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MY NEW FAVORITE BLOG. Why am I landlocked? Why?</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l6ad78vLUd1qbg25fo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://sealust.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;sealust&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;MY NEW FAVORITE BLOG. Why am I landlocked? Why?&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/875229502</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/875229502</guid><pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:46:20 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Dearest Jaime,
I work here. My official title is ‘social...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l68s8l0noM1qzvvypo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Dearest &lt;a href="http://jaimepage.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Jaime&lt;/a&gt;,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I work &lt;a href="http://www.mmgworldwide.com/" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;. My official title is ‘social media and analytics coordinator.’ My job has two parts:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;ol&gt;
&lt;li&gt;One week a month, I compile Google Analytics reports for all of our clients who…request them. Sometimes this is as easy as pulling eight little PDFs and combining the files. Sometimes the client has 900thousand goals set and their reports are a billionty pages. Sometimes I get to talk to the clients about their websites. That doesn’t happen that often.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;li&gt;The rest of my time is spent in social media. This can be as little as checking a client’s Facebook page once a day to make sure they aren’t totally messing up. This can be as much as developing messaging and editorial calendars. Sometimes I do a little research to figure out what the next big ‘thing’ is going to be. Sometimes I watch Old Spice videos because the guy is hot. Sometimes I get to be really creative and develop contests and all that jazz.&lt;/li&gt;
&lt;/ol&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Do I miss the non-profit world? Yes. Having clients-plural versus working for one company is something I’m getting used to and I REALLY miss things like developing programming and planning events. But there’s way less, uh, BS I have to wade through right now. And my manager is AWESOME. And I do love my job.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So there’s that.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/868279741</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/868279741</guid><pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 19:33:57 -0500</pubDate><category>jobs</category><category>work</category><category>social media</category><category>google analytics</category></item><item><title>Not that I’m particularly a fan of Great White. They did...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="254"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kktIIGisy0Q&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kktIIGisy0Q&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="254" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Not that I’m particularly a fan of Great White. They did have that tragic show at The Station where a bunch of fans died because of a fire in the venue and it spawned an EXCELLENT Law and Order Episode (wow, don’t mind me. I sound like a jerk). But….&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;NEXT WEEK IS SHARK WEEK!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you don’t know me by now, you will never ever ever know that I’m a huge fan of sharks.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;So in celebration of next week (which will hopefully be better than last year’s Shark Week that was just a repeat of 2008’s shark week—-LAZY!), here’s today’s song of the day: Great White — “Rock Me.”&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/863853653</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/863853653</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 20:53:10 -0500</pubDate><category>song of the day</category><category>1987</category><category>fire</category><category>sharks</category><category>great white</category><category>rock me</category><category>law &amp;amp; order</category></item><item><title>thedailywhat:

World Map of the Day: “My Scratch Map” from IWOOT...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5zkkhSyM41qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/847559924/world-map-of-the-day-my-scratch-map-from-iwoot" target="_blank"&gt;thedailywhat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;World Map of the Day:&lt;/strong&gt; “&lt;a href="http://www.iwantoneofthose.com/my-scratch-map/index.html" target="_blank"&gt;My Scratch Map&lt;/a&gt;” from IWOOT is perfect for world travelers looking to mark their territory. Been both here &lt;em&gt;and&lt;/em&gt; there? Scratch it off, and you may just win yourself a lifetime supply of expanded horizons.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://design-milk.com/my-scratch-map/" target="_blank"&gt;designmilk&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Too bad I’ll probably never leave the country. I wish there was one for the US. I love this thing.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/847903985</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/847903985</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 22:35:46 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Not that I don’t love my job but I just looked at pictures of technicians cleaning birds...</title><description>Not that I don’t love my job but I just looked at pictures of technicians cleaning birds...</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/846959251</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/846959251</guid><pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 18:00:00 -0500</pubDate><category>birds</category><category>cleaning</category><category>Gulf</category></item><item><title>Today’s song is “Headache” by Frank Black. I...</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="326"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/TpGD1ZATcuA&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/TpGD1ZATcuA&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today’s song is “Headache” by Frank Black. I have been feeling gross for a few days and woke up today with the worst non-migraine headache I’ve ever had. So. Not my favorite Frank Black song but, um, it’s on topic.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/837390879</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/837390879</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:14:00 -0500</pubDate><category>song of the day</category><category>Frank Black</category><category>Headaches</category><category>illness</category></item><item><title>(via homesweetspaces)
I have a few friends with the magnetized...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5v3pphDcf1qctyvzo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;(via &lt;a href="http://homesweetspaces.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;homesweetspaces&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have a few friends with the magnetized knife holders and I think they are cute, but they make me way nervous.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/837365773</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/837365773</guid><pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:05:47 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>thedailywhat:

