new blog

i may post stuff here occasionally, but my new blog is over at Tumblr!

Check it out!

http://rosiesiman.tumblr.com

I like Tumblr better because
- you can upload from your mobile phone (text, pictures, or even video)
- you can upload content through AIM
- it's easier to share websites, pictures, and videos through Tumblr
- Tumblr and Vimeo have paired up, and Vimeo is the shit

Also...
I love the Re-blog button

roadie hero

i love guitar hero and rockband. this cracked me up.

a whole new voice

small fry

today my roommate got this in the mail from her mom.

IV

Bad Gifts

here is the bad gift emporium, where one man's bad gift is another man's bad gift (in a good kind of way).


and yes, there is even an angel atop a hamburger...

Via Bad Gift Emporium

adventures in procrastination

This doesn't just mention webcomics; it links to major publishers that have posted issues on the web, from Dark Horse to Image to Marvel to Oni.

i'm official

so i still feel inadequate with regards to business cards (i can't justify having one yet...)

but now, i'm a teaching assistant for a new media class!!

iPod = death

171 Starbucks In A Day

Mark Malkoff (comedian/filmmaker) decided to visit every starbucks in manhattan within a single day.

landon pigg

landon pigg went to CPA in Nashville and i think it's fair to say that both my best friend and i had huge crushes on him. we followed him relentlessly to every nashville show he played.... but at college, i kind-of lost track of him, until i saw this ad and thought it sounded like him. alas, here is landon pigg.


Play Landon Piggs Can't Let Go

listen to "falling in love at a coffee shop" -- you may have actually seen this ad it was in (a jewelry company hehe)

new years resolutions

living intentionally in 2008

- travel (lots)
- fall in love/ quit being afraid to fall in love/ quit hiding behind old loves
- exercise more
- walk chloe everyday (see above)
- be spontaneous
- listen to new music (& find bands I love)
- drink less coffee
- make new friends
- have more self-confidence
- save money (really)
- lose weight (really, really)
- go (move) to NYC
- admit my mistakes
- read more
- catch up with old friends
- go back to OA
- graduate!!
- impress my parents
- quit living my life for others (see above, ha!)
- food not bombs/ be more of an activist
- reduce consumption
- give lots of shit away (clean-up/can't take most of it to NYC, anyway)
- visit old friends, MacLean especially
- QUIT IT WITH THE REGRETS

is technology enough?

the infamous pop song

this is ryan-- he and i have the same hair


i had a request, even though the video is available on youtube ; )

savin' up to quit my job

Change is good. So if you’re at the point at work where another paper cut might just lead to slitting your wrists, then maybe it is time to start saving up to quit your job. Imagine…if you skip just one double espresso latte Monday through Friday for a month, you’d probably have enough money saved to hire someone to write your resume.

$9 via Spoon Sisters

how to break up

i <3 allison weiss

allison weiss is on tour-- if you are in nyc, join me at one of her shows!

12/17: 4P - The Port Authority (part of Tunes in the Tunnel)

12/18: 11P - Arlene's Grocery

long distance

i'm in the airport-- going to nyc today and i'm literally counting down the seconds

my friend works at Vimeo which is a video-sharing site similar to YouTube, but you have to create your own content. i recently re-discovered Jake And Amir and HAVE to share. literally the funniest thing ever...

here's my favorite : ) (and perfectly suited for a plane trip...)

Long Distance from Amir on Vimeo.

become a fan on facebook

here are their favorites

txt

80% of all text messages are sent by 13 to 29 year olds. Over 66 billion text messages have been sent in the first half of 2007.

did AOL actually do something funny??

Via AdRants

you, too, can shit gold

if you know someone who has too much money, and wants their crap to glitter (literally), this gold pill is for them. the instructions? digest & consume.

apparently it increases your self worth as well ; )

$425 from Ju$t Another Rich Kid

i hate the grammy's, but...

Tim was nominated for 4!!!!

Best Male Country Vocal Performance
• If You're Reading This; Tim McGraw; Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records]


Best Country Collaboration With Vocals
• I Need You; Tim McGraw & Faith Hill; Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records]


Best Country Song
• I Need You; Tony Lane & David Lee, songwriters (Tim McGraw & Faith Hill); Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records; Publishers: Careers-BMG Music Publishing/Nervous Worm Music/Famous Music/Ed And Lucille)

• If You're Reading This; Tim McGraw, Brad Warren & Brett Warren, songwriters (Tim McGraw); Track from: Let It Go
[Curb Records; Publishers: Bucky And Clyde Music, Stylesonic Music]


Best Country Album
• Let It Go; Tim McGraw
[Curb Records]

portable turntable

if only it looked more old-school.
Via TURNTABLE LAB

a (not so) happily ever after

since when did disney think that a line of "fairy-tale inspired" wedding dresses was a good idea?

apparently this one is supposed to be inspired by the little mermaid:

yikes....
(Ariel is so much hotter)

the deets

looks like a couple things got left out of the article from the star tribune...

thanks to ed kohler for covering the story on his blog, the deets.

target coverage

more coverage from the target rounders stuff:

Thanks to my PR Research teacher, Dr. Sweetser, a bunch of people got wind of the Target Rounders stuff and covered it. I recently did two interviews-- One for an AP writer, and another for a Minneapolis newspaper writer, so we'll see what becomes of that!

Here is the post by Dr. Sweetser. Here are my original posts about Target Rounders: Target & Target Update

AdRants covered it!!! (I'm literally obsessed with AdRants and AdGabber)
Get Mad! Target and Drillteam's Ethics Lapse Much Worse Than a Faux Pas
Vaspers the Grate: Corporate Use of Social Media
Parents For Ethical Marketing
The Double Standard: Does Target Get a Social Media Pass?
(same post, new comments)
Andy Sernovitz's Damn, I Wish I Thought of That (<-- This is actually really cool because I accused Target of not abiding by the Word of Mouth Marketing Association Code of Ethics and A. Sernovitz actually wrote the original code of ethics!)
Dutch Evans
Target Hit with Flak About Its Facebook Marketing
Ignite Social Media: Target's "Off Target" Social Media

Have you written anything about this? Do you know of any other blogs that are writing about it? I'd love to hear... Comment, or e-mail me: rosiesiman[at]gmail.com

iconoclasps

Via PureModern

you don't know what you don't know

my new obession

chuck palahniuk

i recently finished Choke and passed it on to a friend. i loved Lullaby and Fight Club. anyone wanna lend me Survivor or Stranger Than Fiction??

midomi

http://www.midomi.com/

sing, whistle, or hum a couple notes of a song and midomi can "name that tune".

it's only in the beta version, and i didn't have a microphone to test it out, but it seems to good to be true. anyone tried it?

virtual jam!!!1

my friend Allison Weiss and I are hosting a Virtual Jam in Second Life. she'll be playing along with another awesome band, Blue Flashing Light as part of a project with the and the music business program at UGA.

see the press release i wrote, published on Grady's homepage.

come join us!

a weak dollar

...means more expensive imports.

according to the Washington Post, the price of cocaine has risen 44% (exception: in NYC, it has risen 50%)

luke bryan + dallas davidson

dallas and luke came to talk to the UGA music business class thursday. i met them at a BMI party i was asked to speak at so i decided to sit in on the class.


dallas wrote 'honky tonk badonkadonk' in addition to songs recorded by tim, chris cagle, josh gracin, rhett akins, and keith anderson.


luke wrote 'good directions' which billy currington recorded, and recently released "we rode in trucks" as a single.

they played some new stuff for us and i was pretty impressed.