High Heel Initiative

I want to be one of those girls who wears heels...regularly. The problem is I do not, and they hurt my feet. Inspired by Kate's awesome style, my increasingly great shoe collection and my friends wedding where after 10 minutes wearing a 2" heel I wanted to die and my feet hurt for 2 days after, I have decided to make a change. I read this article 2 days after the wedding about heel hangovers and one of the tips they gave was to wear medium heels regularly (about 5 days a week) and after a day of the super high ones wear flats. I thought I could try and do this. So the High Heel Initiative was born! Last Wednesday, however was the fiorst time I actually followed through and wore heels to work. Since then I have only worn flats 2 days! Oh, the best part is so far my feet have only hurt once, and it was just a little! I have also gotten tons of compliments on the shoes, some that I have had since college and never worn to work...or anywhere in the last few years. My new shoes are working out great too, most are pretty comfortable and they look good. If I keep this up I hope that not only will my posture and style improve, but that by Christmas time I can whip out my sweet Christmas shoes for parties and not keep asking to leave early due to the pain below the ankles.

It will be hard to keep this in D.C. next week...maybe I will only pack heels? No, that sounds like bad idea. Are there any new initiatives you are trying? Let me know, especially if it has a fantastic code name.

Now Hear This

So I read this today and Jennie and I have a lot in common. Maybe not in the job department but in the music department. I too get a lot of joy from introducing people to new music that they love, I have a passion for listening to music, loved making mix tapes (which I still do, except on CD not tapes) and basically everything else she wrote. Although I do have to say that I hit the 10,000 song mark a few years ago...not that I am bragging...ok, maybe a little. I thought I might be the only person out there like me but I am not...maybe me and Jennie can be friends. We'll see what she recommends over the next few weeks first.

I will leave you with a version of "Pumped Up Kicks" they have been playing on SiriusXM for the past month or so that I really like:

Also check this one out :)

Music Monday: Finders Haul

I keep a  list of CDs I want in my e-mail so I can access it anywhere and if printed would be a few pages long. Once I get some thing I highlight it and then eventually delete it. That list will always be long, very long, but the list of CDs I want NOW is usually much shorter. Like one CD that I cannot get out of my head and maybe one more that comes out soon that I am pumped for and playing out their singles online. This past week that list started to grow to 6 or 7 and I decided it was time to use up all of those credit card rewards I had sitting there and go to Finders. Here is what I got:

Pretty awesome huh? I got to keep adding stuff, and adding stuff, and then with the coupons they are giving out I got to add a few more! Sweet. I haven't had a music haul like this since I left Finders and went CRAZY. (That was much much larger but since then it has been purchasing 1-3 here and there) I got almost every CD on my immediate obsession list and quite a few that have been on the longer list for a few years. The first CD I listened to in the car was Foster the People, and in case you haven't heard them yet, they are great.

On a related note- I left thinking "with all this new music I don't feel tempted to listed to Christmas Music AT ALL. I could probably make it to December!" And then today this showed up in my inbox. Yeah thats right, a preview track for She & Him's Christmas Album. I still like The Letterman's version of this song a lot more but this has not dampened my excitement for this album at all- it just made me want to listen to Letterman's Christmas CD. Aww dang.



New Releases for tomorrow some may be interested in:

• Paul Simon- Songwriter- this is a collection of songs chosen by Paul who has always considered himself a songwriter first, and I would consider him a pretty amazing one at that. AOL creatively put "Sounds like: Simon and Garfunkel" No really?
• Marketa Irglova- Anar- She is the girl from Once and Swell Season. Should be pretty nice.
• William Shatner- Seeking Major Tom- I have no clue what this is but I thought you should know that William Shatner has a CD out called Seeking Major Tom...maybe it will be all Bowie covers? Who knows.
• Ryan Adams Ashes & Fire
• Mayer Hawthorne- How Do You Do- YAY! If this is anything like his last one it is some great, full and fun music...get excited!
• Evanescence- Evanescence

iThankyou

"Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn't matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we've done something wonderful, that's what matters to me." - Steve Jobs

I have always been a fan of Steve Jobs, even before I became a Mac. His passion has always been inspiring...and on occasion has made me cry (see Pixar story).
He will be missed.

PS22=awesome.

So this is how I discovered the students in the PS22 chorus in NYC. They have been doing this for years and are amazing. Mostly due to one amazing music teacher Mr. B. I really want to meet him now...and if we get married and live in NYC so be it ;)

Another thing about the PS22 chorus is that they are one of my favorite things on the Passion Pit CD (they are the kids you hear on 3 songs!) and they have performed many awesome places like the Oscars and are loved by my favorite talk show host who is no longer on T.V.- Bonnie Hunt. (sad I know, I miss her too) Bottom line is these kids are awesome!

alternate version here

More of my faves below the break!

Music Monday...thoughts

Here are my thoughts on music right now: I have no chance to meet my yearly goal of Thanksgiving. I don't think I will be able to last until November...before Christmas music is in regular rotation. She & Him's Christmas album is out Oct 25th (we'll see if that doesn't get pushed up to the 24th...) and also that week Michael Buble's "Christmas" comes out too. Yeah that is what I said...no chance. Oh, and also my whole iPod went on shuffle this week and I got really excited when some Christmas songs started...I skipped them...but that will not last long. The only hope is new music releases non-Christmas to distract me, such as the new Florence and the Machine out November 1st!!

New Releases for tomorrow:

• Feist- Metals
• Indigo Girls- Beauty Queen Sister
• Jack's Mannequin- People & Things
• Mutemath- Odd Soul
• Joshua Radin- The Rock and the Tide Acoustic Session

p.s. Check out this track by Vampire Weekend's Rostam: Wood (Here's hoping a full album is in the works!)

p.s.s. I may have already preordered the red vinyl of She & Him's album...with the mittens. But no, I did not preorder the CD...that way I can buy it sooner...who knows how long their free preorder shipping will take? I know, I am slightly obsessed. (Dang...I might not even make it to October 25th...I wanna listen to The Letterman right now...)