To Our Readers,
At the heart of The Lemon Life is the understanding that we are the children of a very privileged culture. A culture that has educated, sheltered, and indulged us while we pursue an extended youth. We explore the world and expand our minds with adventures and graduate degrees and endless internships to build [...]
Archives: June 2009
Letter From the Editor
Nobody Really Knows Anything
Words by: Lizzy Karp
Image by: Kessyie
In times of personal transition advice is everywhere. Billboards offer tag-line solutions, magazines issue glossy unemployment tips, and my mother’s daily motivation comes like a fortune cookie via text message.
I sought professionals for advice and went to the career center of my university, [...]
Lemonomics: Are You a Statistic?
Words by: Ryan Scholz
Image by: Lianne Gesior
Every morning I wake up at a decent hour, make a fresh pot of coffee, get a bowl of bran or flax, and turn on CNN to see what catastrophes have made the headlines. Lately, one headline has been speaking to me more than any other: the high rate of [...]
Life of a Nomad Grad
Words by: Krista L. Illies
Image by: dichohecho
Of all the standard small-talk questions, Where do you live? seems to be an increasingly popular choice, and understandably so.
Asking someone which neighbourhood they call home isn’t particularly invasive and it summons a simple response, which can – in Toronto anyway - reveal a lot about someone’s personality.
That is, of course, if you actually [...]
Anonymous Roommates, Still Friends
Words by: Virginia Manning
Image by: Janek Lowe
Running from the metro to avoid the rain, I arrived at my front door after what felt like an endless week at work. Leaving the downpour behind me, my apartment was quiet and warm. It was solace to come home and see my roommate, but on that particular day, [...]
Going “Home”
Words by: Lizzy Karp
Image by: Pink Sherbet Photography
I moved to Toronto during the summer of SARS, the blackout and the garbage strike. My friends looked at me with puzzled and worried eyes as I packed up my U.S. passport and headed north for a University education. I’m not sure if I was more infatuated with [...]
Blind Date or Job Interview?
Words by: Dave Johnson
Image by: Megan Verhey
Job interviews are an unnatural event. In a bit from his stand-up routine comedian Jerry Seinfeld likened a first date to a job interview. During both events two less-than-familiar parties spend a usually brief, less-than-relaxed time together, each trying to suss out the other’s suitability in meeting particular requirements.
It’s [...]
Making a Plan After Graduation
Words by: Jamie Phillips
Image by: Martin Holden
I don’t know about you, but my planning process goes something like this:
Step One: Check email/Facebook.
Step Two: Think about what I’d really like to do. Realize that lying on the beach like a lizard would eventually get boring. Not to mention all the sun burn/melanoma. Start considering viable options.
Step [...]
It Could Be Worse
Words by: Alex Haythorne
Image by: Smabs Sputzer
It’s past three am on a Thursday and I’m borderline drunk. Of late, I’ve developed a resplendent flair for a deficient quality of inebriation whereby I feel somewhat queasy but my mind enjoys conventional cognitive capacities bookended by two distinctive parameters: disillusion and insipidity.
To be candid, this is my [...]
The Importance of Setting
Words by: Sarah Stanley
Image by: Cristina Gardeazabal
The state of my home dictates the state of my life. Setting, for me, is everything.
But even if you don’t take nest-feathering as seriously as I tend to, home is still home. It’s stability. And I’ve found that stability often breeds security, that oh-so-coveted gauntlet of post-college life.
And [...]
