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i asked a forest for permission to record it and got a response from a treeTRANSCRIPTION OF EPISODE (bell and breath) (Wind in forest soundscape) Today's episode is a fictional conversation between a tree and myself. It came to me while I was doing a consent and reciprocity exercise in a forest… like this one. (Recited slowly and thoughtfully) Me (M): Forest, are you ok if I record you today for my podcast? Female voice (F): It's nice of you to ask. (silence) F: What's a podcast? M: Ah, well, they're stories told through recorded sound that humans listen to. F Hum. We communicate through our mycorrhizal networks and symbiotic relationships with other living beings. For example, we regularly exchange nutrients through fungal mycelium. What kind of story do you want to tell your community? M: I'm preparing an episode about listening to life in a forest - in this forest - and I wanted to ask for your consent before recording these sounds and sharing them. F: ok. Everyone is welcome to visit our home, as long as they are respectful and do no harm. M: Thank you. I would also like to make a gesture of reciprocity to the forest, like an offering of food or maybe a song. (Silence) F: or maybe leaving us alone? But good food and song are always welcome. f: Where did you learn about consent and reciprocity? M I learned it from a course I took at UBC called facing human wrongs. One of the exercises during this course was to make contact with the land before entering and asking for safe passage… F: What do you mean by safe passage? Safe passage for whom? M: Right. Let me explain. We learned that there are some human communities who still understand that there is no dualistic distinction between objects and subjects, or humans and nature. The rivers, the mountains, the trees, the other animals and, you know, the forests themselves are experienced as conscious entities who were much older relatives and who, like human beings, required engagements based on trust, respect, consent, reciprocity and accountability. F: I can relate to that: trust, respect, consent, reciprocity and accountability. These are part of some of our system of values of forests but there is so many humans don't know about trees and forests, our culture and our relations. M: We also learned that asking permission and making an offering of reciprocity was a way of entering into a relational experience between living beings, as opposed to, say, consuming an object, owning a property or enjoying a benefit. F: and… how can I say this… how do you think that you can enter into a relational experience with a forest simply by asking permission? (silence) M: Well, to be honest, I don't know. F I agree, human, that you don't know, at least, you don't know yet, but maybe you will one day? F: Do keep listening and thanks for the visit. * CREDITS This is my second attempt at a two person play (the other is e111 traps). With thanks to Kelly Langgard for playing the role of tree and helping me give it shape. Thanks also for editing advice from Sabrina Mathews, Azul Carolina Duque and Flora Aldridge. This episode was created while I was in residence during the summer of 2023 at the Centre de production DAÏMÔN in Gatineau Québec as part of the fourth edition of Radio-Hull 28 days of programming from September 7 to October 4 2023 showcasing local artistic practices. With thanks to the Centre de production DAÏMÔN production team: Manon, Coco, Philippe and Simon and DAÏMÔN's funders and partners. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this episode. (including all the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation and infrastructure that make this podcast possible). My gesture of reciprocity for this episode is to Toronto Arts Foundation. *END NOTES FOR ALL EPISODESHere is a link for more information on season 5. Please note that, in parallel with the production of the conscient podcast and it's francophone counterpart, balado conscient, I publish a Substack newsletter called ‘a calm presence' which are 'short, practical essays for those frightened by the ecological crisis'. To subscribe (free of charge) see https://acalmpresence.substack.com. You'll also find a podcast version of each a calm presence posting on Substack or one your favorite podcast player.Also. please note that a complete transcript of conscient podcast and balado conscient episodes from season 1 to 4 is available on the web version of this site (not available on podcast apps) here: https://conscient-podcast.simplecast.com/episodes.Your feedback is always welcome at claude@conscient.ca and/or on conscient podcast social media: Facebook, X, Instagram or Linkedin. I am grateful and accountable to the earth and the human labour that provided me with the privilege of producing this podcast, including the toxic materials and extractive processes behind the computers, recorders, transportation systems and infrastructure that made this production possible. Claude SchryerLatest update on April 2, 2024
Asketic co Founder Miķelis Baštiks talking with Head of “Printful” Marketing Raitis Puriņš, about growing a marketing team, building and monetizing your audience.M: Much has already been said about the growth of Printful, but I find your growth as the Marketing Team Leader even more interesting. You started from a very small team of five, now you are more than 100. There are many things to unpack. How to lead a team of five and then switch to a much larger team is a conversation of its own. But how has the daily life changed for you personally? I don't know how much you have reflected upon it yourself, but it would be interesting to hear.R: Since day one my position was the Head of Marketing Unit at Printful, however, when you have a team of five, you're not really a manager. The whole office consisted of 30 or so employees, I was number 35. You're not a manager, you learn to become one afterwards. In the beginning you're thrown into unknown waters and you try to swim out. Along the way you learn to become a manager. The first and most difficult realization is the ability to delegate and trust others. When you really become a manager, you think, okay, this person can do this instead of me. He might do it slower at first or take a different approach, but he will catch on. At first, I always put 100% trust into a person when I give a task. It's not like I let them sink or swim, instead I become a beacon that provides help and checks in to see if he's on the right track. Afterwards he has to grow by himself and you witness the progress. Trust is something to be applied to your own colleagues. M: How does it look in daily life? Do you have daily, weekly check-ins? It's clear you have to trust and provide freedom, but there has to be some accountability. Where have you found the balance?R: We have a framework, at the company there's a presentation “How not to die at Printful”. The idea is that it's better to manage a team of fifty or a project, since the company is so big and one project encompasses a large amount of people. There are a few ways you can look at that. One framework provides that every person has its own goal that he has come here to do and he has to achieve in 3 months, 6 months. He knows what he has to complete. One step further, everyone has a number that drives him. The goal of my team could be revenue. You can influence any team, when you set them a number that they are responsible for. If it's the amount of new clients in Australia, then in becomes your drive and all your activities within the project are focused on that. You never come and talk randomly; you always focus on your goal. Managers don't have to keep everything on their mind - it's all written down, you just check in and see whether your team is on the right track.M: There are so many teams. If one team learns something or tests something, are there any systems for not making the same mistakes twice? Is there a way to transfer the know-how of one team to another when there are so many?R: We provide a blueprint or a framework of previous successful approaches, so you don't have to do your own trial and error; instead you have an outline for your new project. In a rapidly growing company, the only constant is change. You have to be okay with facing changes. Not just because you feel like it, but with purpose to be able to work better. You can't lead a team otherwise, whether those are 5 people or 100. Your manager can change or something else. I know that even I have to constantly keep learning. The rules keep changing, and marketing changes too. I actually like it, the discomfort of not knowing something. No one taught me at school how to lead a marketing team of 100 people. If someone knows such school, let me know. Otherwise you just do you best.M: Of course you learn a lot of things along the way, but can you identify a few things that have helped you on the journey from a single digit team to a three digit team. How did your life look before and how does it look now?R: The main thing that I also remind my project colleagues is that you have to ensure you're your partners share accountability for what you are working on. Another thing I remind my team is that there's no such thing as over-communication, especially internal over-communication. We previously had a situation when the IT team came to me and said that an e-mail should be sent out about an update. Okay, when are you going to launch it? Yesterday. So you were kept out of the loop, because it was assumed that you could do this very quickly anyways. It's important to ensure accountability so that you are aware about a project from day one and can contribute. We also have a huge client support team, more than 200 people globally. The company has to ensure constant internal communication about what you're going to do and what projects are happening, the communication is needed above all. The bigger the team gets, the more important it becomes.M: You once mentioned personal growth and how you sometimes write to marketing managers of big companies to ask something, and most of the time you actually receive answers. Is it something you would do in other areas? Meaning, proactively apply the example of a predecessor. And those times when you have received an answer, what have you learned from your predecessors in different companies, but in the same category or position?R: I have never studied marketing, I know almost no theory, and therefore all I've learned comes from other colleagues, also from my previous workplaces. I don't even remember who gave me the idea that you need a mentor. It's less about learning. When teams are of similar size, we switch charts. It was one of my challenges when my team reached 50 members. Okay, I need a structure for scaling or I will die and won't be able to manage it all. You find out what each team is doing, why it's so large, what works, what doesn't. Secondly, you switch agencies and tools. That allows you to adapt it to yourself. I've also joined several groups, there's a DGMG community for B2B marketing. You can ask your question to the crowd or just search for account based marketing, which isn't a well-known term in Latvia. I don't even know who I could ask that in Latvia. This allows you to gain more from real people who have done this, instead from a blog post, where you don't know if this information has been used in practice.M: What else has helped you to learn and grow along the way? This is a cool example of reaching out and learning from the experience of others. But is there anything else?R: Experiments, for example. Often we don't know if something would work and get good results. You just try and see whether it would work. You learn from mistakes. There are projects from last year where I have lost more than 100 000 dollars, without bringing any gain to the company. But I know I have spent several millions that have benefitted us.M: If you could go get coffee with three marketing people from around the world, who would they be?R: I'm more interested in branding right now. I would like to understand performance checks, I like to measure all technical things. If you're spending a lot of money for Super Bowl ads, you need a good justification for that and need to know how to do it correctly. From the branding point of view, my favourite is Coca-Cola. It's the reason why Santa Claus is wearing a red suit. Amazing! Also Apple. The product plays a big part of it, but they're also doing cool things with the brand.M: If you're more interested in branding now, could you unpack the topics that you're interested in?R: Many say that brand comes from the management. At Printful, the management is me. If I want to invest a bigger team, resources or money in this, then I need strong arguments for why we're going to do this. We'll see the results after three, four years, so why do we need to invest a large amount of money, since the market is huge. I still can't do this. It's not like we don't have a brand. The brand is everything that the company has done all these years. But I'm still missing something for us to scale and do it correctly. The right people, the right team? I don't know.M: You said there are 8 regions. Is the brand the same everywhere or do you build it differently for each region?R: We don't think about branding in each region that much, we like the framework “jobs to be done”. We try to find a person who we can help in achieving what he wants.M: Can you tell me more about the framework “jobs to be done”? How do you implement it in practice?R: First, you want to create an e-commerce shop, maybe you have an Instagram following you want to sell to or an existing business, or you want to create a merch line. Second, you want to order something for yourself. We enable you to do that easily, but you need to find answers to many questions. Who will you sell the shirt to? Do you have a design to print? How will you integrate it? For how much will you sell? Then you have to bring people to the website to buy something. A side-product from all this is that we educate clients. The marketing team is teaching others about marketing. All our resources are directed this way. It's much more beneficial to think about the person's dream than to think about benefitting from them driving a BWM. That's why we're very focused on this work. M: You have mentioned content marketing as one of the things you're doing. Do you still think it's working? When looking at the marketing landscape, do you see other things to focus on in the future? R: Content marketing is everywhere, including what we're doing. It's something you polish and put out. Content marketing can be measured in many different ways. The best effect is when any text that we publish in a blog or on website gets indexed on Google. That enables you to first find Printful in organic results just by searching. In content marketing you also create your image. I, by being in podcasts, am creating an image of being an expert on some topic, which makes people want to talk to me. It's similar for companies. If you create content about something, people will have an opinion about you, which goes along with branding. Okay, they know about this thing, probably I should work with them to ensure quality. You just have to create content, otherwise you won't understand what you have to do here. The idea of starting an e-commerce shop is great, but there a lot of ways to do it. The content helps us guide the creator through this tunnel towards a shop and making sales. M: What would be a go-to for potential clients who would like to create a new brand to be sold through Printful and create their content marketing?R: You have to build an audience. I don't have many examples nor experience, but many successful examples show that you can, for example, grow an Instagram account for dog-lovers and monetize it. You need a data base. You can also build hype by making an e-mail list, because you have to start somewhere, e-mail can't be your main channel. You can't send to some list, it has to be legal. The