So, those of you to read the last post about the origins of the word 'o.k.' were nice enough to forward some links to me concerning the true origin. As it turns out, my Czech counterpart had it wrong. Supposedly OK was in common usage much earlier than the middle of the 20th century. I'm not going to go into all the stories, because it seems there are a bunch of conflicting reports. But I do not blame Pavel. He must have read that in one of his history books and whoever the author was had it wrong.
Oh well.
For those of you who are more interested in the 'real' origins of the word OK, you can look up this link: http://www.askoxford.com/asktheexperts/faq/aboutwordorigins/ok
Thank you for the link Frank.
As for the second post, I finally heard from my former employer Robert, the one I thought was sick or dead. Turns out he was deathly sick, and his laptop crashed when he was at home during the holidays, so it was 'impossible' to get a word out to me. He was nice about it, but said that due to the real lack of work for me, and his diminishing funds, our working relationship would have to be cut short. For a second, when I was first reading his email, I thought we were back on track. And then, oh crap, I'm still back where I started.
Anyway, I had an interview this morning with this firm that helps expat professionals moving abroad. I went in with the notion that I was interviewing for the editor post of the newsletter, but as it turned out, my training and skills in film production became mighty interesting to my interviewer. The company has decided to film videos for each branch of their company (they have posts in Budapest, Prague, Moscow, Bucharest, Warsaw, and Bratislava). Our very very tentative agreement, and by tentative I mean speculative, was that I would shoot, produce, and edit the video for Prague, and then if all went well with the upper management, I would get the green light to travel to the other locations, stay in their company flat in each city, and shoot and edit the other cities.
Sounds exciting.
Unfortunately, this would only happen after it started to warm up, because they want to show blue skies and happy people. Not gray overcast skies and people grinding their teeth against the bitter cold.
And its not supposed to warm up around here until May.
(sigh)
So it sounds pretty cool, and again, is only speculative, but it definitely made me think about what I could do with the video. And, they would actually have a script, so it would be as close enough to a cake walk if I've ever seen one. You can check out their website at: www.moveonerelo.com
For now though, I need to concentrate on what I can do in those months leading up to the thaw of winter.
Oh well.
For those of you who are more interested in the 'real' origins of the word OK, you can look up this link: http://www.askoxford.com
Thank you for the link Frank.
As for the second post, I finally heard from my former employer Robert, the one I thought was sick or dead. Turns out he was deathly sick, and his laptop crashed when he was at home during the holidays, so it was 'impossible' to get a word out to me. He was nice about it, but said that due to the real lack of work for me, and his diminishing funds, our working relationship would have to be cut short. For a second, when I was first reading his email, I thought we were back on track. And then, oh crap, I'm still back where I started.
Anyway, I had an interview this morning with this firm that helps expat professionals moving abroad. I went in with the notion that I was interviewing for the editor post of the newsletter, but as it turned out, my training and skills in film production became mighty interesting to my interviewer. The company has decided to film videos for each branch of their company (they have posts in Budapest, Prague, Moscow, Bucharest, Warsaw, and Bratislava). Our very very tentative agreement, and by tentative I mean speculative, was that I would shoot, produce, and edit the video for Prague, and then if all went well with the upper management, I would get the green light to travel to the other locations, stay in their company flat in each city, and shoot and edit the other cities.
Sounds exciting.
Unfortunately, this would only happen after it started to warm up, because they want to show blue skies and happy people. Not gray overcast skies and people grinding their teeth against the bitter cold.
And its not supposed to warm up around here until May.
(sigh)
So it sounds pretty cool, and again, is only speculative, but it definitely made me think about what I could do with the video. And, they would actually have a script, so it would be as close enough to a cake walk if I've ever seen one. You can check out their website at: www.moveonerelo.com
For now though, I need to concentrate on what I can do in those months leading up to the thaw of winter.
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