I’ve decided that I’m going to make BRL more primarily
focused as my personal blog – sprinkled of course with my unmatchable humor and
wit (see: my life advice posts). I will occasionally post some musically based
things, but I’ll probably just post most of my hip hop thoughts on a blog I’ve
been writing for over a year: HipHopSpeakeasy and of course Okayplayer,
RapReviews and my new home PlanetIll. I got a lot of neat shit going on in my
life right now, so I figured I’d use BRL as a platform to share my experiences
with my loyal and vast fan base.
And for those who don’t get this posts title, I will direct
you to the image below (an Arrested Development gag):
Today I quit my job.
A risky move for anyone in today’s improving but still very
unstable economic climate, and an especially risky move for a journalist. Yes I
was very lucky to land a job writing full-time at a newspaper in my hometown
only four months after graduation. It was also lucky I was able to crash with
my parents over the past 13 months, as I dedicate large portions of my paycheck
towards my student loans. But only one day after the Chicago Sun-Times laid off
its entire full-time photo staff, I left my first and possibly final job as a
newspaper reporter.
Now before you scream at your computer screen like you would
at the protagonist in a horror film who is unaware that a man with a large
knife is hiding behind that door, this move isn’t entirely spontaneous. I’ve
spent the entire tenure at this job saving up money for my inevitable re-location,
and I’ve spent the past four months scouting out cities to move to when I’ve
finally had enough of Tiffin, Ohio. I found a cool spot in northern #REDACTED#
in a co-op for a relatively low rent. No, I do not have a job lined up at the
moment. A fact that became all the more worrisome when I explained to my
co-workers that I’m basically going into this thing blind. “He’ll be back” they’re
thinking to themselves, while they twirl their mustaches (yes all my co-workers
are the villain from Rocky & Bullwinkle).
In three weeks I will be unemployed; in four weeks from
tomorrow I will be living in a new city. Is this whole thing entirely thought
out? Not at all. But I think my life could use a little spontaneity. It will at
least lead to some pretty amusing/interesting blog posts that my cult following
will enjoy.
I think that’s all for now… At the moment I’m pretty
optimistic/excited about the possibilities that await me in my future, but I’m
sure my next post will resemble this:
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