My name is Kristin, and I’m terrible at writing “About” pages. But I’ll give it a shot!
The Person
Kristin in a nutshell, here we go: I’m 26; I grew up in Tennessee, went to college in Texas, and currently reside in Chicago, IL; I work in publishing at a university press; I’m still figuring out what I want to be when I grow up; I have two older brothers; I majored in History and Communications; I’m a hopeless pop culture junkie; I spend most of my existence extremely caffeinated — I will love you forever if you give me either coffee or Diet Dr. Pepper; I like to think I’m good at impressions of accents, but I might actually be kind of terrible at them; I like both goat cheese and my DVR a kind of inappropriate amount; I am a GINORMOUS nerd. Seriously.; I talk A LOT; I have a sneaking suspicion that I am Liz Lemon, aside from “living in New York City” and “being a head writer for a successful TV show”; I laugh a lot; I have a Twitter, a Tumblr, a DailyBooth, a Facebook, a LiveJournal, and am a part of the collaborative YouTube channel Love!Vomit; I love a lot of people. Chances are, if you’re reading this, I probably love you.
The Blog
For most of my life, I’ve considered myself a writer. I always knew writing was what I wanted to do when I grew up, even though the type of writing constantly changed — fiction, journalism, academic, screenplays, technical. Basically, I’ve wanted to do it all. I like to think I’m at least halfway decent at it, but I have no real way of knowing anymore because I don’t do it. Not that I don’t want to do it, I just .. don’t. Call it a lack of time, confidence, discipline, focus, and so on and so forth. I don’t do it, and I hate that I don’t do it. So that, my friends, is the real reason for this blog. To get me out of my own head and writing again. And hopefully so I can be comfortable with that.
As for what I’m actually going to be writing about here? Really, I’m just as clueless as you are. I’ll write about myself, sure, and probably whatever else pops into my head. Chances are, it’ll probably be something pop culture related. Because that takes up about 85% of my brain, and I’m pretty okay with that.
So there you have it! If you have any questions or want to tell me you love me (those are the only options), then head on over to the Contact page. And if that page doesn’t work, leave a comment and I’ll get back to you somehow.