My right nostril has been out of business for three days now. I think it's time for a neti pot. Check it out: Oprah, Dr. Oz, the New York Times all approve.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/fashion/03skin.html
-M
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Yo Pepto Bismol
Nausea. Heartburn. Indigestion. Upset Stomach. Diarrhea.
There are few things worse than being sick in college. You're sick, feeling like the world is caving, far from the comforts of home and help, so you must go on with your life taking care of yourself. All while balancing your homework commitments, tests, labs, and jobs.
It always seems to me that I get most sick around midterms. I dont know if it was stress or what but i was always sick. Luckily this year, I've managed to avoid being overly sick...until today. I have had days where i couldnt talk or felt crummy, but not flu like. Well today is that day and luckily I dont have any tests. But i'm still at work, still trudging to my classes because I hate missing things. I managed to sleep for 9 hours last night (unheard of in college) and will likely be passing out this afternoon in a deep nap.
But this is nothing compared with sophomore year. So everyone knows labs are essentially non-skipable. and they are a bitch to reschedule. Well take an organic chemistry lab, throw in standing for four hours watching and unfortunately smelling steam distillation of cloves while having to run out every 15 minutes. one of the worst nights of my life.
stay healthy kids!
-S
(and for the record, the immunity boost at Jamba juice will not stop you from having to throw up in the middle of a calculus midterm)
There are few things worse than being sick in college. You're sick, feeling like the world is caving, far from the comforts of home and help, so you must go on with your life taking care of yourself. All while balancing your homework commitments, tests, labs, and jobs.
It always seems to me that I get most sick around midterms. I dont know if it was stress or what but i was always sick. Luckily this year, I've managed to avoid being overly sick...until today. I have had days where i couldnt talk or felt crummy, but not flu like. Well today is that day and luckily I dont have any tests. But i'm still at work, still trudging to my classes because I hate missing things. I managed to sleep for 9 hours last night (unheard of in college) and will likely be passing out this afternoon in a deep nap.
But this is nothing compared with sophomore year. So everyone knows labs are essentially non-skipable. and they are a bitch to reschedule. Well take an organic chemistry lab, throw in standing for four hours watching and unfortunately smelling steam distillation of cloves while having to run out every 15 minutes. one of the worst nights of my life.
stay healthy kids!
-S
(and for the record, the immunity boost at Jamba juice will not stop you from having to throw up in the middle of a calculus midterm)
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Bleeding ears
Whether on messages, childhood home videos or video blogs, I can not stand to hear/look/listen at/to myself. I wonder if I really sound like that and question why I have friends. How can things go so wrong between my mouth and my ears?
Therefore, please accept my apology for any and all video blogs. There goes my career as our generation's Rikki Lake...
Therefore, please accept my apology for any and all video blogs. There goes my career as our generation's Rikki Lake...
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
NEWS ALERT: Diet drinkers, You're not a man
I'm going to continue on with another Pepsi rant and not just because i was raised a Coke kid (coca-cola, that is...)
Pepsi, in a swift move, is now marketing its Pepsi Max brand to men because apparently "men can take anything except the taste of diet cola."
Hold the phone...really?
Pepsi marketing director Tony Thomas claims that men do not buy into the diet concept as it is a taste and image compromise and apparently men can be a little shy when asking for Diet Pepsi as they think it's not masculine enough.
what the hell.
Since when has pop had gender attached to it? Now there are several products out there that do have gender connotations (such as alcoholic beverages), but no one really judges a guy for drinking diet pepsi or diet coke, or a girl drinking regular pepsi or coke. And regardless of appearance, for taste, Pepsi Max is really just diet pepsi in a black can.
are we really heading back to that age of the atomic family when the woman stays at home and the man is the breadwinner? because apparently....men can no longer drink diet soda without being socially scrutinized.
Thank god i drink regular coke.
Pepsi, in a swift move, is now marketing its Pepsi Max brand to men because apparently "men can take anything except the taste of diet cola."
Hold the phone...really?
Pepsi marketing director Tony Thomas claims that men do not buy into the diet concept as it is a taste and image compromise and apparently men can be a little shy when asking for Diet Pepsi as they think it's not masculine enough.
what the hell.
Since when has pop had gender attached to it? Now there are several products out there that do have gender connotations (such as alcoholic beverages), but no one really judges a guy for drinking diet pepsi or diet coke, or a girl drinking regular pepsi or coke. And regardless of appearance, for taste, Pepsi Max is really just diet pepsi in a black can.
are we really heading back to that age of the atomic family when the woman stays at home and the man is the breadwinner? because apparently....men can no longer drink diet soda without being socially scrutinized.
Thank god i drink regular coke.
Born to be the sexiest man alive
Forget the monster-themed ads, forget Ben Roethlisbergererer, forget how I will forget who won the Super Bowl by St. Patrick's Day. I want to talk about Bruce Springsteen's crotch. In your face.
I saw Bruce and 18 of his best friends perform during his Seeger Sessions days, and can honestly say I haven't been the same since. Call People Magazine; Bruce has GOT to be one of the sexiest people alive. He even made up for his two-hour tardiness with a non-stop three and some hours performance. I don't quite have the words to describe his energy and charisma and what he did to those middle-aged women I was surrounded by.
Enjoy this performance of one of my favorite songs, Long Black Veil. (Johnny Cash, Dave Matthews, and Bob Dylan all approve? Then I approve.) Though I can't view it myself while manning Jones Hall front desk, I trust in the power of YouTube and Bruce. And if it's an awful video, please accept my apologies.
I saw Bruce and 18 of his best friends perform during his Seeger Sessions days, and can honestly say I haven't been the same since. Call People Magazine; Bruce has GOT to be one of the sexiest people alive. He even made up for his two-hour tardiness with a non-stop three and some hours performance. I don't quite have the words to describe his energy and charisma and what he did to those middle-aged women I was surrounded by.
Enjoy this performance of one of my favorite songs, Long Black Veil. (Johnny Cash, Dave Matthews, and Bob Dylan all approve? Then I approve.) Though I can't view it myself while manning Jones Hall front desk, I trust in the power of YouTube and Bruce. And if it's an awful video, please accept my apologies.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Refreshed?
Ahh. Superbowl Sunday. That magical day of the year when thousands of Americans glue themselves to their television sets to either catch the game or to analyze the newest commercials.
This year I was struck by Pepsi's generation ad featuring Bob Dylan's song "Forever Young."
Don't get me wrong, I love Bob Dylan, but I felt the song didn't exactly fit with the commercial. Wouldn't it have been more interesting to watch the commercial that compares things that are exactly the same 40 years ago as they are today with "Time's they are a changin'" as the background music? And for a company whose new advertising campaign is "Refresh everything" i was struck by familiarity of it to the "generational theme" that was pepsi's superbowl ad in 2002.
Needless to say, i did not find the new superbowl ad very refreshing. Though I do believe the you have the right idea pepsi with your new year's eve ad.
This year I was struck by Pepsi's generation ad featuring Bob Dylan's song "Forever Young."
Don't get me wrong, I love Bob Dylan, but I felt the song didn't exactly fit with the commercial. Wouldn't it have been more interesting to watch the commercial that compares things that are exactly the same 40 years ago as they are today with "Time's they are a changin'" as the background music? And for a company whose new advertising campaign is "Refresh everything" i was struck by familiarity of it to the "generational theme" that was pepsi's superbowl ad in 2002.
Needless to say, i did not find the new superbowl ad very refreshing. Though I do believe the you have the right idea pepsi with your new year's eve ad.
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