Today, my friend Jolene and I made the following list of things to do...
Mardi Gras in New Orleans
Carnival in Rio
Grand Sumo Championships in Japan
Chinese New Year
Pamplona
Diwali
Daytona 500/everglades/key west
St. Patty's Day in Dublin
Wimbledon
Spring training in Phoenix
Bastille Day in France
Cinco de Mayo in Mexico
Summer Olympics
Palio in Siena
Surin Elephant Round-up in Thailand
British Virgin Islands Spring Regatta
Calgary Stampede
also see: http://www.worldparty.roughguides.com/
"Anything that warrants a parade, we need to attend." - Jolene
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
SURVIVAL
I've been finding some fun stuff saved on my computer lately. Today, I came across this list that was developed back when the swine flu was going to kill us all. I think the list is equally applicable to surviving nuclear fallout.
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SURVIVE IMMINENT DOOM:
Food
Candy
Clif Bar
Bacon
Refried beans
Coffee
Alcohol
Top ramen
Easymac
Twinkies
Bottled Water
Alcohol
Inspiration
Portrait of the Virgin Mary
Harmonica
Season 3 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Lost (all seasons)
Netflix subscription
Heart of Darkness
Lord of the Flies
Wealth of Nations
Bear Grylls
Inflatable kiddie pool
Resources/Defense
Guide to Edible Mushrooms
Duct Tape
Lysol
Bactine
Travel DNA test kit
Cat Nip
Guns
Ammunition
Ibuprofen
Bibles
Gasoline
Flint striker
Ham radio
Toothpaste
Plastic tarps
Large Knife
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO SURVIVE IMMINENT DOOM:
Food
Candy
Clif Bar
Bacon
Refried beans
Coffee
Alcohol
Top ramen
Easymac
Twinkies
Bottled Water
Alcohol
Inspiration
Portrait of the Virgin Mary
Harmonica
Season 3 Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
Lost (all seasons)
Netflix subscription
Heart of Darkness
Lord of the Flies
Wealth of Nations
Bear Grylls
Inflatable kiddie pool
Resources/Defense
Guide to Edible Mushrooms
Duct Tape
Lysol
Bactine
Travel DNA test kit
Cat Nip
Guns
Ammunition
Ibuprofen
Bibles
Gasoline
Flint striker
Ham radio
Toothpaste
Plastic tarps
Large Knife
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
I feel like the twins in The Social Network
I found last week's cover of the Seattle Weekly particularly infuriating.
If you can't read the tag line, it says: "Pie is as American as...apple pie. So how can it be the next cupcake?" The article inside goes on to discuss a couple pie shops that have recently opened in Seattle. They're supposedly the next trendy thing. Pie shops are taking over trendy cupcake shops and street food.
Nothing against street meat and $5 cupcakes. But, I have been talking about pie for years. YEARS. I encountered my first pie shop in 2007 in Lynden, WA when I was sent there for three weeks for work. I had delicious pie every day (yes, every day), and haven't stopped talking about it since. "Wouldn't it be awesome if there was a place like this in Seattle?!" "You guys, let's drive to the Canadian border so we can get some pie." And now the coffee and cupcake hipsters have leveraged their success into pie shops. My first to market opportunity is gone. FAIL.
This isn't the first time this has happened to me. I traveled to Belgium with some BFFs in 2009.
Upon our return, we talked incessantly about how cool it would be to open a belgian waffle shop. We were going to call it "Wafflestraat," and we would get rich eating waffles and talking to cute boys. Of course, we had "real" jobs, so it was just talk. No less than six months later, Sweet Iron opened up downtown. Their waffles are delicious. I hate them.
Someone is stealing my ideas. D-bags. Speaking of D-bags, I also take (half) credit for inventing that term. Back in early 2007, my hired friends and I were trying to figure out ways to say inappropriate things at work without sounding inappropriate. You can't just say "douchebag" in the workplace. Hence "D-bag" was born. Of course, NOW you can't say "D-bag" either. But back before everyone knew what it meant, it was totally fine.
Don't even get me started on bacon. From now on, I'm keeping all my good ideas to myself.
If you can't read the tag line, it says: "Pie is as American as...apple pie. So how can it be the next cupcake?" The article inside goes on to discuss a couple pie shops that have recently opened in Seattle. They're supposedly the next trendy thing. Pie shops are taking over trendy cupcake shops and street food.
Nothing against street meat and $5 cupcakes. But, I have been talking about pie for years. YEARS. I encountered my first pie shop in 2007 in Lynden, WA when I was sent there for three weeks for work. I had delicious pie every day (yes, every day), and haven't stopped talking about it since. "Wouldn't it be awesome if there was a place like this in Seattle?!" "You guys, let's drive to the Canadian border so we can get some pie." And now the coffee and cupcake hipsters have leveraged their success into pie shops. My first to market opportunity is gone. FAIL.
