Not a ton has changed since my last update, but I did acquire a new project today that should be pretty exciting. There was a competition within NHS for marketing stories (tales of success, basically illustrating why NHS is awesome), but now the stories need to be edited to go on their website and potentially into other marketing-related publications. At the last staff meeting, there was talk about finding an intern to do this. But then David, who I am constantly asking "What now?" after I finish something he's given me, suggested that this intern might not be too difficult to find.
I get to copy edit! It's like yearbook! Except when I need quotes, I can't just turn to Lauren or Avjit or Vikki and be like, say something about this event, and quote them as an anonymous attendant (we did that a lot, which was only slightly less underhanded than when I just quoted myself!). It will be nice to talk to people to see how they feel about their interactions with NHS. And then since editing can be done remotely, they might ask me to continue doing so once I'm back at school (except then I'll be compensated). Not too shabby.
Tonight I ended up staying at the office until almost 10 because I babysat during a training for a Community Conferencing program that CBI is starting at a local high school. The kids were pretty adorable, but also fairly rambunctious--thankfully, they hired a second (professional!) sitter as well. We tried to calm them down with a movie (Air Bud!), but they seemed much more interested in playing with the projector than watching the movie. One girl stayed occupied for a good 5-10 minutes (if only it had been longer!) just playing with my hair. She said it was weird, and I guess she was right--another one of those moments where even my mom teasing me about having my dad's pasty skin doesn't really cover the contrast when I am the only white person in the room.
No comments:
Post a Comment