here's another clue:

if you can't manage traffic -then you are not a traffic manager.

here's a clue:

if you're still eating jack in the box, bagels, donuts, cookies and every other form of fatty unhealthy foods while working out...you won't loose weight.

am i missing something?

when bored at work (most of the time) i cruise blogs. i visit 1 or 2 somewhat slightly regularly, then i click the upper left corner for "next blog"
what's UP with the overabundance of crafty-knitty-quilty-scrapbooky blogs?!?! all seem to be run by midwest pastel housewives and/or retirees! weird. virtually every blog i click through is either a crafty blog or some blog about somebody's annoying little kid(s) - or WEDDING blogs! what the fuck?! where are all the subversive, thought provoking, compelling blogs? is there a blog roll for GOOD SHIT?
just curious.

shift in corporate structure

seems that statement has been the crux of my entire career at one point or another...many points actually.
after 20 years in the music business, numerous bankruptcies, acquisitions, buyouts, downsizes and restructures ,i found myself without a job and with very few options music-related to find work. through a good friend, i got a referral for a job and quickly found myself in the magazine publication/distribution business. somewhat slightly music related, in that i assist in the creation of a weekly sales flyer (that people around here seem to thing is Rolling Stone - which is quite funny to me...it's a SALES FLYER on glossy, overpriced color paper, but whatever, everyone has their own levels of self importance) i've gone from a nationally recognized product specialist, managing inventory across the country, multimillion dollar budgets, creative campaign design and execution, store planning and layout to a coordinator.
it was announced today that a portion of the company that i work for has been sold off. (a portion that i actually started my illustrious music career with, oddly enough) and it's fine, that's not the bother - i know the music business is a dying industry, sales and distribution are collapsing as every moment ticks by. i understand that. i am glad i am no longer a part of that. i guess what i find upsetting or distressing is that i had hope that there would still be room for me - somewhere. that i would be able to keep music around me and that i would be able to make a living off my knowledge and expertise. i guess the realization and acceptance is as slow and painful for me as the collapse of the industry itself. i'm sad today over what i was and apparently won't ever be again. getting over it in stages, i suppose. i'm just a coordinator now and no one knows or cares what experience i may have to offer. i find myself in a job and an industry that i have no particular interest in, and with creative types that are passionate about what they do, but i do not share in their passion. i desperately want to be closer to music again. i'm not sure how or where.