well i moved to cape cod, so that's news. sweet house? check. beach just down the block? check. working from sweet home office with brand new macbook? check. friends? DOH!!!
yeah, oops, i forgot how to make new friends. i haven't had to do it since i think 6th grade, and i've just been cruising along ever since - sort of a snowball rolling down a hill just accumulating friends and acquaintances along the way. latching onto friends of friends and then claiming them as my own... it's been way too easy. so now i'm plucked from the bowels of boston (a timely metaphor, as i happen to be in boston today and it does indeed smell like hot shit) and plopped unceremoniously into this quaint little beach town.
within a couple days of my moving there, though, falmouth surprised me with titillating news stories about drug rings and shootings and buildings on fire. why, just this past weekend an 18-year-old drove his truck into the atlantic ocean. that story ended tragically for the driver, yes, but i can't fault the town for its ability to surprise a newly transplanted western-masser-turned-bostoner-turned-year-round-cape-codder like myself with its abundance of breaking wacky news.
speaking of wacky news, my new landlord was charged with 2 counts of raping a 6-year-old friend of his daughter back in 2003. casual. he wasn't convicted though, b/c at some point the victim was deemed unable to testify. i guess even if he'd been found guilty, i wouldn't worry about having this pervy molester as my landlord. i'm clearly not within his demographic of (sexual assault) interest. and at least he's not making me live with crazy effing bugs like SOME LANDLORDS.
so in the spirit of that 6-year-old back in 2003, here's an oldie but a goodie - "no no no" by destiny's child (a 98 classsssssssic):
peace oot
(that's canadian for "bye")
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
classics fo' dat ass
so every sunday night in boston, there is the most wonderful going-on. perhaps to make myself feel a little more special for taking part in it, i like to think of it is a well-kept secret that only a handful of others know about. this wonderful weekly soiree is better known around boston as the "backspin" - and you too can take part by tuning into jamn 94.5 from 8-10 on sunday nights. the host of said deliriously delightful program? spindarella. yes, THE spindarella of salt n' pepa fame.
side note: ummm if you dont know who spindarella is, you better a) ASK SOMEBODY and b) check her out in this retro S n' P vid:
ANYCRAP the backspin is the sweetest freaking 90s r&b and hip-hop show on the planet. it speaks directly to my soul - shut up i'm serious - and makes me soooooo happy. every song that comes on, i jump up and down in my passenger seat, hooting and hollering at david that "OH MY GOD THIS IS MY JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!" this past sunday was the best show i've heard in awhile, and it included one song in particular that really made my day. remember groove theory? well if you were alive in 1996 then yes, you do. well spindarella is obvious the bomb, but she made the mistake of playing the song "tell me" by groove theory and then stating, "you know, i love groove theory but this was their only song that came out." UM WRONGGGGGGG-O SPIN. ("spin" for short? or is it "spinda"? you decide.) surely you also remember "baby luv" as well! it didn't come out SO long after "tell me" that you shouldn't recollect it!
here are both, from me to you:
boooooooooya!
bailey
side note: ummm if you dont know who spindarella is, you better a) ASK SOMEBODY and b) check her out in this retro S n' P vid:
ANYCRAP the backspin is the sweetest freaking 90s r&b and hip-hop show on the planet. it speaks directly to my soul - shut up i'm serious - and makes me soooooo happy. every song that comes on, i jump up and down in my passenger seat, hooting and hollering at david that "OH MY GOD THIS IS MY JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!" this past sunday was the best show i've heard in awhile, and it included one song in particular that really made my day. remember groove theory? well if you were alive in 1996 then yes, you do. well spindarella is obvious the bomb, but she made the mistake of playing the song "tell me" by groove theory and then stating, "you know, i love groove theory but this was their only song that came out." UM WRONGGGGGGG-O SPIN. ("spin" for short? or is it "spinda"? you decide.) surely you also remember "baby luv" as well! it didn't come out SO long after "tell me" that you shouldn't recollect it!
here are both, from me to you:
boooooooooya!
bailey
Thursday, February 5, 2009
my youtube debut
so obviously i'm a huge youtube fan, which may make you judge me. but i wanted to share my own youtube debut - i guest-starred (haha) in a diet.com video that our video team made. in it, sarah (our diet.com video girl) and i go ice skating on frog pond in boston.
