Sasha Grey can’t seem to get a break when it comes to her involvement with childhood education. You may remember back in November when a controversy arose due to her involvement with the Read Across America program. Like many other Hollywood stars, Sasha donated her time to read to 1^st graders at Emerson Elementary School in Compton, California. A major fuss was raised when a few parents got wind that this former adult movie star was in their children’s classroom. The school denied that Sasha was even on school grounds, up until pictures emerged showing her reading to the attentive students. Unfortunately, the school dropped the program, “because of one lone disgruntled fan who harassed my parents, the school district, the media and me, for my involvement in such an important program”, according to Sasha.

The latest news involves an adult movie company named Assence Films, who have added to the education-related controversy. While Sasha has been retired from the adult industry for almost a year, Assence have released a new movie using previously released scenes of Miss Grey at work. Alongside this movie, entitled ‘Anal Artists’, Assence announced that they were donating part of the proceeds to National Education Association, a teacher’s union. Sasha has said that she is not involved with this project, and that they are merely hoping to jump on the hype created during her last venture into children’s education – and it looks like that’s just what has happened.

NEA has refused the funding, saying in a statement to the Huffington Post, “Sasha Grey is not affiliated with the National Education Association’s Read Across America program nor has she been invited or endorsed by NEA to read at any of the association’s Read Across America Day events, and NEA will not accept any proceeds from her latest, or any of her films.”

Sasha is understandably angry, saying “the fact that people are now misled to believe I’m personally selling this movie with salacious marketing, or the fact that the [National Education Association] won’t take donations from this pathetic company. There’s little money for education in this beautiful country, and as a pro-education advocate, it’s heartbreaking to hear this.”

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Well, as you can tell, HCOMS Towers hasn’t been blown away to the land of Oz this week, though it has made for some interesting hairstyles for those coming into the office from these storms this week. The office pool on the X-Factor results paid out quite well this week, since most of us had the cutie with the pink hair winning the whole thing, but I think we all know that Amelia’s got a contract in her future anyway. Most of us are already in ‘holiday’ mode, so it’s been a bit of a battle to keep on task and get things done. I know when I get back from my few days off, I’m going to have a mile-long list of emails in my inbox from clients, suppliers, co-workers, and a few personal ones (shhhh…Ididn’tsaythat….shhhh), so I thought that discussing how to keep your inbox organised would be a good topic to discuss. Shall we?

I go by four basic rules when it comes to email.

1. Folders are your friends.
2. If you’re read it, it’s not in your inbox.
3. If you don’t need to read it, it’s not in your inbox.
4. Stop obsessing over your inbox.

My email is set up so that I have one main inbox which all my incoming mail goes into. From there, I have smaller, sub-folders that I file away emails that I have read, and emails that I know I don’t need to read (but should hold onto in the event I may need it). My sub folders typically are dedicated to one person, but if I’m working on a project where there are many people involved, I keep a folder for that one project.

So when I head into my inbox, I quickly skim it, decide if it needs reading or not. I either read it, then file it, or file it straight away. If I really don’t need it (in the event that a spam email gets through our filters), I just bin it. By the end of my session with my inbox, it should be completely empty. Nothing lives in my inbox for more than a few hours.

I also only check my email a few times a day. Yes, I do get tempted when I see that little window pop up and show me a flirting glimpse of what’s inside, but I have learned to behave myself, and just let that email sit there until I have the time to look at it. As a general rule, I only check my emails every couple of hours or so. Checking them as and when they come in disrupts my ‘flow’, and I don’t like having to stop and start things. (And by flow, of course I mean my mad rapping skills, and not my website design marathons where I get into the zone and make the most mind-blowing pages imaginable. )

There are times when I do keep a better eye on my inbox, such as the weekly report that my supervisor sends out that needs completing within the hour, or when my mate across the hallway is going on a Krispy Kreme run, and wants to know what I want. (Yes, I do have my priorities correct, Thank you for noticing.)

Since I won’t be back before Christmas arrives, I’d like to take this time to wish you and yours a Happy Christmas, a great New Year, and a somewhat painless New Year’s Day hangover!

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