Tuesday, June 17, 2008

Since They Asked So Nicely...



Hi Carla,

As you may know, this month we are trying to reach every nonprofit
organization in the country to invite them to post their jobs and
volunteer opportunities on Idealist.org.

The biggest challenge we face in doing this, is that after 12 years of
promoting Idealist solely by word of mouth (we've never had any money
for advertising or marketing) we are suffering from a classic 'network
effect' - in some places we are very well known, while in other places
no one knows us, and therefore no one knows us…

At the bottom of this email you can see the number of nonprofit job
postings we’ve had so far this month, state by state. As you can see,
we could be doing better in Rhode Island :-)

And this is why I am writing you: to really jumpstart Idealist in
Rhode Island we need your help.

Are there any mailing lists in the state where you could post this
message? If you blog, or if you use Facebook or Twitter or any other
networking tool, can you give Idealist a plug and invite your friends
to join us?

Lastly, if you want to do more, let me know and we'll put together a
team of people who want to help share Idealist in Rhode Island.

Thanks in advance for your support, and all the best!

Ami Dar
Executive Director
http://www.idealist.org

Job postings on Idealist.org, June 1-17, 2008

NY - 1816
CA - 901
MA - 855
DC - 719
IL - 334
WA - 323
MD - 260
PA - 254
VA - 201
OR - 157
NJ - 146
TX - 116
FL - 111
MN - 86
OH - 84
CT - 78
CO - 74
NC - 70
AZ - 60
GA - 60
WI - 58
MI - 45
MO - 36
ME - 34
IA - 32
LA - 30
VT - 30
TN - 25
NM - 25
KS - 24
NV - 24
DE - 22
Rhode Island - 21
AK - 18
NH - 18
OK - 18
MS - 15
MT - 15
IN - 13
SC - 8
UT - 7
KY - 6
AL - 6
NE - 6
WV - 4
ID - 4
AR - 4
HI - 3
SD - 2
ND - 2
WY - 1

For more details, here is two-minute video about why Idealist.org is a
great place to post a nonprofit job.

Mark Your Calendar!

cars are for idiots!



Nick is in town from Vienna, where he has his art gallery, INOPERAbLE!

He is hosting a show of some Austrian artists in NYC. I'm having trouble finding a flyer for it, but when I do, I'll let you know.

bikelove,
Cyclocross Carla

P.S. That's him bike-skiing in the video.

P.P.S. The revolution will not be motorized.

Monday, June 16, 2008

These Beats Are So Fresh!


For Father's Day, I'm taking my dad to a concert:

The Silver Beats
Lupo's
Downtown Providence
August 6th
$15

This Japanese Beatles tribute band is guaranteed to kick ass.

Check out the NPR review.

And for the real thing

xoxo
la la la

Coming Soon...



...a reflection on Lil Wayne's new album, "Tha Carter III"

The most anticipated album has dropped.

Please have a listen.

I need a little more time to gather my thoughts.

"If hip hop is dead I am the embalming fluid"

Weezy is on some other shit.

xoxo
lil c

Milk and Cheese


Years ago Jesse shared Evan Dorkin comics with me. Milk and Cheese quickly became my favorite.

These "dairy products gone bad" had some of the most thought-provoking and subversive concepts to which I had yet been exposed. I was 14 years old and in 9th grade.

Evan and his wife Sarah Dyer do some other pretty cool stuff, too. Educating kids about pop sub-culture via Nickelodeon? Badass history lessons.

Sarah is also a bomb-diggity artist with the cloth. Through her I found Spoonflower, a DIY craft group that will print your designs on fabric (if you're invited). Check them out, DIYers!

As you might know, I am a nerd. I have a baby comic book collection including some great Archie comics from the 1960's. I recommend going into a comic book store this week and checking it out.

Try new things!

Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Rideshare Wanted





I'm going to NYC Saturday to see a bunch of cats, including:

Jesse (he's hosting arts and crafts on Saturday),

Howl (Providence Metal band),


Christiane
(college roommate),

Sip Sak (bomb diggity Armenian-Turkish restaurant),

and quite possibly Nick (old friend visiting from Austria).



I was going to take Amtrak (I love trains), but I thought I'd post a rideshare about it.

Is anyone going to NYC this weekend?
Would you like to have company?

I will bake snacks and pay for gas.
I'm also a kick-ass co-pilot.

Holler atcha girl
Lady Rideshare

Monday, June 2, 2008

The Rock-afire Explosion



I just saw this on Jesse's blog. Amazing. Thanks for sharing, Jefferson!

“The Rock-afire Explosion was an animatronic robot band that played in Showbiz Pizza Place restaurants from 1980 to 1994. The show was created and manufactured exclusively for Showbiz by Creative Engineering, Inc. in Orlando, Florida. In later years, the show was sold to other restaurants and entertainment centers. The characters in The Rock-afire Explosion were various animals ranging from a dog to a gorilla. They would perform medleys of classic rock, pop, and country music, as well as original compositions.”

This dude Chris Thrash (who is he?) has reprogrammed them to perfection.

And don't worry, they do Usher, too.

xoxo
lady animatron

bee. b. e. e. bee.




Tonight 8pm!

There is a spelling bee at AS220!

$5 to enter the competition, but free to watch.

There will be snacks.

I am a huge nerd and I love spelling. I don't know if I'll have the courage to enter. It's been a while since I've been in a spelling bee (I was in the final round in my school-wide bee in middle school when I was in 6th grade).

So I get out of work in Olneyville around 8:15, and then I will ride my bike straight to AS220. I hope to see you there!

love,
poindextress