So, I need an iPad. You heard me right, I don't so much want one as need one. It's already revolutionized the way I see the tablet market: before I didn't care, now I do. I can't imagine surfing the web any longer without it. Steve Jobs continues to blow me away and completely change the market and then dominate it. The first time I saw a tablet was a few years ago at my friends work. It was crazy and I didn't understand what it was or why she needed it, but it looked cool. This looks awesome. At first I thought Steve Jobs was winning any war he waged on Microsoft, but then I read this article and realized that no matter what Jobs introduces that I might feel obligated by society to buy, he will never be as cool as Bill Gates. Who (besides Warren Buffet) says they're going to spend 10 Billion dollars on helping the world. The Gates Foundation is, and will always be, better than anything Mac will ever do.
Anyways, I'm out. Go big. Happy Birthday to my bff, Mark Twain. She's now as old as I've ever known her to be. A whopping 27. Just an FYI, it took her three tries to pass her drivers test when she was 16. Seriously.
-M, p, z & shredder
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Friday, January 29, 2010
NajMe Tender Again...
So my obsession with my favorite youtube personality (if there is such a thing) has just exploded to new heights. While watching her new video (a cover of The Adams Family theme song (could she be any cooler??)) I noticed her shirt looked familiar. Turns out I have the same one. It's a Michigan State t-shirt!!! If she goes to State, I'm going to find her and get her to do a duet with me. Mark Twain thinks she lives in a closet and I thought she lived in Singapore. I'm officially insanely excited.
Go big.
-M, p, z & shredder
oh ps - I also stumbled (stalked my way onto) her blog and have added her to my peeps. Her blog is equally as amazing as her music.
Go big.
-M, p, z & shredder
oh ps - I also stumbled (stalked my way onto) her blog and have added her to my peeps. Her blog is equally as amazing as her music.
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The State of the Union...
I figured instead of waiting until tomorrow to post on it, I'll do it live. Random thoughts and observations from the address as it's happening. Some might be dumb, some might be funny and all of it will be pointless.
8:18pm
Obama just made fun of the bank bailout. Haha. I wasn't aware that he proposed a fee to the biggest banks to pay back the tax payers - yes, please. I could use the cash. He's talking about all the tax cuts he's made yet no Republican is standing up; must not have been for big business. Hahaha he just said to all the Repubs sitting down, "I thought I'd get some applause on that one." Zing!
8:24pm
He just called for a new Jobs Bill. I really wish I didn't have to look at Biden nod his head over and over again. He looks like a bobblehead. Republicans aren't impressed by his desire to help small business by using money the banks paid back. Seriously, I can't take all the applause. Let's listen and then applaud when we need to. Oh man, John Dingell (D-MI) looks really old, not sure he could stand and applaud if he wanted to...
8:31
Shout out to India's growing economy. What up!!
8:34
Is it weird that I want to make out with Nancy Pelosi? She's a good lookin older woman. He just talked about building nuclear power plants. I love it. It's really one of the only ways to maintain the level of energy we need and going green. We just need to figure out a way to dispose of the waste that doesn't damage anything. Booo to 'clean coal' - no such thing.
8:37
Update: apparently John Dingell can stand up.
8:41
College tuition: If he can pull of making college more affordable and handing out more government loans, this will be awesome. Choose a career in public service and get your debt cleared after 10 years? Awesome.
8:43
Pee break
8:44
Health Care. He's got jokes. It's kind of silly that he needs to clarify why he wants to reform health care. I think he's been pretty clear about everything. Michelle is gonna tackle childhood obesity? Good luck. Just another reason for Mark Twain to love her even more. Here's what needs to happen to health care reform to get the GOP on board: tort reform. Any kind will do, just give them something. It's necessary. I wish Dems weren't in the pocket of trial lawyers, tort reform is imperative and a huge part of health care reform.
8:51
Cutting federal spending. Starting in 2011 govt spending will be frozen for 3 years for programs that don't work or are too expensive. No tax cuts for people making over 250k - Republicans just rolled their eyes. It sounds like his plan to cut the debt is going to be rough on Republicans.