next channels are channels based on captured interest. From paid channels I can mention Google, which allows you to be found as an interesting author through searching. Then it's about whether the content on the website is enough. You create and all the elements mix together. It's hard to name one. Everything is organic game. It won't happen in one day. You'll see the results in the next few months. It's a long-term work.M: Printful grew very quickly, in just a couple of years. Was it a coincidence of showing up in the right time with the right product? Or was it the skill? I wonder if another company from a different category could duplicate what you did to grow five times or ten times quicker as they would otherwise?R: One mould that we have is “solve your problem”. Before Printful, there was Startup Vitamins, which still sells motivational posters. We needed them, because the offices of Draugiem.lv needed cool posters. Every cool office had those, so we needed them too. Didn't have them, so we designed some and started to sell. We did okay overall. We mostly printed posters, so we started to think about t-shirts and other things. I started searching for someone who could do it on demand, because we didn't know if they would sell. This niche turned out to be quite empty, so we decided to take it. Because again, what we're doing – we're solving our problem. The solution is so simple. In the end we printed our shirts, but it was planned out to be as fast and efficient as possible and with less costs.M: Do you feel a difference between the environments of Asia, Europe and North America when it comes to your clients?R: We haven't really delved into that. There might reasons why one is more successful and one isn't, but there aren't any cardinal differences. These reasons are mostly general. In japan, in order to switch your full-time job you need a special reason. In USA, side-hustling is very typical, you need to have an extra job to survive. You can drive an Uber or create an e-commerce shop. While in Germany and Scandinavia, you don't have such motivation. If you're happy with your job, you just have a beer and rest in your free time. You have other reasons for using Printful. In Germany, you need trust badges on your website for them to believe you're legit. There are some specifics, but it's not mainstream and isn't affecting much. We adapt.M: When you talked about brand development and marketing, one of the ways to grow a brand is word-of-mouth. One of your clients has successfully built his business. I think you mentioned that your tagline is “be your own boss”. This one successful person tells it to someone else, who also finds courage to try. For a company as big as yours, is such word-of-mouth still an important channel and tool?R: 100% yes! We might be big in Latvia, but the niche we can fill is still very small. How many e-commerce people in the world would sell printed goods and know about Printful? Not many. So this requires a constant drive. Social media stars rise every day nowadays, and they have an audience that can be reached more easily than ever, therefore it is important. The best approach is to be good at what you do. There's a guy who did a built-in kitchen for me. I have recommended him to at least 7 people, just because I'm satisfied with his job. If someone has a need, I will recommend him. And so it continues. It's the same for a company. It just happens in a bigger scale. When there's a chance to make a recommendation and someone has had good experience with you, he will recommend you, because it's something new he hasn't seen before. They become brand ambassadors. You don't pay them, you can only motivate them to do this more.M: This big trend of “creative economy” goes hand in hand with what you are doing with building an audience. MrBeast just launched his chocolate brand, which is super successful. He has built an enormous audience on YouTube, he launches one product after another. He has a chocolate or snack company. When you look at this category and also what you're doing with personalization and enabling people to be their own boss, do you see how this category develops and how big is the potential?R: That's one of the reasons why us too are developing and growing. Building an audience nowadays is much easier than it was twenty years ago. You can use the thing you have created – video, music, design –to captivate this person who wants to be associated with you, and, brutally speaking, you can monetize it. The ultimate goal is business. You create an audience and monetize it. One of my favourite examples recently are musicians. Musicians inspire passion in people. You follow them. If you like the music, you go to concerts and are ready to spend money. There are a lot of music bands, any one of them can start offering their merch.M: You've experienced an amazing and quick growth during the last five years. Do you have a vision for the following five years?R: We spend such a big part of life working. But in the end you work in order to be able to rest and live. The one thing on my plan is that I need more vacation days. If you work so much, you need time for resting, enjoy the fruits of your labour, spend time with family. There is still a lot of potential in Printful for development so you don't get bored. At some point I will address that too. M: What helped you to overcome the desire to do everything by yourself? I think that a lot of practical people are stuck in this bottleneck and are not ready to release the control.R: For example, if you have to send an e-mail, we agree on a period for doing it. Let's say, I will do it by Friday, but we agree that you will send me the contents by Thursday. If you are aware of the time period when it will happen and get this information, then you don't have to worry whether everything will be done on time. You just get a message that this is done. This has to be agreed upon. Then you can be sure that this person will check in with you that the text is ready, and on Friday you can confirm that everything is done. There have been occasions when I start writing e-mails and then have to edit this and that. When you start to delegate, the thing that you're afraid of is that something won't be done at all or in the quality you want. You just have to introduce these middle points. And any of these points can have a deadline. This way you can free your mind, because the computer will notify you at the right time. And you do the same thing with your team. You just write things down, you don't try to keep 10 things in mind. You say, this is our structure, these are the tasks, and this is the next step. By this time you have to do the following. If not, then you can start to micro-manage something else. That's where the trust comes from, just go through the game rules.M: Thank you.R: Cool, thank you.Raitis Puriņšhttps://www.linkedin.com/in/raitispurins/?originalSubdomain=lvhttps://www.printful.com/Subscribe to Asketic Podcast on:Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/73QSMYK46NHoHCytJYYmPZ?si=Mw4ZLISUSoueh9Es1pCLUgApple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/asketic-podcast/id1496922775YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQdekksSROS4PCxRV7aqT3QGoogle Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2Fza2V0aWMtcG9kY2FzdA--Asketic design & branding:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asketicstudio/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asketic/WWW: http://asketic.com/
This time we're meeting Krists Dārziņš, a designer who has used this pandemic to progress from client projects to his own company and sell digital products worldwide. M: As for the reason I wanted to talk to you, we had a phone conversation at the beginning of this year and you told me about your plan to transition from client-based projects to various self-initiative projects, while ensuring the necessary workflow, within this year. When we contacted during the second half of this year, you told me you had succeeded.K: Yes.M: It's interesting to take a moment to reflect on it and talk about the “why” and “how”. It would be a great place to start, if you could tell us about the idea behind these self-initiative projects and about the very beginning.K: It all began in March 2020, just like for many designers and not just designers. The pandemic started, causing a lot of restrictions in Latvia as well. At that moment I had three clients, namely, three projects - two with restaurant identities and one with tourism agency identity. A killer-combo. Everything stopped in literally one week. I realised that I had two kids and a wife at home and that everything was bad. The survival instinct switched on and basically that same week I figured out that the fastest way to earn something would be to create a product for designers, which I'm quite knowledgeable in. I've realized that it's best play to your strengths. And that's what happened. When I considered how to present it all to the audience, Readymag came to mind, where you can create simple webpages. If I made it pretty, I could submit it to their gallery, and maybe they would show it to their designers. That's exactly how it happened. I created a product – a very simple vector-based outlined tech mockup. Actually it wasn't much of a mockup, people just could insert their photos in the vectors of iPhones, iMacs and various devices. I created the page, it took an extra day, and the following day Readymag put it on their gallery. It happened quite quickly, and the sales began the very first day.M: On the very first day? Super! That must be a great feeling.K: The moment when money starts to come in from random people and not from my clients, that's when you realise this could be something bigger. If I'm not mistaken, the price was 12 or 19 dollars per item. I had named the whole project “portfolio-ready mockup”. And on the next day… I had no expectations, everything happened so quickly, I took the bull by the horns – I called Mārcis Loķis. We had previously worked on some projects, he's a 3D animator, a talented guy. I knew we work well together. I had this feeling that I should call him, since I knew I wouldn't be able to create too many outlined vector-based mockups, nor could I do photography, so I needed somebody to work with. I told Mārcis about this thing and asked how his projects are doing. He said that all projects shut down within a week for him as well. It was a good timing, so we started to create together with iPhones, iPads etc. And that's how we started cashing in.M: That's the first stage. Could you tell me about what happens three months down the line? When you realized the first wave has passed and you have to start building a community of people, an audience, you have zero followers on Instagram and the project is brand new. What are the first steps afterwards? Okay, yeah, Readymag posted it, but how do you maintain a long-term flow?K: That's exactly how it happened. When Readymag posts it, it gets pushed down by new creations and the product's hype disappears quite quickly. Even though the first product that I created in one day, it continued to be our most profitable product for half a year, which was surprising. We still continued, knowing the product would stop earning money one day, and kept making new product channels. That was one thing. Secondly, we realised we wouldn't be able to gain the audience by ourselves that simply. We had no experience doing that, we're no trend-setters, so we needed an outside help. We found a shop “YouWorkForThem”, where assets already were being sold, and their style was similar to ours, so we applied to this shop. Yeah, cool, jump in. We posted there, which created an additional income channel for us. We no longer had to think about marketing that much. Someone else did that in our stead. M: What was the division? How much was sold by others and how many clients you attracted by yourselves?K: At “YouWorkForThem” it's very simple. If you're selling something, it's 50:50. That's how we lived for quite a while, even recently “YouWorkForThem” was a great support for us, as well as “Creative Market”. Designers, who use these assets, would use these markets, buy and sell on this platform. Regarding what we sell by ourselves… It has been our goal recently to lure this income over to our shop, so we're no longer that dependent on “YouWorkForThem” or other shops. We don't know their algorithms and how it all works, we have to share profit with them. That was our goal, and now most of our income comes from our shop. Besides we have gradually grown our audience, mostly based on our hope that people will appreciate quality stuff.M: What was it in your language and style that allowed you to believe that this is worth investing and creating? And what do you think the audience noticed when they chose you among plenty of others?K: If you're an agency or a professional designer and you need a good product, while saving your own time on creating mockups, there aren't that many sensible options. That's what we understood over time, that there are no products. So we developed our signature and style. One of our specifics is that Mārcis creates the 3D part of it all. If some mockups are based on photography, this signature automatically develops as well.M: One cool thing you mentioned is that your first product was very simple, a vector-based visualisation, but when it comes to business ideas, you don't always have to strive for the most difficult, most innovative solution. Sometimes a simple, clear solution is what works the best, and that's a very good lesson. You don't have to overly complicate the beginning, you can get something out very quickly, in one day, like you said, and your first sales the very next day.K: Yes, that's right. Designers tend to be over-thinkers, like, will this be good enough and pretty enough. But in this case, the Covid had started and the survival instinct overpowered the designer instinct. You simply had to publish something, and you just think in your head, what you can put out quickly.M: What channels worked for you in reaching the audience most efficiently? Like Instagram, newsletters. Which of all that helped you in practice? And what was a waste of your time?K: Basically, Instagram just like Facebook is very unreliable. Okay, you decide to do one post every day at four o'clock. You keep doing that and Instagram likes you, but if you miss just one day, the friendship is over. The following day gets worse, you have less “likes”, less impressions, and everything is bad. I have realised that you have to activate your personal Twitter account. People really like when someone is writing in person, designers can get along with designers better, because if we would communicate as the company “Supply.Family”, the contact wouldn't be the same.M: Have you had any conclusions? For example, that simple product was a best-seller for a long time. Maybe you have other outside insights regarding designers.K: I divide our products in two segments. One is the practical mockups, for example, business cards. They look normal and plain, but they sell well. And then there are lightboxes, the sexy mockups that look really cool and attract attention, but the sales are lower, because they are less practical. Besides, we sell not only mockups, we have Photoshop effects, graphics etc. We have grown our shop, by adding other designers. We now also have fonts, and it all has blended together.M: How has this whole process changed you as a designer? How you see the things you create and who do you create them for, since previously you worked for clients. It's the same tools, but a completely different psychology in your head. Now you create yourself, try to sell by yourself.K: I basically create products for myself, by considering what I myself would like. That is our audience, and if I like it, others would like it as well. It's very easy.M: Has the process itself changed? Do you work faster or do you invest four times as much time?K: No, no, in that sense it's a skill as any other