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Some brilliant German company is selling bacon cell phone cases! The whole website is in German, but it still looks delicious!
DaWanda
Bacon iPhone Case Is Most Savory Gadget Protector Yet
Remember, the holidays are upon us.. you know what to do for your favorite blogging bacon lover!
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The inevitable has happened..
Who knew Skybil was skilled enough at Facebook to even create a group? Cyber Cybil Terrorism!
And for the record, my mom was in fact invited the the group. And she actually joined. Where are her allegencies?!
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Still cringing at the thought of the inevitable ‘I’m friends with Dana’s mom’ Facebook group..
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I voted, and you can too!
Still a little upset that I didn’t get an “I Voted” sticker with my absentee ballot. -Sigh-
Remember, vote early, vote often. And vote DP for Dictator!
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Palm trees? Check.
Smog? Check.
Welcome to Los Angeles!
Just went from 30-some degrees to 80+. The Patagonia fleece will no longer be necessary.
And good lucks across to the Eastern Time zone, where The Twin is running the Marine Corp Marathon this weekend!
Run Twin Run!
It’s just like the NYC Half.. only twice.
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Tina Fey meets her match.. Sarah Palin (the real one) on SNL!
Palin also appears on Weekend Update. There’s quite possibly nothing funnier than a very pregnant Amy Pohler doing gangsta rap.
SNL - Weekend Update
all the mavericks in the house put your hands up
all the mavericks in the house put your hands up
all the plumbers in the house pull your pants up
all the plumbers in the house pull your pants up
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I’m a PC! And I’m in Times Square!
My PC spot says ‘I’m a PC.. and I do the Heisman.’ (please note the Heisman trophy behind me)
My PC profile on the Windows page.
Can’t say it was ever a goal to have my face displayed on Times Square, but let’s check that one off the to-do list anyway..
CP: oh.my.god.
CP: i think being in times square is definitely on the path to world domination
CP: so you should just layer it into the plan
CP: we can use that for campaign ads later
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DP: got my absentee ballot yesterday
DP: vote for me!!
CP: since i vote in MD i might write you in
CP: because i think obama is pretty safe there
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As usual, it started as an innocent g-chat conversation.
[on registering to vote, the election in general, etc.]
Skybil: HUMPH!
DP: although voting in virginia is almost just as futile [as Georgia]
DP: and completely useless in mass
Skybil: Virginia is supposedly close
DP: HA
DP: they said that last election
DP: and it so wasn’t!
DP: i don’t think it’s ever been blue in the history of its existence
Skybil: You never know
DP: if VA goes blue, i am coming down and buying you u-fries
Later..
Skybil: Obama has a lead in Virginia
Skybil: I will be enjoying those U Fries!
DP: HA
Skybil: 51 to 39 percent
DP: holy crap. that’s a lot
Skybil: Uh huh
DP: i wonder if my absentee ballot counts for more
Skybil: They throw those out
Also, I live with a nark. You’re not supposed to defend Skybil.. not unless you want the cyber terrorism directed towards you instead..
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Basking in the glory of my grass-roots accomplishment:
Hell HAS frozen over! How quickly the Kimberdoodle caved. Now what do we do with all those inappropriate pictures we posted on her ‘get kim on facebook’ group?
QOTD: “See, I forgot about all these people who hate me.” - Kim, on joining Facebook
Also, a little disturbed that Skybil friended Kim before Kim friended me..
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Recently yours truly has been dubbed a ‘Cyber Terrorist’ by roommate Kim, Skybil should be happy to know she’s not the only one who has to deal with my antics (re: Clippy). Kim is the victim in my latest stunt.
To give some background, Kim is the LAST PERSON ON EARTH to yet to join facebook. Concerned classmates rally together in a moment of solidarity and procrastination.
Rather than reading any cases prior to class, we started a grassroots/viral campaign.
As future managers and CEOs, the officer section of the group is critical (as you can tell).
We even have infiltration at Dartmouth and the city of Atlanta. You would think Skybil would be more appreciative that it wasn’t her as the target terror-ee:
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Skybil
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 7:45 PM
Subject: Please join Facebook (a request from a stranger and future Facebook friend!)
To: kim
Cc: Dana
Dear Kim L ish, I don’t know you, but please join facebook. In this way we can join forces against the evil Dana P rey! I also left this email on your facebook group page, but figured you’d prolly miss that.
