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1) We don’t want to talk to you.

2) We don’t want to pause our music to talk to you.

3) We don’t even talk to each other on the phone — why would we want to talk to you?

But the biggest reason is A TRAIL. If I e-mail you back, you can see what was said in the future. You can’t tell me I forgot to tell you something because it’s right there. You can’t tell me I “never reached out” because we can both SEE it. I don’t have to trust your recollection.

And, in a group inbox, you can see who has been responded to. I got forwarded a voicemail from my supervisor (through e-mail! imagine that!) asking me to call some lady back for clarification. So I did, against my will of course…and she said somebody had called her yesterday.

Who? When? What did y’all talk about? Is follow-up necessary?

Phone calls back and forth only work in a workflow where the standard procedure is to *log* phone calls in a shared system with a brief summary of what was discussed. Otherwise, y’all need to let us e-mail. It’s not just about a generation gap. It’s also about efficiency.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk. Any feedback can be proffered via e-mail.

EDIT

The convent had been vacant since 2011. x

Sisters Holzman and Callanan are two of five nuns of the California Institute of the Sisters of the Most Holy and Immaculate Heart of the Virgin Mary and the only members who opposed Perry's purchase. x

"After learning more about the singer and her "public image," the sisters objected to selling Perry the property "for what should be obvious reasons coming from Catholic nuns," the attorneys wrote."

"'Katy Perry represents everything we don't believe in,' Holzman said in the interview. 'It would be a sin to sell to her.'"

Sex and debauchery never happens in hotels, right?

"However, Hollister’s offer came after an initial $14.5 million offer from singer Katy Perry, which the archdiocese had accepted."

"After the sale to Hollister, of which the sisters received $44,000 and were promised an additional $9.9 million after three years."

Part of Perry's deal with the Archdiocese includes $4.5 million to “provide an alternative property for a house of prayer for priests that still has a lease on the Waverly Drive property."

Bonus: The nuns went to the Daily Mail (...) and said a lot of misogynistic crap.

“I do not like Katy Perry's lifestyle. I gave a lot of the things from the internet to show the Archdiocese what kind of woman she was. Some of the things she does are disgusting."

"Katy Perry was all dressed very nicely and said: 'I have this tattoo on my wrist and it says Jesus.’ 'And I wanted to say, 'yes and what is the tattoo on your behind?'"

"I asked her: 'you are into witchcraft, you went to Salem.' She looked over at one of her people and said: 'Did I go to Salem, was I in Salem?' 'I said: 'Come on, you didn't know you were in Salem at a witchcraft thing. You don't remember it? That would stick way out in my mind."

-latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-los-feliz-convent-20171204-story.html -latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-nuns-katy-perry-20150717-story.html -catholicnewsagency.com/news/la-convent-sale-controversy-ends-in-favor-of-archdiocese-katy-perry-57456 -npr.org/2018/03/10/592623697/nun-involved-in-katy-perry-convent-lawsuit-collapses-and-dies-in-court -la.curbed.com/platform/amp/2017/11/16/16666914/katy-perry-battle-nuns-los-feliz-convent -dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4293564/amp/Nuns-fight-disgusting-Katy-Perry-sale-convent.html

“There is a reason you dreamed of this place.”

amy adams was nominated five times in eight years. 

it took her less than half the time it took him to get the same number of nominations.

her performances are poignant, subtle, always beautifully delivered. 

the fact she wasn’t even nominated for arrival is an absolute atrocity.