Terrific Tuesday

I promise that I will post an update about the amazing weekend I just had as soon as I find adequate time. I'm only posting at all because I need to document for posterity how amazing today is going to be:

1. Wall-E comes out on DVD. It's only the best movie ever. I actually doubt that I will even be near somewhere to buy it, but just knowing it's out there makes me happy.
2. The Gossip Girl Daily Intel comes out. That happens every Tuesday, but I still get excited weekly.
3. Third Eye Blind releases a new EP. Yeah, seriously, it's for real this time. My obsession level will definitely be kicking back up.
4. I have a project at work I'm pumped about getting started.
5. I'm going to a GIRL TALK concert with three of my fabulous ladyfriends.

I think that's enough wonderful for one day. Get excited, y'all.

P.S. Speaking of Gossip Girl, I really wish Vanessa would die in a fire. Seriously?!

Lincoln Park After Dark

**Note: I wrote and thought I posted this on Friday around 10 a.m. However, it apparently didn't work. I thought I'd post it now, so as not to deprive you. ;)

I'm sitting in an apartment in Lincoln Park in Chicago right now, being extremely jealous of the space and the price. I'm also jealous of the fact that there's a Lush and a Benefit about a block away, and a disco ball in the living room, along with a DJ booth. You know, whatever.

Let me tell you a little bit about my totally random weekend:
We're in the windy city for an RT conference. More about that later, maybe. The highlights were getting to interact with my RD in person, see everyone in my cohort, and stay at a swanky hotel of course. Not to mention making a lot of progress in planning for our campaign. And MSCI, which is too classified to go into details about on here.

Then a small group of us hung around for the evening, staying at one of the girls' friends' apartments, and having a grand ole time. We are in the cutest little semi-yuppie neighborhood - Lincoln Park. Great food, cheap wine, card games and great music make for a good time. Not to mention an 8-person slumber party. Best quote from last evening: "I want to terrorize Chicago right now. I mean burn it to the ground."

Now I'm enjoying sitting here, pausing between creating action plans to play FIFA on the Xbox, grab breakfast from the Chicago Bagel Authority, and watch a few SNL skits on YouTube. Our next move will be to catch a bus to Madison, Wisconsin, where mayhem is certain to ensue.

Don't worry, you'll get a full report.

xoxo--

P.S. 10 points for you if you know the reference for my blog post title.

Not ready for my close-up

Yesterday, at work, they were shooting a documentary on the organization. Specifically, it was focused on an interview with our founder.

However, I guess they wanted some footage of other people within the organization, because they came by my chute and asked Julie (my neighbor) and I if we minded them shooting video of us. We said it would be fine and went about our business.

I didn't sign up to be interviewed; however, that's what happened. So my little speal on what the Recruitment Team does is potentially going to be on some documentary somewhere. Awesome. I think I managed to sound intelligent, hopefully. Then they got around to shooting the B-roll, just footage of us at our computers working. This was super awkward. Luckily, I had enough windows open on my monitors to conceal the desktop picture of Zac Efron's Rolling Stone cover. :)

Now, you should know that I spend most of my time at work with headphones on. I'll listen to iTunes, AccuRadio, Pandora, Z100, even KJ103, depending on my mood. It helps me tune out other things going on and concentrate while also not going crazy when things get mind-numbing. Anyway, on occasion I will also listen to the OU radio station, the Wire, especially when people I know have shows.

So that's what I was doing when this awkward video shoot took place. "Friday Talkternoons" was on, and I was typing away listening to them interview a band and talk about random things, as usual. It was quite unfortunate timing, however, that they switched topics right as the camera was in my face. I barely managed to keep a straight face when Kolt started telling a story about body waxing. In order to keep my composure, I hit the mute button on my computer.

All in a day's work.

The election's not even officially decided...

and I'm already sick of everyone's reactions to the election posted on Facebook.

Vote today.

"Today we begin in earnest the work of making sure that the world we leave our children is just a little bit better than the one we inhabit today." - Barack Obama






























If nothing else, do it for the free Ben & Jerry's, Starbucks, and Krispy Kremes. But you should do it because the future of our country depends on it.

And if that doesn't convince you, then maybe Zac Efron can.














"We need men who can dream of things that never were." - JFK