Welcome to my blog: Midwestern Rambling. I'm trying out this blogging thing again for those of you who have had access to and/or read any of my previous blogs. But this one has a purpose: my ventures in Chicago.
A little bit about me: My name is Negesti Kaudo and I'm twenty-two years old. I am a born and raised Ohioan and I, of course, bleed scarlet and gray. A recent college graduate of Elon University, I have Bachelor's of Arts in both English - Creative Writing and Psychology. My academic interests are an interesting combination of the two by focusing on human nature and condition, so basically: I want to know why we do the things we do. What else? I'm a writer, an amateur astrologist, and a pessimist. Last week, I packed all of my stuff into a minivan and my mom, sister, and I all traveled from Columbus, OH to Chicago, IL at 6am and I moved into a tiny apartment. Now I'm here, gearing up for my first year of graduate school for an MFA in Creative Writing Nonfiction, and the current plan is to be in Chicago for at least three years.
A little bit about the blog: That bear in the background is a Gesterbear, and she is by far one of my favorite graduation presents I received (and he sings!). Gesterbear is a nickname I received from my best friend on a trip to Chicago way back when in like 8th grade (can't be sure). Anyways, I hated the nickname, and got in trouble on an escalator for pushing my friend - she thought it was cute, I thought it was mortifying. Everyone called me Gesterbear (-____-) including my teachers and I couldn't stand it until one day, a girl in my class drew a Gesterbear: a teddy bear with dreadlock pigtails, an Oxford blouse, a red bowtie and a MacEwen plaid skirt. I loved it and continue to. Since then, Gesterbear has evolved: she cut off her dreadlocks and now has a nice kinky-culy fro, she burned her MacEwen plaid skirt and Oxford, etc... This blog is the one thing I have to chronicle my time and life in Chicago as I go through graduate school and transition into adulthood. I'll post about school, my writing, my explorations, and anything else I feel like.
Welcome to my world.
Disclaimer: I'm a nonfiction writer, so if you feel that our current relationship is nice where it is, I discourage you from reading my work because you may learn things about me that you could have survived without. I write raw, which means graphic, real, explicit, and I don't hold back. A lot of my work is sexual, so there's also that. This is a no judgment zone, and those who are guilty of leaving negative, offensive, and altogether not constructive critique will be blocked, banned, and removed my creative space. For those of you interested, welcome to my world.
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