Meditation2

Weather forecast for Truckee, CA

iPod it

I'm not good enough to listen to music while snowboarding yet but one day I will put my Burton jacket's iPod pocket to good use. (It even has a little embroided tag with an image of an iPod.)

A sponsorship waiting to happen

Hannah Teter, American snowboarder: Listened to "Communicate" by her boyfriend's band, Strive Roots, during gold medal run. At an Olympic qualifying event in December, listened to "Higher" by k-os.

Gretchen Bleiler, American snowboarder: Her silver medal run was accompanied by Green Day's "Holiday."

Shaun White, American snowboarder: "Back in Black" by AC/DC played during gold medal run. Also likes Led Zeppelin.

Whoa ho!

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I got some serious inner thigh action going. Perhaps my dad was right to say that I needed to wear pantyhose. This is from the Yelp Elite Squad party last night at Shine.

Horoscope

Greetings Monica:
Here is your horoscope for Thursday, February 23:

There are certain qualities about you that are incandescent, but you're too stuck dwelling on your so-called negatives that you can't see them. Discover what it is that makes you special and worthwhile.

Incandescent? Now that's a word I haven't heard used to describe a person's qualities. I swear that sometimes these horoscopes are like Daily Affirmations. There's truth to this though.

Yelpers in the Photobooth at Shine

Yelpers in the Photobooth at Shine
Photobooths are so much fun and I love this one with Rick, Stephan, me, and Miriam.

What would my unconscious do?

Last week I told my brother about this pricey diamond pendant I've been thinking about getting but can't decide on (and the 25% off coupon I have expires in a week!). He called me a "penny pincher" and then told me I should just get it. Knowing his careless spending habits I'm not going to take advice from him on this.

Yes, I want the necklace but then I start to think about all the other things I could buy with $500 + tax, like this small new digital camera that's coming out in April. How insane is it to spend that much money on a thing I would wear around my neck?

On a related note, after 7 years of wanting Henry finally bought an AIBO, Sony's robotpet. When I told him about the necklace he sent me a summary of a study he had just read.

Leave big decisions to your unconscious study: Brain's hidden talents: Dutch research focuses on consumer choices

Deciding whether to slap down $40,000 on a new car or $1-million for a house should be left to your unconscious, according to new research that suggests the best way to make tough decisions is to forget about them.

Collect the relevant information, it says, then let the unconscious churn through the options. In the end, it makes for better decisions.

"Contrary to conventional wisdom, it is not always advantageous to engage in thorough conscious deliberation before choosing," says psychologist Dr. Ap Dijksterhuis

I dunno... the responsible thing to do would be to pay off a big chunk of my credit card balance.

ed. 2/22.06: I made up my mind. I'm not going to get the silly necklace.

Tom is not my friend.

Also, Tom is very much not my friend.

The internets

Um. Yeah. Henry sent me a link to the World Beard and Moustache Championships. I was not aware of the world of competitive facial hair.

My poor wallet

Am I a totally consumeristic girlie girl for wanting Tarte's double ended lipgloss just because it's called Ferris & Sloane?

Super Sorbet

Healthy Sorbet
I had this brilliant idea to make sorbet out of Odwalla's Superfood juice. The texture is closer to a granita than a sorbet but it's still pretty damn tasty. Next time I'll add a teeny bit of vodka to keep it softer when I put in it the freezer from the ice cream maker.

Petty attacks

There should be a name for the thing that happens on Yelp when someone writes a review as a passive agressive response to a previous review. This same thing could happen on any other review site too. If you know of an existing name for this please comment to let me know.

The taste of vegetable suffering

Every so often I get this insaitable craving for raw vegetables... only this time instead of eating huge salads, I made sherbert. Raspberry and strawberry sherbert to be precise. I've had this phlegmy cough for the past days and have been drinking Odwalla's Superfood juice in attempt to fortify my immune system. Then I came up with a brilliant idea: Superfood sorbet! Oh yeah. Just wait for the photos!

MS Paint freaking rules!

I was looking up recipes for okomomiyaki and found this totally rad site with complete with beautifully crude illustrations. Best site ever!

I'm good enough, I'm smart enough...

WTF is this? Leave me alone horoscope! I'm not reading you tomorrow!

Greetings Monica--

What can you do to achieve your deepest hopes and desires? Remember, it
doesn't have to happen all at once. Make a list of the actions you
could be taking, then break them down into small, manageable steps.

Holla!

Is it wrong to want the lip balm and cosmetic case that matches my underwear? (Damnit, they're on sale now!) Who knew you could market a single song so much.

Only 5 attributes that you like

Oh, brother. Now my horoscope is telling me to get off my ass... in the nicest way possible. Those astrologists...

Greetings Monica--

It's time to stop saying, 'One day,' and start saying, 'Right now.'
Your fondest dreams are far too precious to be relegated to the back of
the bus. Are there some actions you could be taking right now?

Only 7 that you like

I feel old and fat. Maybe boring too.

"You Only Live Once" -- The Strokes

Shut me up
Shut me up
And I'll get along with you