Left To Fry: The Book

Remember 2010? 

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Long before the pandemic, before the election. Before it felt like the world was crumbling before our eyes. A simpler time.

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Not that life was simple. That was the year I was fired. Then I broke up with my girlfriend. I had a Bachelors in Creative Writing, no career ambition, no savings, and about as much hope in the world as a snowball has in a microwave. I was on my own. 

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Life started happening. Happening fast. And I did my best to capture it all in a blog called "Left to Fry," which kept me focused, kept me motivated, and sometimes got me into trouble. I kept blogging for nearly ten years, crafting in real-time the nonfiction story of somebody finding out who they are, what they want, and how to get it. 

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No easy feat when you're Left to Fry. 

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For fans of Bret Easton Ellis' "Less Than Zero," you'll enjoy this autobiography of an adult in the making. 

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Find such exciting stories inside as: interning for a Sacramento newspaper, going to a Vampire Ball, a workplace romance, making espresso, trips to the dentist, falling in love, bonfires, traveling to Istanbul, a summer in South Korea, and more! 

Click here for a portal page for the book.

Click here for the Amazon link.

And a million thank yous to anyone who followed along so long ago and happen to purchase a copy. I know you'll love it! 

Where I Am Now

Well color me surprised. Haven't looked at these blogs stats in a while, but seems like Left to Fry has been keeping itself alive. At least the views are still pretty consistent. No new comments, so I don't know if anyone's really that interested...

Nonetheless, I've gone on to do a few new blogs since ending this one.

First there was 4,469.52, which was the story of unemployment and the first semester of grad school.

Then came Chris Gone Global, which is still sort of running, though it covered my time in Istanbul and Daegu.

In Daegu, I started Thousand Thoughts and Flash Fry Fiction.

Check those out if you're interested. I'm always somewhere on the internet.

- Chris

The Day I Ended Left To Fry

It's not dead. This hobby is not dead.

But I've got a different life to chronicle now. A more focused one. LEFT TO FRY was always meant to be a written documentary of a life-in-the-making. Well now that I've got a lot of my life organized and put myself on a healthy path, I think it's time to move the blog forward. 

From here on out, I'll be writing in this blog:

4,469.52 Dollars

That's my current bank account status. That's what I'm leaving Old Soul with (not counting my two final paychecks, which will be saved exclusively for rent). That's it. 

Basically I know that I don't want to get another coffee-shop job. But what's a guy supposed to do when his resume reeks of espresso and customer service? I need to break free. I need to take my writing seriously and I need to stay focused at school. I need to get experience with teaching, I need to volunteer and seek challenges. It's too easy to stay in an easy job. I'm too old for easy. 

I want to see how a constantly-dwindling budget will challenge me. It's an experiment. It's forcing me to find alternate, more rewarding income. It's forcing me to be smarter, more creative and crafty with my money. It could all work out just fine. It could be a disaster waiting to happen. Either way, I'll keep track of it and chronicle the changes, for better or for worse. 

- Left to Fry