Introduction

    Not quite sure how to start off a blog. I have not written for anyone other than myself or professors since I gave up livejournal 6 or so years ago. Oh, those days. Really, I feel like writing a blog is a bit presumptuous because it assumes people care what I have to say or that I can say it well. But, I'll give it a shot.

   A quote I came across today inspired me to begin tracking my thoughts.

 "The tragedy of life is not death ..but what we let die inside of us while we live." 

Upon reading this, I realized that I have let some of the fire in my belly go out.  Sure, I post statuses or articles on facebook to put my two cents out into the virtual stratosphere, but I haven't really...given it to the man.  I wish I had a better way to put that. I'll explain further. 

   In college I was involved in quite a few social justice groups. I was also a political science major. I would eat,sweat, and breathe politics. I was constantly surrounded by people I could soundboard off of and have a heated discussion with. I was volunteering for causes I cared about even if it meant knocking on people's doors in the cold. Then, a post-grad job I took where I was canvassing on the streets of Chicago for great causes like Planned Parenthood and Save The Children was not at all what I expected.  The way the organization was ran was a let down to say the least.  Not to be dramatic, but I am going to be dramatic, it crushed a bit of my idealism.  It certainly left a bad taste; smothered some of the fire in my belly, so to speak.

   SO this blog is my attempt to fire myself up again.  I still have plenty of idealism in there, just need to coax it out.  Maybe if I post about issues or get some befuddled post-grad (oh hey, there's the title) rantings out I will get my idealistic swag back.  If I am really lucky, I will get some others fired up a bit as well. 

Until next time,

-A befuddled post-grad