skill. It's mockup creation, which we specialize in more than in Photoshop effects. We know the correct techniques for achieving the best result, and that's how we work. The speed and quality has definitely improved.M: Speaking about brands, if we visit your website, there is a wide range of brands, not just one. I tried to write them down, it's Become Family, Studio Family, Supply Family, The Ministry, Apex Design Store, you have your Wallpaper. What's the structure you have created, what's the idea behind this and why have you divided various projects under completely different domains and brands?K: You know, during the last few years we have tried to figure out what is it that we're aiming for and what we are? Become Family was the studio from back when created brands. Become Family was the family, the body of it all. All these projects you listed are under this Family, as well as our studio, which is Studio Family. And Studio Family creates products, mockups etc. Apex is for merchandise, various posters and similar things. We have tried to divide it to make it easier for ourselves. When you work on brands, you need a system. I need a system, so it's clear to me what I'm working on, what I need to pay more attention to.M: Do you keep an inner account on how much time you spend on which project and how much they earn?You know, the survival instinct is still intact and we pay attention to what is earning more, which is Supply Family with all its templates etc. If we spend time on Supply and create new products, those will be products that will be sold additionally. If we can afford to not do that, then we don't do it and we create something else.M: How do you feel about the division between the prevailing digital products and the physical products? The physical products have to be packaged, brought to post office, you have to ship them, print them. How do you see this division?K: With digital products it's super simple. When someone asks me, I compare it to selling kebabs. You make one kebab from a tomato you have grown, from meat you have grown as well. You put it together, create one item and then sell for several years. And you don't need Wolt, a courier, it just gets delivered via e-mail.M: I've noticed that you have started to add an NFT licence option to several projects. Can you tell me why and what do you find interesting in that? What's the idea behind doing that?K: Regarding NFTs, we're just feeling around, seeing where it all will go. I have mixed feelings about NFTs and Crypto in general. We're okay with people creating it, so we added the option for people to add one licence, since we want people to have the uniqueness of a piece of art, so you can't generate ten thousand faces and sell them.M: Your website has an option to purchase creations with an NFT licence. It's a very primitive question, but how does it work in practice?K: When it comes to these templates, Photoshop graphics and any other thing, we don't sell the file itself, we sell licences. All designers know that you can download Photoshop via torrents and the same goes for mockups. But what we sell are licences. We have various licences, commercial, commercial plaza, it depends on the buyer, what it's intended for. An NFT licence is simply what you have purchased, what you are allowed to do with the product. It's just a reference that the person has purchased and NFT licence. And each product has only one NFT licence.M: One of your clients is Adobe, the great software giant. Can you tell me about how that came to be, what you did for them, and what was the experience, when compared to your experience of several years here with local clients?K: Actually they contacted us at the end of last year, it was December 2020. An Adobe representative wrote to us, it was a complete shock. At first I didn't believe it, I thought it was a middleman of a middleman. I don't know where they saw those products, in Creative Market or Behance, but they liked them. They said they wanted to put them in their Discover Portal, and of course we were like “Yes, sure!”. Soon afterwards we had calls with several people, everyone was very open-minded. It was the best client you could get.M: Did they order something new or something from the existing products?K: We had a whole list of things we could make that we discussed during this call. Me and Mārcis sat down with this list of products - various mockups, Photoshop effects, after-effects, and just made them one by one.M: What's the behind-the-scenes process?K: You know, we made a quite comprehensive list for them to choose from. They call us saying that they want everything. I was like, okay, you want everything. So we just keep going through this list, it's still not completed.M: Do you feel a feedback regarding your products and brand when the audience sees you on Adobe site and link it back to you?K: Yes, we do get that, less than we expected, but we do get constant feedback, and people are writing good comments and sending messages.M: What's the geographical division? I assume it's mostly export and that it's not a local Latvian client. Is it North America or the whole world?K: Since March 2020, when I created the first product, there have been three purchases made in Latvia. If I remember correctly, America currently is at 40-45%, it's definitely the biggest market, so we try to adjust the communication to West coast.M:What are three take-aways from your whole experience with projects? A few nuggets of wisdom that you could leave us with?K: Don't be afraid to change your career, that's one. When the first money comes in, you're like, hey, I can earn it differently. You don't have to be afraid of something fresh in your life. Secondly, think foreign. That pertains to Latvian designers, absolutely. It depends on the set-up of each person. Maybe you don't have to work full-time with an ad agency and create banners, maybe you can do something else. You have to push yourself to do something more serious. Thirdly, what's very important for designers, it's to believe in your abilities, don't listen to bad comments. Maybe it sounds boring, but it's true. You get bad comments as well, and, I apologize, but mostly from Latvians. Don't pay attention to those and keep going in the best conscience and create good things of good quality.M: Thank you, Krists, for coming, and we're looking forward to new things from your Family.Krists Dārziņš:https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristsdarzins/https://www.kristsdarzins.design/https://become.family/Subscribe to Asketic Podcast on:Spotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/73QSMYK46NHoHCytJYYmPZ?si=Mw4ZLISUSoueh9Es1pCLUgApple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/lv/podcast/asketic-podcast/id1496922775YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQdekksSROS4PCxRV7aqT3QGoogle Podcasts:https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9mZWVkcy50cmFuc2lzdG9yLmZtL2Fza2V0aWMtcG9kY2FzdA--Asketic design & branding:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/asketicstudio/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/asketic/WWW: http://asketic.com/
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เมื่อน้องคนหนึ่งลังเลจนต้องถามทรายเข้ามาว่า สิ่งที่กำลังจะเลือกมันแรงไปไหม ที่ไม่อยากดูแลพ่อช่วงบั้นปลาย เพราะไม่โอเคกับพฤติกรรมหลายๆ อย่าง จนอยากพาแม่และพี่ไปอยู่ที่อื่นให้มันรู้แล้วรู้รอดไป ทรายมองว่า น้องเป็นส่วนหนึ่งที่ได้รับผลกระทบจากสิ่งที่เขาก่อ น้องมีสิทธิ์เลือกแก้ปัญหาและจัดการด้วยตัวน้องเอง แต่ทรายย้ำว่า ทุกการตัดสินใจ มีราคาที่ต้องจ่าย โปรดคิดให้ดี เพราะอาจเป็นน้องหรือเปล่าที่ต้องเจ็บจากการตัดสินใจนั้น #SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
เมื่อ Station Director เราสงสัย มีหรือที่ทรายจะไม่ตอบ เพราะในช่วงเวลาที่ทรายพักไป 1 เดือน ทรายแอคทีฟตลอดเวลา จะเรียกว่า “พัก” ก็ไม่ได้ แล้วทรายเองพักผ่อนหรือออกจากความเหนื่อยตรงนั้นอย่างไร ทรายพูดคุยถึงหลายวิธีออกจากอารมณ์เหนื่อยของตัวเอง มีตั้งแต่นั่งร้องไห้ ปั่น Ellliptical เปิด Netflix ดูหนังผีที่ชอบ อยู่กับมะโม่ ไปจนถึงอ่านหนังสือเก่าซ้ำอีกรอบ ซึ่งกิจกรรมทั้งหมดนี้ ทำให้ทรายรู้ว่า ตัวเองชอบชาร์จพลังด้วยการทำกิจกรรมในบ้านมากกว่าออกไปข้างนอกแบบมากๆ เลย #SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
พี่ทรายคัมแบ็คแล้วจ้า มาพร้อมกับคำถามของน้องที่มีปัญหารุมเร้าทั้งการฝึกงานและสอบไฟนอล โดยการฝึกงาน ทำให้น้องมองเห็นภาพบางอย่างและกังวลถึงอนาคตว่า อาจต้องเจอเรื่องหนักกว่านี้ จนเครียดและกลัว “การเป็นผู้ใหญ่” ไปเลย ทรายมองว่า ความเป็นผู้ใหญ่ มีทั้งความขมขื่น ฝืนจิตฝืนใจที่จะต้องทำบางอย่าง ไปจนถึงความรับผิดชอบและการตัดสินใจในชีวิต ที่ต้องรับมือกับผลนั้นให้ได้ หากถามว่า เป็นผู้ใหญ่มันหนักไหม หนักอยู่แล้วแหละ แต่ยังไงเราก็ต้องเติบโตต่อไปให้ได้ เพราะเป็นผู้ใหญ่มันต้องเรียนรู้ที่จะเจ็บปวดยังไงล่ะ #SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
คำถามเบากรุบก่อนพี่ทรายลาพัก 1 เดือน เพื่อรีเฟรชตัวเองใหม่ ว่าด้วยเรื่อง ‘งานแต่ง’ กับ ‘การบอกปฏิเสธ’ ที่เป็นศิลปะทางวาจาของใครของมัน แต่จะปฏิเสธแบบไหนให้นุ่มนวลและไม่สะเทือนความรู้สึกอีกฝ่าย นี่สิน่าคิด! ทั้งชุดและเงินช่วยงานเอย ที่เป็นเงื่อนไขหลายอย่างในงานแต่ง ทำให้ทรายก็เป็นอีกหนึ่งคนที่ไม่ชอบไปงานแต่ง แต่จะผ่านเหตุการณ์กลืนไม่เข้าคายไม่ออกจากการเชื้อเชิญนี้ยังไง ทรายมีคำตอบให้ 2 อย่างคือ “ยินดีเท่าที่ไหว” และ “ทำเท่าที่สบายใจ” นั่นแหละคือ คำตอบที่ดีในการปฏิเสธอย่างสุภาพที่สุดแล้ว #SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
ประเด็นสาดสียังสดๆ ร้อนๆ มาก ก็มีโพสต์หนึ่งถามพี่ทรายขึ้นมาว่า จะอธิบายปรากฏการณ์ตำรวจโดนสาดสี ทั้งๆ ที่ผู้ชุมนุมยังโดนทำร้ายยังไงดี กับคนที่มาโพสต์ว่า “ตำรวจก็ไม่ได้แย่ไปซะทุกคน” ทรายยืนยันขึงขังเลยว่า ใช่ ตำรวจไม่ได้แย่หมดทุกคน แต่ผู้เรียกร้องก็ไม่ได้อยากสาดสีตำรวจเช่นกัน ทุกคนมีพื้นที่ในการเรียกร้องบางสิ่งของตัวเอง แต่แค่เราไม่อยากจำนนกับอำนาจที่แฝงมากับเครื่องแบบ การสาดสีจึงกลายเป็นการแสดงออกในเชิงไม่เห็นด้วยกับระบบอำนาจที่ซอฟท์ที่สุด เพราะทันทีที่เขาถอดเครื่องแบบนั้นออก เขาก็กลายเป็นคนที่เท่าเทียมเหมือนกันกับเรานี่แหละ! #SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
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ภาคต่อซีรีส์ “ทรายไปศาล” กลับมาอีกครั้ง กับ Side Stories เกร็ดเล็กเกร็ดน้อยตอนอยู่ในศาลมาเล่าสู่กันฟังแบบเห็นภาพว่า ไปศาลควรแต่งตัวแบบไหน ต้องแสดงออกต่อหน้าศาลยังไง ช่วงการว่าความมีการใช้คำหรือถ้อยความอะไรบ้าง มุมหนึ่งทรายคิดว่า ทุกอย่างน่าจะง่าย เหมือนในหนังในละคร แต่แท้จริงแล้ว ไม่ใช่ทุกคนจะไหว และผ่านมันไปได้อย่างราบรื่น ไม่เว้นแม้แต่ทรายเอง ที่บางครั้งก็แทบทรุดและแอบมีน้ำตา จากแผลในใจที่ถูกสะกิดขึ้น เพียงเพราะต้องพูดย้ำหรือกล่าวซ้ำในบางเรื่องอยู่ตลอดเวลา นั่นจึงทำให้ทรายเข้าใจหัวอกคนในฝั่งโจทก์และจำเลยมากขึ้น #SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
This podcast is part of a series of case studies in which we speak to small business owners. Find out about the challenges and advantages of owning your own business, and pick up some advice on how to get started. The Eco Larder is a Community Interest Company (CIC) based in the Haymarket area of Edinburgh. Opened by Matthew and Stephanie Foulds in November 2018, it's the city's first zero waste supermarket. They aim to put planet and purpose before profits. Read the full case study here - www.gov.uk/government/case-stu…/the-eco-larder-cic Transcript Companies House host: Hello and welcome to our latest podcast. We're here with the Eco Larder Community Interest Company in Edinburgh and welcome to Matthew and Stephanie and baby Jasmina. How are you guys? Matthew: Very well. Thank you. Stephanie: Yeah, really good. CH: Thank you for welcoming us here today to talk to you about your company. So if we get straight into it, why did you start the Eco Larder and what inspired you? M: So we started the Eco Larder well, it was an idea that had been with us while Stephanie was pregnant with Jasmina and we became increasingly aware of the additional waste we were going through preparing for a little baby and just how much it was going to take to try and live without plastic for her and we just decided at that point that we were going to make a stand, we're going to do that ourselves and then that blossomed into well, there's an opportunity to do that for Edinburgh and create a zero waste supermarket. CH: Okay, and is it just the two of you or is it kind of you and family and volunteers? S: Well, we have my mum as our biggest volunteer looking after Jasmina and taking care of all the details helping in the shop and then we've also got an amazing team of volunteers. M: Yeah, we've had lots of people just willing to offer their time doing shifts, creating websites, fixing doors and sending boxes. We will always find someone, it's just been a wonderful experience. CH: That is so nice and I guess to already feel that you've kind of got a community of people that you know are really passionate about it and want to come and support the shop and what you're trying to achieve. M: Yeah CH: Amazing. In terms of kind of finding your premises and stuff. Was there a reason why you chose here? You're sort of just off the Haymarket aren't you in Edinburgh? M: Yes, so we're nice and central here, but we also live in this area. So we wanted to be fairly close to where we live, but also it is a great spot with what we hoped would be accessible for everyone who is coming in on the trains, but also very central in Edinburgh. Lots of people live around this neck of the woods, so we've looked around for a little while and checked out a couple of places and then we stumbled across where we are now. CH: Brilliant and I know you've been open since November 2018 so you're sort of a few months in now. Where did it all start? What were the first things that you kind of did in terms of, I guess setting up the business? S: I think we just thought let's go for it. You know and one day we sat down and launched a crowdfunding campaign. It was near the end when I was heavily pregnant. We couldn't move anyway, we were stuck in the house and Matt said I'll do the crowdfunding and I did the website and we did that and thought we've got nothing to lose and it went from there. M: Yeah, then we got the crowdfunding. We thought ‘oh crikey' now we've got to do it and yeah, it all just kept going one thing after another. CH: Brilliant. So that was kind of I guess the starting point. Where did you go next? M: Yeah, and so once we started to look at actually setting up the company we came across all the other options for how we would register and the best fit by far was the the CIC because we were taking on more than just creating a business for ourselves. It was you know, really going to be a shared effort for the Edinburgh community. CH: Yeah, the really strong sort of social purpose I guess and that fits great into to why people go down the sort of community interest company. S: Yeah, I mean our moto is planet and purpose before profit and we stick by that through everything that we do and that ethos is just really important to us because we want to not only change shopping behaviours, but also improve society and the entire system that we live in and make it a fair world and we really believe that a social Enterprise is the only way to create that fairness. M: So yeah, we'd like to see lots more social enterprises exist. CH: Yeah, and I guess with Jasmina as well. It's about thinking about her future kind of how you want her to kind of grow up. S: Yeah definitely. M: In terms of other help as a result of that we have a government backed agency up here called FirstPort and they help social Enterprises to get off the ground so we receive a lot of help from them. S: Through that I guess we work with a lot of social enterprises, like we worked with the Edinburgh tool library in terms of getting the shop fitted out and then bread share they supply our bread to another social enterprise, Hey Girls, they fight period poverty and we stock their products as well and so we support other social enterprises. CH: That's really nice. That's bringing everyone together, that's the reason for what they are doing and its great that they integrating it with your business. S: Yeah Definitely. CH: That sounds great. In terms the business side of the Eco Larder you sort of first registered your company and then was it a fairly easy process to convert to CIC? M: Yeah. It was a really simple application. We