Song of the Day.

Tags: come back, frances cone

Nerd Check-In

Unlike other of my goals for 2012 I have been killing it on my goal to read 36 books this year. KILLING IT.

We’re almost at the end of the 4th month of the year, so 1/3 in and I’ve read 18 books. Yes, that’s half of my goal completed. I’m even thinking of upping my goal to 50 books. Nerd gone wild.

I use Good Reads, which I absolutely love, so if you want a new social media outlet get on board and let’s compare shelves. Favorite books so far this year: When the Emperor was Divine by Julie Otsuka, The Sherlockian by Graham Moore and Bossypants by Tina Fey.

Any book recommendations I should add to my to-read shelf and/or holds list for the library? Yes, that’s right, I use the library. Old school nerd style.

Tags: 2012 goals, Books, bossypants, goodreads, graham moore, julie otsuka, reading, the sherlockain, tina fey, when the emperor was divine

Bring on the tan.

After what seemed like forever – but was really max 6 days of rain over a 2.5 week period – the sun is out and it’s going to be an AMAZING weekend in San Francisco.

I’m talking HOT 80 degree temps – and there is nothing I want more than some sunshine filled runs, some tan lines accumulated from reading in the park and roofies with my ladies. No, not the memory erasing kind, the roofies in which we roll out the lawn chairs, the chilled bottles of champers, the sandwiches and sunscreen and laugh while enjoying amazing SF marina views and hilarious stories.

So bring on the weekend, the laughs, the tans and the vitamin D overdoses. I can’t wait!

Tags: roofies, San Francisco, sunshine, tanning, weather

A Pretty Rad Ad

Working in advertising sometimes you get bogged down in all the rounds of development, and client conversations, and edits, and legal compliance and whatever else that tweaks the work as it goes from a brief to a finished product.

Then you see something rad and you’re reminded that cool work is still out there and this is one of those moments.

Nike Fuel Band had a director go rogue with their budget and make something so good you forget for just a few minutes that what you’re watching is trying to pry into your wallet and sell you something.

The full story here: http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680524/how-director-casey-neistat-went-rogue-with-nikes-new-ad

Tags: advertising, director goes rogue, fuel band, make it count, nike

New Gear

I hit a bit of a lull in my swim, run, yoga workout fest late last month. I had two back to back weekends in Tahoe (I won’t complain about that because Tahoe is amazing and the trips were fantastic) but running at altitude after living at sea level is not a pretty feeling for your lungs and anytime you spend a weekend traveling out of town it takes a couple days to recover before you’re bounding out of bed at 6am to workout.

After that minor set back I then jumped back in perhaps a bit too ambitious – aka I didn’t account for any time off and went a bit overboard. So after giving myself some run recovery time and ramping up my swim workouts I’m back – and what says back in action like NEW GEAR!

I realized after 3 years, open water swims and a triathlon or two I shouldn’t of been shocked to see the indentation on my goggles leaking in water. Plus, when you’re spending 4-5 hours in a pool a week it gets annoying having a little mini pool in your right goggle. NEW GOGGLE TIME!

Also, nothing says no excuses like new running shoes. If you’re serious into running and haven’t ever tried Brooks you are missing out. These bad boys are my gold standard for comfort, long mileage and durability. AMAZING – NEW SHOES!

 

Brooks – Glycerin 9.

Tags: brooks running, new goggles, new running shoes, running, training

Made. My. Day.

Not only does James Earl Jones admit he LOVES people who haven’t seen Star Wars – sweet, sweet validation.

THEN, he follows up by reading Justin Bieber lyrics for “Baby.”

Outstanding video.

Tags: baby, gayle king, james earl jones, justin bieber, star wars

All I want…

• Is a normal work day
• The time to take a lunch break
• To not be getting sick/having some nasty throat hurting cough
• To go back to my full morning workout routine of running/swimming/yoga
• To be caught up on laundry
• To have a uber clean apartment – and yes, I’m thinking of throwing some money at that problem via housekeeper

Work life balance is what it boils down to and while I know I should be thankful for having a job the concept of some funemployment for a couple weeks sounds like pure magic.

My whining has now commenced.