all i want for christmas

I have a wacky obsession with phone cases. Maybe it's because, as the owner of an iPhone 4, there are so many cool choices. For instance, today I purchased (online, so it'll take a while to come *sad face) a Transformers Bumblebee case :)

I also discovered 20 more cases that I'd like. I'm broke though.. so this is now officially my Christmas wish list (the first case especially):

http://mashable.com/2012/04/18/retro-iphone-covers/#594311-Vintage-Typewriter

If you have an iPhone 4 and a love for the ridiculous, you may decide to make this your Christmas wish list too. They're all pretty inexpensive, so that's a bonus. ;)

That's today's discovery. Well, that, and Siri. I've finally been enlightened as to who she is and what she can do and I gotta say, I now understand what all the fuss is about. I'm a little disappointed I didn't wait to get the iPhone 4S. Yeah, I said it. But it's too late now. And it's not like I'm about to spend a bunch of cash I don't have on the iPhone 5. So me and Siri will just have to daydream about what could've been...

form 17

Day 3 of Plan: "Blog Everyday and Maybe Change the World Doing It"... Actually, that name is too long... and also probably too impossible. Let's just called it Plan: Indiana... after Indiana Jones, my favorite treasure hunter.

Anyway, as I was saying, Day 3 of Plan: Indiana is off to a good start. Three days, three blogs. Things are looking up.

Today's treasure came in the form of homework evasion (procrastinating is what I do best). 'Twas a dark and stormy night (that's code for slightly cloudy day.. just cloudy enough for me to enjoy the indoors more than the outdoors) when I was on my computer, staring at the two questions I need to answer before midnight tonight. As much as I actually had answers for said questions (which is quite the miracle), I didn't feel like answering them just yet. So I went to a website called vimeo.com - it's a website kinda like youtube.

I'd heard of vimeo before, and have even seen some videos through it, but it was only yesterday that I overheard my brother praising their homepage. It came as news to me the vimeo home page is full of short films and other such goodies, so I thought I'd take a gander for myself.

Sure enough, the very first video I watched was phenomenal. At least, I thought so. What do you think?

https://vimeo.com/48853502

(It's less than ten minutes long and it's hilarious, yet heart-warming. You won't regret this! Also, from this point on in my post, I'll be assuming you've watched it, so you might as well humor me...)

Awesome, right? I've only recently discovered the world of short films, but it is such a cool corner of the film industry.

Well, I've shared today's discovery with you and I've still got that homework waiting for me, so I'm gonna blow this pop stand... or pizza delivery car *wink!* (again, watch the video)

Until tomorrow!

the wwii movie

I've had quite a long day, so today's discovery is a little one. A classmate of mine found this comic and I though it was quite.. comical :)

(click image to enlarge)

It's funny 'cause it's true! Haha!

shaken, not stirred

I recently watched the movie “Julie&Julia” and realized I had a little too much in common with the main character, Julie Powell. I’m at the point in my life where I would definitely benefit from a few short term goals, and I think I could use some accountability too.

At twenty-four, I’m still in school and technically unemployed for the first time since my pre-pubescent years. I know what I want to be ‘when I grow up’ – a writer/actor/teacher…

Or maybe a yoga instructor/Starbucks barista...

You know those flighty, off-the-wall, flying-by-the-seat-of-their-pants characters in tv shows and movies? I’m slowly discovering that I might be one of them. Hence the need for a couple of short term goals.

BUT I’ve tried this blogging thing before. Twice. Unfortunately, both times (though the second time took a little longer than the first) it spiraled into a total ‘me-fest’. And nobody likes to read those. “I think this, I did that, I need ‘so-and-so’—I mean, ‘such-in-such,’ I- I- I…”

I digress.

As much as I need to get unstuck from my current life-rut, I want to do it in a way that doesn't just benefit me.

So I’ve decided to become a treasure hunter (yeah, like Indiana Jones, Lara Croft, Brendan Fraser’s character in ‘The Mummy’..). And, more importantly, I’d like to share my booty with you. ;) Adventure is my middle name, and I'm convinced that incredible new discoveries are always just around the corner, so, if you’ll let me, I’d like to bring you along for the ride.

The goal: blog every day (crap, that’s a frightening goal) – but not about me. About my discoveries (or adventures) and hopefully inspire you to make some of your own.

The goal behind the goal: Live intentionally. Seek adventures. Make discoveries. Shake thing up. Get uncomfortable. And DON’T waste another day pretending it doesn’t have the potential to be amazing.

 

So what do you say? Care to join me?