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my first brooklyn cyclones game | brights and grafs
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My first brooklyn cyclones game. July 10, 2014. When the bat left his hands, did he know where it was heading? I didn’t. I was paying more attention to the Nathan’s hot dog covered in canned sauerkraut. 8220;Kyle” the magician. His name could only be Kyle. The sausage grill man wiped his dripping face on an apron strap, and none of the line cooks smiled, but they put our beers back in the fridge and put the sausage back under the lamp while we made an ATM run. So, the little things. Although, I’m not sur...
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cash | brights and grafs
https://brightsandgrafs.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/cash
March 31, 2014. This weekend felt like the slippery surface of a melting ice cube. I like it; the windows in bars steam up, music slogs along with taxi spray, people hop and leap over puddles. It washes away the salt and makes it easier to breathe. This week, Johnny Cash’s posthumous album “ Out Among The Stars. 8221; drops, and it’s perfect weather for it; Easter is coming, but it’s still dark and wet and cold for now. Here are a few longer reads for the listen:. John Carter Cash did a Reddit AMA. You a...
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snips & clips | brights and grafs
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Recent fun in published form. See all my posts for Fast Company here. Itchin’ to Scratch. Behind the scenes of the Burg’s DJ culture. Mabel Memorial schoolhouse in danger of demolition. This Child Is Safe. Foster parents’ struggles and successes. Annual music festival takes the stage. A brewmaster, a baker, a restaurant-maker. Notes O’ the Irish. If Walls Could Talk. Past, present and future via architecture. Exploring technology, perseverance in deafness. Rockin’ for Resources. 8216;So Strong’. Cover pr...
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temping: a guide | brights and grafs
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January 24, 2014. I’ve hesitated to write about temping because each assignment seems to be contingent on your behavior at the previous. But since I’ve taken an editorial internship with Fast Company. Omg), and am hoping to leave temp work behind for a good while, here’s a breakdown of my experience. Needing to find a different building every week is a real-life MMRPG: Is the entrance behind that scaffolding? Did the building numbers peel off the window? If I push on this brick will it open? It’s n...
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Winter Fears | brights and grafs
https://brightsandgrafs.wordpress.com/2014/02/18/winter-fears
February 18, 2014. Someone get me a luckdragon because this is the NeverEnding Winter. Two short months ago, I was delighted to see snow falling. A small voice in BK squealed, “* it’s snowing! 8221; and the city rose up to berate her. Samantha Cole (@samleecole) December 14, 2013. You’ve beaten the joy of snow out of me, New York, and replaced it with these fears:. Or what’s beneath them, specifically. Trash pickup is understandably slow. The well-being of delivery people. As if nature itself wasn’...
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an unpopular opinion | brights and grafs
https://brightsandgrafs.wordpress.com/2014/02/23/an-unpopular-opinion
February 23, 2014. I hope you have some over-ripened, throwable fruit ready. I don’t really like Macs. My options are either 1) buy a refurbished Macbook Air from the Apple Store and have to look those “geniuses” (read: high schoolers) in the eye when I betray Bill Gates and a rooster crows, or 2) sift through the world of Ultrabooks, of which there are dozens of brands and breeds. It’s like that. The Air looks great on my desk, but deep down I wonder, can I have such a nice thing? That said, this will b...
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Wanderlust – A little bit of everything…
https://adoptiongraceandlife.wordpress.com/2015/08/05/wanderlust
A little bit of everything…. Thoughts on adoption, grace and life…. August 5, 2015. I’ve always been a little bit restless. I blame this on my youthful (right? Zeal to do something big for God. But I had a dream the other night that I ran away from it all. Like off-the-grid, nobody-knows-where-I-am away. Because it would be super-easy to raise kids in the middle of the woods with no electricity and only a hatchet and a cooking pot to my name. I know this is part of the restlessness too. Tonight I will si...
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go-getter | brights and grafs
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Download a PDF of my resume, here. January 2014 – Present: Fast Company. Manage section Twitter and LinkedIn campaigns. Input contributor and syndicated articles to the CMS; editing for FC style and formatting for the web. For the monthly magazine. June 2011 – July 2013: Byrd Publishing. News-gathering: pitching stories for both news and features desks. Conducting interviews: primarily face-to-face in natural environments. Plan art opportunities (photography, illustrations, courtesy) for each assignment.
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google can’t be my doctor anymore | brights and grafs
https://brightsandgrafs.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/obamacare
Google can’t be my doctor anymore. March 28, 2014. You win, Michelle. You can’t make me eat my veggies, but you and Barack did nag me into getting insurance. Your social media team and maybe Zach Galifianakis helped, but regardless, here we are. We just gave the gays some rights, you know? I didn’t end up needing a doctor, but that was the first time not having insurance felt confusing and scary. Disney Sidekick With A Mustache. Or I could do it online like everything else in my life, and send an email.
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Wanderlust – A little bit of everything…
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A little bit of everything…. Thoughts on adoption, grace and life…. August 5, 2015. I’ve always been a little bit restless. I blame this on my youthful (right? Zeal to do something big for God. But I had a dream the other night that I ran away from it all. Like off-the-grid, nobody-knows-where-I-am away. Because it would be super-easy to raise kids in the middle of the woods with no electricity and only a hatchet and a cooking pot to my name. I know this is part of the restlessness too. Tonight I will si...
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