Saturday 5k!

26:46. getting a little bit faster...

funny looking animal of the week! part 2

kind of struggling this week... maybe another funny looking animal will help

via The Dainty Squid

johnson boating commercial

oh the 80s...

FNL

Friday Night Lights starts tonight! The final season... pour some out for our fallen series homies. I'm sure they will leave us with a great season though.

Hope we get to see Riggins a little even if he's in jail. And of course, we get to watch the greatest TV couple of all time - Coach Taylor and the Missus.



DIRECTV @ 9.

heard it babysitting....

Last night Val was full of wisdom -- per usual! Here's what he had to say about a variety of topics:

On basketball:
They have to run around a lot in basketball. That's why they have Gatorade.

On what he learned in school today:
I learned that if you have a problem you can still be friends with people. Like if you're blind, you can still have friends.

On Shaq:
Me: He's so big.

Val: Yeah... (he leans in and whispers) ...He's chubby.

On this commercial:

That's just inappropriate.

On marriage:
Val: Are you married?

Me: No.

Val: Why not?

Me: I guess I haven't met someone I want to marry yet.

Val: You have to get to know someone before you marry them. You need to know what restaurants they like, their name, where they want to get married, what kind of food they like... Like if they don't like sushi, you can't bring sushi home every night, because they'll say "I don't like that."


I guess I better start learning some guys names and favorites restaurants.

celeb apprentice

Currently shooting right outside my office. It's a weird setup, a couple of camping trailers with some fold up chairs and a picnic table set up in between them. The "Celebrities" are just kinda wandering around in and out of the trailers, standing around, etc. So it's hard to tell what the point of the challenge is. Unless it's who can just sit around the longest.

Here are the celebs we saw moseying about outside:

Jose Canseco - former Major League roider, who still looks like he's on the Ron-Ron Juice, damn that man is big.

Richard Hatch - winner of Survivor season 1, and all around normal looking man. I thought he was a member of the crew at first. Thank god he had clothes on.

LIL JOHN - of LIL JOHN AND THE EASTSIDE BOYS fame. Seeing him made me want to start shouting the lyrics to "Where Dem Girls At." It really took me back to 12th grade after soccer practice when the boys would roll out of the parking lot blasting that song and we would all swoon about how much we were crushin' on dem boys. Then we'd meet them at Mighty Taco and hang out in the parking lot. Those were the days.

Gary Busey - hair a mess, enough said. I mean this guy is just ridiculous.

Mark McGrath - former lead singer of Sugar Ray! Or possibly current lead singer of Sugar Ray... is that band still together?

this is good.

via scary basement.

funny looking animal of the week!

hallelujah - jeff buckley

dress to impress.

Today I decided to take a break from Ellen garb and wear a new dress. It's kind of Mad Men-esque, and though I would love to say I look like Joan today, I think I'm much more aligned with Peggy. No offense, Peggy.

In fact, Peggy and I have more things in common than you may think. Besides our catholic upbringings copywriting gigs, we also both:

• Are kind of in love Don Draper, but could never be with him (her because Don respects her too much to make a move on her, and me because Don is a fictional character and I cannot date someone who is make believe)
  
  
• Think some things that happen in the office are "BULLSHIT," as Peggy so eloquently told Joan (and I probably yelled at some point)
  
  
• Make people in the office surprised when we actually look nice (like when Peggy got her haircut/makeover, or when I make myself presentable in any capacity)
  
  
• Are young ladies trying to make it in a MAN'S WORLD.
  

Okay that last one was kind of weak but I couldn't think of any more.

I miss Mad Men already, even though that last episode really threw me for a loop.

yanks need to get something going

Yankees gotta get it going today... I think they should enlist the assistance of this kid, who proved quite effective at helping the Phillies overcome pitching by Broxton earlier this season.

So can we find him, make him a Yankees fan, bring him to New York and get him a front row seat all before 4:07pm?

Someday call Dumbledore. Stat.

banned by the nba

A pair of basketball shoes has been BANNED by the National Basketball Association, the Athletic Propulsion Labs Concept 1 Shoes. Apparently just putting them on your feet makes you jump higher... up to 3.5 inches higher. Unfortunately for my sorry vertical leap, I'm pretty sure I still won't be dunking even with this shoe's help.

