The gold that everyone in Hollywood was looking to find was story. The way that you arrive in New York City expecting to be mugged, or in Bogota expecting to be kidnapped and held for ransom, I arrive in Los Angeles fully prepared to feel inferior. That’s why the stories I’ve […]
Author: Chelsea Batten
Young or Old, Please Get Married (if it will make you shut up)
For what gives you the right to make such a judgment? What do you have that God hasn’t given you? And if everything you have is from God, why boast as though it were not a gift? (1 Corinthians 4.7) At the outset, let me state my intention: I’m going […]
Recap: Jason Russell at Q Los Angeles 2013
I am alive. I am clothed. I am still a little crazy. You guys remember Jason Russell, right? It’s forgiveable, if you don’t. The dude kind of submerged from view after the WTF-worthy anticlimax following the viral fame of his KONY 2012 video. Statements were issued, catfights ensued, and the […]
6 Reasons We Avoid Doing What We Love
Last time I was here in Nashville, I met this musician who told me how he usually doesn’t get done with work until 2 or 3 in the morning, but he’s always up at 7am, wide awake and ready to “git it.” I listened to him with roiling envy inside. I […]
5 Illuminating Lessons Learned in My 20s
If there’s one thing I love…which is a stupid way to lead off, because there are many things I love…but anyway, one thing I love is chain of acquaintance. You know–there’s this girl I know, who knows this guy, who knows this other guy, whom I just met on the […]
Recap: Q Los Angeles 2013
So a couple of weeks ago, Jeremy calls me and says, “Would you be interested in attending this conference? Let me know by the end of today, because early registration is ending.” Normally, I’m not really a conference kind of girl… (And trust me, there are conference girls. Guys, too. […]