8:56
Why does the GOP look so old and salty? They need to get some young vibrant people in the party to rejuvinate it. They look like they're at a funeral.
8:59
Publish all earmark requests so the public can look and see who wants to spend what and where. This is a fantastic idea. The system would get some much needed transperency. He's urging everyone to show some much needed bi-partisan voting. Dems agree, Repubs to not. Is it just me or does the whole not clapping thing seem really petty and childish? They're acting like a bunch of assh*le middleschool kids.
9:07
Responsibility to the troops after they come home. Absolutely. Finally something everyone can agree on: more money for veterans.Michelle O is working on getting more money for families of soldiers as well. I didn't realize she had as big of a portfolio as she does. I love her.
9:13
Hate crime legistlation. He's going to let gay Americans serve which is not greeted with applause by anyone in a uniform. Equal pay for all women. Sad that these things need to be addressed in 2010.
9:16
"No wonder there's so much cynicism out there. No wonder there's so much disappointment." How true. The system seems really petty these days. Change you can believe in. He's calling everyone out to stop being so wack and get their sh*t together to help the country.
9:19
"We are strong. We are resilient. We are American....We don't quit. I don't quit" Here's the inspirational President Obama I love so much.
9:21
And that's it. Here come the pundits analyzing the claps and the laughs and the times when there was silence. How can people listen to this drivel. Talk about the politics, but analyzing the moments of noise or lack thereof from the audience? Lame.
I wish that this last year had been more productive and he'd gotten more of his agenda passed. I would have loved to hear a speech with lofty goals and daring bold statements. Instead it was more of an explanation of why things didn't work out and what still needs to be done to pass old issues. Hopefully this next year things happen that will allow him to inspire next year.
And of course, a very relevant West Wing moment:
As always, go big.
-M, p, z & shredder
8:18pm
Obama just made fun of the bank bailout. Haha. I wasn't aware that he proposed a fee to the biggest banks to pay back the tax payers - yes, please. I could use the cash. He's talking about all the tax cuts he's made yet no Republican is standing up; must not have been for big business. Hahaha he just said to all the Repubs sitting down, "I thought I'd get some applause on that one." Zing!
8:24pm
He just called for a new Jobs Bill. I really wish I didn't have to look at Biden nod his head over and over again. He looks like a bobblehead. Republicans aren't impressed by his desire to help small business by using money the banks paid back. Seriously, I can't take all the applause. Let's listen and then applaud when we need to. Oh man, John Dingell (D-MI) looks really old, not sure he could stand and applaud if he wanted to...
8:31
Shout out to India's growing economy. What up!!
8:34
Is it weird that I want to make out with Nancy Pelosi? She's a good lookin older woman. He just talked about building nuclear power plants. I love it. It's really one of the only ways to maintain the level of energy we need and going green. We just need to figure out a way to dispose of the waste that doesn't damage anything. Booo to 'clean coal' - no such thing.
8:37
Update: apparently John Dingell can stand up.
8:41
College tuition: If he can pull of making college more affordable and handing out more government loans, this will be awesome. Choose a career in public service and get your debt cleared after 10 years? Awesome.
8:43
Pee break
8:44
Health Care. He's got jokes. It's kind of silly that he needs to clarify why he wants to reform health care. I think he's been pretty clear about everything. Michelle is gonna tackle childhood obesity? Good luck. Just another reason for Mark Twain to love her even more. Here's what needs to happen to health care reform to get the GOP on board: tort reform. Any kind will do, just give them something. It's necessary. I wish Dems weren't in the pocket of trial lawyers, tort reform is imperative and a huge part of health care reform.
8:51
Cutting federal spending. Starting in 2011 govt spending will be frozen for 3 years for programs that don't work or are too expensive. No tax cuts for people making over 250k - Republicans just rolled their eyes. It sounds like his plan to cut the debt is going to be rough on Republicans.
8:56
Why does the GOP look so old and salty? They need to get some young vibrant people in the party to rejuvinate it. They look like they're at a funeral.
