Blue Monday

Nate and I ran the 8 mile Brookline loop this morning. My legs felt fine, but I was sleepy for the first half of the run or so. It was definitely one of those mornings when I really didn't want to get out of bed. I just ordered a pair of shoes to run (race?) the marathon in. I had a lot of trouble finding the DS Racer VIs, so I went with the Asics Hyper Speeds instead. I hope they;re supportive enough... I think they will be. (I didn't get the newest DS Racer, becuase they're basically heinous looking....).

So, here's the completed To-Do List from last week. Nate and I had killer weeks.... if we make a new one tonight I'll post it.
And, finally, I thought I'd write a little about Google Video. Especially people lip-sync-ing to songs on their webcams. There are a bunch out there, but these two groups definitely take the cake. The Back Dorm Boys are pretty awesome. They do "I Want it That Way" by the Backstreet Boys. I really like two things about the video. First, both guys are wearing Yao Ming jerseys, and there's some totally random dude sitting still in the background the whole time....

The second group, which might even be better, is Pomme & Kelly. They're two 15 year old girls from Holland, and their website www.pommekelly.com gets 11,000 hit a day. Insane. There's something truly captivating about their videos... my roomates and I are basically incapable of pulling ourselves away from the computer screen once someone starts playing one. Favorites of mine include "Respect" (Bromka's Foavorite), "Caught Up", "Becuase I Got High" (Skip's favorite*)and "Ka-Ching". Please watch all of these vidoes. I promise you won't be disappointed.

These things have gotten so popular, that it's actually spawned a website www.googleidol.com which I think is pretty amazing.

*Please notice at 40 seconds into the video when the guy says "Goto the next one, go to the next one, and Kelly jumps up in the air in sync with the bird noise ("Bah-caawwww"). I almost fell out of my chair laughing the first time I saw this....