It's been a long time since the first time I did a "now list." Which means it's probably time to do one again.
Feel free to contribute your own list at your blog or in the comments below.
What I was listening to when I began this post:
"Honey, I Been Thinking About You" by Jackie Greene (via Pandora)
What I am drinking right now:
Coffee. Black. Home-brewed Starbucks Sumatra blend.
What I have just finished doing:
Making a play against Bryan Allain in Words with Friends on my iPhone. The word was "Qi." Which is an alternate spelling for "Chi," which is the Chinese word for the life force present in all things. The Q was on a triple word score, so it got me 31 points.
What I will do immediately after posting this:
Finish designing a magazine ad for a local clothing retailer.
What books I am reading now:
Picking Dandelions by Sarah Cunningham (look for an interview with Sarah next week)
The Titan's Curse (Percy Jackson Book 3) by Rick Riordan
Hear No Evil, by Matthew Paul Turner
Last email/text I received:
A promotional email from a church video company about Lenten resources. I know. So boring.
Last email/text I sent:
An email to my sister to give her a GoDaddy.com coupon code.
Last article I read:
"Ozzy Does It: The Improbably Persistence of Ozzy Osbourne," at Slate. True Story: One of the first article I ever wrote for Relevant Magazine was an online recap of the first episode of "The Osbournes." I thought it was great, but then I never watched another episode.
Favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
The Google one. So good. Told a great story while, you know, actually showing how the product works. Perfect. Google wins.
Least favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
That "Super Bowl" shuffle remake. Awful.
Biggest Super Bowl commercial loser:
Dockers. Because its "people without pants on" spot aired right after the Casual Friday spot that showed office people in their underwear. Which totally spoiled the whole guys-in-their-underwear vibe for the second spot. Dockers execs have to be sitting around in their tasteful chinos while cursing the advertising gods today.
What I just looked at right now:
The snow outside my window. There has been snow outside my window for about two weeks now.
What I was listening to when I finished this post:
"Bittersweet Symphony" by The Verve (via Pandora)
OK. That's me today. Now it's your turn.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Right Now
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Listening to: Bon Iver mixed over with television sounds.
Drinking: Bottom of mug of home-brewed Starbucks with chemical-laden creamer. Yum
Doing: Snow day laziness
What I will do: Gym... or more laziness
Books: Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis, Romans (Bible), Anna Karenina (always on the 'vaguely reading')
Last email/text: Email canceling work mtg, mysterious text from ex-bf. Way more excited about the snow day
Last email/text sent: "Do we really have this meeting today. I'm stuck in an igloo"
Last article: Something about the Saints win.
Favorite commercial: Google french too. Swoon
Least: All sexist commercials. Bleh
Looking at : SO MUCH SNOW.
Whee! More procrastination.
I did think it was strange to have people in their underwear for non-underwear commercials back to back like that - but the Dockers song was kind if catchy.
Loved the Google ad.
Was totally surprised by the lack of inflammatory material in the Tebow ad.
curse you and your qi.
speaking of GoDaddy, I once gave someone at church some advice for starting up a website. i casually mentioned they could use godaddy to register the domain. they came back to me weeks later and said they felt it was wrong to support a company like godaddy because of the racy ads and how they use sex to market themselves. I thought about it, and decided i would continue to use them even if on some level it meant i was supporting them. I've always wondered where other christians fell on the issue. (almost sounds like a jasonboyett.com post, doesn't it? not quite, but almost.)
@Bryan:
The "sexiness" of GoDaddy.com ads always seems so forced and predictable. Definitely they rely on sex to sell, but it's so lame how they go about it. Come see our unrated content! Which is our attempt to get you guys to our website, even though there's not really anything else to see there!
But they have great prices and are easy to work with, so that's where I've ended up buying all my domains. I'm practical rather than idealistic when it comes to URL vendors. So I don't feel too bad about it.
What I was listening to when I began this post:
My co-desk jockey's long nails tap tapping on her keyboard as she writes an email AND simultaneously mumbles each word as she types in a low mumble of a roar.
What I am drinking right now:
Coffee. Black. Home-brewed Starbucks Breakfast blend.
