Of all the items of the week the only three that are usually non-political are Monday’s reviews, Saturday’s sex tips (although I’m sure Bubba will eventually contrast the difference between Republican women and Democrat women), and this feature…but today is the exception…that I’m pretty sure will become the rule. Last week as I searched the…
Category: Now What? (Life Post-Grad)
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): The Ocean of Promotion, How to Make a Drop in the Bucket in a Sea of Advertising
From the time you get up in the morning to the time your head hits the pillow that night, you have probably been exposed to (roughly) 1,000 different advertising messages. An exact count is impossible to determine as some Unibomber-ish nut living in a log cabin in Montana might not be exposed to any advertising…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): There’s a New Lower Class and it’s Called Young People or I think I’m Turning East Indian
In the endless garbage bin of catchy 1980’s music that doesn’t hold up well is a song by The Vapors called “Turning Japanese,” with the totally rad lyric young people used to sing, “I think I’m turning Japanese.” A generation of young people today might sing “I Think I’m Turning East Indian,” in that they…
Now What? (Life Post-Grad): Network Connectivity Problems, What to do When You Don’t Know Anyone Useful
Last week we talked about how brutal the job market can be without experience. This week we should talk about how brutal it can be if you don’t know anyone. Generation Z or Generation Next or Generation Wireless or whatever the hell our generation of socially retarded, 30 year old brats surfing facebook 4 hours…
Now What? (Life Post Grad): The Vicious Cycle of Experience
Welcome to “Now What?” a weekly feature for figuring out what to do after you graduate college. It is the best time of times to be young. It is the worst of times to be young. This is the worst economy for recent college graduates in almost a century. All the promises of wealth you’ve…