The mountains will call...

What are your first thoughts upon waking?
Submitted by Cher Cabula.

Crap...

 

p.s. I am SOOO not a morning person.

I've always had this habit of writing phrases, words, lyrics or quotes down for safe keeping.  "A rainy day thought" I used to call them.  I suppose that is why my entire life I was sure I was going to be a writer.  I went from Creative Writing major with an emphasis in poetry (HA!) to English Education major (Bigger HA!) to English Communications major with an emphasis in journalist (realistic) to Tech Public Relations (i seriously don't stop laughing).

The thing about PR is that it is about as close as you can get to journalism without having to get your hands dirty, feet wet (pick a metaphor).  I get to write the quotes instead of capture them, I still get to come up with story ideas (brainstorming is the fun part) without having to write the story - so much so that when a story comes out that we've pitched, we save it as our own in what I call the "glory file."  It is interesting, considering the only thing I really feel that is me writing is this blog, which I frequent once every two months. :-)

I take pride in a "good" email, plans are a new sense of accomplishment as well.  Press releases are always something that make you feel like you have "created" something (unless of course it is a fluff release).  It has certainly been an interesting journey to get to PR.

In 2003, on my birthday, my sister gave me a green Moleskine Notebook (http://www.moleskineus.com/).  For those of you that don't have a Moleskine or rather have never had one - you are MISSING OUT.  Go forth and purchase one immediately. I don't know what it is about these little books, they just have a spell on you.  For as long as I can remember I capture quotes (as said above), so much so that people took notice.  My close friends all knew I had this book as I would be scribbling away in the corner, trying to capture as much of any moment as I could possibly contain. 

As my wedding day approaches, I've been trying to identify readings for the ceremony and remembered that my little green moleskin contains quotes from things I read in college from my literature classes.  Authors like Whitman and Thoreau; musicians like Tom Waits, Ani DiFranco, B.B. King and yes...Fiona Apple (didn't see that coming did you?)  Aside from the pages being adorned with Sex and the City quotes (LOVED the movie BTW) and other random movies reminiscent of my college years, I flipped through pages and pages of other quotes...

Things from conversations I had with my college friends, pieces of conversations overheard in classes, at parties, in the local coffee shop.  I wrote so much down it was silly.  By far the one person quoted more than Sex and the City and Bob Dylan...Paul Pavich.  My beloved professor who made Romantic literature memorable and Post-modern literature...doable.  I found myself laughing out loud on BART (Bay Area Transit) remembering him saying these random outbursts of entertainment.  And therefore...I must share:

 "I used to be a pacifist, but what's the point"

"Edgar Allen Poe is coming to save you"

"Celibacy can be fun...I keep trying to tell you that"

"This class should be called drugs in American Literature - basically if you are into drugs then you will know what the writer is talking about."

"We have a drunk opium addict telling us a story we are supposed to believe"

"Emerson said 'We have to get rid of Christ.' Hawthorne said 'Fuck you Emerson...' Just kidding, I wanted to see if you all were listening."

"You remember Lord Byron, he's the one that humped his way across Europe"

"I don't have a 5 page paper and I have no idea who I am..."

"When you all hand in your finals, I'm just going to start giggling and your going to ask what and I'm going to say 'nothing'"

"If your not laughing at anything then it disturbs me more.  I feel like I'm teaching in an asylum."

"By the end, everything will have connected, you'll have the truth and you can go and graduate"

 

I'm not sure if any of this is amusing to you...but I needed to capture some of the things that a. kept me awake in an 8 am literature class   b. keep me interested in some really dull and wordy-ass classic American literature  c. helped me graduate and actually have intelligent conversations about this literature later on in life (or at least crack a good joke).

Thanks Paul...

Tell me something, it is Spring time and for some reason STARZ has The Holiday running on repeat.  I've watched it three nights in a row now.  Here is the other silly thing, I OWN it.  Why watch this over and over.  During "the holidays" it was also on repeat and I watched it just as often.  I'm not quite sure why I keep tuning in to this movie, but I think it has something to do with L.A.