And at a price point of $300, I don't think I play enough street ball to make the purchase worthwhile. Although these shoes do make me want to purchase a pair of moon shoes, like from back in the day.

heard it babysitting....

For a child who had gone home sick from school due to puking at recess, Val had a lot of wisdom to impart on me yesterday.

On the NY Yankees:
"Do you that the Yankees are the meanest team?" (ed. note - not sure about this one, since he is a Yankees fan)

On the NY Rangers:
"These guys are professionals. They know how to skate fast and backwards. You know they have fake teeth?"

On the NY Red Bulls:
"When I watch the Red Bulls at their stadium they always pass the ball to the other team. I don't know why they do that."

On a Russian soccer jersey hanging on his bedroom wall:
"See that? That's for me to wear when I'm a grown up - like when I'm 16."

the rent is too damn high party

it took me a second to realize if this was a Saturday Night Live skit (they use kenan very effectively these days) or real life.

Adorable Looking Animal of the Week

thanks bec!

Flightless Bird, American Mouth - Iron & Wine

Saturday 5k!

27:05

windy out there today.

its fridayyyyy

this reminds me of me and rusty for some reason...

A plea to Ellen!

Today I am going to embark on a journey to appear on the Ellen DeGeneres show, and possibly start a lifelong friendship with her slash work for her. It all started several months ago, when I noticed, whilst watching American Idol, that my taste in clothing was oddly similar to hers.

My coworkers began to realize this as well. As the weeks wore on, and I continued to wear a plethora of vests, boots, and various other Ellen-esque items, it began somewhat of a running joke at the office. So much that when I recently received a work related award, my boss had written an Ellen reference into his nomination. Turns out all I had to do to be successful was be more like Ellen!

Now, I could just waste this wardrobe similarity and use it for a Halloween costume or something, but I am determined to do more. Today I am starting a campaign to go on the Ellen DeGeneres show and compare some of our outfits IN PERSON. And since Ellen is pretty good at getting invited places herself, I am taking a cue from her and trying to get myself an invite to her show.

How will I do this, you ask? Well, I'm not entirely sure. It will be a online effort, using mostly social media such as this blog, twitter, and Facebook. Let's see what the power of the Internet can do to help one girl live out her dream of meeting Ellen D.

Stay tuned for more.

Avett Brothers tonight @ Radio City. can't wait...

Adorable Looking Animal of the Week

first off, this pup's name is Hamilton Wesley Wigglesbottom. that immediately gives him cred. then there's this most adorable video of the 6 week old pup. he's got cute cred oozing outta him.

sweeet

via devour.com

Yahoo's "Trending Now"

I never really see what the Yahoo! Trending Now lists have to do with anything that is actually currently happening. Take a look at the list right now for example:


Pee-wee at number 3? That means out of all the people on the world using Yahoo!, a vast vast majority are searching about Pee-wee Herman. Just blows my mind.

I guess I understand the actresses, since they had movies open lately. But still, is running home from the movies and Yahoo! searching the actresses the new thing to do? People, it's called iMDB. Look it up.

Honey Bees at number 9 is my favorite though. I wish that I had awoken on this Sunday morning, opened up Yahoo! and typed in Honey Bees. I wonder what I would get if I did?

Hold on a second I'll try. (I feel like Mark Zuckerberg live blogging at the beginning of the movie "The Social Network" right now. Only I'm not mad at my girlfriend and I'm not drunk. I'm also not a genius who is about to embark on a journey to start a world-changing social network and make billions. Wah.)

Anyways, back to Honey Bees. Just searched them. Apparently they're being killed off by a virus & fungus combination. This just got real.

I'm kinda sad about this now. This is what happens when you delve too far into the Yahoo! Trending Now box. Next time I'll just glance at it's wacky results and let it be.

funny looking animal of the week!

via ffffound.

brighter - paramore

funny looking animal of the week!

“People tell you who they are, but we ignore it because we want them to be who we want them to be”

This season of Mad Men is, like usual, amazing. Especially the last two episodes. Can't wait for more...

makes ya wanna dance!

