62,000 jobs cut today

according to the NY Times, 62,000 jobs were cut today. every time i hear someone mention layoffs in my office my heart skips a beat. that number is incredible for just one day.

in other news ... i'm working with a bunch of other techy kids in nyc on a charity event called NYC twestival for charity: water. very excited for the skills that i can offer to them, but even more excited about the things i can learn from this group of people. the people who are involved are really, really an incredible group. they've achieved things that i hope to achieve during my time here in nyc. we're just about to announce the venue and put tickets up for sale! so keep your eye peeled.

oh, and you should all be following me on twitter, obviously. http://twitter.com/nettap

wnyc

i've finally made it inside the ride! i'm working at WNYC as their marketing coordinator. very exciting.

i'm really liking it so far. the building is AMAZING, the people i'm working with are, so far, incredibly talented and hard working. good aesthetics and hard work are my favorite qualities in coworkers and surroudings, and in people in general. they'er also good humored.

things WORK here. meaning that i'm actually really liking working as a marketing rep. and i love this place, meaning i believe wholeheartedly in what i'm preaching. that makes it so much easier to do a good job. hopefully the good feelings will continue after the new wears off!

i've decided we need to live in park slope or brooklyn heights, if we're not to move to manhattan. not immediately, of course, probably not in the next year or so. but after that, when we're both established well. god did right by me having me find my way to WNYC!

there's great stuff around the office, too. soho's just up from here, the village, and the post office is across the street, nick arrojo's studio is 1 block over, there's a chipotle, korean bbq and falafel trucks out front. wachovia is pretty far away, but that won't matter soon.

i've done it! not without some assistance from very wonderful colleagues and people, but i feel like i've arrived (for 25 years old, at least). i expected to hit my stride, and the universe gave me what i was after. even amidst the financial turmoil.

ok - i must get back to the phone calls i was making. but have no fear, i do not believe this is the end of netta producing. i think that is just on hold for now. we shall see what path i choose. the doors have been opened.

several updates

1. i got a job. several jobs.

i started at air america as a part time call-screener, and i'll be doing that for the rest of this week. those people will hold for almost 3 hours. that's an entire show. i'm well-impressed with that.

i also have some gigs lined up at wnyc. thank you to everyone that has helped out with that!

i was working, as well, at a documentary studio as an intern. i got a little bit familiar with final cut pro, but i definitely think it was time to dip before they got too used to how hard i work! hah!

2. snoop dogg appeared on martha stewart?!



indeed my friends. indeed.

3. the number of hate crimes across america have gone up exponentially since barack was elected president. i don't understand. what the hell are people afraid of? i don't understand continued shows of racism. that thing people do when db2 shows up where they snap their head back a little like, "oh. i thought you were a white guy!" it was so subtle for so long, but i guess barack being elected has given people a reason to let that shit fly. well. that's what it is. shit.

4. thanksgiving is almost upon us, and it snowed today in nyc! i can't wait to go home to nc, shop at jc penny's, do some laundry for FREE at my mom's, and squeeze the hell out of some of my homies. it's the little things.

i just went to craig's list again

because i'm still applying for jobs ... just in case
and i can't even bring myself to write another cover letter. i guess i should give myself a break.

went over to shara's and re-dyed the hair. hair appointment thursday.
we watched part of sex and the city - the movie. loving it, too. forgot how much i miss that show.

davey b goes on tour for a few days now. he's out somewhere tonight with ryan. i thought they'd be home by now ... i beat them! i am so glad that he is with me on this adventure.

new york - you are making me stronger. i am still me, but i am just as strong as i thought i was, and god really gives you what you need when you need it. support and love surround me even as i'm 100's of miles away from little ol raleighwood.

i miss dance class the most.

friday's off

i've declared that i'm now coming in at 7am m-th, and i will be taking friday's off. i will be spending my friday's pursuing other things - my crafting, relaxing, working on me, and trying to figure out what my next step in life may be if things that i'm hoping for don't pan out. i will be exploring what doors are open and which ones i might be able to shove open a little further.

that being said, i'm feeling delightful.

rut of nc

i cannot get back into the rut that is chapel hill
i feel like i fell right back into it when i got off the plane

the food
the job
the tired
the kind of bored

sf i am coming! i don't know how, but i am!

note to self - maybe work for 2nd life?

excitement. harpo update.

someone i know, knows someone who used to be on the inside people!!

that's right. i think i've got my foot a little closer to the door of harpo.

cha cha now y'all!