so, after a fair amount of thinking (and a lot of dragging my feet) i figure that this blog (being my personal blog) should have a bit more of a purpose, fit into a niche, if you will.
now, i used my other blog to secure a job [insert really excited/relieved expletives here], and now i think it'd be appropriate to blog about my experiences as a twenty-something commuting into the dc/metro area.
you think it's lame? oh well. i'm doin it anyway. don't like it? stick to "cop it sweet".
today is the first day of my second week as a d.c. commuter. gotta be honest, never in a hundred billion million google plex years did i ever think i'd be commuting into the city. if you know me, you know that i hate cities (well not hate, just really dislike) and the endless anxiety that they bring.
in my job search, i did my damndest to avoid securing a job downtown. i would go out of my way to avoid jobs located in d.c., and wouldn't even read titles of postings that had "washington, d.c." next to them. what can i say? i'm a stubborn pos and well, that's just the way i am.
so, i saw a post for an internship (which obviously wasn't ideal, but it was something) in digital communications. it was everything i was looking for in a job, but much to my chagrin... it was in washington, d.c. - my own personal 10th circle of hell.
okay, so maybe i'm exaggerating a little bit; but just a little. i don't like going downtown, i'm not a fan of taking the metro, and i sure as hell hate driving in the city. so what did i do? i threw everyone a curveball and i interviewed for that damn internship in freaking washington, d.c. and you know what? i got it.
"well, shit." i thought to myself... after kinda hoping that i wouldn't get it for a few weeks, "i'm going to have to take it, and i'm going to have to work downtown"... thinking my life was over and that my anxiety had finally won, i emailed them back and accepted the position.
and here i am... overcoming my stubbornness and glad to report that this whole downtown thing isn't half bad.
now for my rants (i like having a personal blog where i can curse like a sailor and rant my little heart out... you're welcome to stop reading whenever you like). i thought metro was supposed to be a cost efficient alternative to driving into the city. riddle me this: why on god's green earth does metro cost $12.70/day and parking costs only $11?!
i have a bit of a problem with the fact that i'm spending almost half (yes you read that right, i'm currently an intern) of my total income on METRO. what gives, metro?! so, i'm spending about half my income on getting to work, and the other half on rent... and the rest, you ask? savings. bye bye house down-payment, big tattoo, and paying off my car... hello to power, water, and gas bills.
anyhow. while spending all that money on the metro sucks, the commute doesn't suck so bad after all. go ahead, tell me you told me so, whatever. there's something kinda cool about knowing that i can do what i want, and when i step out of work at the end of the day, i feel like the world is at my feet and i can go anywhere -
that's a hell of a lot more than i can say about leaving my last job; where i usually escaped out the back door so i wouldn't have to say goodbye to anyone, and so i could curse just louder than under my breath.
i must say, its exhilirating to enjoy what i do and to be appreciated.
so that, all, was my first post as a d.c. commuter... woo. happy winter - enjoy those 8 degree temperatures, folks.
and in case you were wondering, here's that haiku:
can a coffee break
make strangers into best friends
and refresh your day?
brought to you by the green mountain coffee haiku contest winner, laura wilson in clayton, california.
and no, laura, i don't think a coffee break can do that.
