http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/ Amanda's rendezvous with reality. en-us 2010-01-10T14:50:57-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/034851.html I tried a bunch of resolutions this week. I tried writing down my expenses. I tried packing my lunches. I tried keeping my desk clean at work. The expense list ended on day 3. The lunch packing lasted until Thursday.... Amanda Cochran 2010-01-10T14:50:57-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/032048.html Coffee isn't free in New York City. I thought it was at NYU's Career Center, but it really isn't. It's just a way for the center to make us feel like we're being productive in the space dedicated to job... Pro Girl Amanda Cochran 2009-07-08T14:28:18-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/032037.html You've probably already watched the video at least twice. I have. I've never watched anyone die in real life before. I've missed watching death by a half an hour. But this footage has me on edge, particularly because my initial... Amanda Cochran 2009-06-23T20:23:25-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/032032.html I get paid to write now. I find the fact that I get paid to write and my blog has fallen off the map very funny. I've been thinking a lot lately about things I would always do, even if... Girl Amanda Cochran 2009-06-16T14:41:13-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/031538.html Okay, ladies of the world, do not hate me for falling asleep while hearing Gloria Steinem speak. Today at Mason Hall on Lexington Avenue, I thought I was going to hear greatness from a speaker who has inspired waves of... Amanda Cochran 2009-04-01T14:29:51-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/031527.html I like the idea of doing something once and doing it right. This Washington Post piece about a health system doing a procedure the same for everyone, from beginning to end, seems like a great idea. Forty of the same... Amanda Cochran 2009-03-31T09:44:10-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/031282.html My documentary, "Stained-Glass Ceiling" about the struggle in the Anglican Church over homosexuality, is online now, thanks to good friends, and characters in my documentary, Neil Houghton and Kyle Crawford. However, there is a password for entry because I would... Amanda Cochran 2009-03-19T21:59:41-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/031113.html Co-sponsored by Citi, eh? I wonder who the other sponsor was -- the American taxpayer?... Amanda Cochran 2009-03-06T16:40:23-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/030926.html My room is a garbage heap of the prettiest sort. But you would never think so. Let's start with the bed. I didn't have one a little over a month ago. After living in NYU housing for a year and... Girl Amanda Cochran 2009-03-05T20:27:40-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/030925.html Today was a day off from this life I'm leading in New York. I was a tourist for a day where it is okay to stop and look around: The American Museum of Natural History. My boyfriend Rich and I... Amanda Cochran 2009-02-26T20:15:08-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/030399.html This is likely my last show with NOW on PBS (the temp position is ending), but it's going to be a great one. "Help for Homeowners?" is a piece about the cost of foreclosed homes and properties on neighborhoods all... Amanda Cochran 2009-02-06T13:43:48-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/030021.html The show is finally airing! This is the show I've been working on for about a month now with NOW on PBS. "Over Fifty, Overdrawn" is the story of how the financial crisis is hitting seniors. Check out NOW... Amanda Cochran 2009-01-23T15:39:56-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/029998.html You're all invited to the New York City premiere of my film Stained-Glass Ceiling at New York University's News and Documentary Film Festival, 19 Washington Place, Suite 102, Saturday, January 31, 2009, 2:30 p.m. Stained-Glass Ceiling Gay leadership and... Amanda Cochran 2009-01-14T15:44:41-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/029993.html Gene Robinson is a subject in my documentary -- and he's now Obama's pick to offer prayer at the inauguration. Not bad. Not bad. :-D Picking Gene Robinson was a great decision on the part of Obama. In a country... Amanda Cochran 2009-01-12T20:08:26-05:00 http://blogs.setonhill.edu/AmandaCochran/029041.html The start of the new year is as good a time as any to bring you all up to speed on where the heck I've been for the past month or so. I've done lots of stuff. In a short... Amanda Cochran 2009-01-03T19:29:40-05:00