I got to experience many 'firsts' during this first week in LA: first ride on an airplane, first time seeing mountains (which weren't all that spectacular, though I don't know what I was expecting really, I think I had this romanticized idea in my head... although I'm sure they're amazing up close), first time seeing Las Vegas (my layover was there), first time riding a city bus (which is an experience...). I'm sure all you readers are thinking "boy Tanya is so sheltered"... no, I just never really had the opportunity before.
Initially, I was set to start at the Urban Network right away Monday morning the day after I arrived, but due to it being MLK day... I was off the hook. So Tuesday morning at 11 I showed up all ready to go. Being the first day, I met everyone and got some idea of what I'd be doing... at least for right now. It's a fairly small office with not many people to meet, though I'm good with names so that didn't bother me. But the Man In Charge, Miller London, he's amazing. He used to work with Motown and there's all these plaques up on the wall with records of artists he's worked with... it's seriously impressive.
Wednesday. Well, let's say that was a day I'll never forget. It was the first day I was to travel by bus and I was nervous. And scared. I had the routes all memorized and thought I knew where I was going... wrong. The first bus went okay, but the transfer got me all messed up. Somehow I wound up going south all the way past the airport. Luckily, the place I got off on was where a bunch of buses were stopped at (I think they were taking breaks or something), so I told a driver my situation and thankfully the kind lady said she'd take me where I needed to go. I pretty much wanted to cry. Though, now I know. And knowledge is power. Because Thursday... smooth sailing. I'm a pro.
Job duties. Okay well, for right now, I check their social networking sites to update them (add new friends, messages, etc) and look for news stories in the urban entertainment department. Once I find some news, I rework them in my own words, find pictures to correlate and then submit them. So far I've got two on their website on my first 'real' try. Then I basically do whatever Warren needs me to do.
Things will really get interesting in the near future with their Summit coming up in March. I'm really excited about that. I'm sure I'll have more details to post about later.
A few final things:
- The weather is amazing. Except it rained Thursday and is supposed to for the next few days. What's up with that?
- Things are more expensive here. No Super Target/Walmart... how do people survive?
- Drivers are crazy. They honk all the time.
- I love it here.
The end. Til next time.
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