A One Year Recap

This May marks the one year anniversary of my graduation from college. 
For one whole year, I have driven every morning to work–five to six days a week.  I have gone through two jobs, two promotions, three bosses, five co-workers, and a considerable amount of adjustment.  Is this progress or is this coming to terms with [...]

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One of Those Weeks

Do you ever have one of those weeks where everything seems to happen at once?  Like you get the feeling that a considerable portion of your life had been on repeat until the tape started to screw up and give you the whole damn thing in one reel?  Not that I know anything about motion [...]

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You Can Call Me Richie Rich

It’s official…I invest in things.  I believe this marks the epitome of adulthood–next step black balloons and a mug that says “#1 Boss.”
Despite the fact that all money is running downhill fast, I decided to invest in my company’s 401k today…so that I can roll around in money when I’m sixty-five and thinking ceramic cats [...]

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Giving Advice About People Who Give You Advice (Advice)

After college, there seems to be this unwritten rule for family and friends to give you advice.  The second you hold that diploma in hand, it’s like you made a deal with the world to get free advice for an undisclosed amount of time. 
People you didn’t even know could give advice come out of the [...]

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A Little Less Santa, A Little More Nog

Let’s keep the momentum alive on being recently adult-ish–When you’ve only recently become an “adult” in the eyes of your family, Christmas takes on a whole new meaning.  As a Christmas adult (yes, this is a particular type of adult), one must keep up with names and ages of small children, write “from santa” on [...]

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Metamorphisis

Today, I called a phone number that turned out to be the Rejection Hotline.  No, it wasn’t one of my many man-conquests from any number of bars I spend most of my time in, getting average-looking guys’ phone numbers (that was a joke, mom and dad, I promise). 
The number was actually the contact information some potential [...]

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Moving Out of Your Parents’ House

Granted I moved out of my parents’ house a few months ago, but today marks the day where I completely stripped my old room from being my old room.  It’s now my parents’ room in my parents’ house. 
All my years of journaling about boys that I wish would have noticed me (or others who I [...]

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What People Do With Jobs

I know I told some people that I would probably stop writing in this blog, seeing as the site my blog is linked with (Brazen) now invites potential employers to read the blogs.  But somehow it seems that MORE people have started reading my blog now that I haven’t updated in awhile.
So I guess I’ll [...]

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The Unknowingness of Life After College

In grade school, your teachers told you not to run with scissors, and stop picking your nose (or else the booger monster would eat your finger, obviously). 
In middle school, you were told all about abstinence…and how Darwin was full of crap (if you went to public school).
In high school and college, teachers persisted upon the [...]

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The Real World: 5 things to scare you shitless

There comes (a) time(s) in every person’s life where they realize that they are an adult.  Some figure this novel concept out at age 45 where they realize it’s time they stopped working at Burger Barn with uniform pit stains that have been accumulating since high school.  Others come to this conclusion as they’re sitting [...]

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