Round Two
Round two of the diva’s office visit was in full swing. All white flowers and candles had been ordered for every office and for every desk. The large conference room had once again been transformed into an elegant dining room with large candelabra draped in white flowers. Scented candles were burning everywhere and mixed with [...]
Scream!
I learned later that one of the main reasons for the hoopla made over the diva’s office visit was that she was supposed to review imaging and offer approval for her upcoming albums artwork. After the bankruptcy and media blitz surrounding it, and the years that had passed since her last album, the label was [...]
M.D.
I always had a hustle. Not in a get over on people sense of the word hustle, but I always had a gig, a way to make money. Even as a kid, I had a paper route and I was one of only about three girls in our neighborhood to have a paper route. In [...]
Release Your Inner Ghetto and Show Them How It’s Done, Idiot!
After a few days at the beginning of my internship I wanted to quit. It all seemed so cold and cut throat. But after a few months I began to understand the politics of the place. I had decided not to adopt all of the practices, but understanding helped me to navigate my way and [...]
Black or White: It Matters!
AC’s assistant needed an assistant to handle call volume and to help her with completing mundane everyday administrative stuff. An all intern meeting had been called in order to inform us that we would be taking turns assisting AC’s assistant until they found someone permanent. When my turn came up it seemed like they picked [...]
Phone Sex Operator
Take That Entertainment Weekend had officially started with a bang, and that bang left an explosion of clothes all over the floor outside of AC’s office. Once the couture carnage was cleaned up it was back to business as usual, and with all of the clothing and tantrum drama it had been a very long [...]
Pimps Up! Interns down.
It was a gorgeous day in Atlanta and from the panoramic view of the city from the high rise where the label’s office was it looked like the sun had bathed the city in gold glitter. I was full of expectation and I wasn’t sure why but a day this beautiful had to have something [...]
Happy Thanksgiving
There were days at the label when multi-tasking took on a whole new meaning, and that’s the type of day I was having when I met Ms. Germain. I didn’t know her first name, all I knew was everybody called her Ms. Germain. She would whirlwind into the office, stir everybody up and whirlwind back [...]
Inside I Was Doing Cartwheels
The Monday after Thanksgiving I was back at work at Chase Records. I was grateful to have had an extended weekend to recuperate from my Thanksgiving telethon with Ms. Germain. Nothing was going on at the office, it was empty like a college campus around holidays. Most people took long extended vacations for the holidays [...]
I Wish I Could Read Japanese
It had been about three months since I made the first pair of “space commander” pants for Dax and thankfully I was still making them for him. I thought we had exhausted all of the possible color combinations for his unique designs but he kept thinking of more ways to mix and match hues. About [...]