Hi, I'm here to impress you! If this was a dating app, I'd try my hardest to sound desirable. I'd talk about what I like— Diet Coke, novels that make me seem smarter than I actually am, drive-thrus— while completely avoiding what I don't like— pretty much everything else.
But this is not a dating app, it's a blog (SO much worse), and I have absolutely no desire to market myself as desirable considering 1) I'm emotionally unavailable and 2) literally no one is going to read this...ever (did I mention this is a blog written in 2021?). So here's the truth: I'm 23 and unemployed. I went to college to study English Literature and the Universe thought it would be funny to reward my exercise in complete financial uncertainty by doubling down and introducing a global p******c that sent me scuttling home, tail between my legs. I now help my mother grocery shop while occasionally fielding pop-culture-related queries from my father like: "Who is Megan Thee Stallion and why does she keep sticking her tongue out at me?" and "WHAT. IS. MANK???" I still don't have an answer to that last question because, let's be honest, I'd much rather rewatch Gone Girl for the 50th time while trying to internally justify the actions of one miss Amy Dunne.
That brings me to my next point of introduction: this blog is about books. I like books a lot. I like reading books, I like buying books, I like pulling books out of my New Yorker tote bag (no, I don't actually read The New Yorker from cover to cover but I HAVE read Trick Mirror and also, doesn't the bag's orange color look so cute paired with my Levi's jacket and general air of indifference?). So, I'm starting this blog because I have literally nothing better to do (read: no seasons left of the Real Housewives to binge) and because I genuinely like talking about what I've read and why I liked/disliked it.
So if you want to date me, the answer is no (again, emotionally unavailable), but if you like books, tangents, and/or utterly basic pop culture references, then this blog is, like, totally for you. And that's hot.
xoxo,
unemployed and pretending not to care
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