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This morning I lied over the phone to a man I’ve never met at the Volkswagen dealership in Van Nuys, California. His name was Armin. Well – is Armin but I’ve never met him and never will, so to me he’s past tensed. Armin and I met over my e-negotiations for a Jetta lease. Per Greg’s advice I spent the days since my arrival in …
I have lived in Los Angeles for four days. I arrived on Saturday at 2:30pm but spent the remainder of that day shopping 90 mph then enjoyed celebratory libations until 1am, so it counts. Four days is not a lot of time to make a full call on this city, but it’s plenty of time for snap judgments and the confirmation of given existing prejudices. …
…on the event of my move to L.A. –> Dear New York: This is an incredibly difficult letter for to write. Not because I’m writing from the center seat, coach, of my one-way flight to Los Angeles. Not because I’m two complimentary bottles of champagne into said flight (note to world: if you tell the flight attendants that this is the flight that moves you …
The other day I grabbed my phone to call one of my very best friends. It was, I don’t know, maybe 7pm? There was a chance she was home, but she’s been pulling insane hours at the office, so probably not. I grabbed the phone, pulled up her cell number, and then stopped. …maybe I should just text her that I need to talk to …
Have a going away party. There is a difference between typing the e-mail addresses of everyone you know into a g-mail “to” field and seeing those e-mail addresses arrive as people at your going away party. There are a lot of differences. When you go through your Facebook friends slash brain to be sure you have everyone included it’s a simple process of see name, …
–> Your responses were outrageous. All 55 + of them. They were moving, thoughtful, honest, and incredibly well-written. They made me think things I’ve never thought before and validated thoughts/hopes/questions I’ve had for ages. But, most importantly, they made me realize that this whole thing is way bigger than a New York Times article (or rebuttal). Way bigger. I’ve printed all your responses, clipped your …
Here is my overdue response to my own prompt – “At 20 _____ I Feel ______.” I’ve been so wildly impressed and moved by all the responses from all of you that writing my own became even harder. There are one hundred different feelings to cap off the prompt from where I stand right now, but I’ve decided that for me, it’s really just as …
Your responses so far to the “AT 20 _____ I FEEL _______” PROJECT have been incredible. Thank you, and please keep them coming! Below is a little fuel to add to the thought-fire from someone on the other side of the 20-something life stage. Her assessment of what we’re going through comes with both the perspective of someone who was once in this same position …
When my AOL Lemondrop editors e-mailed Wednesday with an “URGENT! ESSAY!” I had a feeling it was about that New York Times 20-something article… What I don’t say in my rebuttal is that I think it was a good piece – a good, really interesting, and fairly thorough piece. But to me slash us, this issue of “emerging adulthood” isn’t news. We’re at the stage …
Carly passed this article along with a “this seemed blog-worthy” and Carly tends to be right when it comes to the blog. We’ve touched on this before – the question as to whether or not “hook-up culture” is damaging to our development – sexual people and people hoping to build lasting relationships. These sociologists explore it purely from an angle of whether or not hooking …