What I have just finished doing:
Checked Facebook and Twitter to gander at what my peeps did and said over the weekend.
What I will do immediately after posting this:
Email invoices to expecting recipients.
What books I am reading now:
Fearless by Max Lucado
Angry Conversations With God by Susan Isaacs
Plan B by Anne Lamott
Last email/text I received:
An email from my pastor telling a group of us that we did a great job yesterday. I love my church.
Last email/text I sent:
A text saying that I was running late to above mentioned co-desk jockey.
Last article I read:
An article about Michael Jackson's doctor surrendering himself to the police this afternoon.
Favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
ACK. I wasn't paying attention all that much. I was manning the food & drink table at our church partay.
Least favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
Oy my eyes! The one about casual Fridays. Tidy whities hurt my eyes.
Biggest Super Bowl commercial loser:
I agree with you, Jason. Dockers.
What I just looked at right now:
All of the sticky notes on my monitor and desk. Apparently my decorator has watched A Beautiful Mind one too many times.
What I was listening to when I finished this post:
My co-desk jockey mumbling as she taps out yet another email. Lots of mumbles in our office.
What I was listening to when I began this post: Nothing
What I am drinking: Water from a plastic bottle... I hope the green police don't catch me.
What I have just finished doing: Worked out/caught up with a couple of other local youth and young adult pastors since our weekly meeting hasn't been able to happen in a month.
What I will immediately do after posting this: finish my daily blog & web comic rounds
What books I am reading now:
1)The Gospel According to Lost by Chris Seay
2)Arguing with Idiots by Glenn Beck
3)A Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller
Last email/text I received: a facebook notification that someone I don't know commented on a status that I also commented on.
Last email/text I sent: an email to my youth group informing them that the Super Bowl party planned for last night was canceled due to the snow and terrible roads
Last Article I Read:
"It's 2010, Where's My Jetpack?" by John Dyer on collidemagazine.com
Favorite Super Bowl commercial:
Snickers "Betty White get tackled"
Bud Light "Auto-Tuned"
Least Favorite commercial:
Dodge Charger "Man's Last Stand"
Biggest Super Bowl commercial loser:
Commercial for the Census. Really?
Huge. Waste. Of. Our. Money.
What I just looked at right now:
My cluttered desk.
What I was listening to when I finished this post:
"So Far, So Bad" by Five Iron Frenzy (via my iTunes on shuffle)
What I was listening to when I began this post:
My co worker pecking at his keyboard.
What I am drinking right now:
Coffee. Black. Home-brewed Starbucks via Ready Blend (I had to use 2 packets since my WaWa mug is a 20oz).
What I have just finished doing:
Read 7 emails that were CC'ed to me.
What I will do immediately after posting this:
Download chapter 7 from an email I sent before work of a book I'm writing so I can work on it.
What books I am reading now:
Thousand Miles in a Million Years by Donald Miller
Strong Father, Strong Daughters by Meg Meeker
Ignore Everybody: and 39 Other Keys to Creativity by Hugh MacLeod
Last email/text I received:
Accounting lady who CC'ed me that she invoiced to the Gov't on a particular project.
Last email/text I sent:
Emailed my boss saying, "I'm here." meaning I made it thru the crappy roads to come in and do nothing.
Last article I read:
A nintendo blogger whose detective skills are uncanny revealing there may be a Wii HD coming out soon.
Favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
Dockers free pants one. I immediately went to dockers.com only to find the servers were down.
Least favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
Doritos where the guy was very protective of his precious chips and came out in what looked like an ancient Samurai suit.
Biggest Super Bowl commercial loser:
Tim Tebow's mom who got tackled.
What I just looked at right now:
All the papers on my desk and thought, "I should clean this up", knowing I won't until a few weeks later.
What I was listening to when I finished this post:
The buses from our neighbor bus company who's in reverse right now and I can hear the beeping.
What I was listening to when I began this post: Kay Arthur trying to make me feel guilty.
What I am drinking right now: Cold coffee with vanilla creamer. (Unfortunately, not Starbucks.)
What I have just finished doing: Transferring this week's Kay Arthur programs into the playlist. (Um... I work at a radio station. It's radio stuff. :))
What I will do immediately after posting this: Go repeat the process with Dennis Rainey programs. Listen to them all to make sure he's not inappropriate, edit, transfer. Huzzah!
What books I am reading now:
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (fact: I have never read this book, and I'm 26. Apparently, I missed a high school rite of passage)
Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell
Going to start Picking Dandelions by Sarah Cunningham next(review/interview coming next month to my blog! *plug*)
Last email/text I received: A Twitter direct message from a friend inviting me to play Facebook Scrabble. (I was just lamenting on Twitter that I can't play Words with Friends because I don't have an iPhone. :))
Last email/text sent: Forwarding an online listener's question to the network guy. (passing stuff off... yay!)
Last article I read: Something on NPR about measuring the popularity of Superbowl ads.
Favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night: Ummm... I only watched the last 8 minutes, so I can't have an opinion. I guess out of the ones I saw... the Honda Accord Crosstour? Just because I like Honda and squirrels and animation.
Least favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night: I don't think I paid enough attention to have a least favorite... Doritos maybe?
Biggest Super Bowl commercial loser: Dunno. Sounds like Dockers wins the lose. :)
What I just looked at right now: Posters surrounding my desk. Trying to figure out where to put the really rad Lord of the Rings calendar I got for a dollar yesterday. (nerd!)
What I was listening to when I finished this post: Jason Gray - For the First Time Again. His music makes me happy :)
I put my answers on my own blog (with link-back love to you, of course): http://coffee-stainedmama.blogspot.com
What I was listening to when I began this post:
Theme song to "Wow Wow Wubzy" playing in the next room.
What I am drinking right now:
Diet Dr. Pepper
What I have just finished doing:
Taking a 2-hour nap with my 2-year-old because I'm very sick with a horrendous cold.
What I will do immediately after posting this:
Clean out three purses to find receipts I need to submit an expense report.
What books I am reading now:
Anticancer by David Servan-Schreiber, and a PDF I made of Wordpress.org lessons.
Last email/text I received:
An email from a coworker telling me she hopes I feel better.
Last email/text I sent:
I told her I had nothing to complain about since I work from home.
Last article I read:
"Ring that fell overboard from cruise ship returns to man two decades later -- via Facebook" -Orlando Sentinel
Favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
The Google one. I saw a couple others in passing but didn't see them all since I didn't watch the game. The Google one was talked about online and I watched it online.
Least favorite Super Bowl commercial from last night:
didn't see enough to know
Biggest Super Bowl commercial loser:
see above
What I just looked at right now:
My dog ran past the office to the front window to terrorize small school walking home from school.
What I was listening to when I finished this post:
Wubzy is airing still in the next room. I should turn on some music. And quit wasting time. :)
I'm listening to: CBC (public) radio
Drinking: the requisite (apparently!) home brewed black Starbucks coffee
Just returned from: teaching an art class to a French Immersion grade 1/2/3 class, focussing on Olympic athletes
Book: Edenborn by Nick Sagan
What I'll do: go to gym, perhaps poke away at painting the kitchen
Looking at: the snow melting very prematurely for our northern BC location
Favorite commercial: ...bummer...don't get the same commercials here in Canada so will have to wait for highlight clips on the news.
oh...uh...just realized that I'm this new-fangled contraption called 'the internets' so maybe I could go find those Superbowl commercials...
What I was listening to when I began this post: I Am Loved by Above the Golden State
Drinking: Community Coffee medium roast, another great Louisiana product
What I have just finished doing: Checking FB and Twitter status updates
What I will do immediately after posting this: Get back to work
What books I am reading now: Just started Velvet Elvis by Rob Bell (free Kindle edition for iPhone) and The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
Last email I received: Spam
Last email I sent: Recommending the song "For the First Time Again" by Jason Gray to our worship leader
Last article I read: Lost star Daniel Dae Kim to star in remake of Hawaii 5-O
Fav Super Bowl commercial: Casual Friday
Least fav Super Bowl commercial: Boost Mobile Super Bowl shuffle
What I just looked at right now: My word-a-day desk calendar - hors de combat - out of combat, disabled
What I was listening to when I finished this post: Don't You Know You're Beautiful by Seabird
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