The New Job Saturday, October 12, 2002

I am so gonna love working @ Hudson.  So far, it's pretty nice.  I've been er, training for the last few days... ok, I haven't really been actually trained in anything specific yet.  Basically it's been a lot of observing and watching and getting a feel for the way things are done @ this place.  I spend most of my shifts standing around, being annoying, looking over people shoulders and laughing politely when they make a joke about something I don't really understand.  Lots of Hudson Lingo to catch up on, I guess.  I'm not really sure what I was expecting to get, I guess maybe something a little more formal?  I sort of had this image in my head of a large crowd of us newbies sitting in conference rooms, viewing "Welcome to Hudson" videos on an overhead projector.  I was thinking seminars and procedure workshops, maybe some teambuilding excersizes?  Then we could all sit around and talk about our childhood nightmares, share personal aspirations and discuss why we all hate authority figures, and maybe just sing a few choruses of "You've Got a Friend."   But I seem to be the only one on that train of thought cuz anytime I suggest we try something like that, people just look @ me funny.  Heh.  I just kind of keep waiting for some HANDS-ON shit, like to be put in front of a computer and have somebody sitting next to me saying, "Ok, this is how we do this..."  Maybe it's too soon, though.  They could just be trying to ease me into everything, which is probably the best way to go.  Judging from the Check-In madness I witnessed today @ the front desk, I guess I should be glad that I'm not in the center of hellfire just yet. 

I really like the kids I'm working with.  They all have this sort of way about them, like they all own the floor you're standing on.  Everybody's kind of witty and quick and on-the-ball, and it's sort of a surprise to me b/c I like to think that most Beautiful People are stupid and lacking in personality.  But this is not true, dammit.  A lot of them are actually kind of warm and inviting -- like, they're genuinely nice people and they seem happy to have me on board (b/c, as you see, it's all about me).  I like them too.  Oh don't get me wrong though, I can already tell you there's gonna be some straight up nasty posts about some of these bitches soon enough... but there's no need to get ahead of ourselves before this even starts, right? 

Tuesday night we're hosting the VH1 Fashion Awards after-party.  Excited as you can imagine, I'll try to keep it in my pants.  I'm not making any promises though.

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