went through a, I don't know what you would call them, it wasn't through Companies House directly. CH: Was it a formation agent? M: A formation agent and yeah, once we had registered we just had to apply for the social enterprise or the community interest company. It's just really easy. CH: Great, yeah, and I know obviously, you know you're still really new so luckily you haven't got to worry about filing anything in terms of the accounts and things for at least 21 months, which is great it gives you sort of real chance to get the business up and running. S: Definitely. CH: Did you look for advice from accountants and things to help you with that side of things? S: Definitely. M:Yeah, we're not accountants so we needed the help on that. But you know, it's nothing to be scared about. S: It's not expensive either. M: It's fine to find an accountant who is willing to just do the you know, the final accounts, it's not a worry. S: But it's a must have. M: It's a must-have, Yeah. We would leave it. S: We wouldn't do it. CH: Yeah and I think that's something to think about it's, you know we have to do this but I'm not great on that side of things. I know you've also got your yoga company, haven't you as well? S: Yes. CH: Has that been a help kind of in terms of experience? S: Yeah, we definitely went through about four accountants before figuring out that it's quite a simple thing because felt at the beginning there were a lot of words that I didn't understand so we went with Derek Napier in the end who's fantastic. CH: Brilliant and he'll help you with all your responsibilities down the line at Companies House and CIC regulator. S: Yeah. CH: That's really great. In terms of your biggest challenges, would you say the things that if you were giving advice to other people who are looking at kind of maybe a zero-waste shop or something similar what other things would you say? These are the things you kind of need to focus on and the challenges I guess. S: Yeah. M: I think it depends on the space that you're going for and potentially if you're targeting a certain section of food and you really want to make a difference with your own business, if you've got the opportunity because you are surrounded by great farming, very local and that's a chance for you to change. S: I think you need to be really hands-on, just save costs by doing it yourself wherever possible, that's the most important message I would put across. M: Be prepared to have a real tough shift early on. CH: Yeah. Yeah dedicate yourself to it. S: Yeah, you are taking Deliveries at 7am And then at 8am you're doing social media 9:00am you're helping customers. M: I think you have that with any small business. CH: Yeah those sort of personal challenges that come with it. M: And yeah, if you're believing in it, and you've got the reason for setting up in the first place. It's so much more rewarding. S: You need to be driven by the passion because you need to really want to do this because it's a lot of work. Yeah. CH: And have you been amazed by how you've been received by local community? S: Yeah. M: Yeah, we've had a phenomenal response to the crowdfunding initially and that then built into lots of followers on our social media and because we opened up in Edinburgh and people were desperate for it, it kind of took a snowball really and we were just overwhelmed in the end when we came to opening day. So yeah, that's all been fab we couldn't of asked for better really. S: Yeah, we've had a lot of media come in and film and lots of newspapers have taken up coming here as well and writing about us so that's really been helpful, you know being Edinburgh's first zero waste shop has been a huge thing, which is why the media have really been behind us. CH: Yeah, That's great. M: And now there's more following so it's the more it becomes the norm the bigger the change. CH: Excellent, in terms of things that you're sort of most proud of I know you run other sort of initiatives and things don't you that you're trying out, like your beach clean ups and things like that. Is that something that you're going to continue to do more of? M: Yeah, so that's a regular part of our social initiative. We also look to run workshops on being more sustainable, making your own things, up-cycling with materials. We are also looking to expand this year into becoming a grower of produce and working with areas of Edinburgh to grow our own. CH: Wow, and would that be here in the in the shop? M: That would be a little bit in the shop and other parts of the city so that's a much bigger project that we've got. But yeah a real education piece around growing your own stuff growing seasonal. There's a lot out there in the news now about the diet that we have to live with to sustain the planet. CH: Really exciting, sounds great. What's been some of the most important things in terms of what you see as your success? Has it been the people, has it been the volunteers has it just been sort of starting and seeing it grow? S: More I think the people that come in and it's like a sweet shop for adults. So every single adult that comes in gets so excited and you can see it in their faces and their body language and then they say half the time ‘'I'm so excited to be here''. M: But the kids then who come in with them and they are really passionate about it as well. So I think they're going to be the generation that sees it as the norm and fixes a lot of where we've gone wrong. Through no fault of well, obviously fault of our own but maybe we just didn't quite understand the impact that we were having and generations gone by so that's been really nice to see. CH: I guess, you know, you've obviously both got a lot of passion for what you do and what really comes across. What is something that you'd say is the main thing that keeps you going keeps driving me to do more? S: I think so, I think that's what it is and then little Jasmina, I'm always thinking, we're doing this for her. She gets to grow up in a world that cares for the environment, for people, for health and well-being. Those are our values that we want to pass to her and I feel that everything that we do every day is for her. M: And every day is a new day, which is refreshing. CH: Sure and it comes with a different challenges I guess but that's all part of developing the business. So what's next for the Eco Larder in the next few months? M: So in the next few months, hopefully, we're in a position to start bringing in some people to help us run it as well and that will then allow us to look to do these other initiatives. It's in terms of looking to do our own growing. S: We've also created a plastic free Edinburgh badge. It's a scheme that we want to help local businesses reduce their waste and in particular their plastic consumption and we feel that we have some experience in this and we're well placed to go into businesses and give them this advice, but going out and about is really tough right now because we need to run the shop so having people work here will really help us create a bigger impact throughout the city. CH: Amazing. And is that's something that you're kind of look for some funding for to help with? S: Yeah, I guess so, but it's largely our time more in like a consultancy basis so just freeing up our time. CH: Yes, you can get out and about and know that this is all running? S: Yeah, definitely we want to highlight the companies that are actively reducing their plastic waste we feel that we've got a strong social media following and we really want to shout about the companies that are making a difference so we're very interested in getting partnerships built that way. CH: To round up then, is there one final thing you'd say to people about you know, if they're thinking about doing it themselves for any zero waste shop. What would you say just go for it? M: Yeah, I think more and more is going to come along the way so if you've got the opportunity, whatever part of the country you're in and you want to make it then go for it. S: Yeah go for it, but expect it to be full on, which is good, you know and I feel that there's a lot of people with a passion behind it. From us to the customers, so you know get that community going wherever you are. CH: Thank you both ever so much for your time. I know there's lots of really interesting stuff in there for people considering and opening up a small business. If you do want some more information, you can head over to GOV.UK/companieshouse and also the CIC regulator who will have information specifically about Community Interest Companies. Thank you. Thanks for listening. S and M: Thank you so much.
ปัญหาการอยู่คนเดียวยังคงถูกถามอย่างต่อเนื่อง เมื่อทรายต้องให้คำปรึกษาผู้หญิงคนหนึ่งที่ต้องเลี้ยงลูกเพียงลำพัง เพราะพ่อของลูกกำลังจะติดคุก แล้วไม่รู้ว่าชีวิตข้างหน้าจะไปต่อแบบไหนดีทรายบอกเจ้าของเรื่องตั้งสติและใจเย็น ตัดตัวแปรแวดล้อมของตัวเองทิ้งไป และให้โฟกัสที่ตัวเองก่อนว่า มีความพร้อมในการดูแลเด็กมากน้อยแค่ไหน และทำยังไงให้ลูกเติบโตขึ้นมาอย่างมีความสุขและมีสุขภาพจิตที่ดี ส่วนเรื่องพ่อของลูกนั้น ทรายให้ทางออกหลายเวย์มาก ตั้งแต่ให้โอกาสที่เจือปนกับความหวาดระแวง ไปจนถึงตัดผู้ชายคนนี้ออกจากชีวิตไปเลย!#SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
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มีคน DM มาถามทรายว่า “แม่เพิ่งเสียไป พ่อก็มีคนใหม่เลย รู้สึกไม่โอเค จะรับมือกับความรู้สึกนี้ยังไง” ทรายเกริ่นถึงสังคมที่มักจะชอบคิดแทนเรื่องความสัมพันธ์แบบนี้ไปก่อน ว่ามันจะต้องดราม่า มีความละคร หรือตบตีแย่งชิงสมบัติแน่นอนแต่ความจริง การเริ่มต้นชีวิตคู่ครั้งใหม่ ทุกคนมีสิทธิ์คิดได้ว่า มันโอเคหรือไม่โอเค แต่ไม่มีสิทธิ์จะไปห้ามให้เขาทำแบบนั้นแบบนี้ สิ่งที่ต้องคำนึงมากกว่าคือ จะจัดการตัวเองหลังจากนี้อย่างไร อีพีนี้ทรายมีคำแนะนำรอทุกคนอยู่ ไปฟังเลย!#SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
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คำถามคราวนี้เป็นเรื่องความสัมพันธ์ หลายคนเองก็คงเคยคิดว่าความรักจะทำให้เราฟันฝ่าทุกสิ่งทุกอย่างไปได้ แต่เอาเข้าจริง หลายครั้งแค่รักมันก็ไม่พอ ทำให้ความสัมพันธ์ต้องจบลงไปและหลายครั้ง การเลิกราทำให้เกิดแผลในใจจนไม่อาจเปิดใจมีความสัมพันธ์ครั้งใหม่ได้ เรื่องนี้มีทางออกหรือไม่ หรืออะไรจะช่วยเยียวยาเราได้ ไปฟังคำตอบจากทรายกัน#SalmonPodcast #ImทรายThankYou #ทรายเจริญปุระ
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Owner and President of Applied Vision Works, Don Hadley, and Director of Operations, Craig Chase, sit down and talk with Steven Long, owner of GSM Services, about the culture that he created at his business that puts his employees in position to look forward to coming into work after the Weekend. Listen to the podcast to find out what one simple thing Steven does each week to impart his positive nature on his customers, clients, friends and families. Questions, Comments, or Concerns, please e-mail Craig Chase at cchase@appliedvisionworks.com
Owner and President of Applied Vision Works, Don Hadley, and Director of Operations, Craig Chase, sit down and talk with Steven Long, owner of GSM Services, about the culture that he created at his business that puts his employees in position to look forward to coming into work after the Weekend. Listen to the podcast to find out what one simple thing Steven does each week to impart his positive nature on his customers, clients, friends and families. Questions, Comments, or Concerns, please e-mail Craig Chase at cchase@appliedvisionworks.com
2009年高考试题—英语听力（北京卷）听力原文 录音稿1.M: Can you type?W: Yes, about eighty words a minute. I have been working as a typist for fifteen years.M: That’s great. I can’t type more than forty-five. 2.W: Which is your favorite TV channel?M: I like to watch the sports channel, ESPN.W: Don’t you watch any other channels?M: Sometimes I also watch Discovery, History and some news channels. 3.W: Mr. White is fluent in Spanish, and now he is going to learn French.M: I’ve heard he also knows a little Japanese. 4.M: Was there anything valuable in the missing bag, madam?W: Yes, my purse and my keys. Luckily, I was using my mobile phone at the time.M: Anything else?W: No, nothing else. 5.W: I’d like this textbook, but the cover is damaged. Do you have any other copies?M: If that is the only copy on the self, I’ll give you a discount. 6-7W: What’s the matter with you?M: I’ve been having headaches.W: How long have they been bothering you?M: Umm… They started about two months ago. Oh, no. It must be about three months ago.At first, I thought as if I had flu because I had a running nose and a bit of a temperature.W: I see. And do the headaches come on at any particular time?M: They are usually worse in the morning, especially during the past two weeks.W: Now let me check if there is anything serious. 8-9M: Hello, Robert speaking.W: Hi, it’s Emma. I’m glad you’re there. It’s about our appointment on Wednesday morning. I’m afraid I can’t make it now.M: Oh, that’s a shame.W: I’m sorry. There was a change in my business partner’s plan. And Wednesday is the only day she is able to see me.M: That’s okay. But we need to find another date.W: I could manage sometime Thursday. How about you?M: Sorry, I got an important meeting all day. What about Friday?W: I’ll go to an exhibition in the morning, but I could come to your office after that.M: Great! Look forward to seeing you then. Bye! 10-11M: Welcome to the Summer Festival Program. We offer three major events today: Youth Celebrations, River Festival and Songs of Summer. If you love to dance, Youth Celebrations may be your choice. Students from various countries including Canada, America and Australia are each performing three dance pieces. If you like to stay by the river, River Festival will offer you a day of fun on the river bank, followed by fireworks in the evening. For music lovers, Songs of Summer brings you the Hunton Group who will perform old and new songs all about the summer. Hope everyone will have a good time. 12-14W: Good morning, Plaza Hotel. Can I help you?M: Hello, I’m just checking the room rates. How much are the single rooms, please?W: Well, sir, the singles are now from 180 to 240 dollars.M: And the doubles?W: The double rooms are now 270 to 330 dollars.M: That includes tax, I suppose.W: No. But the price does include breakfast and service charge is extra.M: Thank you very much. I think I got that. That’s singles from 180 to 240 dollars, doubles to 270 dollars.W: No. The price of doubles is from 270 to 330 dollars.M: Oh, I see. And can I get an extra bed if we need one?W: Yes, of course. An extra bed is 45 dollars.M: Okay, that’s fine. Thank you very much.W: You’re welcome. 15-17W: So many books here. Which one do you think Kate would like?M: No idea. How about Tasty Fish? It’s fifteen pounds and it’s got so many color pictures in it.W: So does the book Something Fishy. It’s also got many instructions for cooking.M: It seems to be fairly traditional. How about World Wide Fish?W: Oh, it looks more like a reference book than a cook book. A lot of reading, and not many pictures.M: It’s interesting, though, the way it’s organized fish by fish.W: That’s true. How much is it?M: Twelve pounds.W: And one I picked up first?M: Something Fishy? Oh, here it is. That’s seventeen pounds.W: Hmm… Well, this one has a nice combination of pictures and instructions. Anyway, we can’t spend all day here. I’m going to take this. 18-20W: Hello, and welcome to our program of successful business women. Today, we are looking at the story of Maria Silvers, the founder of a chain of coffee bars. She comes from Singapore, but later moved to London with her family. Her father, who was a factory manager, filled her with a belief in hard work. Maria studied political science at university. After leaving university, she became a teacher. When her father died, she went to New York for a break. Every morning, she’d go to a coffee bar. When she got back to London, she realized that there was nothing like those coffee bars. So she decided to give up her job and do something about it. She opened the first coffee bar in 1995, and her success was quick. She opened ten more the following year. Now she is proud of her success and plans to open eighty more besides the eighty-five she already has. And Maria is only 33 years old.
