In the last month: April

by Amy on April 30, 2013

I've been collecting video interviews for the big big blogging ecourse I'm working on

I’ve been collecting video interviews for the big big blogging ecourse I’m working on

Watched

Read

Listened to

  • Lots (and lots) of marketing resources. I am on a roll and am SO inspired
  • Stuff You Should Know and Stuff You Missed in History Class podcasts
  • all caught up on the last few months of Here’s The Thing podcast – LOVED the Brian Williams episode and the Patti Lupone episode

Discovered

  • cats don’t like antibiotics. Shocking.
  • our local farmers market. I mean, obviously I didn’t *discover* it, but I went for the first time.
  • roasting a chicken is the easiest thing ever. Also, discovered the perfect blend of spices for grilling chicken.

Wrote

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In the last month: March

by Amy on March 31, 2013

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As you read this I’m in the middle of a 5-day weekend (!!). A couple weekends ago we were doing this (photo above). Andrew was weeding and I was sitting in the backyard with my laptop.

God bless technology.

God bless SoCal.

Also in March ….

watched:

read:

reminder: You can always follow the books I’m reading and see my ratings here at Goodreads

listened to:

  • my To Sing playlist. I miss performing, but at least I can belt it out on my way to work.
  • Bring It On the Musical – I just LOVE Lin-Manuel Miranda. I will buy the soundtracks to all his shows.
  • New original songs from Smash – I’ve listened to this song (Broadway Here I Come) about 900x in the last month. I love Jeremy Jordan Plus the subtext of the song is about being BRAVE, so how can I help it.
  • WTF episodes including Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Michael Keaton and others
  • Some SYSK episodes including one about fecal transplants which I have heard about on 2 other podcasts in the last year. Turns out science is fascinating.

discovered:

  • Apparently I really am a grown-up. I got all kinds of grown-up stuff done this month. Like adding Andrew to my AAA account and opening an IRA.
  • Skype. Awesome. Tried it for real this month.
  • Premise – I bought it a few months ago and finally tried it out. LOVE IT. Full review coming.

wrote:

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What have you done this month?

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In the last month: February

by Amy on February 28, 2013

watched

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listened to

discovered

  • Vine app. I like the vintage-y feel of these short videos. I suspect mine will mostly be of cats. Khaleesi fetching, for example.

wrote

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In the last month: December

by Amy on December 31, 2012

My nephew Joey and me. He’s almost 7 months old in this picture

watched

read

listened to

  • Andrew’s mixes. A LOT. He has had a ton of freelance clients recently, so he spends hours mixing from home with his headphones on and then listens to the mostly finished mixes on the stereo
  • CHRISTMAS MUSIC! Mariah Carey’s 1994 album is still so good. And Harry Connick, Jr. Always. And John Denver and the Muppets.

discovered

  • You can’t claim to be an Alan Rickman fan without seeing Die Hard. I was scolded by a coworker.
  • Die Hard is apparently a must-see. After reading Wired for Story (the movie was used 2x as an example), the movie came up again with a coworker. And then he forced the DVD upon me. And then a twitter friend pointed out it’s kind of a Christmas movie. It’s like it was meant to be.
  • again how amazing gingerbread cookies can be. One of my coworkers brought in some homemade ones that were FANTASTIC
  • I love pop-music-Christmas album’s. Mariah Carey’s and Cee-Lo’s … I wish Michael Jackson had recorded a Christmas album!

wrote

What have you been doing this month?

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In the last month: November

by Amy on November 30, 2012

 

My brother in orange, Andrew and I at Miranda’s wedding in the beginning of the month. Still gorgeous weather in AZ in November (photo by my mother)

watched

(we’re on a little movie break after watching SO MANY scary movies in October)

read

listened to

  • finally listened to some music this month with 2 road trips to Phoenix! Just the iPod on shuffle. Between the 2 of us we have 11,000+ eclectic mix of songs.
  • started a little bit of Christmas music – we got Cee-Lo Green’s new Christmas album

