I love Jesus, but I drink a little...

Gladys is my hero:

Nom, Nom, Nom..

Loved this:

The amaziness that is microblogging

I <3 Twitter and not just because I can stalk people (I stalk you, you know that right?) but because it's ingenious. Okay, well, maybe it's not ingenious yet because they aren't making any money, but when they do (and as long as they stay cool and don't suck) they will be ingenious.

It's my goal in life to convince everyone of the wonderousness of Twitter, and that's proving difficult (cough, David, cough). I find that if the person is not a true-twitter-believer, they make fun of me (and call me a stalker, which is the truth, remember)

I love the microblogging idea and how businesses can use it to their advantage. For example, two cool things happened to me in Twitter-world this week:

Scenario #1

bekahdecker (that's me): ppl are dumb. we sent marketing surveys out to customers. Q: how did you hear about us? Customer Answ: i bought a hot tub from you. DUH

Suddenly- I received a reply from someone I am not following and do not know:

brandingexpert: "Brands lead, not follow" Your questionnaire should be written to be indiot-proofed! :D

I cooed at the great use of microblogging and checked out the guy's site. It's lame. He seems lame, but I guess he's not that lame if he's figured out how to use Twitter to help his business.
Then... he re-wrote for me how I should've worded my survey:

brandingexpert: "Before purchasing from us, how did you hear about us?" I know, it's dumb. But necessary.

Thanks, weird guy. You did one thing right- you were relevant to me and what I was twitting about. Your site just kinda sucks. Tweet

Scenario #2

bekahdecker: too much hookah last night, can't fully breathe. whoops

5 seconds later I get an email alert telling me that hookahd is now following me on twitter. They're a small online hookah/accessories store. That connection was awesome. Of course, I'm not a big enough hookah-head to follow a hookah co. on Twitter, but if I was, I'd be ALL over that!

It's been a good 2 days with me and Twitter!

Plus, they have the CUTEST birds! Tweet Tweet!

Love Story

I don't think anyone will deny that I have pretty damn good music taste. I mean, hello, I like Evanescence (haha- a little inside joke between myself and the 3 people I told about the joke. Ps I don't love them, in case you didn't catch the sarcasm)

Anyway, I have a weakness, and that is young, blonde, hot country-pop singers. (This currently includes Carrie, Taylor and occasionally that Pickler girl) I even have a playlist on imeem called "I love Twsift." I do, I really do. 

I love Tswift with all my heart. Don't judge me.  If you do, I don't care. While I'm mentioning things people besides Nikki & Kelly might make fun of me for, I also <3 Paramore and WILL be bffs with Hayley Williams some day. Just you wait. She will laugh so hard at one of my comments on her livejournal and ask to be my bff. 

"and my daddy said stay away from JULIET...."

XXX

Happy 30th Birthday to one of my bestest friends in the entire universe:

Nicole Marie Antonucci Weidner

I realized while making this collage that we need 

more pictures together when we're not consuming

adult beverages

I love you Coley Poley!

xo

I can't wait for this compliation. Like I'm gonna pee my pants in anticipation

The only reason I posted this (besides being really excited about the project) is because we couldn't get this widget working on the hubby's blog. And he needed a place to send all the fans, ya know?

Anyway... This compilation is gonna kick ass. Read about it here and listen to 3 great songs on the amazing widget!
xo

The Piano

Stole this from the hubby's blog because it's incredible:

Goosies for Obama

I have goosebumps

I've encouraged another blogger

Yes world, David J. Decker is blogging! and I'm so happy that he is b/c he has so many wonderful things to say:)

Find him at SacredandProfane and learn about film, music and art via his little humorous, sarcastic writings. (Okay, so the first post isn't so humorous, but he's gonna lighten up, promise!)

xoxo

http://sacredandprofane.wordpress.com

iFart

Wow, I know, 2 posts in one day, but I just HAD to post this vid:




Now I want an iPhone even more just so I can use this on Josh all the time.
(PS: I found this on JourneytoFamily)

New Year's resolution check-in

Hey all, (whoa moon- I'm having a hard time not writing an entry that doesn't sound like a letter- also.. i just called you moon- HA!)

Anyway... just wanted to give you a little update on how the New Year's resolutions are coming along (Take a peek at what they were, if you forgot)

• I'm doing okay on my pilates vid ressie.. I've been off it for a few days, and gained a pound or two at the wedding this weekend, but I'm back ON IT this week!
• I got a new blog follower today- PTL! Shout out to Seamstress with a Penis and right back at ya- (i didn't know you had etsy- FUN!) Haven't decided if I'm moving over to wordpress. Blogger is so clean and simple- yet wordpress is so much better and I love the stats. What do you bloggers use to track stats? I don't really like how google analytics works with it... Any good tips out there?
  