もうすぐクリスマス。今週と来週はクリスマスにちなんだエピソードをお届けします。 クリスマス・イブに女の子が男の子をレストランでの食事に誘いますが、彼はその誘いを断ります。その理由は、どうやら彼の出身地ポーランドでのクリスマスの過ごし方にあるようですね。 Image credit: Przykuta via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0. ※パソコンのブラウザでお聞きの方は、下に表示されている緑色のプレーヤーで、セクション単位での頭出し・巻き戻しができます。 （オープニング→スロースピードの会話→解説→ナチュラルスピードの会話→エンディング） Download MP3 スマートフォン用 （15:01 7.5MB 初級〜中級） *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） cuisine （高級な）料理 ※冗談として使われることもある。 to go out with ... ...とデートに行く to end up ... 結局...する結果になる ※ "..."の部分には、動詞のing形やed形が入る。 No way! とんでもない！ people in need 困っている人々 *** Script *** (Slow speed) 04:20-06:30 (Natural speed) 10:30-12:15 Christmas in Poland W: Hey Simon! Are you free on December 24th? Can you eat dinner with me? I was thinking about going to an Italian restaurant. M: Dinner at an Italian restaurant on Christmas Eve? W: Yeah, you don't like Italian cuisine? M: I do, but it's Christmas! W: Yeah, that's why I wanted to go out with you. M: Thank you very much for your invitation but we don't celebrate Christmas like this in Poland. W: No? So what do you do? M: We have a big family dinner. Basically, everybody in my family gets together to celebrate Christmas. Grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunts, everyone! We also give presents to each other. W: So every family is like that? M: Yeah, even if you wanted to eat out on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, it's impossible. All of the shops are open only until 5 in the afternoon on the 24th. W: So, everything is going to be closed? What about the 25th? I wanted to do some shopping. M: Everything is going to be closed until Dec. 27th. It's really a family time. W: Wow, I didn't know about that. Now I'm going to end up bored in my hotel room! M: No way! I know you're travelling alone here, and a part of Polish tradition is to invite over strangers or people in need of a Christmas dinner! So, you are welcome to join my family! W: Oh, really? Thank you very much! But I don't have time to buy presents anymore! M: Don't worry about it. You're going to be a special guest! (Written by Szymon Urbanowicz)
もうすぐクリスマス。今週と来週はクリスマスにちなんだエピソードをお届けします。 クリスマス・イブに女の子が男の子をレストランでの食事に誘いますが、彼はその誘いを断ります。その理由は、どうやら彼の出身地ポーランドでのクリスマスの過ごし方にあるようですね。 Image credit: Przykuta via Wikipedia. CC BY-SA 3.0. ※パソコンのブラウザでお聞きの方は、下に表示されている緑色のプレーヤーで、セクション単位での頭出し・巻き戻しができます。 （オープニング→スロースピードの会話→解説→ナチュラルスピードの会話→エンディング） Download MP3 スマートフォン用 （15:01 7.5MB 初級〜中級） *** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） cuisine （高級な）料理 ※冗談として使われることもある。 to go out with ... ...とデートに行く to end up ... 結局...する結果になる ※ "..."の部分には、動詞のing形やed形が入る。 No way! とんでもない！ people in need 困っている人々 *** Script *** (Slow speed) 04:20-06:30 (Natural speed) 10:30-12:15 Christmas in Poland W: Hey Simon! Are you free on December 24th? Can you eat dinner with me? I was thinking about going to an Italian restaurant. M: Dinner at an Italian restaurant on Christmas Eve? W: Yeah, you don't like Italian cuisine? M: I do, but it's Christmas! W: Yeah, that's why I wanted to go out with you. M: Thank you very much for your invitation but we don't celebrate Christmas like this in Poland. W: No? So what do you do? M: We have a big family dinner. Basically, everybody in my family gets together to celebrate Christmas. Grandparents, cousins, uncles, aunts, everyone! We also give presents to each other. W: So every family is like that? M: Yeah, even if you wanted to eat out on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, it's impossible. All of the shops are open only until 5 in the afternoon on the 24th. W: So, everything is going to be closed? What about the 25th? I wanted to do some shopping. M: Everything is going to be closed until Dec. 27th. It's really a family time. W: Wow, I didn't know about that. Now I'm going to end up bored in my hotel room! M: No way! I know you're travelling alone here, and a part of Polish tradition is to invite over strangers or people in need of a Christmas dinner! So, you are welcome to join my family! W: Oh, really? Thank you very much! But I don't have time to buy presents anymore! M: Don't worry about it. You're going to be a special guest! (Written by Szymon Urbanowicz)
リスナーの皆さんはこの夏、ビーチに行く計画がありますか？まだまだ梅雨の日々ですが、今回は一足早く皆さんをビーチにお連れしましょう。 今回の会話では、男女ふたりが電話でビーチに行く話をしています。必要なものはビーチパラソルに、冷たいドリンクの入ったクーラーボックス、サンドイッチ、それから…？ Image credit: Mandegan. Download MP3 （16:04 9.7MB 初級～中級）*** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） I could use 〜 〜があるとありがたい There's no better 〜 to be than ... ...よりもよい〜はない、...が最高の〜だ I already have the cooler all packed. もうクーラーボックスの荷造りもしちゃったよ。 ※このように定冠詞theは「聞き手や話し手がすでに知っているもの」を指すのに使われる。 よって、番組内の解説にあるように、家の中のものや身近なものに多く使われる。 ちなみに「冷房」はcoolerではなくair conditionerという。 I mean you're a woman. Isn't that in your job description? つまり君は女性だから（サンドイッチを作るのは）君の職務じゃないの。 ※job descriptionは求人広告などに書かれる職務内容の説明のこと。 硬い表現をカジュアルな冗談の中に盛り込むことでユーモラスな感じを出している。 （ただし上記の発言内容は、一般的には冗談どころか人権意識の欠如と見なされるので注意） You (had) better be careful... （アクセント注意、上がり調子で）気をつけた方がいいわよ。 ※had betterは、そうしないと相手に悪いことが起きるという「警告」を意味する。 You Do make some pretty awesome sandwiches. 君の作るサンドイッチは、ほんとかなりの出来だから。 ※pretty awesomeは「かなりいい感じの」。 ここでのDoは、文の内容が事実であることを強調するための表現。 Are we planning on burying someone? 誰か人でも埋めるつもりなの。 a sandcastle 砂のお城 And you're a whole 20 this year? 今年満20歳になる（大の大人の）あなたが？ ※a whole 20=「満20歳」。 Who would ever imagine? （あなたが砂のお城を作るだなんて）誰も想像だにしないわ。 If you say so. （アクセント注意、上がり口調で） そこまで言うなら。 ※相手の言ったことに消極的に同意する時の表現 I'll be over in ten (minutes) to pick you up 10分後にそっちに迎えに行くね。 *** Script *** (Slow speed) 01:40-03:40 (Natural speed) 12:45-14:20 To the Beach! M: Guess what time it is! W: 11:00 in the morning on a Saturday. Why are you calling me so early! M: Yeah, it's 11. You should be up already! W: But it's the weekend… M: Up! Get up! Come on. It's beach time! W: Actually that sounds like a good idea; I could use a day at the beach. M: I know. It's nice and hot outside, and there's no better place to be than the beach on a day like today! W: OK. Give me a couple of minutes to get everything together and ready. Um, do you have a beach umbrella? M: Yep, and I already have the cooler all packed, except for the sandwiches, which I was hoping YOU would make. W: And why is that…? M: Well, I mean you're a woman. Isn't that in your job description? W: You better be careful… It's still early in the morning! M: You know I'm just kidding. But seriously, you Do make some pretty awesome sandwiches. W: Whatever. I'll make the sandwiches and bring them over. M: Thank you! W: Are you bringing everything else? M: Yeah. I even packed a couple of buckets and small shovels. W: Are we planning on burying someone? M: No, I want to make a sandcastle! W: Really? And you're a whole 20 this year? Who would ever imagine? M: Hey, making sandcastles is very fun and cool. W: If you say so. M: Anyways, I'll be over in ten to pick you up, see you then! (Hangs up phone) W: Wait! (sigh) I still haven't even gotten out of bed! (Written by Matthew Bola)
リスナーの皆さんはこの夏、ビーチに行く計画がありますか？まだまだ梅雨の日々ですが、今回は一足早く皆さんをビーチにお連れしましょう。 今回の会話では、男女ふたりが電話でビーチに行く話をしています。必要なものはビーチパラソルに、冷たいドリンクの入ったクーラーボックス、サンドイッチ、それから…？ Image credit: Mandegan. Download MP3 （16:04 9.7MB 初級～中級）*** It's a Good Expression *** （今回の重要表現） I could use 〜 〜があるとありがたい There's no better 〜 to be than ... ...よりもよい〜はない、...が最高の〜だ I already have the cooler all packed. もうクーラーボックスの荷造りもしちゃったよ。 ※このように定冠詞theは「聞き手や話し手がすでに知っているもの」を指すのに使われる。 よって、番組内の解説にあるように、家の中のものや身近なものに多く使われる。 ちなみに「冷房」はcoolerではなくair conditionerという。 I mean you're a woman. Isn't that in your job description? つまり君は女性だから（サンドイッチを作るのは）君の職務じゃないの。 ※job descriptionは求人広告などに書かれる職務内容の説明のこと。 硬い表現をカジュアルな冗談の中に盛り込むことでユーモラスな感じを出している。 （ただし上記の発言内容は、一般的には冗談どころか人権意識の欠如と見なされるので注意） You (had) better be careful... （アクセント注意、上がり調子で）気をつけた方がいいわよ。 ※had betterは、そうしないと相手に悪いことが起きるという「警告」を意味する。 You Do make some pretty awesome sandwiches. 君の作るサンドイッチは、ほんとかなりの出来だから。 ※pretty awesomeは「かなりいい感じの」。 ここでのDoは、文の内容が事実であることを強調するための表現。 Are we planning on burying someone? 誰か人でも埋めるつもりなの。 a sandcastle 砂のお城 And you're a whole 20 this year? 今年満20歳になる（大の大人の）あなたが？ ※a whole 20=「満20歳」。 Who would ever imagine? （あなたが砂のお城を作るだなんて）誰も想像だにしないわ。 If you say so. （アクセント注意、上がり口調で） そこまで言うなら。 ※相手の言ったことに消極的に同意する時の表現 I'll be over in ten (minutes) to pick you up 10分後にそっちに迎えに行くね。 *** Script *** (Slow speed) 01:40-03:40 (Natural speed) 12:45-14:20 To the Beach! M: Guess what time it is! W: 11:00 in the morning on a Saturday. Why are you calling me so early! M: Yeah, it's 11. You should be up already! W: But it's the weekend… M: Up! Get up! Come on. It's beach time! W: Actually that sounds like a good idea; I could use a day at the beach. M: I know. It's nice and hot outside, and there's no better place to be than the beach on a day like today! W: OK. Give me a couple of minutes to get everything together and ready. Um, do you have a beach umbrella? M: Yep, and I already have the cooler all packed, except for the sandwiches, which I was hoping YOU would make. W: And why is that…? M: Well, I mean you're a woman. Isn't that in your job description? W: You better be careful… It's still early in the morning! M: You know I'm just kidding. But seriously, you Do make some pretty awesome sandwiches. W: Whatever. I'll make the sandwiches and bring them over. M: Thank you! W: Are you bringing everything else? M: Yeah. I even packed a couple of buckets and small shovels. W: Are we planning on burying someone? M: No, I want to make a sandcastle! W: Really? And you're a whole 20 this year? Who would ever imagine? M: Hey, making sandcastles is very fun and cool. W: If you say so. M: Anyways, I'll be over in ten to pick you up, see you then! (Hangs up phone) W: Wait! (sigh) I still haven't even gotten out of bed! (Written by Matthew Bola)
今回の会話の舞台は、ロンドンの日本大使館（the Japanese Embassy in London）です。日本人にとっての在外公館は、海外滞在中のパスポート発券や不在者投票など、海外で日本人として生活するためのお世話をしてくれます。一方で、外国人が日本で留学・就労する際に必要なビザの発行なども行っており、外国人にとっては最も身近な日本の窓口と言えるでしょう。 今回の会話は、この後者の「日本の窓口」としての顔を見ることができます。イギリス人の男女が日本に留学するために大使館を訪れています。彼らはそれぞれ日本のどこに留学しようとしていますか。また、会話の最後で男性が女性にプレゼントしようとしているのは何でしょうか。 今回お借りした素材 写真：Wikimedia Download MP3 （18:31 10.7MB 初級～中級）** Script *** (Slow speed) 02:40-05:15 (Natural speed) 14:10-16:05 At the Japanese Embassy in London W: I just cannot believe the Japanese embassy is opposite the RITZ! M: I've never been to this part of London before. It's all so rich-looking! W: I feel incredibly out of place, in my jeans and hoodie. Oh god, there are security guards checking people at the entrance! M: Don't worry; they're just asking what we're here for. (to guard) Hi. We're here for visas. M2: OK. Could I see your passport? W: My passport? Hang on… Ah, it's all the way at the bottom of my bag. Oh, I found it!… M: Thank goodness. They let us through. That was kind of scary. Wow, this place is amazing. W: I'm really excited. Getting the visa is like final proof that we're actually going to Japan! M: Yeah, it's like, there's no changing our minds now! Right? W: A whole year! I can't believe we're going to different places, though. Me in Hiroshima, you all the way in Tokyo?! M: I know. It's going to be hard being away from you. But hopefully we'll be having loads of fun and it won't be so bad. W: My Japanese isn't nearly good enough yet. M: Yours is better than mine! Remember when I mistakenly told the teacher I'd borrowed a book from the cafeteria? W: Ha ha. That was brilliant! I've made some bad mistakes too, though. I'm terrified I'm going to meet someone really important and forget to speak in polite form. M: Oh, you'll be fine. By the way, after we've got our visas, do you want to go sightseeing a bit? W: Yes! Berkeley Square is around here, isn't it? Like the song, "And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square…" M: And Bond Street is quite near here too! That's where all the really expensive designer clothes and jewelry shops are. W: Oh, I wish I had loads of money… M: Actually, I have a surprise for you… Since we're going away for a year, I've been saving some money for a goodbye present. How does a very expensive necklace sound?! (Written by Anna Hill)
