Black Tie Lounge

All I hear in the back ground is boom shada boom shada. I'm hanging out in Deet's Place, a cafe I haven't visited since sometime last spring. I almost forgot how intimate it really is here. I'm here studying and listening to an acapella group perform. They are alright. I'm a celebrity. I woke up Monday morning to a text message saying that I was on the VT home page. I knew exactly what took place. About a month ago, I gave a quote about a mentoring program I was a part of. Next thing I know I get called for a photo shoot. One month later I'm on the home page . This is kind of crazy. I mean all the messages about my face on the home page. I can't complain. I just don't want it to go to my head, which it never does. I can't wait to see what people say after two weeks when they get tired of seeing it. I'm not mad though. So this past weekend was pretty nice I must say. The Ebony Affair was a success, minus the food and minor technical difficulties. ...

Such a shame!!

An organization I'm in is hosting a formal event entitled "Lyrics & Liberation: A Soundtrack to Black Citizenship," which will be an evening dedicated to how music has played a role in expressing the political and social struggle of black people throughout the generations. The evening is organized into different musical eras starting with Jazz moving up to Hip Hop. I'm responsible for doing a monologue on the Motown Era. Not to toot my own horn but I slaved over the event name and I'm glad it stuck!! In doing some research on the period in which Motown grew I found out so much that was going on. The thrust of the monologue is to describe the Motown Era in conjunction with the achievements of blacks. Here are some things I found. In 1963 two months before the March On Washington, The Fabulous Miracles hit Top 10 on the charts with "You Really Got A Hold On Me." In 1964 one month prior to President Johnson signing the Civil Rights Act of 1964, "Da...

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I'm doing this to see if it pops up in Google!! I'll let you know if it works. Or you can see for yourself. Talk about drawing attention to yourself. Good luck. 10 minutes later I see that this did not work. So much for a keyword search. I'll just post my resume instead. http://filebox.vt.edu/users/gmcurry/Gordon's%20Profile/ Interesting fact: there is another Gordon Curry!! I'm sure there are plenty out therebut meeting another and seeing that there is someone else with my name is particularly weird to me. It was surprising. Want to know what I said to him. "Are you my white counter part or something?" I'm still a very professional young man. Trust me!

This is probably a stressful week. I was driving home from church thinking about everything and I got a head ache. Signs of stress. So what is going on. I have an application due by Friday for Burson Marsteller. I met a practitioner at the DC office that has been so helpful. She linked me with her colleague at the Chicago office so we'll see how that goes. Did I mention, I havent started. Honestly after doing Ruder Finn and Weber's application, I feel as though I'm good. What else is going on. The big thing is an event that one organization puts on. It's really formal and this year I'm excited because we are doing it bigger than before. The bigger the event, the bigger the headache. I can pull off events. I've been doing it for about 4 years now. Programming is my thing but adjusting to work styles that aren't as collaborative are a bit frustrating. I've been dealing with that a bit. I think this season has taught me how to work with people I may not ...

The course that I thought was so riveting is now becoming less of such. This is probably because the questions I ask people just give blank stares as if I'm speaking Chinese, African what have you. I think it is more of a self-confidence thing. I have a high need for feedback and when people don't say anything I start thinking something is wrong with me. Silence makes me nervous for some reason. If that last sentence was a lead to an article I would have gotten absolutely no coverage. So glad I can have a forum where my writing is not being judged. My question today is does PR add value to society? Should it seek to help make society fully functional? We can see now that the consequences of a corporate culture of greed and self interest is finally bearing bitter fruit for so many industries. So now the public is demanding that CSR be the very core of business. But beyond that should PR seek an orientation to make society fully functional? This was the argument in class tonight....