Nebraska gets a lot of shit. It is pretty weird. Everyone has guns and eats a lot of feedlot beef. Not to mention the incredible volume of corn. Oh my lord the corn. (Nebraska's college football team mascot is literally a white guy in a flannel shirt and cowboy hat: a Cornhusker). Omaha is pretty… Continue reading Nebraska
This Chart Blows Up the Myth of the Welfare Queen – Jordan Weissmann – The Atlantic
In case y'all were still confused: This Chart Blows Up the Myth of the Welfare Queen - Jordan Weissmann - The Atlantic.
Pilsen
My dear friend Brook has lived in Chicago for 5 years and I have never visited. Until now. She lives in an area called Pilsen, which just reminds me of pilsner, the light beer which was so prevalent in Prague that I will forever associate the two.Anyway, it's incredibly cold here. I like cold but… Continue reading Pilsen
Moving
Pros: Free lunch! My friend Laura confirmed my suspicion that lots of people would buy me lunch and wine this week. Cons: I have never received so many unsolicited opinions in my life (especially re: weather, city culture, traveling, etc). As if I barely scraped by in my life before I was gifted this advice.… Continue reading Moving
Intern
Oh, I got that internship in Seattle. The wild blog titles worked. I'll be writing more blog stuff and learning a lot about stationery. (Apparently The Great Gatsby is in for 2014.)And don't worry, it's a paid internship. I don't work for free.
Move
Going to live-blog the rest of the move. For those who are deeply interested in how I am spending my week. Today: slept in very late like a teenager; worked on my writing sample; got Thai lunch with my bestie; got my neck rubbed; looked around at all the boxes in my apartment; listened to… Continue reading Move
Critical Writing
It's amazing the immense difference that moving a paragraph can make. Working on my critical writing sample for grad school and tore down a wall by moving page three to page one. It's all making sense! Now I just have to finish it.
Fledgling
Fledgling by Octavia Butler is the greatest novel ever.Polyamorous queer vampires? Clean prose? Spec fic? I'm in.
Supervise
One of my writing consultants called meThe best boss ever.Yess.
Seattle
Working on some fake blog post titles for an internship opportunity in Seattle. Deciding whether to be wildly outlandish or somewhat reserved. Leaning hard towards the outlandish. Snarky is in, right?
Jesse Rice-Evans 