I am sitting here in the Phoenix Airport thinking about the vacation I just took here to see Angels and Dodgers Training Camp.
It was a great time and a nice respit from work and other realities. I want to briefly run down some thoughts:
1. I am no longer allowed to travel with an iPod. I lost my iPod Touch on this trip. I lost it taking the Super Shuttle from PHX. Here is the thing: my head phones are great in terms of comfort but the cord is awful. the cord comes in two separate parts. One piece is approx. 14 inches long - which is not long at all. There is no slack at all and you constantly have to connect this cord to an extension cord that adds another 20 inches or so. I dont know why Sony decided to have this stupid two part cord - but they did. Well the when I walked out of the shuttle I felt my head phones around my neck and assumed my iPod was still with me. Nope. The cords detached from one another and I just had on a pair of head phones with a 14 inch cord connected to nothing. I figured it out in an hour and half called Super Shuttle but they said they couldn't find it. In sum, I am an idiot.
2. Arizona hates recycling. I couldn't find recycling bins to save my life. They were nowhere to be found in the hotel, and the Spring Training Facilities, at restaurants or bars. I couldn't find any recycle friendly bins anywhere. I was ecstatic when I saw one at the airport.
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Friday, March 18, 2011
Vacations Are Exhuasting
I have been in Arizona all of 24 hours and I am exhausted. Don't get me wrong, I have had a great time but I am beat. Drinks, dinner, sun and crazy friends takes it out of you.
My biggest take away lesson from this trip so far: I will never drink to the point were I nod off on a toilet.
My biggest take away lesson from this trip so far: I will never drink to the point were I nod off on a toilet.
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Random Musings...
Who looks for change when they tip someone?
I went to Starbucks this weekend and saw a woman take 50 cents out of a tip jar and then put a dollar in. Are you f**king serious? note to the woman who did this:
1. You live in La Jolla, something tells me you can part with the full dollar.
2. If you cant afford to give the whole dollar as a tip, don't give anything. It's embarrassing to you and disrespectful to the barista to watch you scour through tip jar looking for two quarters so you can put a dollar in there.
3. Lastly, what the hell are you doing trying to save pennies at a Starbucks? If you're that budget conscious make your coffee at home!
Lastly, I have a recommendation to folks looking for cookware and bakeware. I recently overhauled both with purchases of Giada De Laurentiis' cook and bakeware from Target and they are both great.
The non-stick surfaces are really really easy to clean and the food cooks evenly. The bakeware keeps things warm well after you pull them out of the oven.
The only downside is that the bakeware is heavy, and I mean heavy. These things have the density of a dying sun. On the upside, they look wonderful. Two thumbs up from me.
I went to Starbucks this weekend and saw a woman take 50 cents out of a tip jar and then put a dollar in. Are you f**king serious? note to the woman who did this:
1. You live in La Jolla, something tells me you can part with the full dollar.
2. If you cant afford to give the whole dollar as a tip, don't give anything. It's embarrassing to you and disrespectful to the barista to watch you scour through tip jar looking for two quarters so you can put a dollar in there.
3. Lastly, what the hell are you doing trying to save pennies at a Starbucks? If you're that budget conscious make your coffee at home!
Lastly, I have a recommendation to folks looking for cookware and bakeware. I recently overhauled both with purchases of Giada De Laurentiis' cook and bakeware from Target and they are both great.The non-stick surfaces are really really easy to clean and the food cooks evenly. The bakeware keeps things warm well after you pull them out of the oven.
The only downside is that the bakeware is heavy, and I mean heavy. These things have the density of a dying sun. On the upside, they look wonderful. Two thumbs up from me.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Are You Watching This?
Caught Between Two Generations
People between the ages of 25 and 35, in post-industrial nations anyway, are special in that they have lived in almost two completely different worlds. One before the maturation of the Internet and one after the maturation of the Internet. Since the development of the internet and other technologies, media consumption has become more and more fragmented and specialized to consumer interests. New technologies and new media outlets have altered the way people experience popular culture.
People between the ages of 25 and 35, in post-industrial nations anyway, are special in that they have lived in almost two completely different worlds. One before the maturation of the Internet and one after the maturation of the Internet. Since the development of the internet and other technologies, media consumption has become more and more fragmented and specialized to consumer interests. New technologies and new media outlets have altered the way people experience popular culture.
We don’t have 72 channels anymore, we have 700. We don’t have to watch those shows when they air, we can record them and watch them later. We don’t have to listen to the radio, we can plug in your iPod and listen to our music library or listen to a podcast whenever we please. In the past there were less choices. Less channels, less radio options, no DVR, no podcasts and the Internet still in infancy.
The lack of choices, in a way, unified generations because they were forced into consuming the same pop culture/media and that was what they would have to talk about. For example, as an undergrad if I didn’t watch Conan O’Brien on a Wednesday night there wasn’t a way for me to see the show later on. I had to stay up late so that I knew what happened on Conan so that me and my friend Amber could talk about it over lunch the next day. Now I can watch Conan whenever I want online. That is great for me and my sleep schedule (but not for Conan’s ratings as he unfortunately learned last year). While I appreciate the option to watch when I want, I feel that this hurts my viewing experience.
The lack of choices, in a way, unified generations because they were forced into consuming the same pop culture/media and that was what they would have to talk about. For example, as an undergrad if I didn’t watch Conan O’Brien on a Wednesday night there wasn’t a way for me to see the show later on. I had to stay up late so that I knew what happened on Conan so that me and my friend Amber could talk about it over lunch the next day. Now I can watch Conan whenever I want online. That is great for me and my sleep schedule (but not for Conan’s ratings as he unfortunately learned last year). While I appreciate the option to watch when I want, I feel that this hurts my viewing experience.
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