practical. presents.

Happy birthday, Skybil!

What do you get somebody who can already run for office?

Remember that one conversation where we talked about acceptable presents from people? Happy bday, from all your favorite acceptable presents!

The Nation

The Preteen

The Brit

The master

The tree

georgia state of mind

It was only a matter of time.. Georgia parody on Jay-Z’s Empire State of Mind. Makes me want some Waffle House and Coke.

2 Fingers in the air for the A-Town
Got my seersuckers, Sperry’s and a buttondown.

Full lyrics after the jump

u-fries. u-phoria.

Back to the dirty dirty to make good on my bet (oh, and go a wedding).

Warning: videos are basically only funny to those who were actually feasting at U-Joint. It was probably the beer.

Important lessons learnt from the wedding weekend:

1. Don’t wait til the last minute to realize that you still need to buy a wedding present.

2. But neverfear, as long as said couple is not on Twitter, you can still receive sound advice:
- @jaredlombard @dpnation See if they registered on theknot.com?
- @Cybil @dpnation Forget finding out where they are registered, bacon always makes a lovely gift.
[for the record, they were indeed found on theknot.com. And they will be receiving a deep fryer shortly]

3. If you are male, deny deny deny:
- @jaredlombard @dpnation I plead the 5th about knowing about theknot.com.

4. Don’t call it a comeback!
- @uvatexn Excited about the ‘triumphant return’ to #ATL of @dpnation
- @Cybil Mentally preparing for Dana’s atl invasion

5. Make sure you check your receipt prior to driving off in the economy lot.

6. Invite friends to brunch, realize they are all on Twitter! (Except for Mrs. @uvatexn)

7. Attempt to combat friend theft.
- @Namski09 @dpnation You ran away from me, now what am I suppose to do. @Cybil is a last resort! haha! I can’t wait to hang out @Cybil!!!

8. Escape in the nick of time.

dwight. day.

Rainn Wilson, aka Dwight K. Schrute from The Office, was at CNN today! The Brit hostilely made me submit an iReport, which quickly became a monster in the newsroom. Behold:

Email from The Brit:
Subject: I don’t see a submission from your Dwight bobblehead yet

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So like the good obedient child that I am, I put together my very first iReport:
http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-46990

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Next email from The Brit:
The iReport team are complaining that you didn’t send video…

Comments from inside the building, useful suggestion at end.

DW: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-46990
The Brit: I made her send it!
The Brit: and have berated her for it not being video
DW: Thank you, saves me from having to do it.
DW: I’m betting not first time she’s gotten berated for “doesn’t follow directions.”
DW: it’s gotten 56 hits in 14 minutes.
The Brit: really? oh lord, she’ll be insufferable. But 50 of those prob from inside here
DW: i don’t know how the click counts work internally. she didn’t even have her picture in her profile. i’m pretty sure some of our users get additional clicks because of picture they choose
The Brit: it’s her first submission, bless her
DW: i’m just saying. she’s got her logo. i’m estimating that picture of female is good for at least a 10% increase in clicks. more if they’re cute.

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More, via IM:
The Brit: … But I have created a whole new audience for dpnation …
DP: i just changed my profile pic
The Brit: a man wandering past my cube says “that’ll work”

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And somewhere out of this, I think got hitched:
y++: breaking news!
y++: Deeps is now my gf
Skybil: WOW!!
y++: yes
Skybil: Let me start spreading rumors …
y++: fictional, perhaps, but where’s the line these days
y++: yes yes, she’s my gf
Skybil: True. Lots of relationships are based on fiction!
y++: entirely
Skybil: Indeed

DW comes through on my iReport, clears for on air usage!

DW: “I’ll make an exception and vet this one.”

Q&A between DW and DP (required for iReports used on CNN):
Did you take the picture? — YES and those are my bobbles (Teixiera is a gift from the Brit herself)
What kind of camera did you use? — iPhone, hence why the picture quality is so awful
Where do you live? NYC
What do you do? MBA/online celebrity/bacon enthusiast
Are you over 18? pretty sure, yes.

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They begin to realize they’ve created a monster:
Skybil: You’ve made Dana insufferable!!
Skybil: I blame you
DW: made?
Skybil: Good point

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Going live in 3.. 2..
The Brit: make sure you watch this thing on dotcom live
The Brit: there may be a surprise for you

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Wes’ brush with fame and 20/20 hindsight:
Wes: OMG OMG I just got to shake dwight schrute’s hand
DP: OOOOOH
Wes: he even talked to me
Wes: bet you’re regretting business school now

Dwight signing T’s [exercise] ball.

See Dwight head to the weather center and do the forecast for CNN. Unsure of what he did to Chad Myers, the regular weather guy.

