QLC: How To Get Over College and Become a Functioning Member of Society

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Quarter Life Crisis or How to Get Over College and Become a Functioning Member of Society takes a look at the lives of Sean Easton and Lauren Ellis, two people living in Miami and trying to navigate through their mid-twenties.

Those of you who know me know I've been a career college student for about a decade now (those of you that don't know me...I've been a career college student for about a decade now pretty much sums it up). Took the obligatory seven years to get my Bachelor's then sat down with a cup of coffee after my graduation ceremony and asked myself "Hey, Patrick, buddy, had enough school yet? Ready to join the real world?" And since I was talking to myself I got no response which I took to mean "Hell no!" so I went to graduate school and got my Master's.

To get that post-grad degree though, most people have to both write and defend a thesis (thesis defense=justify both the thesis' existence and the year of repeated nervous breakdowns it took to write the thing).

For my major—Creative Writing—a thesis must be a book length work of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry. So I decided to write a novel called Quarter Life Crisis or How to Get Over College and Become a Functioning Member of Society (yes, that's the whole title) about a guy who went to college, got his degree, then ended up back home bartending and pissed off because his degree had become primarily a centerpiece for his bedroom and a proving point for all his unfulfilled aspirations (and yes I see the irony in me getting my degree by writing a book about a guy who hates the fact that he wasted his time getting a degree; it's part of why I wrote it when I did. I love irony. It's the brother of sarcasm. Or at least a first cousin).

Long story short, I passed my defense and, afterwards, had this book just sitting there itching at my nerves. So I decided about two months ago to look for an agent to help me get the damn thing published. But me being the irrationally impatient person I am (no beef with lit agencies, I know how demanding your jobs are; like I said, "irrationally" impatient) I decided I was going to go ahead and be proactive and promote the book-that-as-yet-has-no-representation by brushing up on my Photoshop/PowerDirector skills and producing a promo video along with a few sample chapters to post here.

On my blog.

By clicking on "Quarter Life Crisis" in the menu bar above or just looking right below this post.

For people who are interested to be more interested in.

And for people who aren't interested to possibly get their interest sucked into the spider web of my innate charm (kidding...not really, but, you know).

So, basically, this is my official apology to the people and obligations I've blown off for the past three weeks. I've been holed up in my room working on this crap (and simultaneously working my ass off at Buffalo Wild Wings...yes, I think it's common knowledge that this book is semiautobiographical, though me writing it a whole year and a half in advance of my current post-post-graduate position in the food industry might hint at some psychic ability on my part...or it could have just been a rare brush with common sense. I got a degree in Creative Writing, where did you think I'd end up working?)

Let's hope all the missed phone calls and text messages and potentially epic Facebook statuses were worth it.

Hope you all enjoy. And if you don't, let me know so I can tell you to go %$#@ yourself.

Deuces.

-P.A.Jr.

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• Quarter Life Crisis
• How to get over college
• Sean Easton
• millennial
• recession
• twenty somethings
• Patrick Anderson Jr.
• Post-College
• Get Over College
• Can't Find a Job After College
• College

[KoalKottentail]

1. Nice ass

2. Indeed nice video, very creative and applicable.

3. Go at your own *productive* pace, don't worry about society.

Cheers

[Adestructionproduct]

that was AMAZING!

[GaboomFilms]

very intresting ! seriously nice job

[cforero730]

This is so great. Love the way you tell the whole story and the back and forth between you and the pictures.

[irama0615]

GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!

[OTown5815]

Way to go bud!!!! I was laughing my ass off. Had me completely entertained from the start. Has the fast, witty, sarcastic humor that I love. Reach higher and higher dude, you have a gift.

[xxtina05]

yay good job buddy!!! I'm so proud of you lol I want to be in at least one of your videos just sayin! keep it up...love your roomie :) ohhh and btw I loved the pic of the "random girl" (Keri) I almost died laughing!