Gina Kenney:  

and it actually belonged to my stepdad before I confiscated it as my very own. OK so it wasn't the coolest album but it wasn't like we had money for me to buy all the cool stuff anyways. Well, that's it for now. I will update with more later. College I didn't have your typical college experience being a full-time employee and part-time college student. As was the norm for most folks, I submitted my assignments and passed most of my courses by the skin of my teeth. Although most times I worked really hard and ended up with A and maintained a near perfect 4.0 my entire collegiate life (so far), I won't lie and pretend that was always the case. I've had a disappointment hear and there. A dropped class or withdraw I'm not proud to admit to admit to but they are there nonetheless. Oh well. Again, handed a different set of cards in life, I would have loved to attend college full-time on mommy & daddy's dime. But that wasn't was dealt to me. I've had to work hard for every little thing I've got. If you read my main life bio, you would already know by now that it didn't matter anyway. Take that for what it's worth. Workplace Again, as you've already read, it's been a hard road. Even though I started with a pretty solid grasp of computer knowledge in 1988, nobody would give me a chance so I started by answering phones. I then moved on to filing clerk within 2 months. I left that company soon thereafter and worked as a temp throughout many companies, mainly Johns Hopkins Hospital. As an administrative assistant, I answered phones, filed paperwork, transcribed and faxed memos. I moved up to staff assistant and helped put together informational binders and booked meetings. I processed fellowship applications and credentialed doctors from all over the world. I helped put together a 20 year internal medicine grant to help further cancer research. I excelled after transferring to a nice quiet position as Program Assistant for the graduate business program at the University's School of Business. Using the software I devoted myself to learning inside and out, I developed programs to streamline my position as well as those like mine which numbered into the dozens for the University. The program I wrote was used as a baseline model for one which I participated on the team to implement school-wide. As a reward I was promoted to Marketing Associate. This position was meant for a person who already possessed a BA and was working on their Masters. I was still merely halfway through my BA at that point. The Director was aware this fact but pressured me into taking the position anyway. It was about 8 months into it when I realized I had made a huge mistake and bitten off way more than I could chew. I made a tough choice and left Hopkins to figure out what I wanted out of life. I remained delusional for several years but finally fate pushed me into the right direction. After relocating to New England, I found a fabulous job working for Avid Technology in Tewksbury, MA. This company makes linear graphic editing software and can be credited with many movies of the 90's. Around 2001, Matt Damon & Ben Affleck had this great idea to have a script contest and teamed up with some other folks to form Live Planet Productions to pull it off. The winner of this contest wins all kinds of great gear (including Avid equipment), a $1 million contract to actually produce their script and make it into a movie. In one of the many meetings between our big wigs and Ben & Matt, it is decided that they will come to our office to seal the deal. Ben is the only one to show up and of course, I get to show him to the conference room. So very exciting for me, I'm sure. But you know since then I've moved onto another great company called Fishman. We make acoustic amplification equipment. We frequently get musicians who come to our factory for a variety of reasons which range from tours to instrument tweaking. I've been with the company for almost 4 years now and have been afforded luxuries such as backstage passes to shows too numerous to count. BNL, Velvet Revolver, Bon Jovi, Lenny Kravitz, etc. I've met all kinds of guitar greats from Eddie Van Halen on down at trade shows every January in LA. I wish I could say I hate to name drop but oh well, this is where I work and I definitely couldn't help it. Besides, this goes in line with the sweetest thing in life being good living. Go ahead and hate me all you want.