Tomorrow, I graduate with a Master of Arts in journalism from DePaul University, with distinction.

Searching for jobs is so discouraging. I'm trying to make the most of all of the rejection e-mails, but there has to be SOMEthing. I've done just about everything I can and it's still not good enough. It's disheartening and soul-crushing that I spent 2 years of my life away from friends and family and put myself in tens of thousands of dollars in ( Read more... )

Keeping my fingers crossed for a few things. Staying positive.

And very excited about the Blackhawks!!

Yup, this is me too.

All of the loan statements are coming in. I'm panicking.

What am I going to do with all of these flowers?

:)

In my opinion and column writing class tonight, we had to rewrite the lede for an op-ed piece published in the Chicago Tribune on Sunday. If you're not interested in clicking on the link, here's the first part of it:
University of Chicago law professor Geoffrey Stone recently wrote an op-ed titled "The crazy imaginings of the Texas Board of ( Read more... )

Six names you go by:

1. Christiana
2. Xtiana (X-tina)
3. Xtiana (X-tee-AH-nuh)
4. Johns
5. CJ
6. X

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Spring is wonderful in Chicago -- everyone comes out of hibernation and is generally in a better mood. The warm weather and lack of coats accompanied by baseball swinging into season really changes the vibe of this city. It makes the months of a bitter winter worth the wait ( Read more... )

I'm sure no one has missed my entries, but sometimes it's nice to be reflective, or just have somewhere to get everything out even if no one is listening.

So much has happened.

Vancouver. Wow. Where do I begin? What an insane experience. So many people ask me, "How was Vancouver?" and I feel that I can't adequately answer that question. I got to be ( Read more... )