1989

1989

Debra Roberson has now published four books available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble and worth reading! They include Listen and You Will Hear: Book of Short Stories and Poems; By F.A.I.T.H.: A Memoir; Flowers of the Ark-LA-Tex; and Cane River Chronicles: Surviving on the Prayers of Our Ancestors, which I read. Kudos to Debra!

I’ve now been working for Walmart in marketing for more than six months, and the work is challenging and the people are great. It’s fun to go into any store and being able to talk to people there about new stuff I’m working on—big entertainment property marketing, such as Jurassic World Dominion, Netflix’s Stranger Things—and more. Fun fact: Classmate Ray Prado did the storyboards for Stranger Things in the first season, back when it was a “weird 1980s sci-fi show” that he told me about. And yes, I do have to watch all these shows on Netflix. If you have favorites, let me know. I won’t judge. So the job is a fun mix of my toy background and entertainment background with a very healthy dose of digital marketing. It’s always interesting, never dull.

What keeps you busy—and happy? Who are you meeting up with? What’s on your iTunes or Spotify playlist? Class of’89s want to knowemail me!

—Ned Ward, 2104 Graham Ave., #B, Redondo Beach, CA 90278; ned@nedorama.com

Ned Ward