Your ally against Dana,
Skybil
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Dana
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 8:37 PM
Subject: Re: Please join Facebook (a request from a stranger and future Facebook friend!)
To: Skybil
Cc: kim
dearest skybil,
kim wanted to know ‘is cybil the one that you clippy’d?’
why, YES. yes indeed.
love,
deeps (& clippy)
———- Forwarded message ———-
From: Skybil
Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:23 PM
Subject: Re: Please join Facebook (a request from a stranger and future Facebook friend!)
To: Dana
Cc: kim
HUMPH! Why yes I am. Hey Dana, look over there … BACON!!!
(OK KIM, NOW THAT SHE’S LOOKING FOR BACON, THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE NEED TO JOIN FORCES!!!!)
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Tina Fey (UVA alum) as Sarah Palin.. absolutely nails it!
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Don’t call me chicken legs anymore! After demonstrating Hulk-like strengths doing squats at the gym, I’m now referred to as ‘Quadzilla’.
Lance Armstrong’s comeback.. possibly dumber than Favre’s.
Email of the day:
From: Skybil
Subject: OK, it’s about time I start abusing your MBA
To: “Dana”
We need to start churning out the iphone applications. I have ideas, I’m just an idiot. This is where you come in. You on board??
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QOTD: “If you ever want to make a training trip out to CO, you’ve got a place to crash anytime (crash as in sleep, not crash as in crash your bike).”
QOTD2: “‘My booty is stale.’ If I had Facebook, that would be my status.” -Kimlicious, in reference to her subpar tasting Pirate Booty snack
Also, I totally want a WALL-E. The twin was right: So happy, yet so heartwrenching.
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Happy Human Race Day!
Ran a 10K this morning with my Nike+ Sportband (unfortch not in NYC to run the official one). Perfect weather in the Bean today.
Now, off to the bike shop and will hopefully be returning with this:
Ridley Damocles
Frame Weight: 1,2 Kg
Brake/shift lever: SRAM Force
Fr derailleur: Force
Rear derailleur: Force
Cassette: Force
Crankset/BB: Force
Brakes Force
Chain: Force
Wheelset: Fulcrum Racing3
Tires: Vredestein Fortezza
Saddle: 4ZA Stratos
Stem: 4ZA C-stem
Handlebar: 4ZA Classic
Seatpost: 4ZA C-Post
Fork: Damocles full carbon monocoque
Oh, and I think I just signed on to the ‘Reach the Beach‘ relay — 200 miles in 24 hours, the longest running relay race in the country, Sept 12-13. Damn law school kids — my future in-house council may not have my best interests in mind.
Update: meet Ridley, the new love of my life.
QOTD:
rebel2524: i was just checking out dpnation
rebel2524: internet stalking is the way of the future
On notice!
rebel2524: for your “on notice” section…i would recommend “fat people in bikinis”. Seriously. There isn’t a woman in the world who doesn’t look at herself in the mirror before leaving. So when you looked, what made you think that 7 extra rolls looked good?
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Last day in the city!
Today’s agenda includes: run along the Hudson (in perfect weather), grand opening of the Nike Sportswear Flagship store in SoHo, NikeTown (need to exchange something, what a great excuse), the happiest of hours, and possibly Wall-E cause I still haven’t seen it. Almost all packed up.. hopefully the GPS won’t forsake me this time.
Back to $10 lunches, the BC shuttle bus and homework (and class in the evenings, no less). On the bright side.. my own bed, in unit laundry, Beacon Hill Athletic Club, and most importantly, being reunited with TiVo.
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Just in time — Nike will be opening a Nike Sportswear Flagship store in SoHo this Friday. Hmm, any guesses whether I’ll be packing for Boston or checking out some new diggs?
Nike Sportswear announced the opening of 21 Mercer Street in New York City’s SoHo. It is the first Nike Sportswear-specific store of its kind. Opening August 22nd, the stand-alone shop will be the only location globally to carry the complete NSW collection and seasonal 21 Mercer products.
QOTD: “it’s so happy. and heart wrenching.” -the twin’s review of wall-E
QOTD2: “those stupid kids wont appreciate that bear like we would!!!” -the twin, on the Washington Nationals giving away stuffed panda bears to kids under 12
More twin:
Belatedly: in honor of Skip Carey.. “Well, we can mourn Skip Caray with this luscious impersonation of his dad by the Braves’ own (for now) Will Ohman.” http://ballhype.com/video/ohman_does_carey/
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Another day, another G-chat war.
