30 Day Blog Challenge - Day '15'

Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.

Well there are a lot of things I don't leave my house without, but they're all standard and boring: wallet, cell phone, keys, etc. So I'll list something fun: my 3DS!

Seriously, you never know when you're going to get a Street Pass tag, and your steps count toward Play Coins. New update rolls out tonight, so now I'll get internet, weeeeee!

30 Day Blog Challenge - Day '14'

Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.

Wow, well, another easy one. In case you haven't been paying attention...

As Steven puts it, I have an 'unhealthy obsession'. I suppose that's true, but there are worse things to be obsessed with. Heroine, for instance.

People always ask my why I'm so in love with this show, and honestly that's a little hard to answer. I guess to put it simply, the show's just completely impossible. Weebly wobbly timey-wimey, if you will. Every episode is a new stretch of the imagination, with interesting creatures and plot lines. You've got a brilliant madman with a blue box as your main character, running around saving entire planets and even the whole universe on a consistent basis.

And not to mention, inspring. Of course it's all fiction, but some episodes take place hundreds of thousands of years in the future, with humanity spread across the cosmos - surviving, adapting and exploring every inch of the universe. That's just too cool to think about - what's out there, how we'll respond as a race when we find it, and to think that even after the Earth burns up, our ancestors will still be spread out amongst the stars.

Anyway, it's a fantastic show and if you're not watching it, you should.

30 Day Blog Challenge - Day '13'

Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?

Is this really a question? I mean, I like a lot of musicians and 'favorite' artists change quite a lot. But there is one...one artist who I never tire of, whose songs I hardly skip when my song library is on random...

Yes ladies and germs, "Weird Al" Yankovic. Hands down, may favorite artist of all time. I mean, he's brilliant! I saw him in concert last year at the California State Fair & it was absolutely incredible. It's always enjoyable to go to concerts where you can tell that there is nothing else the artist would rather be doing, but Weird Al takes it to an all new level - elaborate costume changes, audience participation & of course Al TV.

Anyway, "Weird Al" Yankovic is a musical genius, and my favorite artist of all time. Plus, he's got a new album coming out on June 21st! Weeeeeeeeee!

30 Day Blog Challenge - Day '12'

Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.

I currently reside in Sacramento, California and it is awesome. Our apartment is in midtown, which is the 'hip' neighborhood. I love that almost everything is within walking distance, and that we can decide to go out to dinner without a destination in mind. In fact, here's a picture of our complex!

It's got a very nice pool, and if the weather ever warms up, I'm excited to use it!

I also love that we're only 1.5 hours from the mountains and 1.5 hours from San Francisco - tons of fun isn't far away at all! I also love the dry heat, after growing up in Florida, it's very nice to not deal with humidity.

Yikes..

So I guess I'm failing miserably at this 30 Day Blog Challenge, huh? I have good reasons, I swear! Last week, I was in San Diego for the Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting (they chose one of our robots as a resource to promote the badge, so I was there promoting it - read about it here if you like) and then after flying back from San Diego, I made the drive down to Santa Monica for a bachelorette weekend.

Meg, Kim & I at the Santa Monica Pier!

As you may or may not know, Steven's brother is getting married in July. So since the boys went for brewery tours up & down the coast - we decided to hit up SoCal for some fun, sun & shopping. It was a pretty enjoyable weekend!

So, now that you've heard my excuses, let's see if we can pick this 30 Day Blog Challenge up again, shall we? Instead of cramming a week's worth into one post, let's just pick up from our hiatus on the day we left off...

Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?

Erm, well, this is a little awkward as I don't keep a makeup bag. I'm a 'slap some Bare Essentials mineral powder & blush on in the morning and call it a day' kind of gal. I do carry some Burt's Bees & put that on if my lips are particularly chapped, but that's about it. 

To be perfectly honest, I'm not really sure of the proper way to put on eye makeup. Never really looked into it...

30 Day Blog Challenge - Days 09 & 10

Due to my ah-mazing day at Maker Faire yesterday, I kinda dropped the ball on the blog challenge. But never fear, I'll make up for it today!

Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.

Well, that would be a cute new dress from eBay! I finally won an auction and utilized one of my birthday presents. It's from Anthropologie, and I like it because it's simple & has a racerback!

Day 10 – A photo of your favorite place to eat.

Oof. Now this is tricky. I guess I would have to say The Fox & Goose Public House. Their brunch is simply TDF & the Bloody Mary's are super-fantastic. I'm partial to the eggs benedict with tempeh strips and Welsh rarebit cheese sause. Mmmmmmm....

Anyway, I'll be traveling to San Diego tomorrow for work, so chances are I'll drop the ball again. I'll do my best though!

30 Day Blog Challenge - Day 08

Day 8 – A song to match your mood.

As I'm sure you have heard, the rapture is supposed to happen tonight at six. This really cuts into my weekend plans of attending the Unofficial Propeller Expo at Parallax today and Maker Faire tomorrow. I'm really very excited about these events, so while the end might be coming, I'm still in an upbeat mood.

So, very appropriately, the song to match my mood is: "It's the End of the World as We Know It" by R.E.M. Enjoy.