not another cliche
When I was in third grade, I told Sato-kun (a boy in my class) that “nothing is impossible- that if you really wanted something, you could make it happen.” I don’t really remember why we were arguing, but I think we were talking about “the future” or universities, and he had claimed that I was a mere day-dreamer shooting for the stars. I then challenged him by stating “you name it, and I WILL go there.”
his response to my challenge was: “oh, yea? Then I’d like to see you make it to Harvard”
WELL, little douche in the third grade, I did eventually make it to Harvard- I made it all the way to their bathrooms. Even though I technically didn’t go to Harvard )because I went to Emerson), in my mind I’d like to believe that I proved him wrong. For a third grader enrolled in Japanese school, I had a big mouth for a girl who couldn’t even read those Dick and Jane books (I didn’t read or write english until I went to an international school in 6th grade)- but I believed that ”nothing is impossible- that if you really wanted something, you could make it happen.” I was 9- now I’m 23.
Last week, I went for my second round interview for an account coordinator position at Munn Rabot, and on Friday, I found out that I didn’t get the job. I was crushed- for the past 5 months, I’ve been interning and working odd jobs while I furiously looked for a “real job” that will turn my life around. The results have been a lost cause- I’m like the desperate virgin who can’t score. Always out in the field but no home-run….close, but no cigar. Ta-da! Another working girl cliche. It hurt: I couldn’t help but feel that I was letting everyone down- including myself.
But I realized something today while I was watching the commercial for a documentary or TV show about children who went missing- On TV, that may seem like a lost cause to a stranger, but do you think those parents EVER give up? NOPE!
It was then that I had an epiphany: the economy is BAD, and there’s no sugar coating it. HOWEVER, if people are out there looking for their lost kid for 13 years with the same steam since day 1, than I can do it too. You may be thinking to yourself “Emi fell off her rocker completely- this is comparing apples and oranges,” but is it? I have no kids, but my efforts and energy for the past 4 years have been dedicated to marketing- if marketing was my child, it’ll be a toddler. BOOM!
That’s why, I’m not giving up- and I refuse to be another cliche. That’s right:
- “I’m going to the Mattresses” (The God Father)
- This is my “Purple Giraffe” (How I met Your Mother)
- I’m going to “BRING IT” (Bring it on)
- “you know I’m gon BRING IT” (Bring It On Again)
- “Girl, you know Imma Bring it” (Bring It On- in it to win it)
- “Go big or Go home” (Brittany Morello)
- “You’re a Tiger” (Linda Saza)
- “You’re a Pirate” (Linda Saza)
- “Bring it ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN” (Bita Dadfar)
- “Accept this, and live deeply-Suck the marrow out of life” (Mr. Hatch)
- “The Possimpible” (How I Met Your Mother)
I will do this- Because I still believe that if I really wanted something, I WILL make it happen. I didn’t grow up in a house where people told me “I can’t”- I grew up with my mom who ALWAYS told me “you can, and you will.” Deep down, I am a fighter-I may be a loser now, but if 9yr old Emi saw me, she’d kick me in the shins and tell me to “suck it up” If Sato-kun saw me now, he’d think I’m loser, and I can’t let that happen…
so watch me fight, and for all of those who knows anybody in the business, tell them that I am not your average- I am not another cliche, and YES, I am looking for a JOB.
