My name is Megan and I am a 23-year-old recent college grad looking for my first real job during a recession. I live with my best friend/twin brother (not by blood) Douglas and our two cats, Sir Thomas and Atticus. I absolutely LOVE the Minnesota Twins and the Green Bay Packers. Wisconsin and Minnesota share the space in my heart reserved for my home state. I was an English major for one major reason: I intend to be a novelist one day. However, I need to come up with answers during job interviews like: “I chose an English major because of the versatility of the skills I acquired for the job market.” This is also a good answer to the assumption that I’m going to teach. I really enjoy reading. I don’t even know how many books I’m reading right now. I can’t stick to one book at a time. I also love the act of handwriting. The one thing I miss from my college years is taking notes. I’m a Lutheran looking for a new church, so each week I visit a new one and take notes about the building/people/service during the sermon. Sometimes I take sermon notes, for old time’s sake. I have several celebrity crushes. Sometimes I have as many as 18 at one time. But that’s okay. It’s not serious. If I were to give myself a “type” it would be nerdy men. Men who love to read and aren’t afraid of admitting they love things like Tolkien, Star Trek, or gaming. Men who wear glasses and prefer used bookstores and local coffee shops to bars and football games. Sometimes I wish I were British. Mostly so I can gather around the telly with my family on Christmas Day to watch the BBC when the Doctor Who Christmas Special is airing. British children freak me out a little bit. The accents throw me off because the kids sound like mini-adults. I hate shopping and I am terrified of heights. The Mall of America is my worst nightmare. I am incredibly lucky to have amazing friends and the best family a girl could ask for. I am learning to love black coffee. I’m currently employed part-time at a retail store and a theatre. I really need a full-time job so I can have adequate health insurance again. Think it’s tough being a “poor college student?” Try “recent graduate during a recession.”
