happy holidays. now go cop that shit
so the "interview etiquette" thing to do, i've learned, is send out a thank you note to everyone you interviewed with. now, this can be a not-so-bad thing because:
1) you may have had a great interview/conversation/discussion, and really do want to thank that person (for a great convo? uhhh)
2) the interviewer in question has had a bigger role than simply interviewer (i.e., advisor, letter-writer, etc), and as such, is deserving of a note.
BUT, this is an immense chore, because:
1) most interviewers say or ask you nothing of note and you can barely remember even having the interview, let alone being so impressed you need to THANK them.
2) the people you usually have the best convos with (residents), usually don't "need" thank you notes, because their input into your selection is fairly limited
3) having multiple interviews at one institution means sending out multiple cards to one place (my high point has been 5)
3a) this means trying to think of different or unique ways of saying the same mundane thing
3b) this means you give up trying to be unique and end up sending out everyone the same thing, minus the name and address on the envelope.
4) you actually DIDN'T EVEN LIKE the interview/interviewer.
the thing is, NOBODY gives a shit. the committees could care less if they received a thank you note from you, it's not going to make you any more selectable. although, if every tom dick and harry sends in a card, and you don't, THEN they might notice. GAAAAHHH THATS LIKE HOW EVERYTHING WORKS DURING THIS GODFORSAKEN INTERVIEW SEASON - it doesnt matter unless you don't do it. then it counts against you.
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NOW, to recommend some excellent thank you note writing music, i'd like to wholeheartedly recommend BLUE EYES MEETS BED-STUY, which is a "mash-up" of sinatra's music underneath biggie's verses. i put mash-up in quotes because the songs are all chopped up and rearranged, making this as much of a mash-up as, say, any black album remix or .... tha 446. (fyi, i consider a mash-up a simple layering of one track over another. the chopping and dropping makes it sampling).
anyway, this is just outstanding. some of this shit sounds fresh as hell. juicy + new york, new york. hypnotize + little green apples. and the beats are really great considering what they were working with. now, paired with my recent acquisition of the "advance" copy of biggie's duets album (plus the duets bootleg), everything's been coming up b.i.g., yfeelsme?
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I know how you could solve your thank-you problem: quit being a doctor godaammit.
i want to get a copy of that album, are you gonna be down here for NYE
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on 16 December, 2005 11:43 [*]
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i think i'll be down there... any special planz?
dropped by on 16 December, 2005 11:50 [*]
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drop some science: