Welcome to The Jungle/1st MARC Book of the Week

Well, more like say goodbye to The Jungle..
No. Both.

1. I started my new internship at Edelman in Washington, D.C. this week. I have to get up pretty early to get to DC by 9, but my lazy butt needs a good dose of Early To Bed, Early To Rise. I am working on some pretty neat projects and getting to know the ins and outs of corporate design. The best part is my team. Out of a large PR office that contains over 200 people, there are but 7 souls, including myself, contained in the good ship Design, which makes it a pretty tight knit group. They are great. They like to laugh, but know when to get down to it and hustle the work.

2. While going to and coming from work, I have the distinct honor of being a passenger on the MARC train from Baltimore Penn Station to DC’s Union Station, and back. This gives me lots of time to sit and…read…or sleep. During the train ride this week, I read Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle first published in 1906. As you may or may not know, the descriptions in this book about Chicago’s meatpacking industry at the time led the US Government to come to its senses and implement a system of inspection for all meat products. They were right to do so. It was a pretty good book.

So now I am implementing (sound trumpets) The MARC Book of the Week!

Starting on the return trip home today: Voltaire’s Candide. I tried reading it awhile back in 11th or 12th grade, but never really got into it. So, another go!