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a reading, writing, and photo blog. oh and animals. and their rights. there ain't never been any reimer reason, and i'm not gonna start now

Occupy Your Parent's Basement

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MJ: At the beginning of the project, you hired several career coaches to help you design your resume and guide you in your search. What are your overall thoughts about job coaching?

BE: A lot of what was going on with my coaches was a complete and utter waste of time. First, they all want to do a personality test. My first thought was, “I already told you I’m a P.R. person, that’s what I do. So what if I have the personality of an embalmer?” In 1993, 89 of the Fortune top 100 companies were administering the Myers-Briggs test to their employees. The philosophy behind personality tests is that they don’t want you to be in the wrong kind of job. The tests have been completely exposed as nonsense. People take the test in the morning and then take it again in the afternoon and have a new personality. There’s a wonderful recent book, Cult of Personality by Annie Murphy Paul, who just goes through how it’s ridiculous.

Bait and Switch: An Interview with Barbara Ehrenreich | Mother Jones

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Absorption (Taken with Instagram at Kozmik Zoo)

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This place (Taken with instagram)

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True love (Taken with instagram)

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Mac lounge (Taken with instagram)

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Trampoline Hall (Taken with Instagram at Performance Works Theatre)

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Memory! (Taken with Instagram at Performance Works Theatre)

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Synaptic plasticity (Taken with Instagram at Performance Works Theatre)

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What Comes after Pain? Gendered Embodiment and Temporality in Chronic Pain Memoirs

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Wednesday, October 12, 2011, In : events & contests & conferences & such

This is interesting. If I didn't have to work I would go.

Public Lecture: Professor Leigh Gilmore

86 million people worldwide have been diagnosed as

suffering from chronic pain, and the number is rising. As

chronic pain has increased, memoirs about the experience

have begun to appear. This talk examines a cluster of

chronic pain memoirs as a site for negotiating agency in the

face of irremediable pain, and the interleaving at this site of

biomedicine and narrative structure. Autobiogr...

m. nourbeSe PHILIP: Tuesday March 8 at KSW!

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Sunday, March 6, 2011, In : events & contests & conferences & such

I can't make this due to a work commitment. But you should totally go.

m. nourbeSe PHILIP

Tuesday March 8, 2011

W2 Community Meeting Space, Woodward's Heritage Building

111 W Hastings St. - Suite 250

Doors 7, Reading 7:30

M. NourbeSe Philip is a poet, writer, and lawyer who lives in the City of Toronto. She was born in Tobago and now lives in Canada. She is the author of She Tries Her Tongue, Her Silence Softly Breaks (1988), Looking for Livingstone: An Odyssey of Silence (1991), Frontiers: Essays...

The Capilano Review 3.13 Manifestos Now! Launch |Feb. 22, VAG

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Saturday, February 19, 2011, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Announcing The Capilano Review

3.13 Manifestos Now!

This special issue of Canadian and international manifestos—including work from Christian Bök, Marie-Hélène Tessier, Sabine Bitter/Helmut Weber, Gregory Betts, Derek Beaulieu, Frank Da...

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Screaming Weenie's Clean Sheets 2011

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Tuesday, January 4, 2011, In : events & contests & conferences & such

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
07 December 2010

Screaming Weenie's CLEAN SHEETS 2011 Announced

VANCOUVER, BC - Screaming Weenie Productions is pleased to announce the 2011
edition of our Clean Sheets annual development series of original
Queer-themed plays. Screaming Weenie's Clean Sheets will take place in
August at the Roundhouse Performance Centre in Vancouver as part of the 2011
Queer Arts Festival.

Curated by Vancouver theatre artists Seán Cummings and C. E. Gatchalian,
Screaming Weenie's Clean Sheets ...
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Vancouver is Awesome's Donor Drive!!

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Friday, November 26, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Dear Friends and Family,

As you may know, I am volunteer editor of the community based non-profit organization Vancouver is Awesome, an organization that is very important to me as well as Vancouver.

Today I'm asking for your help in the form of a financial donation. Your support means we can continue to celebrate our amazing city, create events, and support other individuals and organizations that are making Vancouver the arts and culture hub we all enjoy.

Money raised will cover everythin...

Dupe! Launch Tonight!