And of course, Greg’s interest was piqued.. [from Skybil's Facebook wall]
Via email:
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From: Greg
To: Skybil
Subject: Howdy
PS, Clippy?
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From: Skybil
To: Greg
Subject: Re: Howdy
Dana is tormenting me about her “best office prank ever.” She installed a fake Microsoft ‘clippy’ character on my computer and it would pop up every five seconds to say things like: I see that you have internet explorer on your computer. You can use that to search for things on the Internet.
After about 10 minutes of this, I completely lost my mind!
—–
From: Greg
To: Skybil
Subject: Re: Howdy
That made me laugh so hard I think I’m going to explode.
—–
Yeah, Skybil’s still a little sensitive about the whole Clippy incident. Which has enjoyed a new resurgence of life in the newsroom, as it has been requested out of popular demand today. You can download your own copy here. And btw, it’s much more effective when stealth-installed on some unassuming technology illiterate challenged journalist type’s computer. Like, Skybil.
A sampling of Clippy quotes:
- It appears you are connected to the Internet.
- I see that you have been using your mouse.
- Your computer seems to be turned on.
- Your productivity has been decreasing lately. I hope everything is ok.
- Your posture seems to be degrading, please reposition yourself now.
- Background processing has rated your typing speed to be below normal.
- Would you like me to go away?
- I noticed you have Internet Explorer installed on your system. You can use that to find things on the Internet.
And look, Skybil already has her next Halloween costume in the works:
Long live Clippy!
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Happy Olympics! Who doesn’t LOVE the fact that Ralph Lauren outfitted the athletes for the opening ceremony? (Okay, so that might be just me). HOT.
Prey Family Vacation, a brief history
Wed: delayed two hours getting out of NYC (so what else is new?) Fortunally, not seated next to the WORLDS FATTEST MAN ALIVE this time around. Delta, you are DEAD to me.
Thurs: got lost in a cornfield somewhere in Indiana en route to the lake. At first Garmin was blamed, until we realized that mom typed in the wrong address. Typical.
Fri: Water skiing: 0, DJP: 1. And now the current one miler fun run champ. So fast that they had me recreate my finish to take the proper photos (and I still finished ahead of 2nd place daddy-o).
Possibly a little too tan for my own good, if that’s possible. Face is a little burnt, which is what Skybil must feel like anytime her skin is exposed to sunlight.
Oh, and here’s to hoping that Skybil found Bernie, or that Bernie has found a more attentive pet owner..
Poor Brit:
DP: poor rach, is she okay since tex was traded?
Skybil: She hasn’t been able to talk about it yet
Colberto:
A couple weeks ago we got VIP tix to the Colbert Report. Stephen = God. It was like.. ghetto burgers for the soul. Check out the episode here. Also, check out this hilarious interview with Lucas Conley, a guy on how branding is ruining consumerism. Obviously I went out to buy the book cause it came in such a cool package (which totally defeats the purpose of his book, but oh well)..
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Did you see this number blazing down Manhattan?
Perhaps it was just a blur:
Yes, that’s a 1:38:01 half marathon (13.1 miles) at a 7:28 per mile pace. Almost two minutes faster than I thought I’d go. Which is also elite team qualifying. Booyah!
Times Square
A little rain at the beginning, no biggie. Started strong in the park, didn’t even notice the hills. Sponge station = genius. Running through Times Square = epic. Skipped the gel zone cause they frighten me. At mile 10, swore that I was done with running forever. Held on til the finish. 2nd half marathon ever.. can’t complain. Oh, and don’t knock the white shorts. They rule.
QOTD: “haha. Yes, quitting the sport entirely in the midst of a PR might have been a bit premature 
Awesomeness” -Beth (future in-house council)
After the race, my brother inexplicably wouldn’t give me a hug.
This is about as close as he would get. (Okay, so I was reeeeally sweaty).
Also worth mentioning: The Twin completed the half, with hip and foot intact.
Official race pics have just been posted on brightroom.com. You can search by name.