今回の会話の舞台は、ロンドンの日本大使館（the Japanese Embassy in London）です。日本人にとっての在外公館は、海外滞在中のパスポート発券や不在者投票など、海外で日本人として生活するためのお世話をしてくれます。一方で、外国人が日本で留学・就労する際に必要なビザの発行なども行っており、外国人にとっては最も身近な日本の窓口と言えるでしょう。 今回の会話は、この後者の「日本の窓口」としての顔を見ることができます。イギリス人の男女が日本に留学するために大使館を訪れています。彼らはそれぞれ日本のどこに留学しようとしていますか。また、会話の最後で男性が女性にプレゼントしようとしているのは何でしょうか。 今回お借りした素材 写真：Wikimedia Download MP3 （18:31 10.7MB 初級～中級）** Script *** (Slow speed) 02:40-05:15 (Natural speed) 14:10-16:05 At the Japanese Embassy in London W: I just cannot believe the Japanese embassy is opposite the RITZ! M: I've never been to this part of London before. It's all so rich-looking! W: I feel incredibly out of place, in my jeans and hoodie. Oh god, there are security guards checking people at the entrance! M: Don't worry; they're just asking what we're here for. (to guard) Hi. We're here for visas. M2: OK. Could I see your passport? W: My passport? Hang on… Ah, it's all the way at the bottom of my bag. Oh, I found it!… M: Thank goodness. They let us through. That was kind of scary. Wow, this place is amazing. W: I'm really excited. Getting the visa is like final proof that we're actually going to Japan! M: Yeah, it's like, there's no changing our minds now! Right? W: A whole year! I can't believe we're going to different places, though. Me in Hiroshima, you all the way in Tokyo?! M: I know. It's going to be hard being away from you. But hopefully we'll be having loads of fun and it won't be so bad. W: My Japanese isn't nearly good enough yet. M: Yours is better than mine! Remember when I mistakenly told the teacher I'd borrowed a book from the cafeteria? W: Ha ha. That was brilliant! I've made some bad mistakes too, though. I'm terrified I'm going to meet someone really important and forget to speak in polite form. M: Oh, you'll be fine. By the way, after we've got our visas, do you want to go sightseeing a bit? W: Yes! Berkeley Square is around here, isn't it? Like the song, "And a nightingale sang in Berkeley Square…" M: And Bond Street is quite near here too! That's where all the really expensive designer clothes and jewelry shops are. W: Oh, I wish I had loads of money… M: Actually, I have a surprise for you… Since we're going away for a year, I've been saving some money for a goodbye present. How does a very expensive necklace sound?! (Written by Anna Hill)
今月21日から30日まで、秋の全国交通安全運動が実施されます。本ポッドキャストを運転中の車内でお楽しみのリスナーもいらっしゃると思います。ドライバーの方も、歩行者の方も、どうかこの期間に限らず、交通安全をお心がけください。 今回の話題は、この交通安全のために気をつけるべきスピード違反（speeding）です。運転中にスピード違反で警察に捕まった女性が、警官にあの手この手で許してもらおうとしますが、果たしてうまく行くのでしょうか・・・？（もちろん絶対に真似はしないでくださいね！） 今回お借りした素材 写真（アメリカの速度標識。数字は時速50「マイル」=時速80キロ）：Wikipedia Download MP3 （21:36 12.4MB 初級～中級）** Script *** (Slow speed) 03:25-6:30 (Natural speed) 17:40-20:00 Speeding W: Hello, officer. Is there a problem? M: Ma'am, please stay in your car. I caught you going 50 in a 25. I'm going to have to see your license and registration. W: Right. Just a second… Ah, found it. Here you are. M: Thank you, ma'am. Let's see. Says here your name is Tomoka. Is that correct? W: Yes. M: Now Tomoka, why were you in such a hurry to drive 25 miles over the speed limit? W: Well officer, I usually like getting home before the sun sets. It just feels SO lonely to go home to an empty house at night. M: I see. Well, speeding is still speeding. W: I know. I know. I'm really sorry. Say, do you think you can just let me off with a warning this time? I promise I will never speed again. M: No, I'm afraid I can't do that. It's against the rules. W: Please officer. Do you think you can bend the rules just this once? M: Sorry. Rules are rules. Now, if you wait right here, I'll be right back. I just have to check your plates and vehicle registration. (Five minutes later.) M: Sorry to keep you waiting. I just finished checking your plates. It seems that we may have a small problem. W: Officer, I've been thinking. Now that the sun has set, why don't we just forget about these problems and go over to my place for dinner? It's not very far. Just five minutes from here. M: As I said before, I can't do that. W: Oh, come on. I cook a very good beef stew. My father really likes it. He's a police officer just like you. I really respect men in uniform! M: Really now? What's your father's rank and division? W: Umm… I'm not sure. Does that even matter? M: Ma'am. I don't have time to play your games anymore. Now, we just have to sort out this new problem. W: What problem? M: Ma'am, you have 7 moving violations and 3 parking citations. I have enough to bring you in for an arrest. W: What? You can't arrest me! No police officer ever ticketed me before! You are so stupid! M: Ma'am. I need you to step outside your vehicle. You are under arrest for the avoidance of payment of moving violations and parking citations, and the temptation of an officer. W: Ah! Why does this always happen to me?! (Written by Kyle Kumashiro)
今月21日から30日まで、秋の全国交通安全運動が実施されます。本ポッドキャストを運転中の車内でお楽しみのリスナーもいらっしゃると思います。ドライバーの方も、歩行者の方も、どうかこの期間に限らず、交通安全をお心がけください。 今回の話題は、この交通安全のために気をつけるべきスピード違反（speeding）です。運転中にスピード違反で警察に捕まった女性が、警官にあの手この手で許してもらおうとしますが、果たしてうまく行くのでしょうか・・・？（もちろん絶対に真似はしないでくださいね！） 今回お借りした素材 写真（アメリカの速度標識。数字は時速50「マイル」=時速80キロ）：Wikipedia Download MP3 （21:36 12.4MB 初級～中級）** Script *** (Slow speed) 03:25-6:30 (Natural speed) 17:40-20:00 Speeding W: Hello, officer. Is there a problem? M: Ma'am, please stay in your car. I caught you going 50 in a 25. I'm going to have to see your license and registration. W: Right. Just a second… Ah, found it. Here you are. M: Thank you, ma'am. Let's see. Says here your name is Tomoka. Is that correct? W: Yes. M: Now Tomoka, why were you in such a hurry to drive 25 miles over the speed limit? W: Well officer, I usually like getting home before the sun sets. It just feels SO lonely to go home to an empty house at night. M: I see. Well, speeding is still speeding. W: I know. I know. I'm really sorry. Say, do you think you can just let me off with a warning this time? I promise I will never speed again. M: No, I'm afraid I can't do that. It's against the rules. W: Please officer. Do you think you can bend the rules just this once? M: Sorry. Rules are rules. Now, if you wait right here, I'll be right back. I just have to check your plates and vehicle registration. (Five minutes later.) M: Sorry to keep you waiting. I just finished checking your plates. It seems that we may have a small problem. W: Officer, I've been thinking. Now that the sun has set, why don't we just forget about these problems and go over to my place for dinner? It's not very far. Just five minutes from here. M: As I said before, I can't do that. W: Oh, come on. I cook a very good beef stew. My father really likes it. He's a police officer just like you. I really respect men in uniform! M: Really now? What's your father's rank and division? W: Umm… I'm not sure. Does that even matter? M: Ma'am. I don't have time to play your games anymore. Now, we just have to sort out this new problem. W: What problem? M: Ma'am, you have 7 moving violations and 3 parking citations. I have enough to bring you in for an arrest. W: What? You can't arrest me! No police officer ever ticketed me before! You are so stupid! M: Ma'am. I need you to step outside your vehicle. You are under arrest for the avoidance of payment of moving violations and parking citations, and the temptation of an officer. W: Ah! Why does this always happen to me?! (Written by Kyle Kumashiro)
Hello everyone. I’m Misaki. The big earthquake happened on March.11th 2011. So today I'm going to interview an English teacher about the earthquake. So let’s start with an interviewee. M: Hi, what your name please. M.B: My name is Marcos Benevides. M: OK. Can you tell me where are you from? M.B: I’m Canadian, but I was born in Brazil. M:Brazil. OK. I’d like to ask you some questions about the earthquake that happened on March11th 2011. OK? M.B: OK. M: So my first question is that. When the earthquake happened, where were you? M.B: I was at home but I was I just left my house, so I was on the street on my scooter on my bike. M: OK. How did you feel? M.B: I felt very strange because I had been working in my house until about three whenever the earthquake happened. I woke up and I was alone in my house all day I was working from earlier morning and I didn’t eat any food or anything. I just sat in my computer and worked worked worked. In suddenly at 2:30 I looked my watch and I thought oh! it’s 2:30, I didn’t anything I should go get some food. So I jumped on my scooter and I went to the bakery and when I was stopped the red light, the earthquake happened. But because the scooter vibrates, I didn’t notice. I thought I was sick because I didn’t eat so thought “oh! I’m gonna full”. But then I saw people coming out of the buildings and I thought oh, no! It’s an earthquake then I stopped but before that I felt very strange because I thought I was sick, you know? M: Okay. Did you think about going back to your country? M.B: No. M: No? Why? M.B: Because I live in Japan. M: You live with family? M.B: Yes. So Japan is not safety because the earthquake happened. You don’t didn’t nervous in Japan? Oh! Of course I was nervous, but everywhere is dangerous. In Canada we have snow storms and the in other country is there’re hurricanes and tornadoes. So Japan has earthquake but it’s only. Every place has all dangerous. So I don’t think you can’t escape from death. You know? M: Yeah, I think. You didn’t miss your family? M.B: My family was in Okinawa. M: Really? M.B: Uh, my family is Japanese. M: No, your father and your mother. M.B: Did I miss them? No, I don’t know why I would. I mean usually I miss them but during the earthquake I didn’t miss them more. M.B: OK. So when the earthquake happens, will you think about your mind change your mind if another earthquake happened? M: Yes. M.B: No, in fact since the earthquake I bought a house in Japan. So before Japan was my home but now is really my home, because now I have a house. So if another earthquake happens, I will to "ganbatte" like everybody else, alright? So. M: OK. Have you done any volunteer worked or helped for Tohoku people? M.B: Ah,for Tohoku. Well right after the earthquake, I donated money to Japanese Red Cross but I didn't volunteer work to go there. Because I wanted to go there because I was alone,Alright? My family is Okinawa. So I was actually little bit bold because there was no power and all that. So I wanted to go Tohoku to help but there're too many people to go there is not good. So I in the end I didn't go there. But now my house, I am making new window, so took out the old window. And I my wife wants to donate to the window to Tohoku, because they need materials to build houses, alright? So I think we'll do that too. But we have only only donated money, we haven't done other things yet. M: Thank you. M.B: You're welcome. M: Thank you. My question is fished. M.B: It's finish? OK. Good luck! Conclusion The earthquake brought Japan serious damages. This earthquale claimed the many lives. It was awful. But on the other hand, I felt the power and cooprative attitude of all people. I learned that there are no national boundaries in people's warm heart. So thank you for listening. See you!