i haven't gone ice skating in probably close to a decade, so i don't feel too ashamed of my seeming inability to even stand up straight on my skates. check me out whoop whoop:
and, also, obvi - here's a music video:
tooooooooooooooodles
i haven't gone ice skating in probably close to a decade, so i don't feel too ashamed of my seeming inability to even stand up straight on my skates. check me out whoop whoop:
and, also, obvi - here's a music video:
tooooooooooooooodles
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
ode to tracy chapman
sometimes i get a song stuck in my head, and it just stays there repeating over and over for hours - sometimes days. sometimes, though, it's not just a song. it's a full artist's playlist. hence the repeated tracy chapman content haha. i'm assuming you'll love it, because she's quite a gal...
enjoy!
enjoy!
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Monday, January 5, 2009
shameless plug
i'll preface this with the demand that you not judge me for my unabashed self-promotion. that was my warning - read on anyway!!!
ok, so for the last 2 months or so, i have been diligently, and with a great deal of care and thought, putting together diet.com's newest weight loss challenge. i just recently completed my first entire year at the website, and in that time i have been the mastermind behind at least 4 previous challenges. but this one is my pièce de résistance!!! (hey face, i can use french too) my near-masterpiece! my BAAAABY!
what i am most proud of in this 12-week challenge is the "milestones" feature. everyone who signs up (141 people have signed up today, as of this sentence!) is asked to fill out 12 "milestones" - goals that they'd like to reach during the course of the challenge. now, when i thought up this milestones feature (which i thought up for the previous weight loss challenge), it was just an idea. i had no idea that the participants would love it so much. but not only did they really like to create milestones, but they really USED them. the milestones ACTUALLY meant something to the participants!
there are all sorts of other cool features to the challenge, too. like the challenger map that you show up on when you join the challenge and fill out your location! aaand like the daily challenge recipes that run along the bottom of the page (a new one everyday!!). aaaanddddddd daily polls to answer, a challenge chatroom and message board, weekly tips and teaching points. and most importantly - MEEEEE the trusty ringleader of this weight loss circus!
:)
i would be thrilled if anyone wanted to join the challenge (148 challengers now, as of this sentence!)
all you have to do is go to diet.com and create a free membership, then go to http://www.diet.com/weight-loss-challenge/ and click "join!" then you can fill out your milestones and your milestones rewards (how you intend to reward yourself for each milestone you complete!), and your global location (so you can appear on the challenge map). aaand also read the WLC guide at the top left of the page - it answers any questions you may have about participating.
that may be the conclusion of my self-promotion... now watch this:
latah!
ok, so for the last 2 months or so, i have been diligently, and with a great deal of care and thought, putting together diet.com's newest weight loss challenge. i just recently completed my first entire year at the website, and in that time i have been the mastermind behind at least 4 previous challenges. but this one is my pièce de résistance!!! (hey face, i can use french too) my near-masterpiece! my BAAAABY!
what i am most proud of in this 12-week challenge is the "milestones" feature. everyone who signs up (141 people have signed up today, as of this sentence!) is asked to fill out 12 "milestones" - goals that they'd like to reach during the course of the challenge. now, when i thought up this milestones feature (which i thought up for the previous weight loss challenge), it was just an idea. i had no idea that the participants would love it so much. but not only did they really like to create milestones, but they really USED them. the milestones ACTUALLY meant something to the participants!
there are all sorts of other cool features to the challenge, too. like the challenger map that you show up on when you join the challenge and fill out your location! aaand like the daily challenge recipes that run along the bottom of the page (a new one everyday!!). aaaanddddddd daily polls to answer, a challenge chatroom and message board, weekly tips and teaching points. and most importantly - MEEEEE the trusty ringleader of this weight loss circus!
:)
i would be thrilled if anyone wanted to join the challenge (148 challengers now, as of this sentence!)
all you have to do is go to diet.com and create a free membership, then go to http://www.diet.com/weight-loss-challenge/ and click "join!" then you can fill out your milestones and your milestones rewards (how you intend to reward yourself for each milestone you complete!), and your global location (so you can appear on the challenge map). aaand also read the WLC guide at the top left of the page - it answers any questions you may have about participating.
that may be the conclusion of my self-promotion... now watch this:
latah!
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