How Cute Are These Boots
I love this commercial. I love when they say, “forget those girly dress” and the little blonde girl screams in the camera. SO CUTE!!
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MICHAEL!
To describe my current state as devastated is an understatement. Michael Jackson was the first love of my life and has never left that position in my heart. He was so much more than a performer to me. He has shaped my life in so many ways. For anyone that has anything negative to say in this time, needs to take a good look at the kind of person they are, at their own integrity.
I love you forever Michael! Thank you for giving so much of yourself for our happiness.
Just Because…
Just the look of this cake makes me feel fabulous. Reese’s cups are my absolute favorite candy ever and this cake just makes me feel good. Here is the full recipe from Picky Eatings.
And Two Seconds Later
So, two seconds after I posted about Zappos CEO (@zappos), Tony, being super popular on Twitter, Ashton Kutcher (aplusk) goes and its 1 million followers. See, it wasn’t that I didn’t know that was happening, I just meant Tony is really funny. He, to me, is definitely the funniest guy on Twitter and definitely has a following. I saw last night that his cat (@el_gato) also has a Twitter account, which is equally funny.
So, just for the record, Ashton is obviously the King of Twitter, but Tony is freakin’ hilarious.
Prom King of Twitter
@Zappos is definitely the most popular person I have heard of on Twitter. When I first heard this, I was a bit confused. Why would a CEO of a major company be s0 popular? The leaders of Corporate America are not usually the coolest people. Well, I finally got around to looking him up. I only read two of his updates before quickly hitting the “Follow” button.
He is the funniest guy ever. He is young and the leader of a pretty cool company. I went straight to their company blog to get a feeling for their culture. The are definitely laid-back, young and exciting. The first picture I saw on their website was of a bunk-desk. Two desks made out of bunk beds, with an employee diligently working two inches from the ceiling. Just the look alone was enough to make you fall out of your chair hilarious.
He has a post about being challenged to a dance-off by one of his friends’ kids, accompanied by a photo of the kid in his victory glory. I am jumping on the bandwagon. I vote CEO-Tony for Prom King of Twitter.
Finding Your Passion
First stop to finding a passion, Barnes & Noble…right?
Books suggested by friends or blogs:
1. What Color is Your Parachute? 2009: A Practical Manual for Job-Hunters and Career Changers
By: Richard Nelson Bolles
I have heard amazing things about this book. It has a workbook in the back to begin pointing you in the direction of your calling.
2. Career Renegade: How to Make a Great Living Doing What You Love
By: Jonathan Fields
I heard this book is very motivating and is full of resources.
3. My So-Called Freelance Life
By: Michelle Goodman
It has crossed my mind once or twice to do some freelance work, but mostly I just want to read this book judging by its amazing title. Huge fan of the show, got it on DVD.
4. Anti 9-5 Guide, Practical Career Advice for Women Who Think Outside the Cube
By: Michelle Goodman
I am not really anti-9-5, quite honestly I didn’t hate the corporate life. I like a structured environment. Maybe in 20 years I will hate it as much as everyone else. This is directed at women, so I will let you know how it goes.
March Madness
I see why they call it “Madness”. It truly takes over your entire life. Once you fill out the bracket, you are committed. I do not follow each team’s season, or ANY team’s season for that matter. But once I pick my team, I upgrade my normal competitiveness factor by 100.
I decided to stick next to my boyfriend and pick Louisville as the Champion. I don’t usually choose a team just because he does, but it is nice to have someone to cheer with. Last night, we “watched” (or followed I should say) the entire 2nd half of the Texas/Duke game from my cell phone. We were refreshing my phone browser every 15 seconds, dying for Texas to pull it through. We are both from Texas, but he is a TRUE Texas boy (Houston).
I grew up in Austin, but was never that attached to Texas, which for most is unheard of. Texans are very proud. I think the disconnect may be because my parents nor aunts and uncles were from Texas. I also feel like because we grew up in the suburbs of Austin, we were never around the cool parts. People are IN LOVE with Austin. When you say you are from Austin you win big points with folks, but I just never had that same connection with the place. Also, it is a much different city when you are 16 compared to 25. If I went back to Austin today for a week vacation and did all the cool Austin stuff, I think I would fully understand the obsession.
Even with the disconnect to my hometown, I still wanted Texas to win their game and am sad they didn’t.
Go Louisville!
Twitter Explosion
Am I the only person who has received an increasing amount of new followers on Twitter in a short period of time? I have not been the best at keeping up my Twitter status since joining last year. I went several months without receiving any new followers and in the last 3 days I have received several, some friends, family and old colleagues and some completely random people and small businesses trying to market themselves. Maybe it is just because I am trying to become more active on Twitter, or maybe it is blowing up.
The Social on CNET is reporting that Twitter grew more than 1,300 PERCENT in ONE YEAR. Nielsen credits a large
(Credit:Nielsen)
part of Twitter’s success to its mobile accessibility. Twitter has received an insane amount of press in the last few months. The ladies on The View discuss “tweeting” every day on their show. Twitter has taken over the world.
Feel free to follow me (@Keosha). I will do my best to update more than every 3 months.
To Tweet or NOT to Tweet
When not to Tweet. Some people just don’t know when to keep their opinions to themselves.
Excited about his job prospect, he Tweeted:
Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.
Of course, because he is not the only person on Twitter, an executive from the company responded:
Who is the hiring manager. I’m sure they would love to know that you will hate the work. We here at Cisco are versed in the web.
Genius!
24 Million Strong
It is now being reported by Rock the Vote that more than 24 MILLION people ages 18-29 voted in the election. This is amazing and shatters every previous record set. This makes me so proud. We are inheriting this country and we need to lead our society in the right direction.
And I believe that the one thing that truly jump-started the passion for President-Elect Barack Obama, whom majority of young people voted for, was the Yes We Can video by Will.i.am. It has been viewed on You Tube more than 13 million times. Half of that was probably my roommate and I watching it 10 times in a row every day since it post. I think a big thing that Obama’s campaign did was spoke the same language as young people. Music is always a route to getting young people interested in something, plus the celebrities in the video doesn’t hurt.
Evolution of Marketing, Media, and ME 