In the Beginning

I am a 25-year-old out of work journalist with a job that is a little less than stimulating. I am married, mostly white (kind of a mutt really but that's quite irrelevant to this blog) and a first time blogger. My husband and I moved to San Francisco nearly a year ago from a small town in Southeast Missouri. Culture shock? No and yes. No people are people and yes people are people; those qualities that we loathe in a few people in a small town can become quite obnoxious in great numbers. I am talking about etiquette. Not the Emily Post (yes she was a phenomenal woman) who pays for the engagement dinner and which fork to use during dinner etiquette. I am more concerned with the very simplistic forms: navigation throughout our daily lives without being complete assholes. I realize that when there are a large amount of people all from different backgrounds and from very different households different standards of what is acceptable will greatly vary, but I do believe there should be a common ground we can all come to. I'm not saying let's all hold hands and sing around the camp fire...all I'm saying is that as the spaces between us narrow so do our sensibilities towards others. So here is my proposition: let's explore the world of everyday etiquette together and find out how we as human beings need to act. Welcome to my blog and thank you for your audience. Ooh ooh ooh...and remember:

"A dying culture invariably exhibits personal rudeness. Bad manners. Lack of consideration for others in minor matters. A loss of politeness of gentle manners is more significant than is a riot..."-Robert A. Heinlein (Science Fiction Author and philosopher)