NOBODY CIRCLES THE WAGONS

Chris Berman has grown a mustache! File this under kinda funny but more so because the mustache will work together with the facial expressions and comments to make NFL commentary even more entertaining.

never let me go

this movie looks great. out oct 1.

funny looking animal of the week!

marcel the shell with shoes on.

i had a pretty miserable monday. luckily i just found the cure.

marcel the shell with shoes on. it made me giggle so much i cried a little.

MARCEL THE SHELL WITH SHOES ON from Dean Fleischer-Camp on Vimeo.

federer with a tweener!

magical emmy opening

can jon hamm be any more adorable?

funny looking animals of the week!

case of the mondays

Here's the first thing that made me smile on this miserable monday:


enjoy :)

its fridayyyyy

what you think about that, ronnie?

i and love and you. - the avett brothers

the opposite of product placement

This article talks about how designer bag companies are sending Snooki free handbags for her to wear on the show, in her many paparazzi photos, etc. But there's something different about this product placement - the companies are sending her competitor handbags, not their own!!!

In other words, instead of having Snooks be seen carrying their shiz, they are supplying her with the other guy's shiz, free of charge.

In a world where image means everything, Schnickers just isn't up to par for some of these killahs. In the words of Heidi Klum, "In fashion, one day you're in, and the next day you're getting thrown in jail for being too intoxicated on the beach at seaside heights out."

funny looking animals of the week!

plethora of parodies

So the trailer for David Fincher's The Social Network was pretty badass. And apparently easily parodied. People have made fake trailers in the style of The Social Network for just about every other online social site. And here they are...

i want to go to there.

my new goal in life: to become a baby sloth wrangler.

i am in love with this.

THIS IS SO FUNNY. and I actually like listening to it. i cant stop, actually.

funny looking animals of the week!

This funny looking animal edition actually features a hero in action. The photo was taken in China after a pipeline explosion occurred, killing 13 people and injuring 300.

A Twitter user tweeted this photo of a monkey saving a puppy from the explosion. Sad event. Hilarious photo.



Sometimes even funny looking animals can be heros.

More info.

Motivation in the workplace

Really interesting video about motivation. Check it out if you've got 10 minutes.

funny looking animal of the week!

The deer was a little horny so the cat gave him a lay.

PUN INTENDED.

Some Missy Higgins from Lilith Fair. She was amazing, her voice sounds just like her record. And that's a great thing.


Here's a song you may know from her cd, On a Clear Night. Worth checking out.



where I stood - missy higgins

funny looking animal of the week!

kid cowboys are badass.

oh hello little puppy friend.

via fuckyeahbulldogs

most "worth it" run on the field ever?

This Orioles fan ran onto the field. And kept running. And running. For 2 WHOLE minutes, without being stopped by security. He even jumps back into the stands at one point, and then turns around and goes back onto the field again!

I don't know if he'll ever be allowed back into the stadium or how those things work, but this guy definitely got his money's worth in the fan jumping on the field category.

I also like that all it took to make him stop was the umpire asking him to give up so the security guards could catch him. He respects the authority of the MLB at least.

betty draper = great mom

can't wait for sunday - new mad men!!

funny looking animal of the week!

whats funnier

than homoerotic sports photos? a lot of things, actually. but this one's good:




more at huffingtonpost.

facebook effect

this preview is awesome. the song really makes it i think...

you got growing up to do - josh radin

this just happened.

Just read some scripts in a client presentation for an erectile dysfunction pill. I had to read the part of a woman whose man couldn't get it up, and talk to my man about going to see his doctor and get some pills to solve that shiz.

Sometimes my job is weird...

funny looking animal of the week!

via buzzfeed.

:)

World Cupdates

Only 2 teams remain, and the World Cup is coming to a close. American futbol haters breathe a sigh of relief while everyone else in the world gets ready for their most exciting event in the past 4 years to come to a close. Let's take a look at what's going on these days in the World of the Cup:

• An octopus has correctly guessed the winners to every World Cup game that he has predicted so far. By predicting, we mean throwing his eight arms around one of two boxes of food. Each box sports a flag of one of the teams that are about to play. His most recent prophecy was Spain over Germany. Now he's getting death threats. Poor guy.



• Norwegian porn star Bobbi Eden has tweeted that if Norway wins the World Cup, she will give all of her followers a BJ. Here's what she tweeted: “If #ned wins the #worldcup I will give a BJ to all my followers, together with @vickyvette @misshybrid @gabbyquinteros 4898 and counting RTless.” Only problem I see here is if she's got any women followers. Way to discriminate, Bobbi. Guess for 4898 people, a lot more than patriotic pride is riding on the result of Sunday's game.



• In similar news, a Paraguayan lingerie model who previously promised to run naked through the streets if her team won the World Cup says she's going to do it anyways. Well that's the never-give-up attitude that more people who plan to run around naked need to have. If the Buffalo Bills win the Super Bowl this year, I'll run naked through the streets of Buffalo. But only if they win. I hold my naked runs to higher standards than this woman apparently.



• A cocaine-filled World Cup trophy was seized at a Colombia airport. File this under "unsurprising." 24 lbs of coke was molded to resemble the infamous trophy.



• Labron James set to star in his own show tonight. Wait...that's not global news... Personally I'm more excited for Chad Ochocinco's dating show.

Also, gonna go ahead and predict that this guy's winning the cup on Sunday:

But don't quote me on that. I'm no octopus.

LaBurnt out.

I cannot wait until 9PM tonight. Actually, 10PM I guess. That's when Labronbron will be done with his HOUR LONG SPECIAL where he announces where he'll sign and play next year. It's hard enough for the President to get airtime on television primetime these days, but the world waits with baited breath to hear what Labron's next move is.

I am interested to hear where he's going -- especially since now the rumor mill's churning out that he'll end up with Bosh and Wade in Miami (book my flight now...). But I am tired of the constant Labron updates that really give us no new information, just reaffirm the fact that there are TEAMS in the NBA that he MIGHT BE SIGNING WITH. Wow. We could have had these alerts all season and the amount of information given would be the exact same -- not much.

Even though tonight's presentation will not completely stop the chatter for a while, at least now the chatter will actually have a bit more weight than pure speculation. Plus, the "Labron Watch" scrolling bar can leave the bottom of SportsCenter.

Labron, I think you're great. It's not you -- it's me the Labron Watch.

Go Heat 2011!

weird...

get your Brazil soccer name...

Mine's Marcaldo!!!

Get yours.

funny looking animals of the week!

See more animals playing soccer here.

thanks mom!

miserable marci's photo find of the day.

stumbled across this online. reminds me of something miserable marci would spend an hour making on photoshop. enjoy.

lady in pink

great reaction to the Landon Donovan goal vs Algeria. keep an eye on the lady in pink!


Other awesome reactions across the country here.

funny looking animal of the week!

DON'T TREAD ON ME

Still in shock - LANDON DONOVAN IN STOPPAGE TIME!!!!! 1-0 USA!!

Craziness. I was starting to feel my heart exploding in my chest but thankfully our boys came through. Can't wait for the next round!

almost time....

USA vs. Algeria starts in 21 minutes. Get your stars and stripes on! In honor of today's game, I wore my d-bag red white and blue checkered boat shoes.

Proudly lookin' like a d for my country.

le rude.

this just happened.

First line of an email I just got from an account person:

"Hi –
Client does NOT want to staple the condoms to the postcard. They would rather have glue."

Sometimes my job is funny.

World Cupdates

A look at what’s happening NOW at the World Cup:

• France has embarrassed themselves. Players bitching out coaches, playing horribly, bickering amongst themselves, boycotting practice sessions. I’m happily eating FREEDOM FRIES as celebration for not being French.



• Sadly, South Africa becomes the first host country to not make it past the first round, even though they beat France this morning. Some think it was a conspiracy to help the buzz of the vuvuzela die down in future games.



• US striker Jozy Altidore missed practice today because he had a stomach bug. The good news? He should be fine to play tomorrow. The bad news? His parents named him Jozy.



• 90% of the vuvuzelas sold at the World Cup were manufactured in China. To prep for the tourney, factories were making 200,000 horns a day. In future news, the world declares war on China.



• All the US needs to do to advance is win tomorrow - USA USA USA USA USA

can't waiiiiit...

aces wild.

So yesterday I was walking home from the Path and was like 2 blocks away from my apartment when all of a sudden 2 dogs were running loose in front of me. First I thought to myself, how do I always find these STRAY DOGS?! But these ones were different. They were well kept, and wearing collars (although one of them, a pit bull, also had a HUGE metal chain around its neck).

