Can't Stop Laughing

My job at NextStudent is great because I get to listen to stuff like this blasted from computers all day.

***Warning: You might want to turn down your volume. This is David Lee Roth's overdub track on "Running With the Devil"... just the overdub track.

Writing is like a carousel

My position title at NextStudent tells me, "It's official. You're a writer."

I don't buy it. For me... writing is like a carousel ride of words. I go round and round and up and down with unsatisfying progress. The ride is fun while I'm on it, but when I get off and look back at my journey I am unimpressed with the outcome. There's no end to the process. The ride keeps going, round and round.

Like horses always do, the ride continues to draw me back day after day. But for now, I'm okay with that.

It's Good to be Me

I never thought I'd say this, but for the first time in my life, I'm happy living in Phoenix (with the exception of the unbearable heat). I have the best job I could ever ask for as a copywriter at NextStudent, where I get to write to my heart's content about anything that interests college students and use my composition skills to help former and current college students like myself have a better understanding of their student loans (something I wish I would have known about a long time ago).

I'm finally on my way to financial independence. My townhouse is absolutely perfect, except for the fact that I am still forced to be separated from my one true love, Jakey.



And I still get to live near all the people that matter the most to me.

After my trip to Europe I am beginning to truly develop my sense of self and feel like I have purpose and direction. Whereas a few months ago, all the major elements in my life were up in the air, the dust has settled and I am living relatively care free.

Wow, does this mean I'm turning into an optimist? Blasphemy. It'll never happen!