-10-24/news/bs-md-brown-testifies-20111024_1_senator-currie-legislator-consulting-contract
Wagner, J. (2011,
October 24). Washington Post Local. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from
Washington Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/maryland-lieutenant-governor-testifies-for-sen-ulysses-currie/2011/10/24/gIQACLPiDM_story.html
Wagner, J. (2011,
October 17). Washington Post Local. Retrieved November 1, 2011, from Washington
Post:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/witness-in-currie-trial-no-one-would-call-him-smart/2011/10/17/gIQAKGMssL_story.html
Goal:
1 hour per day working on the film
Details:
Digitized
2011 footage from a July interview with Barbara Wright. She also sang two songs, one of them a great
rendition of “Ease On Down The Road.” (one tape)
Total time: 1 hour
Goal:
30 minutes per day music practice
Details:
Roland-Ready
Strat warm-up
“It’s Your Thing” – Isley Brothers
“Talkin’
Loud and Sayin’ Nothing” – Living Colour version
Pat Metheny –
Exercise
#1 bars 1-4
Total time: 30 minutes
Goal:
15 minutes exercise per day
30/60
Interval training on the recumbant bike
30
seconds > 95 rpm
60
seconds > 75 rpm
20
“sets”
Total Time: 30 minutes
Goal:
15 minutes per day working on the score for the movie
Details:
Rhythm
work on the E – B/D# - C#m – A chord progression.
R&B
chord progression work. Focused on
texture and tone.
“Granby
Street” – 2X lyric swap and bringing in all verses earlier
After
20X of the whole piece, focused on dyads and octaves
“So What” – Miles Davis
A
Dorian intervallic riff
Total Time: 30 minutes
