Accomplishments ~ Your Life as A List

Hack · 05-01-2010, 06:47 PM

Reminds me of an exercise in journalism school -- we had to write our own obit. lol

1. Survived as an obvious queer child in a small, conservative Michigan town (population 4500), even though I never fit in. I survived by constructing my own inner world, and my survival mechanisms.

2. Paid for my own college education because I wanted to be a journalist. My father wanted me in pre-med or pre-law, so he refused to give me a dime. I worked my ass off all summer, every summer, and worked 3 part-time jobs during school and took out loans so I could pay for everything myself.

3. Was the first person on my mom's side of the family to go to college, and graduate.

4. Paid off my school loans before I was 30, and bought my first house that same year.

5. Had the privilege to be a part of history in Michigan by working on the campaign staff that elected the first female Governor in our state's history.

6. Worked 3 years for that governor as her deputy press secretary and speechwriter.

7. Received an award from a state-wide GLBTQ organization as an Advocate for the Community because of my out, proud public service career in state government.

8. I am now chief of an entire division within a department of Michigan state government, working for an awesome boss who is a national leader in her field.

9. I am a great and fun uncle (though they call me "aunt") to two amazing, beautiful three year-old nieces.

10. I saw Europe...well, the Netherlands and Belgium....when I never thought a small-town kid like me would ever travel abroad. Especially after I chose to play it safe after college and stay stateside to work as a journalist when I really wanted to be a war correspondent and photographer in a place far away.

05-01-2010, 06:47 PM	#10
Hack Just a guy. How Do You Identify?: Just a guy Preferred Pronoun?: male Relationship Status: Sparkle's consort Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: MA Posts: 1,458 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 807 Thanked 3,773 Times in 958 Posts Rep Power: 21474854	This is a great topic!! Reminds me of an exercise in journalism school -- we had to write our own obit. lol 1. Survived as an obvious queer child in a small, conservative Michigan town (population 4500), even though I never fit in. I survived by constructing my own inner world, and my survival mechanisms. 2. Paid for my own college education because I wanted to be a journalist. My father wanted me in pre-med or pre-law, so he refused to give me a dime. I worked my ass off all summer, every summer, and worked 3 part-time jobs during school and took out loans so I could pay for everything myself. 3. Was the first person on my mom's side of the family to go to college, and graduate. 4. Paid off my school loans before I was 30, and bought my first house that same year. 5. Had the privilege to be a part of history in Michigan by working on the campaign staff that elected the first female Governor in our state's history. 6. Worked 3 years for that governor as her deputy press secretary and speechwriter. 7. Received an award from a state-wide GLBTQ organization as an Advocate for the Community because of my out, proud public service career in state government. 8. I am now chief of an entire division within a department of Michigan state government, working for an awesome boss who is a national leader in her field. 9. I am a great and fun uncle (though they call me "aunt") to two amazing, beautiful three year-old nieces. 10. I saw Europe...well, the Netherlands and Belgium....when I never thought a small-town kid like me would ever travel abroad. Especially after I chose to play it safe after college and stay stateside to work as a journalist when I really wanted to be a war correspondent and photographer in a place far away.