Category Archives: Miscellany
Planned Spontaneity?
I have a love/hate relationship with spontaneity. As a struggling freelance writer, not to mention an introvert, sometimes the formulated, lonesome existence of reading, researching, writing, pitching, corresponding, not getting paid enough becomes monotonous. Numbing. A little spontaneity can breathe life into a day, or a week, or a month. And if I am not careful, I don’t …
AuGuest Post: A Whole Lot of "E" and a Little Bit of "I" by Noel Rozny
I stood at the outskirt of the bachelorette party speechless. For once in my life I didn’t have much to say. This, for me, was unusual. I love talking to people. Being in loud, rowdy conversations at a party on a Friday night is as essential to me as food and water. Without human interaction, …
AuGuest: My Response to Diana
In her AuGuest post on Monday, Diana Antholis used her experience in graduate school as a backdrop. Having never been to graduate school myself, I can’t relate to this aspect of the post. Yet one of the reasons I liked this post so much is that the perspectives she provides in same are applicable to many …
AuGuest Post: Confidence and Grad School, by Diana Antholis
Confidence and Grad SchoolI was always a confident, independent woman…until I went to graduate school. Self-assessments and personality tests hold no ground compared to the self-realization process I encountered during graduate school. I was stripped down to my core while simultaneously being built back up. A truly bizarre experience.During my time in school and at …
AuGuest Post: Letting People in, by Samantha Karol
I remember how nervous I was when I got the piece of paper from college telling me about my dorm assignment for freshman year. As an only child who had always had her own room, the thought of sharing one small room with three other girls was a little frightening. Summer camp had prepared me …
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