Tag Archives: Work

Young Urban Professionalism

I was on a bank run this morning, walking up Third Avenue in downtown Seattle, when I realized something. Of the many things that my internship at Grist has afforded me, one of the more fascinating ones is the opportunity to kind of moonlight as a professional in the world of nine-to-five office jobs. What [...]
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Cameo

I have an extremely brief cameo in Grist’s first video for our May appeal:
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My Soggy Life

At first I thought I’d enjoy the fact that it was raining so heavily. I thought it’d put me to sleep. Then the wind started moving the house, literally. I could feel my bed shift with the sway. I pictured stock footage of tornadoes in which the roofs just get peeled from houses. Of course, [...]
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Quotidian

Today, while at work, I began enthusiastically entertaining the idea of starting up some sort of writerly collective in the form of a blog. Possibly as a senior project. Anyone want in? Also, while at work, I sat in on a big meeting/potluck with Michael Pollan. You know. The usual.
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Radio Silence

Sorry for the lack of words. If anyone reading this right now actually cares. I’ve been quite busy, getting up very early1 and going to class and going to work again. I have barely even logged into this thing since New Years. So let me tell you what’s been going on, shall I? As I’m [...]
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The Day’s Events, Condensed

This morning I beat my high score in Geometry Wars by almost double (618,000). I then immediately had to leave for work. I was five minutes late. I went to Starbucks instead of Pegasus today. This is a long story. My favorite barista ever—Maria—who showed a lot of (friendly) interest in me, was fired from [...]
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