Hi Y'all

In the summer of 2008, I moved to Charleston, S.C. I had never been to the city before, but I had accepted an internship at The Charleston City Paper, an alternative weekly. I had applied to the City Paper because I assumed that every city north of Florida (where I have spent my entire life) had mountains (or hills, at the very least). I was wrong. Charleston is as swampy as Miami and Gainesville. Who knew? To document my time there that summer, I started a blog.

Almost two years later, I have accepted a job at the City Paper. A real job. With a salary and everything. Dental, even.

Journalism students, you can believe what they tell you; an internship can pay off.

Starting March 1st, I will be an actual resident of South Carolina. So I'm starting another Charleston-themed blog for much of the same reason I started that first one: I am terrible at staying in touch with people. I prefer to use the Internet as a way of organizing my thoughts than numerous repetitive phone calls. Plus I can save on minutes and texting fees and stuff.

Thusly, I hope that if you are my friend, or not my friend, or a creepy lurker, or what have you, that you will read this and share this "next step" with me.