2009 Networking Resolution : Proving Ever-Fruitful

So my morning began with my coffee pot exploding.  Not exploding... as in, Starbucks has developed a massive conspiracy to kill us all with their overpriced Cappuccino machines... but my idiocy in allowing the cord of the "I-had-it-in-my-college-dorm" $14 coffee machine to lay dangerously close to my gas stovetop.  And cooking eggs on said gas stovetop at preceiely the same time as I was brewing a massive 8 gallon pot of French Roast.

It was the start of a very eventful Thursday.

Ever since a few personal life alterations (i.e. relationship termination), I've been bouncing back to my old 2006 self a bit more.  Going out, being with friends, taking in 2009 with a glass of wine and a... dance on a table, if you will.  Literally.  Any person who has not done the salsa on a restaurant tabletop at 2 p.m. in the afternoon should go to the meatpacking district for Saturday brunch.  Epic.

Another potentially dance-on-inappropriate-object event occurred this week.  I had dinner with a lovely director I've known since Sundance '07, who's been talking about shooting a series of short films in New York post this year's festival (which he has another film in).

And after a hearty meal of burritos and a tub of startlingly kiwi-green guacamole, it looks like I might just get the opportunity to work with him on one of them. 

Don't want to say too much to jinx it -- but man, networking (with the proper training / craft / foundation of pursuit behind you) works wonders.  If I didn't have a 2009 resolution before, I certainly have one now.

Time to cook chocolate!  Ashley Avis