horrible way to start the blog...

I know, I know.  Not posting for a while, and just in the thick of recruitment, is a horrible way to begin a blog history.

Things have been piling up.

But that's no excuse.

I have many entries, backdated for your pleasure, that should be going up within the week.  Hopefully I can muster up enough energy from sleep-deprivation (remember college?) to get my act together.  Then I can tell you about my interviews, the midterms I had, am having, and will have, and how my weekend is so poorly planned that I might need to start drinking Red Bull (ew).

Until then, I'll get back to my Latin.  And you come back in a few days, y'hear?

on vacation...

I should have posted earlier, but I'm going to be off for a day or two more.  I have a friend in town this weekend.  I know all you dying fans (all one of you?) are waiting on the edge of your seat for more... let me assure you it is coming, and worth the wait, I hope.

a little slow...

Sorry y'all, but things seem to be slowing down a bit as far as the job search goes, at least for today.  No career fairs on the horizon.  No interviews (yet... let's knock on wood).  School's been building up and I suppose that takes priority at times over this blog.  Don't worry, though, you half dozen who have visited this site once!!  IF you come back, I will be posting.  Silly little things like delays will not stop me from posting the tales of my battles with career services, climbing my way to the top of the job market ladder, and finding that perfect entry level job to toil hour after hour at in hopes of a promotion, raise, and proper use of the company car!!

And please, come back.

inconsistency...

I notice that there are a few people actually visiting this site, yay!  I've accomplished my goal of my sitetracket not just being populated by myself.

Anyway, you'll notice there haven't been many posts for a while, but don't worry.  There should be a bunch backdated popping up in the next few days.  I got a little behind and wrote drafts, but never finished them.  This weekend is my catch-up weekend.

Be expecting.

And please come back.  I like to see my statcounter go up.  It means I'm doing this for more than just me, and it makes me feel less self-centered.  If you like me enough and have something to say, you can even comment.  Or you can always e-mail me at entrylevelblog@gmail.com.

Thanks, and see ya.

allow myself to introduce... myself...

I thought that it might be nice, before I continue to give you a haphazard look into the world of a soon-to-be college graduate and entry-level worker, to give you a quick background on who I am.  Because we all know nothing is more disheartening than to find out your favorite blogger (or vlogger) is one big, giant fraud.  Not to name names....

Let's start with the basic identifiers, which you might already be able to glean from the few previous posts.

AGE: 21 years-old

ZODIAC SIGN: taurus

GENDER: male

CURRENT LOCATION: new york

FORMER LOCATION: california

MAJOR: marketing

I'd like to keep a certain amount of anonymity, as those fools who send me random myspace and facebook messages (fellas, I like girls, but thanks for the compliments; and porn stars, I don't really want to be your myspace 'friend') kind of creep me out.  So we'll keep my name and school under wraps.  I'm not too careful though, so maybe you can pick up on a few things if you read carefully.

Now, you might be asking, what do you want to do with your life that's making this final year of college rather frightening, and why start a blog about it?

For the first question, I'm interested in advertising.  This past summer I actually landed an internship (I know, who'dve thunk?) at an advertising agency working in the strategy department and I had a blast.  I like both the psychological and artistic intricacies that go on behind what brings an advertisement to the public.  Call me a lover of low-brow art, but advertising does that to me.

To lead into the second question, I like writing.  Ideally, I would be a famous short-story writer who just sits on his ass eating Milano cookies and typing up a fury.  I'm far too practical to put all my eggs in one basket though.  Not to say I don't dream and dabble.  That said, if anyone is giving away book deals, you know where to turn them to.  My love of writing is one of the main attractions of blogging.  Sure, I may suck at times, and I may rock at times, but at least I'm writing, and getting that much closer to being better.  

Another reason why I started a blog is because I know there are many, many other students and otherwise young people out there who share the same anxieties.  Whether you're going into the workforce from high school, undergrad, a master's program, or a joint law degree/medical degree, it's a scary experience to leave the confines of education and begin the process of an actual, 9-5 (sometimes more), taxable income-filled career.  Maybe if others who are going through the same thing stumble upon this blog, they won't feel so alone, and they'll know that someone else is having as ridiculous of a time with as ridiculous of situations.  And, while I'm at it, this is for those who are established and who have careers.  You must remember what it was like to be in this limbo of a position!  So maybe I'll be able to rekindle that flame in you.  And maybe you'll hire me.  We can dream, eh?

So that's a little bit about me and a little bit about how my brain got twisted into starting this blog that you may love and RSS subscribe to, or you may hate and lambast me on your own blog.  Really, it's your choice.  But I think I have something to share, so I'm going to share it.

a note to the readers i hope will frequent this blog...

I'm not sure if anybody is going to read this or not, but I just thought I'd write a little disclaimer in case somebody does happen to stumble here and begin to explore this crater in my brain.

I am relatively new to blogging.

I don't really know how to set up this Blogger business to look the way I want to, and, while I have a lot of patience when it comes to computer things and the Internet, sometimes I'm just baffled by the simplest stuff.  So forgive me if this page changes appearance or has some inconsistencies in appearance for a while until I get the hang of things.

Now, that said, I hope there are people visiting this in the future and continue to visit it.  There are so many people scared and waiting (and biding their time) to enter the real world that I hope they can find some natural company here.