Greetings everyone. I trust you've submitted your taxes. Welcome to the 47th relaunch of Camels and Elephants. I haven't posted in a long time, because I was applying to business school, a place that's stirred up some emotions here in the past. Then I discovered Twitter (check me out here). I can't promise to return to the posting volume of yesteryear, but I do promise to link to new C&E posts from my twitter. So, please follow me there or continue to check back once a month. Today, I'd like to share with you an essay I wrote for the esteemed Kellogg School of Management. Kellogg is the business school at Northwestern University (my undergrad alma mater). You'll be happy to know that as a proud reader of C&E, you are featured prominently in this particular essay:
Essay Topic: What do others admire about you?
My reponse:
People admire my sense of humor and ability to make fun of myself. Whether serving on the volleyball court or rocking out at “Guitar Hero,” I have an innate inability to perform gracefully and an acute ability to point out my shortcomings. I can trace my sense of humor back to my roots as a scrawny teenager getting bullied in high school. With my ramen noodle soup soaked face pressed against the hard plastic of an industrial-sized trash can and a suddenly broken arm, I decided I might be better served fending off my detractors with jokes rather than fists.
Since then, I have started a moderately successful blog to entertain my co-workers and friends. I write about such interestingly mundane topics as playing volleyball and “Guitar Hero.” Our audience now spans over thirty people in nearly eleven states, and due to a lack of posts during application season, it’s constantly shrinking. Laughter is universally cheerful, and if I have to be the butt of a joke to spread it, I certainly will.
Application decision: Rejected
Thanks for nothing, people.*
*All kidding aside. I am off to Michigan in the fall, and I couldn't be happier (Go Blue!). If anyone from the Northwestern Alumni Association happens upon this, sit tight. My annual fund donation check is in the mail. I trust you know where to put those 72 cents.