Yay! The final issue of 303 Magazine for 2011 is out, which means that I've commenced my first full year at 303!Some complain that 303 is too small. It doesn't pay well, it doesn't get enough recognition to be worth the amount of work required, or it's just a bunch of (insert h8r speech here).
Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, and I don't believe there can be one right/wrong p.o.v. Still, from my personal experiences, 303 has been nothing but an incredible, happenstance blessing.
It always amazes me that the Editor-in-Chief hired me with zero reason to believe I wouldn't, as she might say, "fuck everything up." All she had to go off of was what seemed like a nice personality and a thirst to get my hands dirty. And, despite a handful of flubs, I'd mostly say that I've proven myself. But asides from what I have/haven't done for 303, there's so much more that 303's done for me. I've been given opportunities to model for fun (which led to me becoming an actual model in Denver), pretend to be a fancy reporter who goes into a fine dining restaurant's kitchen to see how lamb is prepared, get drunk at fashion events rather than paying $20 dollars to get into crowded douche bars like most college kids, increase my writing skills and vocabulary in ways a business student would never have the chance to, learn the basic ins-n-outs of running a publication, meet slews of helpful, successful, intriguing individuals, and get my own little 600-word monthly men's fashion column (which I believe I'm doing quite well, thank you very much).
Now, as I'm about to graduate, travel the country and search for real careers that support the dream life I've been cooking in my noggin for 15 years, I feel grateful and proud to have 303 on my resume.
Here's my last column for 2011. Though it doesn't sound incredibly "smart," I'm quite pleased of this one.
Check it out for free HERE (if you're either really bored or really nosy)!
, Henry
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