You know little mama ain't with that quick isht.

{work rant} So we're switching to this new database at work, and I currently feel like I'm being made "the bad guy" because I'm actually speaking up about ways to improve it. Some of my suggestions aren't just nitpicky design issues -- some of them are important/mandatory details that must be part of the form. But I feel like I'm the only one saying anything. My co-worker would probably be saying the same things, but she's not here today or yesterday, so I'm sort of speaking for both of us, which probably makes things look worse. Part of what's annoying me is that they didn't actually run the database through the legal department for approval. Granted one of the NYO attys was consulting with the paralegals, but the info never go circulated to the other attys. So my co-worker and I look like asses when we hand over the new database printout and MY boss is like "what's this? no one told me about this? i can't read this? why did they change it?" So I write back to NYO with her 'input', and the fcking IT guy tells me that "the attorneys must learn to cope with the new structure". I beg your pardon? Maybe HE can tell my supervisor that she can "just cope", but I'm not going to fcking do that. She's the fcking head of the office and the legal department here, and she outranks most legal folks in the other offices as well. I don't think it's an unreasonable idea to have all attys who are involved with help desk informed of the change. And then the fcking paralegal who's trying to be helpful but is hopelessly naive is like "oh, tell her she can contact me with any questions." Not to be some sort of weird infrastructure snob, but that's not exactly how it works. I am by NO means someone who believes in the holy power of buearacracy and structure and authority and general supervisory bullshit. So I don't think it's weird for me to think about getting approval before completely implementing a project. This is how most of the office works. You mention wanting to do a project. They say ok. You go and do it on your own, however you want. Then RIGHT before you submit the project or make it official, you go back and say "is this okay, what I just did?" And for the most part, they say "sure" or "change that one thing first". Then it's all good. So I don't think it would have been that hard for him to go to legal and saying "we just finished this, we still have a few kinks to work out, but is it good to go?" I guess I so rarely genuinely get involved in work matters, I feel astonished when something seems obvious and simple.
{/work rant}
( is you a tease or what? )

From the December issue of XXL.....in 2004.

Name: BoyWonder. Though his friend's call him Raymond
Representing: Atlanta, Chicago, Bay Area. Grew up in the Dirty South, started producing beats in Chicago, and later made the move out west. "Which is ironic since I'm an NYC dick-rider," says BoyWonder.
Where you've heard him: Produced tracks for Caushun, Foreign Legion, Pharoahe Monch, oh, and that platinum comeback album of Nas.
Q: How did you get hooked up with Nas?
A: One of his label people kept calling and harassing me. They heard my beats and wanted to pull me onto the new album. I wasn't so sure about working with him -- I'm not his biggest fan or anything.
Q: It wasn't your idea?
A: Naw, man. And Nas wasn't even into me as first. He was like "who's this little white punk?" But then I played a few beats and he seemed fairly impressed.
Q: Do you like album?
A: Yeah, I dig it. It's sometimes a gamble for me to sell my stuff, cause I hate hearing it on the radio later and my beautiful music has been butchered by some wack cats who can't rhyme.
Q: Do you MC?
A: Not as well as most! But I know what's good.
Q: Anyone else come knocking since some of your isht went platinum?
A: Not as many as you'd think. But a few opportunities have come up. I also now have some freedom to work on my own isht. And now I can maybe convince labels to pay to clear samples I've been wanting to use.
Q: What's your favorite album to sample?
A: I won't let you drop a dime on me. But I will say this -- I have love for 80's R&B and soft rock. But only when it's flipped.

A boy can dream. And a boy can be sad when he's writing his own profiles. But let's just call it maintaining a vision. And maybe one day all of you will say "I knew him when". Hell, maybe I'll still have a livejournal.....