Cool, new stuff I discovered this year

Even if the past year was at times a bit lonesome (because there was a mass exodus of our friends leaving Chicago for other places), it didn't stop me from trying a few new things like zipping around on a Segway, scoring a blogging position for a national publication, and eating with my hands. Also, I discovered some cool, new stuff! Well, don't get carried away... these are all things everyone but me already knew about. Finding things out after everyone else is my kinda my specialty. :P

Okay, let's take a look at the year in review...

- I discovered Pandora!
Yea, I know, shame on me, really. It's a wonder I even know what Facebook is. I didn't know about this internet radio website until May when I heard the coolest music selection playing from a co-worker's desk while she got prettied up to go out to happy hour. 

"What playlist is this?! Can I have it?" I shouted out (while shaking my booty in my head).
"It's Pandora!" she yelled back in a blasé voice from the bathroom.
"Who's Pandora? This girl is so cooool. We have like the same exact taste in music!!!"

That's when she explained about Pandora internet radio. And since then, I've discovered so much music and new artists. At work, I would tuck in my earphones and blast Pandora all day long as a means to block out colleagues annoyances. At home, lately, I play my Pandora stations every day to entertain Baby Max (and myself) during feedings and whatnot.

Really, if you don't know about Pandora, then you're just not cool.

- I discovered Entourage!
I'll just go ahead and put it out there that I'm like 720 days late on this one. While we don't usually feel like we're missing out on anything by not subscribing to cable, ENTOURAGE IS SOOOO FREAKING RIDIC! In a very good, cool way, of course. It almost makes me wish we had cable all this time just so I could have been watching this show regularly! The Fella and I got hooked on this series when the CW started playing reruns at 11pm every night. And then they took it away, replacing their nighttime lineup recently! How dare they.

What's so cool about finding out about a show after everyone else is that you have EIGHT seasons to catch up on... I've got many long winter nights ahead...

p dot s- Vince Chase is kinda a heartthrob. #JustSayin.

- I discovered The Fugitive!
How did I not know about this classic movie?? First of all, it's set in Chicago! Second of all, it has Harrison Ford in it! I actually stayed awake for the whole thing when The Fella was watching it on tv today. For those that know me, I do NOT stay awake through any movie. EVER. That just goes to show how good The Fugitive is. 

Also, it turns out there is a whole world out there of awesome classic movies from the 80s when I lived in a bubble!!!

- I discovered UrbanDictionary.com!
Yea, I actually looked up "Like a G6" because I had no idea what that song was referring to until now. I'm sure this website has been around for like ever, but I just found out about this when I realized most of the time I had no idea what the interns at work were talking about and one time an intern said with disdain to me, "Like, don't you know about UrbanDictionary.com??" Now I can at least communicate with 21 year olds and pretend I'm young, urban, and cool.   

Here's hoping for a happy new year, new beginnings, and discovering lots of cool, new stuff in 2012!

{ Baby Max, Day 2, all pictures courtesy of Annie }