This isn't the first time this has happened to me. I traveled to Belgium with some BFFs in 2009.
Upon our return, we talked incessantly about how cool it would be to open a belgian waffle shop. We were going to call it "Wafflestraat," and we would get rich eating waffles and talking to cute boys. Of course, we had "real" jobs, so it was just talk. No less than six months later, Sweet Iron opened up downtown. Their waffles are delicious. I hate them.
Someone is stealing my ideas. D-bags. Speaking of D-bags, I also take (half) credit for inventing that term. Back in early 2007, my hired friends and I were trying to figure out ways to say inappropriate things at work without sounding inappropriate. You can't just say "douchebag" in the workplace. Hence "D-bag" was born. Of course, NOW you can't say "D-bag" either. But back before everyone knew what it meant, it was totally fine.
Don't even get me started on bacon. From now on, I'm keeping all my good ideas to myself.
Are you an elitist?
I wrote this list some time ago and came across it today.
You are an elitist if:
You have to ask.
You tell someone that they are an elitist.
You read aloud from Wikipedia ad nauseum.
You tell someone that they are not an elitist.
You make up rules about elitism.
You say you are from "Orange County," as opposed to whatever city you are actually from.
You use the term "negative arbitrage" to describe a negative spread.
You call someone a yuppie.
You use latin terms in everyday language.
I should probably add, "you blog about things like elitism."
Weird morning
As I cut through the convention center on my way to work this morning, I noticed an abnormally high volume of attractive males with faux hawks and suits w/o ties. I thought I had been teleported to another city. Where were all the hipsters? Then I saw a sign for an American Marketing Association conference, and the world made sense again.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Rock Bottom
This morning I realized that I know the words and enjoy listening to both Ke$ha and Justin Beiber's latest singles.
Maybe I've just been watching too much glee, but this is troubling.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Recent Reads
One Day
I have mixed emotions about this book. It was a really good story. It was sort of a love story where you know the characters are meant to be together but they struggle to get there. Well written and funny. However, at one point in the book, something bad happens (as it usually does). This event was so disappointing that I literally threw the book across the room and refused to pick it up for a week. I immediately sent an angry email to the friend who loaned it to me "I can't believe you let me read this! I'm so pissed off!" But still -- you should read the book. If a book doesn't piss you off a little, it probably wasn't worth reading anyway.
Not Quite Adults
On the other hand, don't read this one. The tag line for the book is "Why 20-somethings are choosing a slower path to adulthood, and why it's good for everyone." I thought, "awesome! finally a book that justfies the fact that I'm 26 and still feel like I'm slogging through life!" In reality, all I got out of the book was that everyone should go to college and it is OK to delay normal life choices (marriage, house, babies) in order to go to college. Doesn't everyone know that already? I would suggest that managers over the age of 50 should read the book. It actually does a good job of dispeling the myth that 20-somethings are lazy and full of entitlement.
I have mixed emotions about this book. It was a really good story. It was sort of a love story where you know the characters are meant to be together but they struggle to get there. Well written and funny. However, at one point in the book, something bad happens (as it usually does). This event was so disappointing that I literally threw the book across the room and refused to pick it up for a week. I immediately sent an angry email to the friend who loaned it to me "I can't believe you let me read this! I'm so pissed off!" But still -- you should read the book. If a book doesn't piss you off a little, it probably wasn't worth reading anyway.
Not Quite Adults
On the other hand, don't read this one. The tag line for the book is "Why 20-somethings are choosing a slower path to adulthood, and why it's good for everyone." I thought, "awesome! finally a book that justfies the fact that I'm 26 and still feel like I'm slogging through life!" In reality, all I got out of the book was that everyone should go to college and it is OK to delay normal life choices (marriage, house, babies) in order to go to college. Doesn't everyone know that already? I would suggest that managers over the age of 50 should read the book. It actually does a good job of dispeling the myth that 20-somethings are lazy and full of entitlement.
Thursday, March 3, 2011
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Conference time
Of my own free will, I signed up for this conference on the role of business in ending global poverty. Couldn't be more excited!
On a related note, I would highly recommend this microfinance conference. I went last year in San Francisco (this year it is in New York), and it was awesome. For $300 and a plane ticket, I learned as much as I would've in a college class. Good stuff!
On a related note, I would highly recommend this microfinance conference. I went last year in San Francisco (this year it is in New York), and it was awesome. For $300 and a plane ticket, I learned as much as I would've in a college class. Good stuff!
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