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m++’s ultimate plan:
m++: skybil has given me a strategy on how to get you down here
m++: deeps, your hair looks terrible, you need to visit your stylist here
[he may be onto something here..]

bacon. fest.

Baconfest, ING Marathon and Braves home opener all this weekend. And I’m sitting here in 30 degree temps. Life is not fair!

From Skybil:

Look at all the deliciousness pooling in the left hand corner. Baconshot, Wes?

ted’s. tours.

Missed that tornado by a week.. and to think, that used to be my shift at work (and I sat by those windows)

Luckily, we survived at campaign headquarters.

And fortunately for CNN’ers, the Starbucks and Chickfila escaped unscathed.

QOTD:
OHMYGOD
At Paddy’s party last night
And someone walks in with CHIK FILA
PLATTER
OF
NUGGETS
I lost my mind
[skybil.. who else?]

ghetto. fab.

Spring break is in the books. Bacon everyday in ATL.. if you need me, I’ll be recovering from my meat coma.

spring break ATL

“I have yet to stop talking about the Ghetto Burger that changed my life.” -skybil

planning. people.

This is what happens when other people are in charge of making the brunch plans..

By: The Brit
When: Saturday, March 08
Where: Flying Biscuit*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*

Ms. D ana J ane P rey, previously and soon to be again of Atlanta, Georgia, would like to extend an invitation to breakfast for those who have recently returned from Utah and their spouses.

She has this message: It may not be trivia, but it will be trivial

Location is flexible, depending on if you know of a better, nearer, breakfast place. Princess Prey’s chauffeur has not yet decided whether the royal personage will be permitted inside or will have to run alongside.

Earlier fine too to beat those brunch crowds.

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By: Former cube-mate’s spouse and esteemed trivia teammate
Subject: Accepted: It’s not curry, but it is good

Sounds fabulous. Will her ladyship allow us to dine with her, or will we be gathered at her feet, politely picking at the scraps?

Sun In My Belly, conveniently located in Kirkwood, also does a nice brunch and is a little bit off the beaten path (or was, the last time I dined there, over a year ago).

home. coming.

Let the countdown officially begin.. two weeks til the ATL!

cold. lanta.

Skybil reports from the frozen tundra also known as the newsroom:

Day Two of No Heat In The Newsroom:

To keep ourseleves warm, we compiled this …

1. I’m afraid if I hit my fingers – they would shatter
2. OSHA refuses to visit until it warms up
3. I’m standing in front of the open refrigerator to keep warm
4. I would wear UGA ear muffs
5. We asked for I-Reports of the Sun
6. We’ve been asked to participate in the new “Survivor: CNN.com Newsroom”
7. The hot chocolate delivery guys drank it all.
8. I keep cheering for the Thrashers
9. Al Gore is reconsidering his stance on global warming.

mixtape. monday.

Atlanta band!

Cartel
Lose It

where’s dana?

Awww, the trivia crew redubbed themselves in honor of yours truly. Yay for The Bad Decisions! Can someone FedEx some U-Fries here, stat?

pool. pong.

From: Ryan
Date: Sep 14, 2007 10:59 AM
Subject: Pong
To: “Cybil”, “Rachel”, “Marijka”
Cc: dpnation@gmail.com

Perhaps it is time to give Dana her “hope all is well” gift.

Oh wait, did I spoil the surprise?
http://www.portopong.com/

miss. ya’ll.

Cybil: I am binge eating out of sadness
Cybil: lg fries, fried chicken AND a oreo milkshake
Cybil: So, come back before I am fat

… MY EYE!!!

instant. invite.

My own personal Jesus Evite! (Since I’m not allowed on the one everyone else got)

caption. this.

Q: What can $10 buy you?

A: the most brilliant Halloween costume to date. (There have been quite a few)

Leave any other costume suggestions below.

sack. vick.

I kinda want a dog just so I can get this..

http://www.cafepress.com/sackmichaelvick

vick. licked.

See, I wasn’t lying when I said Schaub was a better QB and shouldn’t be traded. Is it bad to be rooting for the prosecution?

DeadSpin
RonMexico.com

Remember the days when water bottles with secret compartments were Vick’s biggest problems?

final. countdown.

The ATL countdown officially begins.

The list of things to do before departing:
Atlanta Brewing Co.
Lexus Level at the Bravos
Fernbank
Botanical Gardens
Segway tour
MLK Center/Ebenezer Baptist Church
6 Feet Under
Pitty Pats Porch
Zoo/baby panda

Anything else?

mixtape. monday.

Straight from the the dirrty.. been listening to this guy for a couple years now.

Butch Walker

Maybe it’s just me:

Sober:

Surburbia (Live):

Mixtape: