Monday: Ed's NEW Girl on the Hunt

Ed's got hisself a NEW Girl on the Hunt, yo. Her first pot hits Monday! A little taste:

"If Ed's Girl on the Hunt has proved anything, it's that finding a job in the magazine biz is hard work. It is all about perseverance, dedication, making connections, and the age old adage, try, try again.

So what happens when diminished self-esteem, the strain of five jobs and fear of failure set in?

Well, if you're like me, you chicken out. Almost."

XO,
Ed

Wanna be Ed's new Girl/Guy on the Hunt?

Auditions are open once again. Send a sample blog post of 300 to 500 words (including images you'd use if you feel like it) to Ed by Friday Sept. 22 at noon at ed@ed2010.com. Yes, short deadline. But it's a good gig, yo.

Feel free to re-apply if you've applied in the past but haven't gotten tapped. Quick! Just write something off the top of your head. Blogging is about relating to people, man, not perfection. Seriously, don't belabor it. Just, like, flow an' shit.

Requirements: You must be living in NYC (or moving here within the next few months) and searching for an entry-level position in magazines.

XO,
Ed

Ed's back, baby!

He can't tell you where he's been. Trust him, you DON'T want to know.



(Oh, OK, he was in an opium den on the Lower East Side for the last coupla weeks and just woke up. Straight to Narcotics Anonymous for him, man.)

XO,
Ed

Ed kinda wants to work at Radar...but is he cool enough (and does he have enough money in his savings account) to do it?

Ed's not usually a huge gossip whore, but there's something about the way Radar slings it. It's like Jane and Vanity Fair had a kid—and the progeny is WAY less irritating and self-important than the progenitors are. Like, WAY LESS.

Thanks for reminding Ed that the new Radar Online is up, Jossipers!

XO,
Ed

Evil succubus! You're bleeding Ed's brain dry, yo.

Ed set out to become an editor because he wanted to take other people's words and ideas and make them into something better . (Also, he likes to tell people what to do.) What he didn't realize way back then was that being an editor also meant a constant JUICING of your brainhole for ideas. MORE. IDEAS. ALWAYS. NEED. MORE. IDEAS.

The great Mindsuck never ends. Good thing Ed sort of gets off on it now.

XO,
Ed

Workin' for the weekend

To all you unpaid interns (or underpaid EAs) who have weekend jobs at the Gap in order to pay your rent, Ed has a little announcement: Weekend working doesn't end when you become an editor! (It's just that usually you can do it at home in your undies with your laptop.)

BTW, does anyone happen to have an bat?


XO,
Ed

Why NYC sucks and the only reason Ed's still here is Magazines

This Labor Day weekend forecast:
Moist with a chance of crappy.
THIS IS THE WORST SUMMER EVER.

XO,
Ed