Alternate Writes

A Perfect Parody

I stumbled upon this very funny video the other day on Funnyordie.com by Abby Elliott, one of Lorne Michaels’ better additions to the SNL cast in recent years. Here she stars as Gwyneth Paltrow, who, of all things, makes chicken during a very weird four minutes. I laughed all of the way through and then, thought, geez, that’s random. I don’t know how Elliott ever came up with that. Especially funny moments seemed like something a star like Paltrow would say, such as the constant…

Cover Letter Blahs

So, I have been on the job hunt now for a couple of months and I am finally beginning to reevaluate my methods of finding a job. For example, like many, I cut and paste from several cover letters to personalize them for every position I apply to. Only now did I actually look at what I was sending. Geez, talk about never getting a call back, like, ever. To Whom It May Concern: I am applying to work as an office manager at Spago…