My Attempt to Become a Blogger

Greetings out there to anyone who reads this. This is my first attempt to become a blogger. I never thought I would be doing this, but low and behold, here I am, exposing myself on the internet. I started my blogging quest a few weeks ago when I was searching for a job in the food publishing world and almost every desireable job I came across required me to have a blog or webpage or something along those lines. I didn't realize I would need a blog to get a job, I thought a college education and a master's degree would be enough. I could have saved a hell of a lot of time and money over the past 5 years by sitting in my basement making a blog instead of in a classroom.
Let me start out by telling you a little about myself and what my blog will be about. I currently reside in Manhattan, living out my dream of doing something really cool that will make me a lot of money. I am originally from New Jersey, wait no that's not right, SOUTH Jersey (please no Jersey jokes unless you want to piss me off). Jersey is a great place to grow up! I lived in a suburban town with my parents and older sister until i went away to college. I was attended The College of New Jersey and was all set to go to medical school when one day I had a revalation and realized I just didn't want to do it. So I moved to London for a little to figure out what I wanted to do. That was when I found my real passion, food and travel. I grew up in a family where the most important place in the whole house was the kitchen. I don't remember a night where my family did not sit down together and eat dinner. I miss it now sometimes. Anyway, another huge important part of my life when I was growing up was traveling. We went on multiple vacations a year, all over the country and I always loved it! So when I moved to London, I traveled all over Europe basically eating my way through. I tried as many different native, traditional foods as possible. My London friends would laugh at me know if they read this, because I was a vegetarian for a long time and when I was in Scotland I had to order a traditional Scottish breakfast which includes haggis and blood sausage. It actually was super delicious, but being one of my first meat meals in a very long time, I got soo sick from it. So while I was over there I decided I wanted to do something in food or nutrition, like maybe be a chef. When I came back to the States I got a job at a catering company and I absolutely loved it. I loved cooking and being in the kitchen, I just despised the hours. I had no time for anything, I was working all the time and going to school when I wasn't working. I knew I just couldn't do that the rest of my life, so culinary school was out. My parents were on me about my future and frankly, I was scared I would end up working at McDonalds with a degree in biology, not my ideal situation. As I was searching for my future, I stumbled upon a graduate program at NYU entitled Food Studies. So I up and moved to New York! It was the greatest decision of my life. I found an internship at a fabulous food magazine and had the time of my life for the past 5 months. At the end of my internship, I got offered a job which is where I am now. I have been officially working as a food editor for 1 month. It's amazing and I love it. So thats pretty much my life story to date. As I update my blog I will share little tidbits about my past and current life. Enjoy!