Introduction

My name is James, I'm 27 years old and I work at a grocery store.

I graduated in 2007 with a degree in journalism. I have used this degree approximately once, as a freelance writer, before the entire freelance department was axed. After that, I spent most of my time as the assistant manager of a gas station/convenience store in DeKalb, Illinois. Following the dissolution of a four year long mistake of a relationship, I found myself, by myself, with few friends and nothing keeping me where I was. Nights of crippling loneliness, old vinyl records, cigarettes and vodka tonics were starting to wreak their havoc. I took an offer to move to Chicago and re-kick-start my 'career' in writing. 

After a few months in the city, I'm now a 'grocery clerk' (read: bag boy) at a grocery store in Evanston, Illinois. These are my words, like them or loathe them.