mizChartreuse || redefiningSuccess

For all the wonders the Internet brings us, social media has created some serious monsters. Fame m-m-m-monsters. This is how it works: give a monkey a WordPress and Twitter account, and suddenly they’re a Social Media Marketing Guru Expert Millenial Coach who will Change Your Life!! with their affiliate program that will gain you ten thousand followers [...]

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“You guys are students; you’re idealists. You don’t know what art + corporate interests mean yet. Just prepare to have your heart broken. Get your Africa tickets ready, baby. You have no idea…People are not crazy, they’re strong people. Maybe the environment is a little sick.” –Dave Chappelle on Inside the Actors Studio Wednesday night, [...]

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Saw this display at my local Walgreen’s. WHAT THE HELL. I’m all for Spanx and other body-shaping underwear, but the fact that they are now marketing these products to men is DISTURBING. Obviously, dudes can do what they want, but it just looks absolutely ridiculous to me. Do YOU think that guys should wear such [...]

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For all the wonderful experiences of Christmas 2009, it sure ended on a super-dramatic note (including us calling the police and our downstairs neighbor calling Sean “Steve” in a drunken stupor). But let’s back the truth trolley up a little bit before I get too deep into the ridiculousness. Christmas Eve was pretty low-key for [...]

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My heart raced as I sped down Dundee Rd. from Buffalo Grove to my parents’ home in Palatine. It was early October 2004, and I had just gotten off work at Sam Ash. I was scared that he was following behind me on the road, or at home. I was worried that anyone would be [...]

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