I know I enjoy having structure more than most, and I know I work in the non-profit sector, but it is after 11am and I am the Only person in the office outside of the administrative assistant.

Like, seriously? This is a workplace?

Today, I am working out of the cute little independent bookstore/coffeshop that is about a block from my office. This is for several reasons ( Read more... )

I don't know what to say about Boone ( Read more... )

Today, I officially started my job. It feels like where I want/need to be. It's big enough and different enough that I think I will have a lot of room to grow and a lot to learn as quickly as I can. At the same time, it became immediately apparent that they were willing to throw me right into editing and writing stories regularly.

I am also an ( Read more... )

I'll send you a postcard, I promise that I'll write
I'll send you a postcard, I'll write every night
but I gotta leave...

Lately, I've encountered such similar sentiments among my fellow graduates, a nostalgia or longing for life to continue as it has for the last four years. The winding down days of summer trigger wishes to walk barefoot on the mall ( Read more... )

After looking over the admissions page for The Columbia School of Journalism, finding a dual-degree program where I would spend a year in Paris, and generally confirming that it is my dream school, I have a list of goals for the next "semester" (is it weird that I still think of time that way?):

*Be better read (and listened) - The New York Times, ( Read more... )

I will be officially accepting my position with Americorps Project Conserve at Appalachian Voices, a conservation newsletter based in Boone, North Carolina, tomorrow. I must pack up all my things, find a place to live, drive 18 hours to North Carolina, move in, and start work by Sept. 2nd.

Yikes!

I'm excited.

there's so many people
wondering whats the right direction
as far as I'm concerned
there's only one way up

Somehow, so far, the little decisions that I've been making have been working out, but I'm not sure how long I'll continue drifting the right way.

I moved to Minneapolis. I live in a 2-story house on 14th/SE Como (near Dinkytown) with 3 ( Read more... )

Some days I really hate the slow, inevitable passage of time.

In my desperate attempt to avoid both responsibility and moving into my parent's house, I am contemplating a month-long trip around the country on Amtrak. I can get a 30 day pass for $600. Details are yet to be managed, but so far I feel in my gut that it's an awesome idea.