t-minus 6 months 'til I'm moving to San Francisco...

[1blazeofglory]

One of the things I love about McSweeney's is a proclivity their authors have for blowing minds with life changing sentences disguised in casual understatement and subtlety. This talent apparently extends to their staff as well. Here's the e-mail I got from their internship coordinator in response to my application to work for them after graduation

Comments

[lollipopcrisp]

oh god, the future...

[mattfelsen]

i'm in san francisco right now!!!!!

i didn't know mcsweeney's is here. that's cool. they're cool. you're cool.

...i'm cool?

i just took this picture

[1blazeofglory]

Matt! You have to go to 826 Valencia. That's the address, and the name of the organization wherein McSweeney's writers teach kids how to write, and it's fronted by a pirate store!

[braveaphrodite]

GAH! gwen. how fucking cool.

[modest_heat]

oh congratulations!!!

[yenfortruth]

Gwen, this is fabulous... everything's falling into place!

[1blazeofglory]

The feelings about living in Austin you wrote about in your most recent post are similar to mine for San Francisco. Even though it's an unpaid internship, I want to be home wherever I go next, because I have never had that in Florida... hills! waves! public transportation! plus McSweeney's is just right.