Days of our Lives*
Ah, my last summer before I dive head first into the real world. I figure my parents and friends will just give up on me if I go back and do any more schooling, and they're right of course, 19 years spent in a classroom should just about do it...
Anyway, that's why I'm taking it easy this summer.
Yesterday? I read a book. I just sat and read an entire book in the sun. I highly recommend you find the time to do the same, at least once this summer. Though movies are a great escape, there's nothing like getting lost in your own imagination for a few hours. I figure when I worked at a law firm (shudder) I was stuck in a world of monotony all day for an entire summer... the least I can do is counter-balance that with some inspiration. My all time favorite summer reading books are The Great Gatsby, The Invisible Man, and Einstein's Dreams... I read Memoirs of a Geisha yesterday which was also wonderful (I've never seen the movie and hear the book is quite different!)
Anyway, one issue I'm having this summer in my lazy purist of inspiration is what to wear. A while back I wrote about some great reversible tees... but that can get tricky when you do laundry as infrequently as I do. I sat thinking about this predicament the other day, and about "days of the week underwear" (I told you, I have a lot of free time)- and thought "wouldn't it be great if someone made t-shirts like that!?" One quick google search later and viola! Leave it to those clever Aussie's to come up with Monday to Friday, a cute set of 7 colorful tees that take the guess work out of laziness. I was so exited! Look for me wandering around Jamaica Plain in one of these colorful shirts soon (hint: I'll be the girl in the Wednesday shirt on a Friday... the only downfall to these great tees is you actually have to be aware of what day of the week it is!)
Also thanks to Design Spotter the fantastic blog that featured these shirts!
Time Killer- I
nsight Builder
Since I know a lot of you are at work, I thought I'd share a fun little time killer from personaldna.com.
I have to say taking the test was quite fun and my results were surprisingly accurate! (I even learned something new)
Developed by a team of PHD psychologists from New York University, PersonalDNA differs from other personality tests in its use of fun and intuitive graphical responses to questions rather than yes/no or whole number numerical ratings. The innovative response mechanisms allow for nuanced, and thus more honest answers; honest answers yield a more accurate personality assessment. While strictly anecdotal at this point, tens of thousands of people who have “discovered” the test since the site went “live” are saying that PersonalDNA is “the most accurate personality test” they’ve ever taken.
The Nerd in Me...
So as you may know from reading this site, I love Bay Area Hip Hop... especially underground stuff like Zion I, but in general I just love the vibe out there. Hyphy, the Bay Area sound that looked to take off in 2004, in large part due to artists like Federation and E-40, has new life in 06' with E-40's new album My Ghetto Report Card.
The thing with Hyphy and other regional music is it comes with its own set of slang... back in 04' when this movement was picking up, there was talk about copyrighting these terms.
There are actually quite a few cases in this area... for instance in Boone v. Jackson, Copy. L. Rep. (CCH) P29,045 some girl actually sued Fabolous over the use of the term "Holla Back" (she lost)... and in 1997, Juvenile was sued by "D.J. Jubilee" over the use of "back that ass up."
394 F.3d 357 (1997) (Jubilee lost that one too).
Though generic terms like "back that ass up" certainly don't deserve protection (can you imagine the oral arguments in this case!)... creators of the more creative terms like... Flambostulatin' (Acting overly ostentatious)... just may have a point.
Come on, if Michael Buffer can trademark the phrase "Let's Get Ready to Rrrrrrrrrumble," E-40 should be allowed the rights to "Flambostulatin." I'm just saying...
* No... I haven't resorted to Soap Operas yet... although I do wonder what Tabitha is up to these days...