Infographic of the Day: “A History Of The Beatles...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5tuwhQkbI1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/834111647/infographic-of-the-day-a-history-of-the-beatles" target="_blank"&gt;thedailywhat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Infographic of the Day: &lt;/strong&gt;“&lt;a href="http://mozzarellapoppy.deviantart.com/#/d2uc6pw" target="_blank"&gt;A History Of The Beatles As Told By Their Hair&lt;/a&gt;” by deviantARTist &lt;a href="http://mozzarellapoppy.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"&gt;mozzarellapoppy&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;RIP John &amp; George.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://mozzarellapoppy.deviantart.com/" target="_blank"&gt;deviantart&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/834147508</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/834147508</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:46:22 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I said yesterday that I was not a big fan of covers....</title><description>&lt;object width="400" height="326"&gt;&lt;param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZilC3ldN84&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="wmode" value="transparent"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"&gt;&lt;/param&gt;&lt;embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0ZilC3ldN84&amp;rel=0&amp;egm=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="326" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;/object&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I said yesterday that I was not a big fan of covers. That’s a lie. Plus I remembered thoroughly enjoying &lt;a href="http://faintlyamused.tumblr.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Meghan&lt;/a&gt;’s covers show on KJHK a few years ago, which was an excellently themed show.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Today’s song of the day is one of my favorite covers. The song is Nouvelle Vague’s “In a Manner of Speaking” from 2004. Most people know by now that they’re a French group who covered punk and new wave music. I love the original by Tuxedomoon (&lt;a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2xs8NauMNk&amp;feature=related" target="_blank"&gt;video here&lt;/a&gt;) but this cover is gorgeous and probably one of my most favorite songs. Ever.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/832328192</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/832328192</guid><pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 10:30:00 -0500</pubDate><category>song of the day</category><category>Nouvelle Vague</category><category>2004</category><category>covers</category><category>Tuxedomoon</category></item><item><title>Today’s song of the day is Kid Cudi - Pursuit of...</title><description>&lt;embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://hellolaura.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/828172078/tumblr_l5psk1D2g51qzvvyp&amp;color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"&gt;&lt;/embed&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Today’s song of the day is Kid Cudi - Pursuit of Happiness. It’s very summery to me, in that I feel like everything in summer is a little slow and drunk from the heat. Also, I like Ratatat. Yes, I do. I’m posting it today because I keep seeing people hype a cover of this song by some chick. Eh. Not a fan of covers (except Guns n’ Roses - Knocking on Heaven’s door). Anyway, enjoy!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/828172078</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/828172078</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:00:00 -0500</pubDate><category>Song of the day</category><category>Kid Cudi</category><category>Pursuit of Happiness</category><category>2010</category></item><item><title>Song of the day #2: Spring Awakening Cast - Tony Performance Medley</title><description>Today’s song of the day is brought to you by a text I received from my friend Emily...</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/823849100</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/823849100</guid><pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 09:33:00 -0500</pubDate><category>song of the day</category><category>tonys</category><category>glee</category><category>degrassi</category><category>spring awakening</category><category>2007</category><category>musicals</category></item><item><title>thedailywhat:

Obligatory of the Day: Shrewd move inviting Keanu...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5nwg6kJhD1qzlt9qo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/820433290/obligatory-of-the-day-shrewd-move-inviting-keanu" target="_blank"&gt;thedailywhat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Obligatory of the Day: &lt;/strong&gt;Shrewd move inviting Keanu to your press conference, Apple. He has a knack for making everything else seem less sad by comparison.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://aaronbenson.tumblr.com/post/820165403/sad-sad-sad" target="_blank"&gt;aaronbenson&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Awww.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/820780167</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/820780167</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 16:04:01 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Song of the day #1: Radiohead - Talk Show Host</title><description>I keep finding myself wanting to blog and wanting to blog and plotting my blog entries out and then,...</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/813599377</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/813599377</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:45:00 -0500</pubDate><category>1996</category><category>1997</category><category>Radiohead</category><category>Romeo and Juliet</category><category>Talk Show Host</category><category>Song of the Day</category></item><item><title>jaimepage:

hellaposer:

Balancing dog balances all over NY....</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l5i6y4C1Oy1qz99y7o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://jaimepage.tumblr.com/post/812324836" target="_blank"&gt;jaimepage&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://hellaposer.com/post/806892998/balancing-dog-balances-all-over-ny-awesome" target="_blank"&gt;hellaposer&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/29311691@N05/sets/72157618013787624/" target="_blank"&gt;Balancing dog balances all over NY&lt;/a&gt;. Awesome.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;someday!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This is a dream.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/812709197</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/812709197</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 18:22:18 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>STOP IT WITH THE BAD NEWS!</title><description>My mom just called to say that my grandpa had a heart attack (he’s alive). I hate to sound...</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/808828710</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/808828710</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 20:34:00 -0500</pubDate><category>wah</category><category>baby</category><category>complaints</category></item><item><title>ilovecharts:

Click through for the interactive Eat Seasonably...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4w4v00Qxs1qa0uujo1_500.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://ilovecharts.tumblr.com/post/785760363/click-through-for-the-interactive-eat-seasonably" target="_blank"&gt;ilovecharts&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Click through for the interactive Eat Seasonably Calendar.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/786315182</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/786315182</guid><pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:49:19 -0500</pubDate><category>locavore</category><category>submission</category></item><item><title>Obligatory NSFW cat picture</title><description>&lt;img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l54bomFfH21qzvvypo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Obligatory NSFW cat picture&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/775383172</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/775383172</guid><pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 23:12:27 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>kristenfromkansas:

thedailywhat:

iPad Decal of the Day: The...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4xv64UUB31qzpwi0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://kristenfromkansas.tumblr.com/post/762261467/thedailywhat-ipad-decal-of-the-day-the-giving" target="_blank"&gt;kristenfromkansas&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://thedailywh.at/post/762121375/ipad-decal-of-the-day-the-giving-tree-ipad-decal" target="_blank"&gt;thedailywhat&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;iPad Decal of the Day:&lt;/strong&gt; The Giving Tree iPad decal, inspired by Shel Silverstein’s classic children’s title. This is all well and good, but &lt;em&gt;where the hell can I get one. &lt;/em&gt;[&lt;a href="http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/giving-tree-ipad-decal-02-07-2010/" target="_blank"&gt;geekygadgets&lt;/a&gt;.]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt; i don’t have an ipad, but if i did, i would NEED this.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This actually makes me want an iPad.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/762338752</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/762338752</guid><pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 13:12:14 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>jeffisageek:

popartinferno:

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
[via]

th...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l4srl0hTwS1qziulwo1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://geekpr0n.net/post/753889394/popartinferno-noooooooooooooooooooooooo" target="_blank"&gt;jeffisageek&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://popartinferno.tumblr.com/post/751221004/noooooooooooooooooooooooo-via" target="_blank"&gt;popartinferno&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;[&lt;a href="http://thereifixedit.com/2010/06/29/white-trash-repairs-foul-demon-created-this/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+ThereIFixedIt+%28There%2C+I+Fixed+It.%29" target="_blank"&gt;via&lt;/a&gt;]&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;that is awesome!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This makes me want to end my life. Quickly.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/754697549</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/754697549</guid><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 14:25:48 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Meatballs or GTFO?</title><description>I finally went to Arthur Bryant’s. Don’t hate, I know that I grew up here and why the...</description><link>http://hellolaura.com/post/748162943</link><guid>http://hellolaura.com/post/748162943</guid><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:53:00 -0500</pubDate><category>SpaghettiOs</category><category>Intervention</category><category>Meatballs</category><category>census sweat</category><category>Arthur Bryants</category></item></channel></rss>