What did you think when it was March 11th? We suffered the biggest earthquake in Japan for many centuries. For Japanese people an earthquake is not rare, but for most of people from overseas, it is an unusual thing, and there are many overseas students and teachers in Obilin University. So we interviewed two people from abroad about March 11th earthquake to see what they thought. [Interview from Shutaro] Shutaro: Hi there! Today I will interview to people from overseas about March 11th earthquake. S: Hi! Man: Hello! S: Hello. Can I ask you some questions? M: Sure. S: What is your name please? M: My name is Peter. S: Where are you from? M: I come from Scotland. S: What are you doing in Japan? M: I’m working as an English teacher. S: How long have you stayed in Japan? M: I’ve stayed in Japan for about 15 years. S: Today, I’ll ask you about March 11th earthquake. M: Okay, sound interesting. S: Have you suffered an earthquake in your country? M: No I haven’t. Scotland is very safe country for earthquakes, but I’ve lived in Japan for 15 years, so I have experience of some earthquake in Japan. S: Where were you when it was March 11th ? M: March 11th I was in a coffee shop in Machida, working on my computer. S: What did you do at that time? M: Just before the earthquake happens, I was drinking coffee and typing essay on my computer. S: How did you feel while the earthquake happened? M: Well, when the earthquake begun, I didn’t think it was a big problem, big deal, so I didn’t feel anything, as usual, (couldn’t hear clearly) normally earthquakes happens you become use to them in Japan, but after about 1minute, the earthquake got little stronger and one man said that if the windows break in the coffee shop, (couldn’t hear clearly) dangerous because it’s big grass windows, so everybody moved same time to wall the door, and just as we are moving, the earthquake became a lot stronger. S: This is the last question, when a big earthquake happens again, what will you do first? M: I (couldn’t hear clearly) do the same thing, which is wait and see (couldn’t hear clearly), and wait and see what thing start break or not, and then I’ll move to walls open ground as fast as I can, and I will look up! S: Thank you very much, Perer! M: Thank you. [Interview from Rika] Rika: what your name? Doya: My name is Doya. Rika: Ok, Doya. I'll ask you five questions about on March 11th. Have you ever suffered an earthquake in your country? Doya: No, I’ve never suffered the earthquake in my country. Rika: Where were you, when it was March 11th? Doya: I was in Sendai when it was March 11th. I suffered the earthquake as soon as I got off a train. Rika: What did you do at that time? Doya: I looked for a safe place and stayed there with my friends until an earth tremor became slight. And we wanted to come back by train but trains stopped running then. So we had to walk to my friend’s house for three hours. Rika: How did you feel while the earthquake happened? Doya: I felt a little fearful when I suffered. And I didn’t expect to suffer so heavy damage. But, when I walked to friend’s house, some fires and tsunami occurred. I felt the most fearful when I stayed in the place of refuge. And I was in a panic because I couldn’t contact with my parents. Rika: when a big earthquake happens again, what will you do first? Doya: First of all, I’ll prepare an identification card, cash and foods. And I’ll bring them to a place of refuge. Rika: Thank you. Thank you very much Peter and Doya. Both of them have never suffered an earthquake in their country, so this is the first time for them. We often suffer earthquakes in Japan, but even we were nervous at that time, it’s natural thing that people from abroad were worried and more nervous than us. We hope that this experience may help them to live in Japan safely.
７月より、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしてきました。NASAの宇宙船を舞台としたSFドラマ「スペースシップ（Spaceship）」の最終回となる第５話です。 宇宙船の二人は、宇宙人の女王様とその部下に遭遇します。二人を処刑しようとする宇宙人に対し、宇宙船の男性は突然「パラレルユニバース」（a parallel universe）の話をします。果たして彼の目的は・・・？ 毎回、ドラマの中で使われている表現をJoeとAyakoがていねいに解説します。 今回お借りした素材 写真（スペースシャトル）：NASA BGM：パブリックドメイン・クラシック Download MP3 （17:29 10.1MB 中級） "Spaceship" (C) 2010 Kyle Kumashiro and FLaRE.Spaceship Written by Kyle Kumashiro Part 5: Two minutes later ---------- Characters: M = Astronaut Man, W = Astronaut Woman, A = Alien Male Official, B = Alien Queen ---------- M: Let’s just show them our proof and get out of here as fast as possible. W: No. We must ask them if we can co-exist. M: Co-exist? Are you crazy? No one can co-exist with these aliens. Look at their hospitality. One of them wanted to punish us, to annihilate us. W: And yet here we are: Alive and well. M: After one minute? Don’t count on it. (One minute later. The shuttle docks at the space station.) M: (After noticing the aliens) Oh boy! W: No way! B: So, where is this proof of your planet? M: Well, this is quite unexpected. B: What is? M: You look exactly like us. Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair. 10 fingers. Oh boy! B: What are you playing at? W: Please, your majesty. We mean no harm. This is going to be hard for you to believe, but the people back on Earth look exactly like the people of this planet. A: Outrageous. These clowns are trying to trick us, your majesty. They are just commoners trying to escape. B: Silence! M: Your highness, have you ever heard of parallel universe theory? B: No. Please, enlighten me. M: Well, according to parallel universe theory, there is another world in the universe exactly analogous or parallel to the world we live in. It appears that we are the parallel of each other. B: Do you really expect me to believe this story? A: I say we execute these traitors right here and now. B: Silence! This is the last time. Any more from you and YOU will be executed. A: Yes, your highness. W: Your majesty, I’m afraid, this story is the best we got. B: Is that so? If that is truly the case, I hereby sentence you to . . . M: Wait! There’s one more thing. If we truly are in a parallel universe, then killing us would kill our matches. Is there anyone on your planet who looks exactly like us? B: Hmm… No one. W: Please . . .think quite hard before sentencing us. B: Hmm… Now that I think about it, you do look awfully similar to my nephew and his girl. But that can’t be. You two aren’t together. W: But of course we are. M: Yes. Do you want proof? B: No. I do not want you two Earthlings making love on my planet. M: Then, how shall we prove our love to each other? B: You shall not. Leave this planet. I will spare your lives, but I shall not do anything for your planet Earth. M: Thank you. You are far too kind. B: Leave before I change my mind. A: Wait! You are just letting them go free? B: Waymeather, you are hereby sentenced to life in prison for inappropriate conduct! (Back on the spaceship) W: Whew! That was a close one! You weren’t really going to prove your love, right there in front of them, were you? M: Ha, ha. What do you think??
７月より、毎月第１週は「ドラマで英語を学ぼう」をお届けしてきました。NASAの宇宙船を舞台としたSFドラマ「スペースシップ（Spaceship）」の最終回となる第５話です。 宇宙船の二人は、宇宙人の女王様とその部下に遭遇します。二人を処刑しようとする宇宙人に対し、宇宙船の男性は突然「パラレルユニバース」（a parallel universe）の話をします。果たして彼の目的は・・・？ 毎回、ドラマの中で使われている表現をJoeとAyakoがていねいに解説します。 今回お借りした素材 写真（スペースシャトル）：NASA BGM：パブリックドメイン・クラシック Download MP3 （17:29 10.1MB 中級） "Spaceship" (C) 2010 Kyle Kumashiro and FLaRE.Spaceship Written by Kyle Kumashiro Part 5: Two minutes later ---------- Characters: M = Astronaut Man, W = Astronaut Woman, A = Alien Male Official, B = Alien Queen ---------- M: Let’s just show them our proof and get out of here as fast as possible. W: No. We must ask them if we can co-exist. M: Co-exist? Are you crazy? No one can co-exist with these aliens. Look at their hospitality. One of them wanted to punish us, to annihilate us. W: And yet here we are: Alive and well. M: After one minute? Don’t count on it. (One minute later. The shuttle docks at the space station.) M: (After noticing the aliens) Oh boy! W: No way! B: So, where is this proof of your planet? M: Well, this is quite unexpected. B: What is? M: You look exactly like us. Eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair. 10 fingers. Oh boy! B: What are you playing at? W: Please, your majesty. We mean no harm. This is going to be hard for you to believe, but the people back on Earth look exactly like the people of this planet. A: Outrageous. These clowns are trying to trick us, your majesty. They are just commoners trying to escape. B: Silence! M: Your highness, have you ever heard of parallel universe theory? B: No. Please, enlighten me. M: Well, according to parallel universe theory, there is another world in the universe exactly analogous or parallel to the world we live in. It appears that we are the parallel of each other. B: Do you really expect me to believe this story? A: I say we execute these traitors right here and now. B: Silence! This is the last time. Any more from you and YOU will be executed. A: Yes, your highness. W: Your majesty, I’m afraid, this story is the best we got. B: Is that so? If that is truly the case, I hereby sentence you to . . . M: Wait! There’s one more thing. If we truly are in a parallel universe, then killing us would kill our matches. Is there anyone on your planet who looks exactly like us? B: Hmm… No one. W: Please . . .think quite hard before sentencing us. B: Hmm… Now that I think about it, you do look awfully similar to my nephew and his girl. But that can’t be. You two aren’t together. W: But of course we are. M: Yes. Do you want proof? B: No. I do not want you two Earthlings making love on my planet. M: Then, how shall we prove our love to each other? B: You shall not. Leave this planet. I will spare your lives, but I shall not do anything for your planet Earth. M: Thank you. You are far too kind. B: Leave before I change my mind. A: Wait! You are just letting them go free? B: Waymeather, you are hereby sentenced to life in prison for inappropriate conduct! (Back on the spaceship) W: Whew! That was a close one! You weren’t really going to prove your love, right there in front of them, were you? M: Ha, ha. What do you think??
前回に引き続き、水にまつわる会話をお届けします。 島国の日本では想像しにくいことですが、世界ではひとつの川が何カ国にもまたがっているケースも多く、そのような川は「国際河川」（transboundary river / transboundary water）と呼ばれます。 国際河川を共有する国々は、お互いによく話し合いながら川を使わないと、しばしば外交問題を引き起こします。 たとえば川の上流の国が、自国の水資源確保のためにダムを作ったら、その下流に位置する国にはどのような影響が及ぶでしょうか。 今回はそんな、国境を越えた川の問題について考えてみましょう。 今回お借りした素材 写真（バングラデシュの川）：World66 BGM：パブリックドメイン・クラシック Download MP3 （15:15 8.8MB 初級～中級）*** Script *** (Slow speed) 02:10-04:25 (Natural speed) 10:55-12:30 Fresh Water Everywhere? (2) M: And one more thing: I want to tell you about is the water situation in Bangladesh. W: What's that? M: Actually we're facing a serious fresh water problem, especially in the dry season. This matter is called “transboundary water.” W: Transboundary water? What's that? M: Actually, you don't have that problem in Japan because you're surrounded by the sea. But Bangladesh is surrounded by land on three sides. I mean India. You know that, right? W: Yeah, I've checked it before. M: And, for example, a long time ago the Ganges River flowed through India to Bangladesh and enriched the people's lives. But about 30 years ago, India constructed a dam on the Ganges River located in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 10 kilometers from the border with Bangladesh. You can imagine what happened to Bangladesh? W: Decreased the amount of water going into Bangladesh from India? M. Right. W: There aren't any agreements between India and Bangladesh regarding using the water? M: Of course, we've talked and made concessions about the problem for a long time. But we're still arguing. Of course, I can understand the situation in India: the many poor, and the country developing rapidly. But I say they are killing us because we need fresh water too. Fresh water should be for everyone! Lots of countries have these transboundary water problems. W: I see. We have to find a solution for that as soon as possible. Thank you for your comments and story. I like to learn about new things like that. Thank you. M: Thank you, too. Let's think of a solution together!! (Written by Saori Nakanishi)
前回に引き続き、水にまつわる会話をお届けします。 島国の日本では想像しにくいことですが、世界ではひとつの川が何カ国にもまたがっているケースも多く、そのような川は「国際河川」（transboundary river / transboundary water）と呼ばれます。 国際河川を共有する国々は、お互いによく話し合いながら川を使わないと、しばしば外交問題を引き起こします。 たとえば川の上流の国が、自国の水資源確保のためにダムを作ったら、その下流に位置する国にはどのような影響が及ぶでしょうか。 今回はそんな、国境を越えた川の問題について考えてみましょう。 今回お借りした素材 写真（バングラデシュの川）：World66 BGM：パブリックドメイン・クラシック Download MP3 （15:15 8.8MB 初級～中級）*** Script *** (Slow speed) 02:10-04:25 (Natural speed) 10:55-12:30 Fresh Water Everywhere? (2) M: And one more thing: I want to tell you about is the water situation in Bangladesh. W: What's that? M: Actually we're facing a serious fresh water problem, especially in the dry season. This matter is called “transboundary water.” W: Transboundary water? What's that? M: Actually, you don't have that problem in Japan because you're surrounded by the sea. But Bangladesh is surrounded by land on three sides. I mean India. You know that, right? W: Yeah, I've checked it before. M: And, for example, a long time ago the Ganges River flowed through India to Bangladesh and enriched the people's lives. But about 30 years ago, India constructed a dam on the Ganges River located in the Indian state of West Bengal, roughly 10 kilometers from the border with Bangladesh. You can imagine what happened to Bangladesh? W: Decreased the amount of water going into Bangladesh from India? M. Right. W: There aren't any agreements between India and Bangladesh regarding using the water? M: Of course, we've talked and made concessions about the problem for a long time. But we're still arguing. Of course, I can understand the situation in India: the many poor, and the country developing rapidly. But I say they are killing us because we need fresh water too. Fresh water should be for everyone! Lots of countries have these transboundary water problems. W: I see. We have to find a solution for that as soon as possible. Thank you for your comments and story. I like to learn about new things like that. Thank you. M: Thank you, too. Let's think of a solution together!! (Written by Saori Nakanishi)
