January 2010
“Weekends don’t count unless you spend them doing something completely pointless.”
– Calvin (and Hobbes) (via hrrrthrrr)
So true, which is exactly why I’ll be attending this
Putting a band-aid on my own finger is a skill I...
Much like peeling apples, or saying the right thing in awkward social situations.
This afternoon, in rapid succession...
I managed to:
burn my pinkie finger rather badly on an exposed pipe that turned out to be very, very hot, and
drop my earbuds in a glass of water.
Still, all in all it was a good day.
“People who make their own shit is the new model, which, ironically, is the...”
– Daniel, who doesn’t like the music I listen to
UPDATE: Expanding on the above, he says:
I just think record labels are going away. I mean, they’ve already gone away as far as being a major force in music now they’re just there to keep established bands humming and chasing the...
So, what liveblog are YOU watching today?
I’m all about Gizmodo
http://live.gizmodo.com/
UPDATE: Which subsequently just crashed. Twice.
themattsmith:
convincingindie:
As always, I’m an Engadget fan.
I’m a Gizmodo man, myself.
I'd like to thank the fans...
Last week’s flurry of work-related excitement generated a lot of feedback, all of it positive, none of it expected. I got so much love back that I had to take a few days to process it all, and figure out…what exactly to do with it. I didn’t expect my little megan-announcement to resonate like it did, and I want to make sure I do everything I can to maintain and grow that level of enthusiasm for...
WatchConan O’Brien, the classiest guy in show business bar none.
UPDATED: Now, with video!
WatchNewsweek profiles my amazing career coach, Michelle Ward, with a cameo by yours truly!
newsweek:
Meet the Life Coach.
After getting over the initial, Oh my God, is that really what my nose looks like? And is that really what I sound like?, I definitely am pleased with how it all came out and wanted to share it with you. Making the decision to invest in myself this year was a huge step for...
Today was a good day
Tomorrow I start the first day of what I consider to be a fresh start at my agency. That’s because I’m moving beyond the account management work I’ve been doing that’s become less and less satisfying to me, and moving towards a writing/web editing/content management role like I’ve been hoping for.
It feels like the opportunity dropped into my lap, but as both my mother and The Secret...
Met a friend for drinks near my old office tonight
..and commuted home on my old train. It was weird, in a ‘time traveling to an unpleasant past’ kind of way.
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Tall Megan: How many hipsters does it take to change a light bulb? .... You're supposed to say "how many" I can't finish without your participation.
Me: Sorry. HOW MANY???!?!?!?!
TM: The number's pretty obscure...you've probably never heard of it.
Me: Well played!
It’s Official: Conan O’Brien Leaving The Tonight...
“Lawyers for the talk show host and NBC on early Thursday morning finalized a settlement sealing O’Brien’s exit from ‘The Tonight Show.’”
(via thr)
Like Adam Sandler said on last night’s show, “NBC, nothing but c****.”
"Kids Predictions for 2010"
That was the bit Leno led with tonight.
I hope you’re happy, you descendents of Nixon’s Silent Majority. The most middle of Middle America. I hope you’re pleased with what you’ve wrought, this evil you’ve brung to this great country of ours, to our late nights.
I hope you’re happy now…
White House launches iPhone app →
From CNN’s Political Ticker:
The free app features live streaming of all the president’s public events at the White House, Web chats with Administration officials, and other events such as the daily press briefings.
Will you iPhone users out there be downloading this?
So It Turns Out I’m a Bit of a Tart
The day before New Year’s Eve, I dashed around the mall in Madison searching for a suitable (read: cheap and sparkly!) outfit to wear to the following evening’s festivities. After Forever 21 shamefully let me down, I moved on to the old mall standby Express. The masses may have moved on to cheaper, gaudier, flashier stores like XXI and Charlotte Russe, but Express started the ‘I can wear this...
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Tall Megan: I had a dream i saw Conan last night, just on the street.
Me: Was he panhandling?
TM: No, i was sitting on the ground tying my shoes and he was packing up his car, and I said "Hey Conan" and high fived him.
Me: that's an awesome dream
TM: i know. I thought he'd be pretty horrible looking up close, but he's not. Well, in dream world he's not.
WatchThe Jay Leno Show, 2010
In which Leno co-opts the term “indian giver,” henceforth to be known as, “pulling a leno.”
Jay Leno's honesty just now made me uncomfortable
Fun Fact: You CAN be earnest to a fault.
Pandora's Teen Pop Station may turn you into a...
Just ask my brother-in-law, who sent it to me. The songs either pump me up into a Spice Girls-era girl power!!! frenzy (see: Kelly Clarkson “Since U Been Gone”) ….or turn me into a blubbering mess of a broken heart (see [sadly]: *NYSNC “Tearin’ Up My Heart”).
I’m sitting here, thinking yes, it is tearin’ up my heart when I’m with you! And...
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WatchTwo Democrats and a Republican walk into a rose garden…
Saturday morning, I was watching Hannah Montana and eating a Toaster Strudel when the local news interrupted my regularly scheduled programming to broadcast a live press conference given by three of the five remaining living presidents. So rude, I know.
So Obama walks out with Clinton and Bush 43 and is all, Haiti/brow...
I am done with today already
I feel insanely frustrated today. After a ridiculously tense day rate re-negotiation with my boss that I’m pretty sure was featured in last night’s season premiere of 24, a headhunter friend let me know I’m still making considerably less than I should be able to expect as a freelancer. The fact that I was made to basically grovel over the infinitesimal amount I asked for makes...
I just got in a fight with my dentist
Not a fist fight, but it definitely got pretty heated.
It all started last July. I had a teeth cleaning and mentioned how I’ve always been insecure about my front two teeth because at the bottom they were a little translucent. It didn’t keep me from leaving the house or anything, it just made me self-conscious, and I wondered if they could do anything about it.
“Sure,” the friendly...
