Sweatin' to the oldies

What a lovely day! (to be sitting in an office.)

Recently I've noticed that all this sitting I do is making me uncomfortable and cranky. Apparently, there are studies saying desk sitting will be the death of us all.

NPR did a story in April about how negative sitting can be for our health. Great. Good thing I am laying down right now!

All joking aside, the highlight of my day on this balmy Wednesday was walking to lunch. It was refreshing and fun. Plus I was a super badass and walked across the "condemned" bridge. Awh yea. Hard core. I also looked up some desk exercises (and how to spell exercise) because I am sick of sitting. One of my bosses has a standing desk and a yoga ball to sit on instead of a chair. She knows what's up.

So, if you see me doing leg lifts or dancing by my computer, join in! We can deskercise together.

Never get involved in a land war in Asia...

and never go in against a Sicilian when DEATH is on the line!

I was very busy this weekend. You know, job, family, meeting world-famous baseball players, driving (a lot of driving), and then going back to work. Full time. That's quite the plateful for such a young girl. But, does the blog-off care? Would there be an ounce of compassion shown?

ABSOLUTELY NOT!


In order to regain the ground I have lost, I will be creating the best blog post EVER.

EVER

First: Play this video.



Kazoos, rock.

Now, as the dulcet sounds of two kazoos, yes two, serenade you, proceed to look at these pictures of small animals in cups.

Is your heart melting?! Because it should be. If you don't like small animals in cups, good luck in life without a soul.

This past weekend was full of celebrations, which was wonderful in my mind. I had frozen yogurt with Samantha, played games with my parents, went to a Twins game, watched the Twins lose, and partied hard-ied on Sunday for my mom's birthday and for Father's Day. Perfect weekend, if you ask me. I also took a picture of former Twins great, Tony Oliva. Check out my dad's blog for the complete story -- A Chef's Musings

Wasn't this one of the greatest, if not THE greatest blog posts of all time? It has everything one could and should desire in a post. Beautiful music, adorable animals, Princess Bride quotes, yarns from my daily life, and unicorns. Oh, you didn't see unicorns?

It's just so fluffy, I wanna die.

Burrito Friday!

That's right. Me and some other student workers have burritos on Friday. It is glorious. The tasty burritos were desperately needed after a really long afternoon. I am really tired and I feel like I have been up for hours. Which I have, but that's besides the point.

Last night the show went really well, but I didn't get home until 10:30ish and after working from eight to four, I was pooped. The marketing department hosted our local social media breakfast this morning. Being the wonderful student workers we are, John, Whitley, and I volunteered to help direct people to the room in exchange for sitting in on the discussion. It was really fascinating. Well, I think social media policies for businesses are fascinating... The only downside was that we had to be there at 6:45 am. Ew.

After the breakfast we had the photo shoot in a stuffy dorm. The pictures turned out really great and I am excited to almost cross one building off of the list. I had a blast staging the room and working with John and Whitley. The burritos weren't bad either.

I'm getting paid for this?

For the summer I'm working full-time in my school's marketing department. My task: create a new virtual tour. Easy right? Wrong. It's going to be a lot of work, but so far I'm enjoying the job. In order to do research, I went on numerous virtual tours for other schools. Word of advice for anyone ever wanting to create a virtual tour.

KEEP YOUR VIDEOS UNDER TWO MINUTES!

Seriously, it's obnoxious to have to watch a stroll of campus for over three minutes. After viewing over twenty schools, which look almost the same (Old Main, cafeteria, dorms, classrooms, etc. I mean, every school has these elements. No joke) I shut down after two minutes.

Today I'm working on staging a photo-shoot of dorm rooms. so, I'm surfing the internets to find dorm room inspiration and trying to remember what I have in Duluth and what is packed in boxes at home.

I created a board on Pinterest (seriously, they should sponsor me...) if you want to see my ideas and inspiration for the female's version of a dorm.

Soon I am going to try to create my own logo and make this a fancy-schmancy blog, but first I should get back to work.