8:59
Publish all earmark requests so the public can look and see who wants to spend what and where. This is a fantastic idea. The system would get some much needed transperency. He's urging everyone to show some much needed bi-partisan voting. Dems agree, Repubs to not. Is it just me or does the whole not clapping thing seem really petty and childish? They're acting like a bunch of assh*le middleschool kids.
9:07
Responsibility to the troops after they come home. Absolutely. Finally something everyone can agree on: more money for veterans.Michelle O is working on getting more money for families of soldiers as well. I didn't realize she had as big of a portfolio as she does. I love her.
9:13
Hate crime legistlation. He's going to let gay Americans serve which is not greeted with applause by anyone in a uniform. Equal pay for all women. Sad that these things need to be addressed in 2010.
9:16
"No wonder there's so much cynicism out there. No wonder there's so much disappointment." How true. The system seems really petty these days. Change you can believe in. He's calling everyone out to stop being so wack and get their sh*t together to help the country.
9:19
"We are strong. We are resilient. We are American....We don't quit. I don't quit" Here's the inspirational President Obama I love so much.
9:21
And that's it. Here come the pundits analyzing the claps and the laughs and the times when there was silence. How can people listen to this drivel. Talk about the politics, but analyzing the moments of noise or lack thereof from the audience? Lame.
I wish that this last year had been more productive and he'd gotten more of his agenda passed. I would have loved to hear a speech with lofty goals and daring bold statements. Instead it was more of an explanation of why things didn't work out and what still needs to be done to pass old issues. Hopefully this next year things happen that will allow him to inspire next year.
And of course, a very relevant West Wing moment:
As always, go big.
-M, p, z & shredder
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Justin Beiber...
Some of you may know who this kid is. I first saw him over the holidays while watching Christmas at the White House, where musicians performed christmas hits. My first thought is who the f is this kid? He was/is a terrible singer, is off beat and really really annoying. He also may be the whitest kid ever. If Zac Efron and Kellie Pickler (sorry for the obscure American Idol reference) had a kid, this would be it.
*Don't you just wanna punch this kid in the face*
So naturally, I shrugged him off as a fad. Then I see him climbing the charts on iTunes and as with anything that I mildly don't like that gets popular, I began to hate him. I think he's like 10 years old and he sounds like a bad female pop singer (correction: he's 15 and actually from Stratford, Ontario which actually makes me like him but that's neither here nor there). I shunned him from my life and tried my best to pretend he doesn't exist.
Unfortunately,bad awesome pop music always finds a way of seeping into my life. Justin Beiber used my boy Ludacris to grab ahold of me. While getting a ride the other day this silly pop beat was playing and suddenly Luda comes on with a really cheesy but oh so wonderful verse that made me literally say, "I love this song. This is going on my ipod as soon as I get home." It was mentioned that it might be Justin Beiber and I refused to admit it. Sure enough, when I got home and hopped on limewire to get it, the worst was confirmed - I loved a Justin Beiber song. Now it's all up in my ipod and I listen to it in the shower, in my car and even when I'm doing laundry. I'm going to request it to the dj in spin class next week. I really went through the whole gamut of emotions from denial to self-hatred to sorrow to exuberance and eventually decided that I love this song and now I do so without regret.
If you haven't heard it, here it is....sorry to ruin your life.
As always, go big or go home...
-M, p, z & shredder
oh ps - relevant tfln quote:
*Don't you just wanna punch this kid in the face*
So naturally, I shrugged him off as a fad. Then I see him climbing the charts on iTunes and as with anything that I mildly don't like that gets popular, I began to hate him. I think he's like 10 years old and he sounds like a bad female pop singer (correction: he's 15 and actually from Stratford, Ontario which actually makes me like him but that's neither here nor there). I shunned him from my life and tried my best to pretend he doesn't exist.
Unfortunately,
If you haven't heard it, here it is....sorry to ruin your life.
As always, go big or go home...
-M, p, z & shredder
oh ps - relevant tfln quote:
(918): im at a loss of words.... a stripper is dancing to a Justin Bieber song.
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