Affirmation!

Apparently Perez Hilton agrees with me about Miike Snow. I saw this just as I finished that last post....

My NPR Playlist

Okay, so I am a full-blown NPR nerd. I listen to it all day, every day. If I'm not listening to the program stream at work, I'm listening to music that I discovered via NPR. So I figured that I might as well share my discoveries with my vast readership. :) Here's this week's favorite song!!


Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear

I have also been grooving on Miike Snow, an amazing Swedish group that was recently featured on NPR's World Cafe. I've got their album, the self-title Miike Snow, on repeat. I highly recommend it.

My other recent listens/discoveries (realizing that I may have discovered this artists WAAAY after everyone else has, but oh well!):

Sarah Jarosz, an 18-year old bluegrass dynamo!

Relator, a single by Pete Yorn and Scarlett Johansson. I was surprised how good she is!

The Blow, a Portland-based band that does an amazing rendition (at least for the chorus of their song, Come on Petunia) of the Police's Everything Little Thing She Does is Magic.

As I continue my musical journey, I'll be sure to share it with you. Happy Thursday!

In one week

In one week from today, I will be en route to Honolulu where I will then meet up with one of my oldest, dearest friends and begin celebrating her wedding weekend! We'll drink and eat and then head to Lanai, where I have plans for a massage on the beach, snorkeling, and general merriment. Then back to Oahu to visit Leo and learn to surf while hugging on her two beautiful little girls!! Last time I saw them, Bridget was probably 3 and Greta a newborn! Can't wait!!

In other news, I went for my first run with my nike sportsband last night and LOVE LOVE LOVE it. so cool. I'll definitely be taking it with me to Hawaii. Hey, I need some way to burn off the many Mai Tais I plan on partaking in!

I'm Just Saying

My view on life in 11 days.

Things I'm EXCITED About!

* 14 Days until I leave for Hawaii
* The arrival of my new Nike sports band tomorrow
* Free lunch today at consumer meeting
* Tonight's run around the Capitol with Lin
* New books from half.com
* Leftover falafel stirfry
* This week's delivery from washingtongreengrocer.com
* Jason Mraz and G. Love this Saturday
* My pretty pink toesies from Sunday's pedicure

It's a pretty good day for excitement!


My New Nike Sports band!

Too bad he's married

Because I would TOTALLY marry Jimmy Fallon after watching this clip of Rob Pattison and Daniel Radcliffe reviewing each other's movies....

Goal Check Off #1

So for the past 6 years, basically since my last marathon in 2003, I've been saying I'm going to do another marathon. Something about the number 5 sounds so much better to me than 4. Once I hit five, then I'll switch over to triathlons, or even better, just go to spin class on regular basis, but I have always felt the need to do 5. So yesterday, I signed up for my fifth, the Philadelphia Marathon on November 22nd. Now I know signing up for one and doing one isn't quite the same thing, but it's a necessary step. I've got lots and LOTS of training ahead of me, but I'm super pumped. And although I was cursing DeWitz and Stein last week our entire 4.5 mile run, I'm sure I'll remember to love running again real soon. I better. Otherwise, this is going to S.U.C.K.