Essays, observations, and occasional investigations into the strange business of being twenty-something.

Essentially, I’m in my twenties. This is how I think. This is how I write.

  • As I journey deeper into corporate America, my excessive use of exclamation marks still finds a way to make itself known. I send countless emails everyday to numerous different partners, (All of whom I have now come to think of as my pen pals) and with every email I’m about to press send on, my exclamation marks scream at me from the screen.  What’s the problem with using exclamation marks though? It’s supposed to convey excitement and strong emotions; I really do hope my email letting you know that your campaign underperformed finds you well, and I really do thank…

    Continue reading →: Hope This Finds You Well!
  • When I wrote that last post, I wasn’t actually considering stopping my blog. (And I’m still not, just have to keep you on your toes) But my lengthy absence I’m sure has made now all two of you new readers nervous.  I had an idea and a topic I wanted to write about: My love of routines and rituals, anthropologically speaking, and how that connects back to capitalism and consumerism. (I got to put my degree to use somehow) But after three entirely new drafts and three weeks still with nothing, I started thinking about other topics to write about. …

    Continue reading →: A Bad Case of the Writer’s Block
  • Well folks, the time has finally come. I know we’ve only known each other for six blog entries, or rather for 22 years since it seems my grandpa is my only consistent blog viewer, but I hope you will share my excitement (and more notably, my Dad’s) when I say I finally have a job.  I am working as an Assistant Media Planner for an advertising agency and have been for the past two weeks. (If that wasn’t made obvious by my lack of blog posting) While it’s been a bit slow, given that I am just being trained at…

    Continue reading →: To Blog or Not to Blog