Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty has always been my favorite campaign and Ogilvy in Australia just released its newest installment. Potentially negative ads on the side of Facebook are replaced with positive ones created by Dove. Check out Business Insider’s article about this project.

I just adore Dove’s commercials that address the unattainable goals and expectations pop culture places on women in our society.

Happy Earth Day! Here’s a shout out to this wimpy tree I planted with my dad 15 years ago. It has come near death many a time, but somehow is alive and kicking — despite its lack of branches throughout the whole middle of the tree…

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTELY AMAZING/AWESOME/CRAZY ADVERTISEMENT.

textsfromhillaryclinton:

Source: Joey deVilla/Global Nerdy

Original image by Diana Walker for Time.

Google,

Thank you for paying tribute to Eadweard J. Muybridge today, the man also known as the father of motion picture. Muybridge, who was born 182 years ago today, invented the early version of a slide projector called the Zoopraxiscope. He used 24 different cameras to discover that, in fact, all four legs of a horse leave the ground during a run. Innovative guy, awesome Google logo.

(Source: google.com)

inothernews:

Mike Wallace, the CBS reporter who became one of the nation’s best-known broadcast journalists as an interrogator of the famous and infamous on “60 Minutes,” died on Saturday. He was 93. A reporter with the presence of a performer, Mr. Wallace went head to head with chiefs of state, celebrities and con artists for more than 50 years, telling the New York Times that he lived for the moment when “you forget the lights, the cameras, everything else, and you’re really talking to each other.”  (Photo: Bebeto Mathews / AP via the Times)

I won’t call it a career highlight — because the circumstances were so awful, so tragic, and so historic — but I’ll never forget the first and only time I answered my cell phone and found myself talking to Mike Wallace.

Not a producer; not an assistant.  Mike Wallace.  A journalist, always.

Rest in peace, sir.

Tigers demolish the Red Sox, 10-0. It was a beautiful thing to watch.

Plus, our seats were excellent. Being front row of the Tiger Den right behind Detroit’s dugout got us big padded wooden chairs, in-seat service, access to the the Tiger Den and Tiger Lounge … and most importantly an AWESOME view of the game.

A special shout out to the best friend/best friend’s parents that got us the tickets.

Meet Levi Bentley Cuddlekins Sullenger, our nine-month-old puppy we’ve had for a little over a month now.

Before living the spoiled and fabulous life at the Sullenger palace, Levi Bentley Cuddlekins was a stray that roamed the rough streets of Columbus, Ohio. After being taken by animal control, he was scheduled to be killed. He was rescued only 15 minutes before they planned to euthanize him. The rest is history.

Levi Bentley Cuddlekins has traded his life on the street for a more relaxed one of living with six crazy people. His hobbies include eating my tennis shoes, eating my flats, eating my boots, eating my wedges, eating my gloves, eating my hats, eating my pillow pet and occasionally eating his poop (We’re working on that last one…). He also enjoys walks at the park, swatting people in the face with his giant paws and sleeping belly-up on my lap like an infant.

So there you have it. My dog/horse has mad street cred.

FOR YOUR ENTERTAINMENT: Laugh, look away, be mortified, look back, get confused and have nightmares.

(Source: youtube)

BRILLIANT COMMERCIAL.

Reasons why? Here’s my top 10:

1. Nike takes their own twist on the common practice of using indie/alternative songs to heighten interest. With their own catchy tune, the number of online searches for Nike will sky-rocket.

2. The severe contrast of her running environment vs. his. In her Nike Free’s, she is running alone on a clean, beautiful beach and through green landscaping. He is running through the dirty, packed streets.

3. The difference between Nike Free’s and any other running shoe is “night and day.” (She’s in daylight, he’s running in darkness — obviously)

4. I have NEVER had one commercial take up virtually an entire commercial break. If if I wasn’t interested in the ad in the first place, I still would have watched just to see what happened. It’s all about breaking out the monotony of the average commercial.

5. Her outfit was GRAND.

6. I assume Wieden + Kennedy was behind this. I admire the long, successful relationship between their agency and Nike. Not only that, but all of W+K’s work is so intriguing.

7. PASTELS PASTELS PASTELS. What a great color palette. Pinks, Purples, MINT, yellows … need I say more?

8. Nike girl has the magic ability to a) Not sweat, b) eat ice cream, run & not vomit and c) smile and sing. He unfortunately fails in every way.

9. The brand of Nike Running is unbelievably clear and strong throughout the whole commercial. Even if you had missed the beginning or only caught a few seconds of it, Nike made sure you knew it was about them. There weren’t cluttered messages, other brands featured, irrelevant images, etc. The two words I took away were Nike and Running.

10. Subtle humor was used appropriately. It wasn’t overly cheesy, but it wasn’t completely boring and serious. Good balance.

Bonus Reason: THOSE SHOES ARE BEAUTIFUL. I NEED THEM NOW. After watching that commercial, all I can think about is returning my new New Balance shoes and getting a pair of Nike Free 3+. AGAIN, THOSE SHOES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

(Source: nikerunning.com)

There are … interesting? … different? … funny? … offensive?

I’m really not quite sure yet.

Well, it’s over. Today is the series finale of One Tree Hill. Nine seasons of my life have been spent in Tree Hill and what a great place it is. Granted, seasons seven and eight weren’t the best, but that doesn’t change my love for the stories that were told on that show. Sidenote: If I could be any actress, I would choose Sophia Bush.

“At this moment there are 6,470,818,671 people in the world. Some are running scared. Some are coming home. Some tell lies to make it through the day. Others are just now facing the truth. Some are evil men, at war with good. And some are good, struggling with evil. Six billion people in the world, six billion souls. And sometimes… all you need is one.” 

— Payton Sawyer

clientsfromhell:

Client: Hello, can I speak to your Managing Director?

Me: I am the Managing Director. Can I help?

Client: No, I want to speak to the person in charge.

Me: I am in charge. Can I help?

Client: Haha, a woman? I doubt it. 

He hangs up