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Rainn Wilson, aka Dwight K. Schrute from The Office, was at CNN today! The Brit hostilely made me submit an iReport, which quickly became a monster in the newsroom. Behold:
Email from The Brit:
Subject: I don’t see a submission from your Dwight bobblehead yet
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So like the good obedient child that I am, I put together my very first iReport:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-46990
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Next email from The Brit:
The iReport team are complaining that you didn’t send video…
Comments from inside the building, useful suggestion at end.
DW: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-46990
The Brit: I made her send it!
The Brit: and have berated her for it not being video
DW: Thank you, saves me from having to do it.
DW: I’m betting not first time she’s gotten berated for “doesn’t follow directions.”
DW: it’s gotten 56 hits in 14 minutes.
The Brit: really? oh lord, she’ll be insufferable. But 50 of those prob from inside here
DW: i don’t know how the click counts work internally. she didn’t even have her picture in her profile. i’m pretty sure some of our users get additional clicks because of picture they choose
The Brit: it’s her first submission, bless her
DW: i’m just saying. she’s got her logo. i’m estimating that picture of female is good for at least a 10% increase in clicks. more if they’re cute.
–
More, via IM:
The Brit: … But I have created a whole new audience for dpnation …
DP: i just changed my profile pic
The Brit: a man wandering past my cube says “that’ll work”
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And somewhere out of this, I think got hitched:
y++: breaking news!
y++: Deeps is now my gf
Skybil: WOW!!
y++: yes
Skybil: Let me start spreading rumors …
y++: fictional, perhaps, but where’s the line these days
y++: yes yes, she’s my gf
Skybil: True. Lots of relationships are based on fiction!
y++: entirely
Skybil: Indeed
DW comes through on my iReport, clears for on air usage!
DW: “I’ll make an exception and vet this one.”
Q&A between DW and DP (required for iReports used on CNN):
Did you take the picture? — YES and those are my bobbles (Teixiera is a gift from the Brit herself)
What kind of camera did you use? — iPhone, hence why the picture quality is so awful
Where do you live? NYC
What do you do? MBA/online celebrity/bacon enthusiast
Are you over 18? pretty sure, yes.
–
They begin to realize they’ve created a monster:
Skybil: You’ve made Dana insufferable!!
Skybil: I blame you
DW: made?
Skybil: Good point
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Going live in 3.. 2..
The Brit: make sure you watch this thing on dotcom live
The Brit: there may be a surprise for you
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Wes’ brush with fame and 20/20 hindsight:
Wes: OMG OMG I just got to shake dwight schrute’s hand
DP: OOOOOH
Wes: he even talked to me
Wes: bet you’re regretting business school now
Dwight signing T’s [exercise] ball.
See Dwight head to the weather center and do the forecast for CNN. Unsure of what he did to Chad Myers, the regular weather guy.
–
m++’s ultimate plan:
m++: skybil has given me a strategy on how to get you down here
m++: deeps, your hair looks terrible, you need to visit your stylist here
[he may be onto something here..]
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my cycling manager at work:
“Your return to bike racing: http://www.jamestownclassic.org/indexclassic.cfm“
“we should send an email to the BC Cycling listserv — rally the troops … It should probably come from your email as opposed to mine, since I’m just that random law school girl and you’re, well, Dana P rey :)”
(she must be referring to my crash-tacular reputation)
Then again, I think she might just be using me:
“Just got your email to the listserv — a bit of brilliant copy yet again, Ms. MBA. You will be a corporate maverick, and I, as your in-house counsel, will gladly ride your coat tails all the way to the bank… and a new bike… and a new set of race wheels.”
Don’t call it a comeback!
The MLB All-Star game was here in New York this week. The parade was conveniently run down 6th Ave.
Ryne Sandberg (fave player ever), as seen from the office window.
@ Run Club tonight one of the Nike guys offered me a job as a pacer. Because I apparently, have impeccable timing. Spot on pace leading the 800m speedwork! Booya.
From The Twin: “Yesterday was butterstick’s 3rd bday!!! He got a popsicle. YUM.”
[Yes, I'm aware that this is from Butterstick's 1st, not 3rd bday. But he's way more cute here.]
Got tix to the Colbert Report for next week — I hope Stephen puts me on notice.
Having an unseasonably good hair day and nobody is around to appreciate. Sad. The soft curls are for nothing.
10 days til the half marathon..
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