My great friend Michelle has gone atop the cloud's structure. She's gone and left her lungs and her impressions behind. These aren't all of the writings that I've written that have involved her. These are just the paragraphs that I've chosen to share. After M's death, this is the only song that I could listen to. I listened to it the morning that I got the call[s] of her death. I listened to it for 2 straight solid weeks. I listen to it... & it still makes me cry. june : 17 : 2005 : adopted mother michelle And I just found out what has happened. You've already been missing from work for 3+ months. Out with a bad back. The reasoning for your pain the doctor's couldn't figure out. So you and they and me and everyone else. Figured it out all together. You have cancer. Sitting in it's own dumb fucking ugly rocking chair. Right next to your shell-shocked spine. I'm so sorry. I'm so sad and breaking on the inside for you. My heart won't stay inside it's normal cemented box. I cried as soon as I heard it. Hoping that I had heard it wrong. Hoping that some asshole was a sick joke teller with no morals or decency. I love you. You're one of the nicest people that I've ever met. By a far fucking long shot. You are the nicest. And I'm not turning these sentences out for the situation's sake. That type of shit is never in or on top of my agenda. I tell the truth just the way it is. And you don't deserve this. I want you to beat this so bad. Counter fucking punching your odds to their deserved death. I'd do anything I could for you. If it would make a difference. Even if it wouldn't. You were one of the only 2 there for me during the disaster period of my life. When my mother turned all of her back on me. She next to hated me. Yet you still went to lunch with me and took me to museums. You kept pushing me towards art. Both others and my own. I never got tired of you asking to see it. Asking if I did it. I'd even let you read my writings. While you waited for the assembly of my book. You taught me how to do laundry and even listened to and liked my music. You gave me advice. Tried to explain the doings of an upset parent. You listened to me always. Always smiling and accepting and loving and constantly caring. I like the way you laugh. I told you you were better to me than my own family. And you told me that no one could replace family. june : 17 : 2005 : ... I still can't get over it. When something is directly affecting all of my emotional triggers. I'm usually stuck with it for days. Sometimes years. It's just the way I am. I am with feelings. I do care about other's feelings. I come way over the fucking top at times. Most of the time. But you'll learn how to take me. Or at least you should. Over time. july : 25 : 2005 : monday mode seeping through Filling yourself with gullible gallons and thank you-ing the dumb things that people hand you in life. Could possibly be one of those ridiculous hands that you're stuck with and forced to play. Could be the only chance you'll ever have to learn and strengthen. In a dramatically different sense. It shouldn't have happened. A friend trying to stay atop the life fight with cancer. I wear Lance's LIVESTRONG bracelet. Day in and day out. Ignoring it's late fashion trend and mediad magic. I'm supporting her with a simple recognition. A $1 rubberized tribute. Injected with plenty of meaning. Plenty of love and admiration. If you can't indirectly feed off of someone else's triumphs and blood coated accomplishments. What will it say about you. What can you say about yourself. When the fire blows out. I've got a lack of follow-through. But feel at ease with my aggressive style of love. Defending to the death is the only way it can really mean something. Impacting your eyeballs with it's largely constructed structure. Taking too much of the blame. Just for the good look's sake. Wanting reassurance and a mother's overtone. Make it okay and I won't know how to handle it. Comfort, security, happiness, repetition and the safety net. Scare me the most. Chaos is in the blood. Torment and the unexpected are the drugs. august : 07 : 2005 : m It's true that you might need a bone marrow transplant. At some point during the rough and scuffed walk of your recovery road. I'll do it for you. Ready to fight my way to the front of the line. No matter how much pain they say is involved. No matter how crooked the needle. I'm still doing it. Doing whatever I can to help you. I love you, Michelle. I miss the sound of your heart. august : 30 : 2005 : michelle aka meesh aka m aka adopted mother michelle There isn't much that I can/could write. To describe the mood and sentiment and magnitude of the situation. Everyone has taken bits and pieces of their conversations with you and your family. The newest news. Is that you've been back in the ICU. In cautious coated critical condition. For almost 2 weeks now. It's hard because no one really knows what's happening to you. We don't know what it's like. To go through your days of pain and fear. I miss you. I want to talk to and hear you smile. Your son says that you'll never work again. More than likely. You'll never come back here. I want you to get better. You've hit my heart in so many ways. I've known you for so long. And you've never been anything but strong and kind and better than unique. You've got a gathering of fans. A circle of faces that love you so damn much. I love you, Michelle. I know that you'll make it past all of these struggles. Your life is still yours. And it's waiting for you to pick up the camera. august : 31 : 2005 : michelle While having a conversation with the smack today. Your name came up. Instantly bringing up my tears. Choking my throat up right along with it. It was hard to talk with a girl that just lost her father. Getting too caught up in the moment. All I could do was hang up and keep driving. I miss you so much. I've barely ever prayed in my life. The direct requests that I ask for never get touched. Give me a break and don't say it. I already know. I'd feel guilty if I started to now. But now is the time to stretch your limbs and reach for something bigger. Reaching beyond the normal. It's the only thing that I'll ask for. You to get better and overcome the sickness. To get a break from the hospital and it's staff. I love you. I'm going to ask for some help for you. Keep fighting, M. september : 07 : 2005 : no progress to report Much hasn't changed with your details. That we at least know of. You're still in the ICU. Quickly turning into one full month. I heard that an infection put you there. I hate this. You have to get better. Cold's "God's Song" makes me think of you lately. And it sucks. There's really no positive in it. I can't help it. These are the lyrics: A victim to another level That no one ever cared about The way I ease my suffering Is killing me again I would not prescribe this feeling for you A pain with slow sustain Like a sad song lives on When the world won't take you back You know everyone's the same Were all a part in god's song Can't live with this pain forever There's nothing left to talk about The rain outside is troubling It takes me back again If I can't describe my feelings for you The game will never change Like a sad song lives on september : 08 : 2005 : michelle's voice kicked the cylinders out of my heart. I'm happy. It's almost 5a and I'm still awake. By myself. Drinking alone. But I'm happy. Let that rare emotion count for something. For once. For anything. I got to hear your voice again today. Michelle. I put the time of this week into your painting. Between the full 8 hours and the overtime. I sat at my desk and put my hand & thoughts into your piece. All I wanted was your smile. Your happiness. I wanted to try and take your mind off of the pain. For as many seconds/minutes as I could steal. I loved talking with you. Listening to your voice. It was the first time that I heard you laugh. In 4+ months. The first time I got to joke around with what seemed like a semi-copy of the old you. I love you, M. You made references to the future. My heart kicked into it's notches when I heard those references. You promised to help me with my art. With the comic strip. To collaborate and give me ideas for character's personalities, etc. I'll do it. I'm done with wasting my talent. I'm not insulting anyone up to this point. I've taken everyone's advice. It's just taken me up to this point. To get a hard swung, homefront delivered, final message. I didn't promise. But I told you that I'd continue to create. To embellish with art. I told you that I wouldn't do it without you. Now you've got to collaborate with me. You gave me your word that you would. You gave me happiness with that word. Thank you. september : 08 : 2005 : m I was awake at 5:30a. When it started to rain. That's when I thought of you the most. september : 20 : 2005 : Michelle sent and started off with the ideas I'll never care if I start to sound like a broken record. You're all that I can think about today. Most days. You completely kicked the biggest dose of happiness into my day. Thank you x 5,000. You sent your personal message to me through someone else. She told me what you said. What you wanted me to know. You've been brainstorming and coming up with ideas for the comic strip. For the "South of France" strip. It takes place in France. With 5 young kids that hang out in a French cafe all day. They make fun of the people that deserve it. Anyone and everyone. Now you want me to come up with their looks. I'll make time for it and get started right away. Because that's what you want. Thank you, M. For making me happy today. I was so sad and upset and angry yesterday. My heart was bleeding for you. This comic strip collaboration means everything to me. Because it involves you. It gets you to have fun with something. To look to the future. To hopefully forget about things for a few minutes when you're gathering the ideas. september : 29 : 2005 : you can see the point where my mind went off in a better & more important direction Wanting to get some writing done. Spill the text from my cranium's core. I might feel better about myself. If I tell you what I've been thinking about & of myself. My punctuation is being switched to the way that I've always laid it down in my notebooks. The word "and" is being substituted with an ampersand. And the word "with" is being replaced w/this alternative. There. That's it as far as my gruesome grammar goes. Pointless and painless. But at least I've appreciated you enough to bring you up to speed. Just like my P-G boss did w/me today. He told me that his last night's conversation w/Michelle included her being upbeat about the comic strip & painting that I created for her. She was tired & sad as far as her health & situation went. But interested on behalf of everything else she felt like pitching into the conversation. She still loves the painting. Talks about it w/everyone. She's still remembering & focusing on the comic strip. My friendliest & most meaningful of collaborations. It means so much to me that you're in on this 50-50 w/me Michelle. M. I'll make you proud. I promise that I'll make you happy w/my effort and ability to keep you in on the action. I'll work as hard as I can to get it to the famous level. That's long-shot thinking. But the thinking that I'm aiming for. Being able to make money from a comic strip so I can practically give all of it to you. As an appreciation to you. A helping figure. A thank you & an I've always loved you. For everyone that's not knowledgable of the comic strip. Here goes: It's called "The South of France" & no, I did not come up w/that name. A friend of mine thought it up around 5 years ago. It stuck because I never had the interest to change it. I've never been interested in comic strips. But my friends always told me that I should buckle down & create one. I'm not commited enough for a weekly wacky commitment. So I ignored them. Ignored until a few weeks ago. When Michelle called to thank me for the painting. She told me that I should stop turning my back to the talent. That I should do something w/it and stop being wasteful. I listened to her because she's right. She's always right. She's always known how to influence & correctly direct me. She told me to create the comic strip. I told her that I'd do it only if she helped me w/it. And she agreed. She's responsible for the personalities and 1/2 of the content. I'm responsible for the execution and the other 1/2 of the material. And there you've got it. I tell stupid stories. But you get the idea. So far. From M's direction. It takes place in France. With 5 young people that hang out in a French cafe all day. They make fun of everyone. Including the French. Basically. They make fun of anyone that needs & deserves it. She's still got her sense of humor. And I'm looking forward to seeing more & more of it. Once this strip gets going. Everyone has to buy it. Family member, closest friend, enemy or not. Please buy it & let me contribute the few bucks to her & her bills/medical bills. Thank you in advance. september : 29 : 2005 : Michelle. I tag it this way so it will never be doubted that it's about & to you After writing about you. I feel like I'm small when I'm stacked up next to you. And I appreciate feeling that way. You're so steady & strong and walking towards everything unknown. With your head screwed on in it's highest position. I know that you break down & smash face first into your IV strings & monotone monitors. I know that you bleed quicker and more violently and more passionately than the best of them. You have been a life lesson for me. A perfectly poured rock that will never fall from my pocket's lining. I've never told you that I loved you to your face. I don't think that I ever had to. I think you knew & now know. What you've always meant to me. I want to send you everything that I've ever written about you. Past & present included. But I'm afraid to. Afraid that I'm policing my own crazy boundaries. And making the poorest of judgements. I don't want you to read the "please don't pencil my friend in to die" type of lines. But at the same time. I want you to see that the most aggressive style can impact you straight to your heart. And produce the most sincerest symphony of decibals. I'm running w/love only. This is how it sounds when it falls from my mouth. january : 04 : 2006 : M Thank you God. Thank you very much. For one time answering one of my rarest prayers. I just got the best news that's ever been created. The most insane fucking unbelievable news ever. Michelle is coming back to work this Monday. I don't even think that I can properly pen the calibur of this. So I won't. february : 03 : 2006 : Michelle I don't know why I didn't write about it until know. Trying to stay humble and keep it under my breath until now. I finally got to visit you face to face. Michelle. I got to see the face that I've loved & respected for so long now. And it's your face and your voice and your heart that I remember the most. Your thin body with your thinning hair was just a small step to lift my legs over. I love you. I wasn't afraid to look at you. I liked to look at you. Look into your sincere eyes. Your sad sunken eyes. To listen to your voice outside of a twisted phone cord. You made my Saturday. Two Saturdays ago. You made that the best Saturday of my life. Yet I was already missing you by Sunday. We spent 4 hours together. Working on the comic strip. Hooking our brains up to one another. Collaborating and splattering up your dining room table. Eating pizza. Watching 30 minutes of Wallace & Gromit. I brought all of my paintings to share with you. To let you critique and comment on them. I enjoyed your company. Fully. I didn't want it to end. But your strength gave out by mid-evening. I don't think I'll ever have the courage to tell you how much you mean to me. How much I think about you on a daily basis. I waited 3/4 of the year. Just to get to you and your hug. Just to see you again. And it was your hug that scared me. Feeling all of the bones in your thinned back. Your hug scared and moved and reassured me all at the same time. Because you're here. You're breathing and fighting and fighting still. You are here, M. Please don't leave. Don't let anything take you from us. From your family. From your friends. From your home. From this life. From your important and most inspiring position. From me. I love your friendship. Please don't want to go. march : 06 : 2006 : after watching Coppola's "KOYAANISQATSI" this is how I felt None of us really know anything. When we can't even relate to one another. Each other is the same. And still we cannot compromise. And love and agree and remain willing. To look at things as if they belonged to us also. Each pain is the same. And still we want our blood to sound more important. Smile and experience with each other. Enjoy and validate each other. It's okay. Unwind and embrace and untie the kinks in your neck. Beauty is still in the air. You just forgot how to look and reach for it. Start reaching for it before you forget again. march : 20 : 2006 : everything's on tap tonight - you've come knocking on my lazy ink pen Walking out of work with the feelings that I had. Felt terrible. Comparable to an under-the-weather of sorts. But multiplied by 50. I hope that I had left part of my heart with you. When I responed and told you that I loved you too. Finally I voiced & kicked those 3 words from my throat. Because it's true, M. You've been stapled into the lining of my heart for so long now. A free-roaming fixture. I love you so damn much. Would be plain insanity to even try and describe it's calibur. It's unnerving because I don't think I'll ever get to show you. The levels of respect and admiration that I have for you. Exactly the way that I'd like to. I want you to believe and willingly accept all of my feelings for the complete truth that they are. You are the most inspiring woman that I have ever crossed paths with. You are my steady and silent motivator. And unlike what you say. I don't know how I'll ever be able to repay you for what you've done for me. I can't pin you with an IOU. That's chump change compared to what I've learned and gained from you. And you have to take this. This is truth. Straight-delievered from this immature France. april : 10 : 2006 : I can't say goodbye I love you, Michelle. You died this morning. I love you. I miss you. ________________________________________________ Quote: "How frighteningly few are the persons whose death would spoil our appetite and make the world seem empty." Author: Eric Hoffer
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