millennial blog project

millennial blog project

I won’t sit idly by and watch my life pass before my eyes

A millennial’s coming-of-age story

My name is Emily and I’m 30 years old. I’ve been writing on this blog in fits and spurts since I was 14, originally as “Blackbyrd” on blackbyrd.wordpress.com. I’ve long been enamored by the written word and have scribbled poems and sonnets in countless notebooks since I was 7.

Today I’m a classically trained journalist who has built a successful career in corporate marketing. On this blog I write about my musings while traveling all over the world and riding my bike.

Welcome to my never-ending coming-of-age story.

Thanks for visiting!

  • Predestination

    Everything happens for a reason. I totally and truly believe in it. When I have made my brother and I late to school because I took too much time getting ready, I just think that maybe, because of my lateness, we avoided a fatal car accident. Maybe leaving earlier could have resulted in being forced Read more

  • House

    I got my daily dosage of Gregory House yesterday. I had just headed upstairs to have a playdate with Huck Finn when my mother called me down saying: “Emily! HOUSE IS ON!!!” Instantly, Huck was thrown aside, and I rushed downstairs to see my good friend Mr. House. No, I have not been a fan of Read more

  • Should have, would have, could have, but did not

    Oh darn! It’s dark out now! I guess it’s too late to go for a run. Dammit! I guess I will just have to remain planted here, at the computer, writing and writing and writing. Right now I should probably be upstairs reading some Huck Finn for English, but I am sick of boys and Read more

  • “Knitting up the wazoo”

    I have been “knitting up the wazoo” a lot lately. Maybe it’s because Christmas is so close and my goal of creating twenty works of art in one month is coming to an end. Maybe it’s because I have… six things? to knit by the day before Christmas Eve. No pressure, Em. I started knitting Read more

  • Meeting him

    One of my very good friends and I attended a concert at Town Ballroom in Buffalo about a month ago consisting of A Skylit Drive, Alesana, Escape the Fate, Silverstein, and Chiodos. His brother drove us, and I would not have been able to go if Escape the Fate had not been going. He knew that Read more

  • On to the next one with Escape The Fate (Older article)

    It is somewhat advisable to stick with the old cliche: out with the old, in with the new. Escape the Fate is back and doing just that. After “losing” former lead singer Ronnie Radke, the band recruited former blessthefall lead vocalist Craig Mabbit to fill Radke’s shoes. Although this replacement has been raising eyebrows since Read more