http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/5906/feature/music/the_national

Paste Magazine chose Boxer by The National as their album of 2007. I wholeheartedly agree. While the songs are individually amazing, the cohesiveness of the album as a whole sets it apart. This has been on the top of my playlist for months--I can't get sick of it. If you ( Read more... )

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ira glass is on david letterman! i am overwealmed by lanky, bespeckled, older men i am bizarrely attracted too ( Read more... )

is now my myspace friend. somehow, this makes me incredibly happy. (nerd)

watched this american life on showtime thursday. flawless transition from radio to tv! amazing!

who gets buzzed and posts about npr radio shows at two in the morning....hmmmm it's a wonder no one has snatched me up yet.

i found this you tube via http://attackofthepsas2.blogspot.com/ while researching my case study...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKi5kv7MwPg

haha!

I need to do a case study presentation for my media strategies for health professtionals class highlighting the use of meda to convey health information to a target audience. Some examples of projects that my classmates have critiqued in clude ThinkHIV and The Truth Campaign.

I have a couple ideas (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/rxforsurvival/campaign/ ( Read more... )

It's been a while since I've written in here.

School
School is going very well. I love my classes. My Media Studies professor is very experienced and enthusiastic and the class is based around several interesting, "real-life" projects (you may just catch a familiar voice waxing poetic about the importance of staying active in the winter if you ( Read more... )

holy smokes! this is a fascinating essay by michael pollan that was in last Sunday's NYtimes magazine.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?pagewanted=11&ei=5070&en=9084b6c9320eb818&ex=1170824400&emc=eta1

if you at all interested in food, culture, science, politics, sociology, or nutrition, i highly recommend that you read ( Read more... )

maybe i'm a little looped from the office party last night, but this just made me laugh so much i almost peed my pants..

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/12/14/china.dolphins.ap/index.html

I'm so excited for the Twilight Singers show tonight! 
I think you should come too!
I'm not saying this because I need the company--they are one of my favorite bands and I'd be perfectly content seeing them by myself.
It's just that I sincerly think you would enjoy the show.  I've seen them 5 times in the last 7 years and they have never failed to ( Read more... )