Monday, February 19, 2007
Cool clips: Illusion of beauty
I thought this was interesting. And they say ads give us a false sense of attainable beauty ... can't imagine why.
Sorry for the lack of posting lately. I've been busy with work during the week and busy packing this weekend before next week's move. There's a lot to be done before then, so don't be surprised if I don't post much or at all, but I'm sure I'll have plenty of exciting stories in a week or so once I've got a new house, a roommate and wi-fi (because until I get the latter set up, you won't be hearing from me at all). Happy Presidents Day!
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Happy Valentine's Day
I wish each of you a very happy Valentine's Day. May your day and your lives be filled with many different kinds of love from many people.
Monday, February 12, 2007
Cool clips: A very Buffy "Office"
I could have gone with a clip commemorating Valentine's Day this week ... but nah. Joss Whedon directed Thursday's episode of "The Office," so you should totally check that out. Plus it's just an awesomely hilarious show.
Work stuff is beginning to get a little less crazy, but now I've got to get packing before I move at the end of the month. I spent this past weekend purging a lot (not in the anorexic way, in the spring cleaning way). Old magazines, papers that had piled up -- all gone. Or close to being gone. And I've got about half of my Christmas cards sent out. So woohoo!
As part of my cleaning, you'll find a few new blogs linked to the right, along with another cool site -- Bug Designs, which is run by a friend who creates personalized cards and other stationery, so check it out.
Monday, February 05, 2007
Cool clips: Super Bowl ads
To be honest, I wasn't all that impressed with any of the ads this year, but this one was pretty good. If you want to see the others, and vote for your favorite, you can view and rank them over on YouTube.
Sunday, February 04, 2007
Taking the plunge (but not in the marital sense)
Well, I did the Polar Plunge this afternoon.
My training began a few weeks ago when I was up in D.C. and stood outside of Circuit City with some friends from college to buy a Wii (Nintendo's latest gaming console and pronounced "we," for those not in the know). We started standing in line at 8:30 in the morning in the freezing cold for 2 or more hours. I hadn't originally planned on buying a Wii for a while, much less doing something stupid for one. But Aaron really wanted one so we all went, and as dumb as it might sound to say, "I stood in a line in the cold in the early morning to buy a Wii," it sounds a lot stupider to say you went through all of that to watch someone ELSE buy a Wii. So we endured the cold and now I own a Wii. You can read the full Gig story here.
Anyhow, since then, my training has consisted of ... well, not really thinking about it. We all met for brunch this morning and then headed out to the beach where we wandered around and looked at all the other crazies. I was dressed as Superman, of course.
To round out the superheroes, we also had Catwoman, Wonder Woman and "Ghetto Aquaman" (as he put it), although all of us in the group that were plunging dressed up in some form or another. I got my picture taken a lot because who doesn't want to get their picture taken with Superman? So that was pretty cool. Wonder Woman got that a lot, too, as did Catwoman some. And true to the running joke in the comic book world, no one paid much attention to Aquaman.
The temperature was in the low 40s and it was pretty windy, but it was sunny, which helped. When it finally came time for the plunge, they corralled us all like cows to the slaughter and we went into the water. I would have preferred to have been able to run in and just dive under, but there were so many people (last year, they had more than 3,000; I would guess it was a similar number this year), that wasn't really feasible. So it was sort of a slow death march to the water -- just with a lot more whooping, yelling and splashing. But I did a quick wade up to my chest (they told us not to go all the way under so they could tell if people were drowning), splashed around for a bit and came out.
And then I ran back to where our stuff was to get a dry towel.
It was invigorating to say the least. The cold water really takes your breath away but after you dry off and get changed into warm clothes, it's not so bad. Granted, I'm doing the Polar Plunge in southern Virginia; there are much colder places to do this sort of thing that are a lot more hardcore. But it was a pretty darned fun day overall and I'm glad I did it. I'm already thinking of ways to do it even bigger and better next year.
For more of the photos, just click on the one above. Thanks to everyone who lent their support and well wishes.
My training began a few weeks ago when I was up in D.C. and stood outside of Circuit City with some friends from college to buy a Wii (Nintendo's latest gaming console and pronounced "we," for those not in the know). We started standing in line at 8:30 in the morning in the freezing cold for 2 or more hours. I hadn't originally planned on buying a Wii for a while, much less doing something stupid for one. But Aaron really wanted one so we all went, and as dumb as it might sound to say, "I stood in a line in the cold in the early morning to buy a Wii," it sounds a lot stupider to say you went through all of that to watch someone ELSE buy a Wii. So we endured the cold and now I own a Wii. You can read the full Gig story here.
Anyhow, since then, my training has consisted of ... well, not really thinking about it. We all met for brunch this morning and then headed out to the beach where we wandered around and looked at all the other crazies. I was dressed as Superman, of course.
To round out the superheroes, we also had Catwoman, Wonder Woman and "Ghetto Aquaman" (as he put it), although all of us in the group that were plunging dressed up in some form or another. I got my picture taken a lot because who doesn't want to get their picture taken with Superman? So that was pretty cool. Wonder Woman got that a lot, too, as did Catwoman some. And true to the running joke in the comic book world, no one paid much attention to Aquaman.
The temperature was in the low 40s and it was pretty windy, but it was sunny, which helped. When it finally came time for the plunge, they corralled us all like cows to the slaughter and we went into the water. I would have preferred to have been able to run in and just dive under, but there were so many people (last year, they had more than 3,000; I would guess it was a similar number this year), that wasn't really feasible. So it was sort of a slow death march to the water -- just with a lot more whooping, yelling and splashing. But I did a quick wade up to my chest (they told us not to go all the way under so they could tell if people were drowning), splashed around for a bit and came out.
And then I ran back to where our stuff was to get a dry towel.
It was invigorating to say the least. The cold water really takes your breath away but after you dry off and get changed into warm clothes, it's not so bad. Granted, I'm doing the Polar Plunge in southern Virginia; there are much colder places to do this sort of thing that are a lot more hardcore. But it was a pretty darned fun day overall and I'm glad I did it. I'm already thinking of ways to do it even bigger and better next year.
For more of the photos, just click on the one above. Thanks to everyone who lent their support and well wishes.
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