Well, simply put, a preview. At least that's how it works in them moving pictures. A preview to give you, the viewer, a glimpse into the future of our magazine, and our magazine is here to give you a glimpse of the future. So that boils down to a glimpse of a glimpse of the future. Perhaps some explaining is due.

This magazine exists to examine what's coming next in the world. Originally born out of an idea to examine our own individual fashion in a world where, as Glenn Close put it in "The Devil Wears Prada," the company chooses the sweater for you (interesting note: I have neither read the book nor seen the entire movie yet I still reference it - think on that), the magazine grew to encompass the majority of life itself. How do we write in a world where there are two story types: "a stranger came to town" and "we went on a trip?" How do we discuss reality in a world that has been through post-modern philosophy? How can we examine the facade of a building that is all glass? What comes next in a world where everything has already been done?

This magazine attempts to address these and other similar questions by looking at the youth market on intellectualism and culture. We will look at a pre-digested world and re-digest it, examine what has come before us and how that affects what will come after, and delve into present, emerging trends with all the fervor of Hemingway on safari. We live the life; we wear the clothes; we listen to the music; we've read the books, seen the films, gained the necessary base to digest the digested with a new intellectual enzyme, a fresh look. With everyone saying, "It's all been done," we'll search out what's next and give it a voice that says, "We're here, don't fear, get used to it."

Perhaps you'd like facts or some sort of detail. To that I say, as the great Homer Simpson once did, "Facts are meaningless. You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true." but I'll indulge you anyway. We plan to publish original content exploring various trends in culture and thought, reviews of the latest in literature, art, philosophy, etc., as well as our own forays into creativity. We hope to branch into the spheres of technology and politics and travel and email newsletters. We have large plans to fight off the impending doom of the intellectual world (note: not really an impending doom, nor would we plan to fight it off - our goal is to the contrary, to report and imagine what is coming, doom or not).

I'll end with a few notes on myself, your humble editor-in-chief and blogger at reMODELed Blog (and also the handsome gentleman to the right). I am a recent graduate of the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at New York University where I majored in "Intellectual Urbanism" and "Creative Writing" (both made up majors). I presently labor away in pursuit of all that is good and right in corporate litigation and inhabit the fair city of New York where I have lived for almost all of my young life. Those are my basics, my vitals, what I got on the intellectual combine (though I have yet to take the Wonderlic test). The rest of my habits, likes and dislikes, and my many, many flaws I'm sure will come out over the life of this magazine.

So enjoy, and as Grady Tripp says, "You have to keep with it. You have to read on." Look for the premier issue coming September 1st.