Hello, I am Christina. I am a new resident to city of Philadelphia, semi newly unemployed, this is my face, and my natural resting state:
Things to note: Full face of makeup, a look of bemused disbelief and shock, a glass of prosecco in my hand surrounded by more glasses of prosecco. A lot of hair. Manicure. Basically me in a nutshell. Moving on.
When I was leaving my job and preparing to move, I thought to myself: “Oh god, should I start a newsletter? No, I’ll find ways to occupy my time, I’ll turn into a person who goes to the gym midday, who grocery shops at 10AM on a Monday, I’ll clean a lot. Anything but a newsletter.” Not that I am against the form per se, but I myself am signed up for anywhere between eight and ten newsletters, and I was sure the world wasn’t clamoring for another one.
But! The problem with being a person who is unemployed but goes to the gym midday or grocery shops at 10AM is that you….have to have money to do those things. While I am not quite to the level of flat broke— I am absolutely closer than I have been in a long time, and it is throwing me for a loop. I was once a broke college student who was capable of eating beans and butter pasta ad nauseam but I have seen the mountaintop! I was making enough money to add ingredients to the beans and buttered pastas! Which is to say I haven’t…been leaving the house a ton? To save money, for sure, but also because moving to a new city is hard! Something as simple as “going to CVS” is weird when you remember you don’t actually know where the closest CVS is and wait actually it’s a Rite Aid??
I need somewhere to put my rambly thoughts and stress and something to do that isn’t just clean the kitchen and load the dishwasher. Thus! Christina’s Career Crisis Corner, a newsletter title that I am insufferably proud of! The alliteration! I’m not saying I wouldn’t have a newsletter if I hadn’t come up with this truly kick ass title, but…it’s possible!
RE: Subscription prices and all that— I feel weird charging for anything, if I’m being honest. But I also..am unemployed, so a little extra cash wouldn’t be the worst thing to happen to me. My compromise is thus: all of my career thoughts and ice cold takes about pop culture will be free for all, but I will write a weekly femslash one shot that is for subscribers only. Word? Word.
Next issue (can someone tell me if that is the right terminology? It sounds terrible to mine ear???) will be a way too detailed history of my career up until now, WITH PICTURES, so get excited.
XO
CT