Twentysomething
Tragedies
I was standing outside yesterday during the downpour yesterday when I realized: oh shit, I think I remember this feeling: depression.
Career
Twentysomething
Gap Year
A recent NYTimes article: For Some Graduates, a Fanciful Detour (or Two) before their Careers Begin Like a growing number of graduates, they are taking time away from school and the vigorous pursuit of a career. Some are looking for new experiences; others want to test potential careers or devote
Twentysomething
Empty Closet
Seems to me that how is much better than what. And choosing is much better than choices.
Career
Brimming
At some point, there is a limit to my dealing with sad unhappy bitter people who take their misery out on other people by making their jobs absolute hell.
Career
Third Base
Jumping through the void requires a lot of letting go. When you jump, you can't take a lot with you.
Career
Alfonso Flies
Looked at slews of grad school applications in the past 5 hours. Tests and recommendation letters and essays and the immense difficulty of concentrating on something I know can hardly be truthfully me.
Twentysomething
Insomnia
Can't sleep. Worries about not making it. Not making it on time in the months to come. Feels like I'm in the passenger seat of a car veering in the wrong direction. Our worlds all collide, bursting and spinning penetratingly into the sublime and unblinking smiles
Twentysomething
Madly gladly willingly
The restless souls of my life have more in common with me than they are different from me. They grow in straight lines, evenly spaced, like rows of trees ready to be picked clean of their fruit.
Twentysomething
I'm glad I'm a guy
Just had the shittiest day at work, where the realization of "oh shit, I'm 26 and stuck in a job I hate for the next 6 months" comes crashing against the realization of "oh shit, I'm 26 and in debt and with no
Twentysomething
That Pree
Pree emailed from South America today. That bitch. He's taking off before heading back to Columbia B in the fall. His plans in place, he's free to go buckwild and implode in ecstatic carefree-ness this month. His hitchiking stories sounds absurdly inspiring and all the other
New York
pick me up and slap me silly
Ok, now that the summer is blazing I have to be blazin' a little bit too. Things on the summer list. * Save an assload of money. Goddammit, if the job is screwing me over (and hell, I gave up a 60K bonus for this shit?), then I just have
New York
Duality
My days at an internet startup consists of apologizing to clients for our woefully inadequate product, cajoling uninspired developers and DBAs to get something, anything done.