I've also been watching on DVD "Brothers and Sisters."  I'm still on the first season via Netflix and only through the fourth disc - excellent show.  Can't believe how fabulous of a match Sally Fields and Calista Flockhart are as a mother/daughter team. 

Both movies talk about the Santa Ana winds.  I'm suddenly desperate to experience them.  They mention of them remind me of the winds that bring the chocolate maker away in "Chocolat."  At any rate, I'm beginning to create an idea of what LA is in my head...I need to sort it out. :-)

Perhaps a weekend trip is in order in the coming weeks.  A bit of sunshine, a bit of shopping, a bit of spa and a bit of tan may be just the answer to helping me come to my senses of the LA ways.

Maybe that is what I'm tryin to get to...The Holiday, Brothers and Sisters and LA - I guess my sister and I will need to head to LA!

 

Which breed of dog is your favorite? Post a picture of it. 
Submitted by Melissa.

This is so easy!! The Jack Russell Terrier!! http://www.terrier.com/

My JRT is Puma!  She's 8lbs and absolutely wonderful!! 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

My parents have two Jack Russells - Oscar and Oakley...they like whip cream...

 

 

 

Oscar enjoys hanging out and chatting and riding on the dashboard of the car....

 

 

Hard to beat that level of cuteness...

PUMA, however, is much cuter on a day to day.... :-)

 

 

This video has been on my myspace profile for awhile until just recently - but I want to make sure that it is captured appropriately - somewhere where I can see it whenever I want...other than Youtube.

 

Barking Cat:

 

YAY!!!  We came, we saw, we kicked their ass!!

I have pictures from the games, tons of them, however as I am still in CO and unable to upload at the moment, my World Series post will have to be left with the ultimate rally cry.....

JUB JUB!!!

 

I LOVE Jonathan Papelbon (Red Sox Closer Pitcher).  Not only is he just an amazing person, ball player, etc, but this video pretty much sums up how friggin awesome he is.  GO SOX!!!

 

 

This makes me want to go work for MasterCard's Advertising Department - what was this brainstorm like and how AWESOME that they use Parliament.  The way the kids "walk" down the hallway at the end, makes me excited to have children one day.

 

ENJOY!!!

Since it is still during business hours, I don't have the time to fully blog on this but wanted to get the link up.  I'll update my post later on but for now Yahoo posted a slide show on the new shows we can expect to stick around.  Among them are a few of my favs.  Check it out: http://tv.yahoo.com/falltv2007/photos/staying-power/174;_ylt=AuaSwUDRPYa9s8ga42PFxIT27Ix4

 

While my last few posts have been all about TV (and you can expect more) - I thought it was time to post on something NOT TV related.  There has been a large onslaught of cuteness lately (other than the BF), so I thought I would share. 

First up - Tea Time for Tiny Pig - So cute I could BURST! Image compliments of Drew Smith.

 

Second up - AWWWW The Otter video - Baby Otters are hard to beat

http://myspacetv.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=16317537

 

Thirdly - Monkey Eating a popsicle - one of my all times favs!

 

Lastly - the cutest thing in the world....PUMA!!!!

 

 

 

So...the weekend is here and I've caught up appropriately on the DVR.  I'm happy to announce that I have deleted items from the DVR.

Pushing Daises - anticipated to be an excellent program, lots of hype and fabulous things to say - DELETED.  It screamed Tim Burton want to be (or wash up).  I actually did make it to the end of the pilot, but didn't have it in me to watch another moment.  Weird and not in a good way.  Dialog was forced and not entertaining and the "pie" thing - while cute still kind of ridiculous.

Private Practice - Actually made the cut this week.  So sad when two out of three episodes royally suck and then the third provides an element of hope.  So I give it another few weeks.

Women's Murder Club - First part of the hour started off a little rocky, but it ended strong and I'm gonna give it a little bit longer.  The San Francisco tie is a little stretched - I'm sick of seeing shots of the Ferry Building as if it is what we look at all day. :-) 

Dirty Sexy Money - Locked in - totally great. Love it actually, Emily from Entourage (also on the OC).  Looking forward to it week to week.