So you’re graduating, huh?  If you don’t already have a job lined up, you’re probably freaking out a little.  People have probably told you, “Don’t worry” and “Everything will work out.”  Don’t listen to them.  You should freak out.  You should freak out a lot.  Because that’s what’s going to get you to your next step. When I graduated two years ago, I had a BFA and bright-eyed ambition, but no job.  Grante ...

When I think of graduating from college, I don’t think about my roommates and I sitting with my roommate’s father, making Hawaiian leis out of carnations in our living room.  I don’t think about my friends putting that lei over my head when I went to meet them before the ceremony. I don’t think about the weight of it on my shoulders as I walked around my campus, forcing my family to take pictures of me with ...

Have you ever dated someone and believed that everything was good, but out of nowhere "the doom" came? Yes, "the doom." And when I say "the doom," I mean the sudden breakup that was so unexpected that it caught you off guard. In fact, the breakup happened so fast that you don't believe it happened well after when it did. I mean, it was so unexpected that you were probably just in a state of shock. A sudden ...

“Good morning ladies and gentlemen. What I’m going to sing today is a song dedicated to our creator. It’s called ‘Hallelujah.’” In the following moments, my morning shifted from relatively quaint to hilariously ridiculous. And not just because a 40-something-year-old black man decided to serenade the entire train with his rendition of a song that, quite frankly, should only be sung in the gigantic, ostentat ...