Back in the Blogosphere

Nice to see you again, Simmons! It's been quite an interesting month since my last blog posting. You may notice a couple of my posts have disappeared. Unfortunately, there was a request to take a post down by someone I knew very closely. So here I am back at square one, with only a few posts left. So why don't I start over with an overwhelmingly positive piece?

My work as a freelance writer is something I absolutely enjoy and pursue every day. However, I always resisted creating my own website, despite the repeated requests of my friends. However, after reading about how some of my favorite twenty-something writers such as Julia Allison and Emily Gould use their websites to display their work, I realized I too had to join the club! Now I have my own site where all of my articles are displayed in one place, instead of scattered around the web on their select sites. Due to the neighborhood I live in, I decided to call my website "Down and Out in Beacon Hill." I took the name from the fabulous movie "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," which is actually based on the French play "Boude Sauve Des Eaux." The movie tells the story of an extremely wealthy yet dysfunctional family that takes in a homeless man after he tries to drown himself in their pool. Their entire world is shaken up by the influence of this man, and ultimately they are able to see an entire world outside of Beverly Hills. (Also, one thing I always noticed was how the father chugs Pepto Bismol from the bottle in his car due to a nervous stomach, a habit I always thought only my own father and I shared!)