discovered

  • exactly how much of a cat person I am – missing our girls on our 2 weekends away
  • exactly how time consuming it is to set up a new computer
  • (rediscovered) the magic of mint M&Ms! They’re out for Christmas. I try not to eat an entire bag in one sitting.
  • more details of my friend Miranda’s love story. It’s amazing y’all
  • not everyone is detail oriented. Ugh.
  • love. Or, you know, hung out for our anniversary.
  • it’s apparently strange that my voting place is in someone’s garage. That was always the case for my parents when I was growing up, so I didn’t realize it’s not normal!
  • a new project that I love that is time-comsuming. Because I need more of those (she said with a messy messy house).
  • exactly how creative my brother is. He is studying creative writing in at Colorado University Boulder. This month he had me read/critique a short story and told me about his novella. Cah-razy, y’all. Sci-fi/fantasy/quantum physics kinda.

wrote

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In the last month: October

by Amy on October 31, 2012

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No less than 10 separate people have told us Andrew looks like Jason Sudeikis in the last few months

watched

read

listened to

  • new music on the iPod. Andrew updated our joint iPod with more of his music.
  • 2 new writing podcasts. Haven’t decided if I like them yet or not.
  • all of After the Jump‘s (the Design*Sponge podcast) archives. Listened to 12 or so episodes. Decided it’s not my thing.

discovered

  • The Nerdist podcast. Technically I’ve heard OF it before, but their Tom Hanks episode recently was what made me decide to check it out
  • Fang can, in fact, be snuggly. Totally unprecedented. And adorable.
  • My computer is shot. News on this to come.
  • I also need a new set of Harry Potter paperback books. My current copies are well-loved and have chunks of pages falling out

wrote

As you can see we watch a lot of scary movies in October. Only scary movies. And we don’t watch scary movies any other time of the year, so it’s like a binge. We would have watched far more except we had guests one weekend and Andrew went out of town another weekend.

What have you been up to?

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In the last month: September

by Amy on September 30, 2012

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My pal Joey

watched

read

listened to

  • I should be writing podcast. I don’t love it yet. But I don’t hate it either.
  • Writing Excuses podcast. I love it. I need it to be longer and more often, because with as much as I drive I can listen to an entire month’s worth of archives in a single day.

discovered

wrote

QUESTIONS:

What blogs are you loving right now that I should take a look at?

Does anyone have any other writing-specific podcasts to recommend?

What did you do in September?

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In the last month: August

by Amy on August 31, 2012

numerous takes to try to get one good short video

 

watched

read

listened to

  • This American Life – I love that show. I really feel like it’s becoming an institution and there will soon be books written about its effect (like Sesame Street)
  • Also all caught up with Here’s The Thing. LOVED the Billy Joel episode and the Robert Lustig episode
  • Newsies Broadway Musical soundtrack – with Andrew. He loves it almost as much as I do

discovered

  • The difference between Effect and Affect. I mean, I always knew there was a difference but couldn’t remember which was which. I got it now, don’t worry.
  • A WHOLE bunch of babies! My nephew is now 3 months old! Met my friends identical twin boys (about 3.5 months), met my other friends 7-week old girl, went to a gender reveal party for another friend due in January, my cousin JUST had their baby a couple weeks ago and another friend is due ANY DAY! Babies EVERYWHERE! (33 sec mark)
  • Suburban Sweetheart – I need to take the time to write down my stories like this. I always get compliments when I take the time, but I so rarely do it.
  • Ken Jennings on Twitter and fictional account Paul Ryan Gosling (disclaimer: everything I know about Paul Ryan is from this twitter account. So, not much. But it’s pretty funny :)   )
  • My video camera remote – but currently can’t find the charger. So that’s useful.

wrote

What did you do this month?

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In the last month: July

by Amy on July 31, 2012

the kittens were not really into it

watched

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listened to

discovered

wrote

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In the last month: June

by Amy on June 29, 2012

(thank you Justine for taking this photo!)

watched

read

listened to

  • more WTF with Marc Maron
  • getting caught up with the last few months of How Stuff Works podcast
  • Dancin’ and Romancin’ in the 50s and 60s (an old Readers’ Digest tape set)
  • kittens tumbling and playing upstairs

discovered

  • Advice to Writers – daily quotes on writing from writers
  • Instagram – OK, I’ve had it on my phone for months, but I JUST started using it for real. You can follow me @amytschubert

wrote

 

What did you do in June?

 

 

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