A friend just sent me this video. Kinda scary, really funny and quotable.
Archive for November, 2007
why i love nashville
Nashville is really a great town. Not too big, not too small, just right, Goldielocks said. I have lived in suburban Nashville for 2 years now and have not run out of things to do or people to meet. So I asked myself, “Self, why do you like Nashville so much?” Here are some of my conclusions. Please feel free to add your own because I’d love to know!
1) Nashville is a town that actually has character. “It’s not just another cookie cutter” town. It’s Music freaking City, people! People from all over the world know about it for country music, even though countless numbers of locals say they hate country music. You can walk downtown and see tons of honkey tonks and small local music venues with no-name, up-and-coming, and well-known artists performing and immediately know it’s Nashville. We’re so lucky to have all kinds of local music shows about 15 minutes away at any given time.
2) I can go to a restaurant or Starbucks and see someone famous and I don’t know that they’re famous. I just say, “Oh, they’re definitely in a band” and go on with my day. I don’t normally see star-struck fans who run up to someone famous and bow down and ask for an autograph. For the most part, they’re treated like normal people and just want to blend in. Also, so many of us are connected to at least someone workin’ it in the music industry. Am I right?
3) Once I figured out the interstates and the main roads around town, the city became much smaller and managable.
4) There are so many good cities to travel to from Nashville that are just hours away. Basically, it’s not like we’re confined to just a small area on one coast or another and have to travel 15+ hours to go anywhere cool.
5) The weather. All 4 seasons can be experienced. Also, so many places around here are just pretty…perfectly manicured property that sometimes just makes me sick.
6) There are so many good places to eat and hang out! I won’t even begin to name them because I am sure I will leave plenty out.
7) My church community is rockin’.
8 ) I’m close enough to a lot of my family to home during some weekends and not have to hop on a plane anytime I want to see them. I enjoy still being able to go celebrate family birthdays, holidays, and playing with my dog and cat back home. 
The Nashville Scene runs a yearly “You’re So Nashville If…” contest. Of course I don’t agree with or understand them all, you can check out the latest list here.
wanted: eastern europe ideas
I am leaning toward traveling around some of Eastern Europe within the next year. Talk right now is to go to Vienna, Prague, Budapest, and maybe somewhere in Slovakia. … If you’ve been there, let me know and give me some tips about what to do/see/eat, where to get the best deals on tickets and such… you know, stuff like that. 
a day of awkwardness
So this morning I’ve already witnessed two random acts.
First, my whole team at work had to stand up in front of the company this morning as our leaders told the company what it is the web team actually does. We all walked up to the front of the room together… all except one. As our team leader was beginning the presentation to the company, the lone guy stands up and decides to walk across the whole meeting room and in front of the team. My thoughts as I saw this happen in slow motion: “Oh no… don’t walk in front of everyone… noooo… DON’T do it… <cringe> oh no, you just did it. Do you realize that everyone out there is laughing and thinking ‘awkward’?!” Other people were thinking the same things and wondering who the guy was since many people don’t work directly with him. How do I know this? Because people have already told me. It really wasn’t a “bad” thing and he’s a nice guy, but it was just a complete awkward moment for us all.
Awkward moment 2: I am like most everyone my age in the fact that I have converted to using a digital camera. Gone are the days of using disposable cameras, right? Not so much. This morning a couple came to my office, and I was asked to take a picture of them and a team with their handy-dandy disposable camera. It’s been a long time since I’ve even held a disposable camera. So that’s my excuse for not remembering to press the button on the front for the flash. When I took a picture and the flash didn’t go off, the kind gentleman came over and explained to me how to work the disposable camera. I was like, “Ok, got it,” and the picture was taken successfully.
There was only one woman in that picture I took. It hit me as we were all prepping for the picture that guys don’t really care about pictures. There were no “Does my hair look okay? Do I have anything in my teeth? Smile!” comments. They didn’t even seem to care that I said a quick 1-2-3-<click>. After the picture, it was kind of an awkward silence, no “Yay! We’re so cute! Let me see the picture! Send me the picture!” I’m so accustomed to saying that stuff now that I think it’s completely awkward to just stand around and look at each other after a picture has been taken. Is that really the norm, though?
It’s not even noon yet, and awkwardness is in abundance today. Should be a good day.