• Haven't had time to find a new hobby b/c the Twi-hobby is taking up SO much time!
• I believe we'll have our very first post this week on artmusicfilm, D's blog! yay! Update: new blog name: SacredandProfane
  

Okay- quick update, but at least it was an update.

Bummer about the Eagles, huh? (Who am I kidding, I don't really care) I did lose a "bet" though. Not saying what I bet, but I am not happy about it!

Shout out to Mrs. Natalie Cardi, my beautiful cousin who tied the knot yesterday! Pictures to come soon!
xo

If you don't give a damn, we don't give a f*ck

Ryan sent us a great article on hipsters today from Adbusters.

Then I started googling images of hipsters and had fun:

Ryan thought it was ironic that (to quote) Adbusters is the epitome of hipster culture and yet bashes hipsterdom.

It's true. Being a 'hipster' has become such a trendy thing when the whole original idea was to be against trends. Hmmm....

All I know is I got a new mantra out of the article (see blog title)

Happy Fri Fri & wedding day tomorrow to Natalie xo

Image courtesy of the Great LA Nikki!

Can't stop listening to..

A Record Year For Rainfall - The Decemberists

Rachael went to Spain

I know, I know. I'm not giving this blog the attention she deserves. Sorry, sorry. I will start again soon.
This is a quick note to let you know that my sister Rachael is safely in Alicante, Spain for the semester and she is blogging here: Rachael Goes to Spain

Love you, Rachy! Have a great semester!

Flapping away

I have a friend named Mike Allebach who is an amazing photographer.  He does weddings mostly, but one of these days the girls and I are all going to put on the ol' wedding dresses and have a big fun shoot with him. I'm not sure if he knows he's doing this, but he will and he will love it. :)

Anyway, he was doing a 20's flapper shoot and asked me to join since I have 20's-ish hair.  I did and I had fun.  I hate hate hate pictures of myself, so I'm only posting one (I actually like it and I love the lighting)

We did the shoot in this old mansion in the city- it was so great! I didn't know townhouses could be that HUGE!  The other girls were super nice, but let's just say the only thing in common we had was that we were all in the same building and Mike was taking pictures of us.  (For example, I do not like horror films or stripping (in public) or having balloons popped on me or dating men older than my dad...)

Anyway, it was a fun day (plus I ran into an old friend from high school- Marion Evans- RANDOM!) and I'm glad Mike asked me! 

To see the rest of the shoot go here.

Introducing our 2009 Anthem

I hang out with a musical crowd.  Richie plays the trumpet, Ryan likes to go buck-wild on the cornet and Lar really goes crazy when you get a keytar in her hands. Actually, none of that is true but it was fun to make it up.

What I mean by a "musical crowd" is that we love music- we like to listen to it loudly, bang our heads and, of course, dance to it. There are certain songs that have really bonded us.

2006's anthem was "Hummingbird" by Wilco. Kel and I sealed that deal by singing it karaoke-style at Leanne's house. Then we did an encore performance at my wedding.

But I think it all really started on NYE 2006. We were in Philly, at this crowded club where we had to wait in line for 45 min+ for drinks. Man Man was performing and we somehow made it through the crowd and sorta close to the stage. In fact I think I ended up dancing on ledge of one of the columns holding up the ceiling and Lar was dancing on a trash can. We counted down to midnight, I kissed David and then planted one on Ben Wheeler (for the first time since I was two) and then Rebellion (Lies) comes on by Arcade Fire. Ah! I still remember the moment. It's one of those defining moments in your life. That was the anthem of 2007.  I still dance on a chair everytime I hear that song.

I feel dumb but I can't remember our anthem for 2008. I remember some of them anthems, but not the big one that defined the year for us. (Some= Katy Perry, "I kissed a girl" (although I am not over that song yet) & Black Kids "I'm not gonna teach your boyfriend how to dance") Help, anyone? Whoops..

So it's a new year.. and 2009 needed an anthem.  It's 20 seconds to midnight and we remember Ryan Enoch isn't with us- and we rely on him to pick our tunes. David Decker to the rescue! Introducing our anthem of 2009. No, it's not new. Yes, it's in an ipod commercial, and yes, sirius/xmu DOES overplay it, but it's our anthem, so shut up and enjoy!

Bruises - Chairlift

P.S. My personal anthem of 2005 was "Transatlanticism" by Death Cab because of this.

P.P.S. thought I'd complete the "DEWs" band picture I painted above (DEWs to be explained in a future "Meet my Friends") and include Nicole: She plays the bongos.. and doesn't even need an instrument :)