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Saturday, November 6, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Saturday, November 6
1067 Granville Street (alley entrance)
Doors at 7 reading at 830
BYOB
linebooks.ca

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Respondency*West 2010

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Sunday, October 31, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Respondency*West 2010
http://respondencywest.wordpress.com/
http://www.kswnet.org

The KSW with the support of the Canada Council is very proud to provide another Respondency*West series, based on Margaret Christakos’ ongoing lecture and reading series The Influency Salon. We are indebted to her continued investigations into community, learning and sharing of poetic knowledge.

All events will take place at the People’s Co-Op Bookstore, 1391 Commercial Drive, where the books by these authors w...
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my head is huge

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Monday, October 11, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Literary Death Match on W2TV from Sid Tan on Vimeo.

Literary Death Match Vancouver | October 8 @W2Storyeum

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Sunday, October 3, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Vancouver

LDM100: October 8, 2010

Save a few bucks - buy tickets now!

We've been eyeballing our northern neighbor for Literary Death Match purposes since this whole shindig began — but now, finally, we are beyond eager to (finally) make our LDM debut in Canada, with LDM100: Vancouver!

Boasting a kneecap-tingling assortment of literary and humorous dextrousness, the flair-fueied evening will feature eclectic judges like Talent Time host Paul Anthony, the dazzling comedian/actor Diana Frances, an...

Poetry is Dead Issue 2 Launch | October 1, 2010

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Wednesday, September 29, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

What happens when you give poets five minutes in front of a microphone to do whatever they want? We don’t know. But we’re willing to find out. On October 1st we launch our second issue, and challenge the contributing poets to do anything besides read poetry.

There will be talks and readings by some of the contributors of the “TV, Beer and Video Games” issue including Billeh Nickerson, Donato Mancini, Nikki Reimer, Dina Del Bucchia, Karlene Harvey, Jordan Abel and more.

Join us for a nig...

Gone Fishin'

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Saturday, September 4, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Malahat Review Open Season Contest

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Friday, August 27, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

The Malahat Review Open Season Awards

Deadline: November 1, 2010
$1000 Prize in each of three categories
Submit work in any of our three marquee genres: poetry, short fiction, or creative non-fiction. Poetry: up to three poems per entry (max. 100 lines each); Short Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction: one piece (max 2500 words)
Fees: $35 CAD for Canadians
$40 USD for US entries
$45 USD for entries from elsewhere
(entry fee includes a one-year subscription)
For more information:
h...

music at lunch in Hastings Sunrise

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Thursday, July 22, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

Neat.

animals & animality and just act natural | kingston

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Wednesday, June 23, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

I am super excited to attend the Animals & Animality Interdisciplinary Conference taking place this weekend at Queen's University. I've never been to Kingston and hope it treats me well. The temp when I land is supposed to be 27 C, which will be a shocker from the mid-teens and clouds we've had in Vancouver since, oh, February?

Also my "East Van Cats" piece will take part in the adjunct Just Act Natural art exhibition, which is also exciting for me because it's my first show, and also I'm ve...
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Hastings Park & PNE "Master Plan" Open House | June 10 -23

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Tuesday, June 8, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

I wrote some emails a while back about the egregious BC Arts Cuts, which got me on the mailing lists of BC Provincial MLA for Vancouver-West End and Official Opposition Critic for Tourism, Culture and the Arts, Spencer Chandra Herbert, and Vancouver-Hastings MLA Shane Simpson.

Good thing that, as they both frequently send out news I can use.

For example, did you know that a consultation process is underway regarding the redesign/ redevelopment of Hastings Park & the PNE (fans of Oana Avasilichi...
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got non-fiction? want money? | malahat review creative non-fiction contest

Posted by Nikki Reimer on Saturday, June 5, 2010, In : events & contests & conferences & such

The Malahat Review's Creative Non-Fiction Prize

Deadline: August 1, 2010
Prize: $1000 CAD
Submit one work of creative non-fiction between 2000 and 3000 words in length. No restrictions as to subject matter or approach apply.
Entry fee: $35 CAD for Canadians
$40 USD for entries from the United States
$45 USD for entries from elsewhere
(entry fee includes a one year subscription to The Malahat Review)
For more information:

http://www.malahatreview.ca/creative_non-fiction_prize/info.html
Enquiries: ma...