Mozzer Expressions
The internal voices of the folks who power Moz.
Striving to be mediocre
My life had become about getting things done. Everything else seemed in the way. I strived through endless amounts of college school work…Striving to be Mediocre ¶ My life had become about getting things done. Everything else seemed in the way. I strived through endless amounts of college school work, extracurricular activities, and paid for all of it by building websites, and being a waiter. At the age of 24 I had changed from a poor high school kid to a high salaried programmer at amazon.com. ¶ What bothered me most during this time was when I could be doing something productive, but was stuck doing something I considered a…
Brandon RenfrowOct 10, 2014
Ninety Solo Miles in the Night
A case study in personal valuesIt’s been ten years since I’ve been in a McDonald’s, but in the cold, pre-dawn of a September morning the Golden Arches were a welcoming sight. ¶ While peeling damp gloves from my cold hands, I ordered two sausage McMuffins, hash browns, orange juice, and a large coffee that I refilled twice. ¶ Months ago I committed to a volunteer shift setting up and running a booth for Washington Bikes at the Blazing Saddles 100 mile bike ride and chili cook off in Colville.
Marc MimsSep 22, 2014
Writing Lies I’ve Been Told
On Finding Your Own VoiceThere exists a certain phase of the writing life when we crave boundaries and walls. We seek out rules and rule makers to help us constrain the limitless possibilities of our imaginations—to make them seem like something we can put on paper. And then comes the day when we burst through those walls, dismantle the fences, shatter the rules—when we trust the shape of our voices, the direction of our inquiries, the form of our words.
Isla McKetta, MFAJul 8, 2014