Trying to Take Geek Brief Down Under
Posted on: March 2, 2009Author: Cali
7 comments so far (is that a lot?)
I submitted an application to The Best Job in the World a couple weeks ago. People kept telling me I should, and at the last minute, I decided to give it a go. Tourism Queensland is doing a marketing contest to get someone to blog and create videos from The Great Barrier Reef for six months.
1) I was interested in the competition
2) I love shooting Geek Brief in front of nature
3) Geek Brief friends in Australia keep asking for a meetup, and if I win, I wouldn’t have to pay for a plane ticket! ;)
Out of 35,000+ applications, I was lucky enough to be chosen as one of 50 shortlist applicants! Here’s the deal:
Starting today (March 2nd) I need your help to vote for me in the competition. In about a month, they will narrow down the applicants to 11 people, who will then go out to Australia for interviewing. If I have the highest number of votes on the website, I’m guaranteed to be in the 11 Final Candidates.
If you’re reading this, chances are you know about my dream for The Big Trip. The economy said no to that for now, but I’m hoping I can have one over-the-top adventure before I have a child. Like I said on the entry video, I already feel like I have the best job in the world, thanks to Mevio. I would LOVE to do GeekBrief.TV in a beautiful, natural environment for 6 months and share the whole experience with a couple hundred thousand friends! I just want to say thanks to all of you who vote, and thanks times 30 to everyone who votes every day for the next month!
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March 3rd, 2009 at 2:18 am
Consider yourself voted for… but I want at least a postcard! ;)
March 5th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
Hey Cali
Congratulations on making the short list for the “Best Job In The World” !
I am kicking myself for not getting my act together as quickly as I should to enter my own application.
My real reason to post is to let you know how wonderful the Whitsundays are. I just returned from living there and have actually spend a lot of time on Hamilton Island. I actually lived on the island for a week. The people, places, and climate are great, as long as it not wet season :)
I am sure you have many contacts there, and will make many more. However, if you do need help with anything, especially if its media related, or you just want to get away from the media and get out for some fun, let me know and I will get you in contact with some wonderful people.
Last thing, only drink bottled alcohol when at the bars. They are bad for watering down the mix.
Hope you win!
March 7th, 2009 at 3:37 am
Hey Cali -
Just had to say that you are Something Serious Scrumptious, and that you’ve just kept me entertained for the last 45 mins, surfing over from the islandfreejob site, where I stumbled on you at random, to geekbrief, to smugmug, to here.
I’m in Australia, and you can promote my islands to the world, any time!
March 8th, 2009 at 10:12 am
Haha! Thanks, Jim. :)
March 13th, 2009 at 2:38 pm
good luck with your applicant though a tad disappointed as your pronunciation of “queensland” is oh so wrong!
March 15th, 2009 at 6:11 pm
Wow – How did the girl from Taiwan end up with 134,000+ votes already? There’s just something strange about that – hey, I have two emails and vote every day for the “north texas woman” – I’ll bet you could pull off a last minute surge by calling on all your blog, twitter, website and other followers to vote.
March 16th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
good luck.ps the update to apple tv is nice to be able to use third party remotes.
enjoy you tec breafs. just voted.