medium & the message

Have you ever ‘vanitied’ yourself? In geek-speak this is the term used when you Google your own name. I just did and found the most uplifting thing.

Maybe it was because I wasn’t expecting to find anything that I find THIS particular thing so amazing. Perhaps it just is amazing. You can decide for yourself.

I saw a link to a blog with the title I don’t suck anymore and in the paragraph there was a short sentence with my full name in bold. Now my name - Zoe Siskos - isn’t that common. This couldn’t be just a coincidence.

I clicked on the link and after a bit of investigating I came across a post that is about high-school volleyball (which I was very much involved in) but, alas, no mention of my name.

My quick-witted husband thought up the idea of hitting Ctrl + F (find) and voilà! My name appeared in a comment written by a girl named Kelly (sure…i knew a lot of Kellys).

Just click here and scroll down, just a bit, to read it.

Of course I left a comment (it has yet to be approved by the admin). I wonder though…how will she ever know I left a comment letting her know what is my name and asking where she went to school. I have e-mailed the admin girl hoping she can hook us up.

How crazy?! I am amazed at the blogging community and to tell you the truth, I am absolutely relieved it says something really nice. Not that I was ever a bully but you never know how your actions can affect people.

Then again it could be an entirely different Zoe Siskos. I’ll keep you updated.

Listen.

When I write “listen”, I mean sit yourself down, click on the Podcast and just listen (that means no MSN, no e-mail).

I was recently enlightened to this beautiful music by a friend of mine at work. He is Lebanese and grew up with Omar Kourshid’s sounds. My friend also gave me quite an interesting background on this fellow. Although when I Googled him, very little historical information popped up.

Apparently, he was the Elvis Presley of those times. An actor as well as a musician (he studied from the age of four), he was the IT guy. At the time, he was also very political. Perhaps a little too political. He was killed in a car crash. At the time of his death he was dating the President’s daughter (reminds me of Princess Diana).

Anyway, my point in putting this music up - other than learning about Podcasts - is to share the wonderful sounds. It’s not everyday that we get to treat our ears and our minds with melodies such as this.

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

 

 Omar Khorshid - La Palaya: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In light of recent rejections its good to be able to laugh about them. This letter definitely made that happen for me. check it out at the KNOW HR blog.