Wow

Its been a while.

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Tribute to a Fallen Surfer

When I saw this picture in National Geographic my heart paused.

So sad and touching and beautiful all at the same time.

Smashed

For all those mornings you woke up and wondered how you got home.

Honest, engaging, and strangely familiar.

The story of a drunken girl.

By Koren Zalickas.

LOVE SONG

This song feels like it was written for me to hear in this moment.

Heath

A week ago, I refreshed the NY TIMES homepage that always lurks somewhere on my desktop.

I will never forget the feeling that came over me as I read that Heath Ledger was found naked and dead in a sea of pills.

It seemed like a few short months ago when my roomate Casey and I were mourning the break up of Heath and Michelle Williams. "How did I not know this happened? " I half whined/exclaimed as I read an article about how when celebrities move in and out of Brooklyn the tone of the community shifts. "They were so perfect together," I thought out loud.

The whole ordeal reminds me of this theory I have about beautiful people and tortured souls. But I digress....

He seemingly had it all. The budding career that led him to the gorgeous girl who gave him a beautiful daughter.

Just goes to show, things are rarely as they seem. A lot goes on behind the scenes. I look forward to seeing Heath as THE JOKER and mourn the loss of this talented young actor.

Stina Persson

What an amazing talent. This artist first caught my eye in a Nike campaign. The vibrant water color made the copy sing.

But it is such a delight to explore this artist outside the confines of advertising. On her own turf.

Edgy. Unique. Real. Alive. Art.

The Risk is not to take The Risk

Kerri Martin came to speak to us on Friday.

She told us that the riskiest thing to do is not to take risks.

Which is how she approaches the clients she chooses to work for and the subsequent way she carries out her job.

Throw away the stale titles that label our work (VP of Marketing and CMO) and lets substitute them for a few Kerri has had (Guardian of Brand Soul and Director of Brand Innovation).

Lets Rub Elbows

http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/oct2007/id2007104_575219.htm

INTO THE WILD

As a general rule, I refuse to a see a movie based on a book before actually reading the book.

But rules were meant to be broken and we went ahead and saw Into the Wild anyway.

First of all. Excellent, excellent movie. One of those films that follow you to bed that night and creep into your thoughts intermittently throughout the days to come.

Then I tried to read the book and remembered why I established the rule in the first place.

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love life.

Fenske's favorite holiday

The annual Brunswick Stew Festival is a Richmond staple.

There is a lot of sampling and double fisting stew.

I've never seen Fenske happier.

If Diddy can do it...

So can I. Came across this article today. While we try to prepare ourselves to compete with traditional MBAs for marketing positions, it is comforting to know that Diddy has stepped into the role of Brand Manager.

http://adage.com/article?article_id=121489

Only Losers Don't Dress Up

Halloween is one of my favorite Holidays. Initially, when I was small, it was because it fell a few days after my birthday and Halloween preparations always indicated that Danielle Day was approaching. As I grew older though, it was a way to gage the people around me. See how creative, adventurous, and even how smart people were.

For three consecutive years I dressed up as a Freudian Slip, which really gave me a good sense of where people stood on the intellectual totem pole. I was mystified by the number of people who couldn't even pronounce Freud correctly.

This ecard from someecards.com is not only a funny example of the cards this site offers, but also an indication of how seriously I take the act and art of dressing up.

SKY LINE DRIVE

In the Shenandoah Valley there is an amazing and unique road that entertwines through the hills and valleys of this scenic region. It is called Sky Line Drive. I expected to see beautiful landscapes and changing leaves, what I was least expecting was exposure to an automotive culture unlike anything I'd ever been exposed to. While we were winding along the twisty roads, all of a sudden I noticed that there was a string of cars coming from the other direction... They were ALL Pontiacs or Saturns. It was a chain of these vehicles, and if there was another car brand interspersed, it was quite clear that they were not part of the pack.

It dawned on me that this was an opportunity for car enthusiasts to come together and not only enjoy their vehicles in a gorgeous environment, but with people who felt the same way about their cars. Brands are a very intersting thing, and I can tell you that I never thought Pontiacs were remotely cool, until I got a glimpse of this...

One Year Ago Tomorrow

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/08/opinion/08shaplen.html?ref=opinion

ONE year ago tomorrow, North Korea conducted its first nuclear test, a small explosion that established it as the newest member of the world’s nuclear club. Strangely, since then, the prospects for peace and stability in northeastern Asia have never been better. North Korea’s agreement, last week, to disable all its nuclear facilities by year’s end is the biggest step so far in the right direction.

BIKE GANGS

While indulging in a pineapple bacon burger my eye strayed to this napkin dispenser. What I had coined bike gangs in my head seems to be quite close to the "proper name" of this sub-culture, CUT THROATS BIKE CLUB. I want to know more about it....

CONDOM COUTURE

A model parades in an outfit made of condoms during a fashion show at the 4th China Reproductive Health New Technologies & Products Expo in Beijing July 11, 2007. Condoms of all shapes and sizes were used to make dresses, hats and even lollipops. Models fought through extravagant soap bubble special effects to show off tight-fitting wedding gowns, scaly-looking evening dresses, outrageous bikinis and other garments made entirely of condoms. (Reuters)

Hipster Olympics

Silver is the new gold... Empanadas are the new cupcakes.