Holy fuck
America!
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I’ve applied
for pre-authorization from my health insurer for an assessment with Columbia
Speech & Language Services, Inc. in case they can improve my speech. It’s
$450 for a two-hour assessment of my speech, a written report and of their
potential to assist in the improvement of my speech.
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Steve M. is a
warm wonderful man. He is the man who approached me at The Flame to say I should do my speech at TED-X and he came here
yesterday to visit. We had a really lovely visit today and we talked about
pitching to TED. We are a team of five and we are developing our pitch together
on Google Docs. It is hugely interesting, rewarding and fun to have embarked on
this journey.
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Yesterday was
incredibly warm. When I woke up it was 16°; we got to 18° in the afternoon. It
was remarkable.
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I’ve a bit of a
disaster with my pearl dress. I glued part of it to the material covering the
Styrofoam on the mannequin. The most wonderful part of my visual artwork — and
this has always been the case — I have no qualms about cutting it to get it off
and fixing it later. I am not a perfectionist with my crafts.
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Progress is
slow on the script for the dresses. I am not surprised.
I was a
technical writer for decades. And when I had actual jobs with titles — never
for very long — it was always as a founder and my focus was writing policies,
forms, advertising, contracts, grant applications and interim and final project
reports. When I worked for the government, I wrote speeches; I’ve written software
manuals and game instructions, too. I know a lot about form and structure.
But writing for
a performance in which there is to be a lot of improvisation is a challenge. I
am inventing this form as I do it.
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