Winter Break recommendations

January 12th, 2007

Today is the last day of my hiatus from my so-called collegiate life. Media consumed / discovered/ enjoyed this break:

Music: Regina Spektor

I am currently obsessed with this woman. Her voice is beautiful, the songs are just melodic enough but also very quirky, they tell great stories.

Any suggestions for a Wordpress plugin that lets me easily embed YouTube videos? Until I figure it out, here are the links:

Fidelity -
the single. I adore this video.

Book 1: Searching for God Knows What - by Donald Miller

More stream of consciousness - entertaining and enlightening - thoughts on Christian spirituality from the author of Blue Like Jazz. Very enjoyable, but I think I prefer Blue Like Jazz.

“Reality is like a fine wine. It does not appeal to children” -Donald Miller

Book 2: The Phantom of the Opera - by Gaston Leroux

A little slow, but I am really enjoying the historical fiction theme. I just got my hands on the original silent film, which I am looking forward to watching.

Topic: Social Media

Check out my post on the RD2 blog, shouting out to Time’s Person of the Year article and Web Strategy by Jeremiah Owyang. He’s kind of a big deal in the blog world, and he commented back!

New Year’s Resolutions

January 11th, 2007
  1. Read more. For fun.
  2. Blog more. For fun*.
  3. Do healthy things. For fun.

*I am pretty good with the blogging for work and blogging for school.

How am I going to stay organized this year? I highly recommend BackPack… I love myself a good To Do list.