A little about me...

In July I started at my current job as a Search Engine Coordinator. I interviewed for the job after researching the industry on Wikipedia, but I knew relatively nothing at all. In school, I believe the section on internet marketing went something like this: this is a website, this is a banner, and pop ups are bad.

After six months, I guess I would consider myself well enough involved, and the proof is in the pudding:

SHAZAM! Yeah, that's right ... After knowing next to nothing, I can proudly say that I am one of the few, the proud - certified search engine marketing professionals.

One other purpose of this blog, besides recounting my tale of trying to live in New York City without becoming a jaded "New Yorker" is to get my name out there. Although I am not looking for another job, I realized how ridiculous it is that as a search engine optimizer, I had not yet search engine optimized myself.

When looking under my name "Jeanne Bright" or "Jeanne Kathryn Bright" (that right there should help me out, right Googs?), the results were dismal. So over the course of the next few weeks, I hope to get to the top position in Google for my name, maybe rep my hood on Google images ... you know, standard search engine optimization.

Don't worry, I will keep all of you dedicated readers (Hi, Mom!) in the loop as to how it's going.

What the hell does that title mean?

A Bildungsroman is a novelistic form that concentrates on the spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the protagonist usually from childhood to maturity.

miso·ne·ism : a hatred, fear, or intolerance of innovation or change.

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Ever since I was little, I always hated change. I can vividly remember crying when a preacher at my church announced that he was retiring. I had never talked to the man, I was probably only 6. What generated my emotion was the thought of how my Sunday ritual was disrupted from what I had known for so long, and how the future was slightly unknown.

This fear of change no longer causes quite as much of an emotional distress, but I still have the tendency to stick to a daily routine in order to minimize any foreign changes. Albeit this daily routine is comfortable, I usually reach a breaking point where it becomes so boring that I need a change.

After living at home in Cleveland, OH for a month after graduating college, I needed a break from the dreary and sophmorish life I was leading. Although I am not always partial to large changes, I decided to move to New York City in persuit of a career in interactive advertising. At first this move was jolting, and I rarely left my apartment. But as I have lived here for almost six months, the hectic pace of city living is no longer different; it is my life.

This blog from here out will contain my tales of how I believe living in the city has changed my long-held perceptions to hopefully grow into a confident, well-established, and sucessful person.