Seen Through the Eyes of the College Dorm
“Nothing is sacred in the dorm. All is known. All is done. It is the established, anti-establishment of the college establishment.” - ME! 2009 Ah the dorm. It is the home away from home, the dark hole of Calcutta, study cubicle, roommate bond-a-rama, place of slumber and the splendid romantic getaway of all your high school and college dreams, right? Maybe? Well, those days are in the rearview mirror. Now, you’re in the first, second, third, etc. place in your real terra firma quarter life. I imagine it is a long way from the MTV Crib, the classic “Friends” New York style décor ...
The Quarter Life Living 1.0
“Money. The cause of and solution to all of life’s problems.” – Will Rogers Oh and here is a good one… “For I don’t care too much for money, For money can’t buy me love.” – The Beatles Few truer things were ever spoken. Bills and bucks are all necessary elements and/or evils to everyone. When you add the components of these scary economic times and the old war fiscal mantra adage of bullets or butter…well you get the idea. Wampum hard to come by and harder to keep! The quicker you learn how to handle your almighty dollars the sooner you ...
Foreclosure Rocks!
So it finally happened. After more than a year of not making a single mortgage payment for our condo, my wife, Jana, and I foreclosed. Sure, I tried saving it at first. When selling the condo straight out didn't work I opted for a short sale, when the short sale didn't work I tried for a deed in lieu, and when that failed I tried burning it to the ground, eventually... I just let it run its course. I know what you're thinking, "That's retarded, why would anyone want a foreclosure." Let me explain, at the time my wife and ...
New Dance Move: The Housing Half-Step
As most quarterlifers know, when it rains it pours. It is rare to have one life event occur without others following close alongside or behind. The first 4 months of this year have been no exception to that rule for my family. This last week broached flood stage. Life has been coupled with long days on the road, my daughter's surgery (which went perfectly fine) and a good lesson in the real estate market. My wife and I have had many conversations lately about where we go next in life. The conversations can be stressful despite their necessity. We both know ...
Get Off Your Asses Or Elephants
Get off your asses. Or your elephants. I don’t really care. Sure, I would like you to be mobilized for my particular candidates and issues, but in the grand scheme of things, I believe more in the political process than I do about arguing over issues. I want people to be impassioned about their role in choosing their leaders and making their community the best place in which to live. I grew up longing to vote. The year I turned 18 I missed a pretty major gubernatorial vote by a matter of weeks. I knew all the Schoolhouse Rock songs about ...
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Futile Future?
0“Imagining the future is a kind of nostalgia. You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you’ll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present.” -John Green (Looking for Alaska) I’ve wrestled... [Read more]
Schadenfreude…..making me feel glad that I’m not you
0I don’t generally feel the need to gloat in my schadenfreude, but I have got to take a moment to reflect on the current ridiculousness of the Republican Party leadership in the last week. First we get the public admission of infidelity by Senator John Ensign, made most ridiculous by his continuous fights against gay rights for interfering with “family... [Read more]
Green Peace
0How much did you pay attention to Iran this weekend? The US mainstream media has been oddly avoidant on the topic. Granted, it is the weekend, but the blogosphere never sleeps. I like to think that you out there, the Quarterlifers smart enough to get your news from the internet, are informed. However, I’ve had a few friends tell me “what... [Read more]
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21st Century Digital Dating
It’s been two days…should I call her? Our dinner went pretty well. There weren’t any first-date awkward moments or slip-ups. I didn’t say anything offensive about her tacky... [Read more]
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Bridge Over A Troubled Cervix
You know what I hate? Getting cancer. It’s really low on my list of things to do in my life. Because of that, on Tuesday, I will go to get my last HPV vaccine. This shot has... [Read more]
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What Do You Do?
How do you answer the question “What do you do?” It’s a decidedly quarterlife question. Until your mid-20s, most people go on the assumption that you are a student... [Read more]
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Quarterlife Qualms
Written By: Brittany Holsonback A large, black outline of a flower covers the area on her lower neck as its stem swirls delicately from the petals down her upper back. She ties... [Read more]
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