About

I am Alex. I write on occasion. Most of the writing comes late at night, when insomnia has struck and it takes a good ‘ol creative writing assignment to keep myself occupied. I do not intend to be insightful, although it may sometimes happen. I do not intend to be funny, although it may sometimes happen. This is just a place for me to sit down an write. This blog was started January 2008 and will continue until I feel I no longer have a need to write. For those of you who do read (I think that’s about 5 people), thank you for reading.

In high school, I read Waiting for Godot and liked it. I liked the themes, plot, and idea. Absurdist. Hidden meaning in long rambling, rambling, rambling, punctuation free monologues. Thus, I created the headline for this blog: “Dear Didi and Gogo, You’ve been waiting in the wrong place. See you soon! -G.” We may all be “waiting in the wrong place” at times. Everything we need may be waiting for us in a different location. And we will all get there. Some sooner than others. But we will all get there, nonetheless.

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I am originally from a suburb of Los Angeles, in the San Fernando Valley region of Southern California. I am a student at the University of Oregon (Class of 2012), majoring in Public Relations within the School of Journalism and Communications. I am a member of the Alpha Epsilon Pi fraternity on campus, a member, President, Public Relations Manager, and Tour Manager of On The Rocks, the all-male a’cappella group at the UO (baritone/vocal percussion), and President of the Pit Crew (the student section at the sporting events). While it may look like I am extremely busy (which I am), I wouldn’t do all of these things if I did not truly enjoy them.

I enjoy sports, following the LA Dodgers, Lakers, Clippers, Oakland Raiders, and of course, the University of Oregon Ducks. I also have a passion in entertainment; an avid movie-watcher; as well as a self-proclaimed Jeopardy nerd, frequently browsing Wikipedia for more and more useless information. All of these passions, as well as my (still growing) education and background in Public Relations will hopefully allow me to pursue a career in Sports/Entertainment Marketing and Branding (what’s up, Nike) and/or agency work (CAA, I’m coming for you).

I have interacted with many different types of people, corporations, and business models, and feel prepared (but still scared) to venture into the “real world” of post-collegiate life.