It’s been a privilege
Millenial Meltdown
Privilege, in my house, was getting dessert after dinner or borrowing the Lexus. But privilege is now a buzzword, and it appears to be everywhere.
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College for the aimless
Millenial Meltdown
At 3, I wanted to be a king. Unaware as I was of the definitively scarce demand for kings in the modern workplace and otherwise unconcerned by such obstacles, I told anyone who stood still long enough about my grand machinations.
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The Throwback Thursday you need
Millenial Meltdown
Instead of excavating through the reserves of childhood photos and late-90s Polaroids (I think it was 1999 when Congress passed the Polaroids Are Cool Again Act) on my computer for a suitable Throwback Thursday Instagram, I thought I would go one step further. I went to see a movie. In IMAX.
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Lend me your ear (pieces)
Millenial Meltdown
The truth is, I get emails like this every day: emails, texts, telegrams, handwritten letters and untrackable Venmo payments with pleas for life advice in the description.
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Putting the BOO in books
Millennial Meltdown
So your third-favorite English-major friend walks in and gets in line. He has that look in his eyes that says, “I’m going to order a Blonde Roast coffee and work on my screenplay,” and you happily interrupt that look with a wave.
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Say hello to the modern introvert
Millenial Meltdown
Introverts, like George W. Bush’s still life paintings, are misunderstood creatures. Most people — including most introverts, in fact — believe the word is functionally a synonym for quiet and socially reserved. And introverts can certainly fit this description, but so can extroverts.
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Naked celebrities are people too
Millenial Meltdown
Imagine that it’s a Friday night. You know what that means: “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” Nestle Drumsticks and some Ibuprofen. A little medical marijuana for your, uh, restless foot syndrome. Maybe some friends.
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Shh, Glenn Beck is speaking
Millennial Meltdown
What do George Will, Condoleezza Rice, Christine Lagarde, Robert Zoellic, Ben Carson, Michelle Obama and my busboy application to TGI Friday’s all have in common? They all have, in the last few months, faced unjustified, ill-advised and intensely troubling rejections.
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The gospel of Snapchat
Millennial Meltdown
I’m no ghost expert. Nor do I imagine, based on the drawing of the ghost on the application icon, is Snapchat. But I would hazard to guess that ghosts are either invisible or, on the whole, fairly inconspicuous.
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The midcollege crisis: a survival guide
Millenial Meltdown
Freshman move-in day two years ago was as exciting, nerve shredding and memorable as all the John Hughes movies promised it would be. Proverbial to the last drop.
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