I tried to call to them because they were just running down the sidewalk towards the street, but the one paid me no attention and the other one just followed. I could tell who wore the pants in that dog relationship... Anyways they went past my apartment and I followed for a second, and watched the first dog run across a big street! He almost got hit by a car. But the other dog didn't follow him across the street.

So I took my chances. I said "Hello puppy" to the pit bull with the big metal chain around his neck. He came towards me! I reached out and prayed that he was a nice dog and wouldn't bite me, and he didn't. Phew. So I checked his collar, and found that his name was ACE and called his owner's number.

Ace ended up being super cute so I took some pics.





Then I chilled with Ace for a little while until his owner got there. Good times. Everything worked okay A-okay. But there are some lessons in this:

1. If you're going to lose your dog, make sure they wear a tag with your phone number!
2. If you're going to lose your dog and want someone to help you find it, don't put anything on it to make it look menacing!

warning to all pierogies - don't mess with pirates

So the Pittsburgh Pirates fired a guy who runs around in a pierogie costume on the field for posting something on his facebook page about how the pirates are bad. What happened to freedom of speech? Does that not apply to pierogies?

I dug up the Pierogie Bill of Rights to settle this matter. Here's what it says:

Article III
Baseball teams shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the pierogies peaceably to assemble, and to petition the management for a redress of grievances.

Looks like this issue might make it all the way to the Supreme Court of Pierogies...


Read more here.

pursuit of happiness - kid cudi

the hamburgler.

Hoover just walked out of her room carrying a burger from Shake Shack that she got last night when she was drunk. She put it in her purse and brought it home. She found it in her purse this morning.

GROSS!

What kind of person am I living with? How did she not devour that burger immediately after getting it? mmm I'm trying really hard to contain myself to not take it out of the garbage and eat it right now.

...

awesome world cup photos

The Big Picture photo blog has stunning photos from the World Cup. Really great stuff, from game photos to fan photos. Really cool to see people watching all over the world - see more.

funny looking animal of the week!

just chillin

cc vs halladay!

See ya there! We'll be in the last row where we like to enjoy most games :)

WORLD CUP 2010!

Let the games commence! The World Cup is underway and I'm sitting at work cursing espn3.com for NOT WORKING like it said it would to broadcast the games to me. Oh well, guess I'll have to find a nearby bar for the 2:30 match. Not too big a loss I guess...

Also wish I still was going to S.Africa to watch everything go down... thankfully all our tickets resold so we'll get our $ back. But a trip to the World Cup seems like a priceless trip...maybe someday.

Check out more great World Cup photos at The Big Picture.

funny looking animal of the week!

via very-bored.com

soldiers coming home

A video of soldiers surprising family members when they come home from war. Warning -- this one will make you cry.



Thank you to our troops!

this just happened.

Went down to the studio to get some video files converted. There is someone who works there named Michael Jackson. He is doing it for me.

Michael Jackson is converting my files.

duncan sheik at the city winery

Great show. First, Duncan and Gerry Leonard played an entire Nick Drake album which was real mellow and great. Then he brought out a small collection of string instruments to accompany him on the rest of the set. Played his big hit, "Barely Breathing!" And also one song from the musical Spring Awakening, which he wrote.

City Winery is such a great venue. It's an intimate setting but is big in NYC standards for a smaller venue. Duncan Sheik will be playing there 3 more times over the upcoming weeks. He mentioned last night that his next show will be "a lot of 80's cover songs." Sounds good to me.

citywinery.com

i've got a fever... and the only prescription is LEGO FUSSBALL!

Bacon Moon Pie

This just looks too delicious for a Wednesday afternoon. It makes me want to eat like 4 of these and then slowly fall into a cozy food coma while my stomach thanks me over and over again for the deliciousness.

A traditional Scottish shortbread with bacon fat and bacon cracklin, Bacon Moon Pie also features savory ingredients like a marshmallow made from Vermont maple syrup, bourbon, and bacon cracklin caramel. Oh yeah, and the whole thing is covered in dark chocolate.

You can order these puppies here. If you do, save me some please.