Zoë Lance.

  • Post-Grad Adventures: Zoë’s Secret to Post-Grad Success

    In comparison to a lot of people I know and work with, I’m basically an infant in the full-time working world. In just over a year, I’ve learned so much about who I am and what I want out of my career. I could be wrong, but I might already figured out the secret to post-grad success. And…

  • Tune Time: July 2016

    I listened to some really good music — some longtime favorites, some new-to-me tunes — in the month of July. Let’s get into it. Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon. I really cannot believe that it’s taken me this long to listen to The Dark Side of the Moon from beginning to end,…

  • What I Read: July 2016

    To help me stay on track in my 2016 goals, I’m documenting the books I read all year. Here’s what I read in July: Hassan Blasim’s The Corpse Exhibition. I first heard about The Corpse Exhibition at a literature lecture at my alma mater. I keep a small notebook in my purse at all times…

  • Link Party: 7/25-7/29

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. How apps speak to us like children. 2. Default settings rule the world. 3. Inside the world of house cat pageants and our relationships with our pets. 4. The backstories behind a few of Seinfeld‘s funniest episodes. 5. The origins of the Internet meaning of “garbage.” And a bonus: Hamilton…

  • Link Party: 7/18-7/22

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Donald Trump’s ghostwriter. 2. The complexities of the streetwear brand and lifestyle Supreme. 3. The street preachers of Las Vegas. 4. Hunter S. Thompson‘s life advice. 5. What’s in a last name? And a bonus: This short documentary about the owner of downtown Los Angeles’s The Last Bookstore.…

  • Culture Connoisseur: My Perfect Day in Los Angeles

    Even though I’m really from a suburb about an hour outside of Los Angeles proper, I consider myself an Angeleno. My weekend plans often include a trek to the city, in search of good food and a new cultural experience that I can’t get in the bedroom community I live in. There’s also something thrilling…

  • Link Party: 7/11-7/15

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. Pokémon Go is a work of art. 2. The people behind your favorite streaming music playlists. 3. The Library of Congress and its uneasy relationship with the Internet. 4. What it’s like to be allergic to life. 5. The suit that couldn’t be copied. And a bonus: Nora…

  • What I Read: June 2016

    To help me stay on track in my 2016 goals, I’m documenting the books I read all year. Here’s what I read in June: David Foster Wallace’s Brief Interviews with Hideous Men. I bought this 23-story fiction collection at The Last Bookstore approximately 1 million years ago, and finally pulled it out of my bookshelf at…

  • Link Party: 7/4-7/8

    Before we get to the main event, I’d like to share one piece of wisdom that has served me well throughout my life: It’s better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you’re a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. Here’s what I read this week: 1. Up close and personal with…

  • Tune Time: June 2016

    Here’s what I listened to in the month of June: Talking Heads’ Stop Making Sense. Imagine the Zoë you know and love today as a 15-year-old, combing through the CD section at her local public library looking for music she can take home and put on her iPod nano. One of those CDs happened to…