Spending the Day at Como Zoo!

I got to spend the day with my roommate and this cute little chica at the Como Zoo!

Now who wouldn't love that?? :)

Aster Cafe

Whoa am I behind or what??  Ok I'll do what I can to make up for those lost days that have somehow slipped away from me but probably won't get to them all today.  Today was a pretty chill today and my roommate and I decided to go exploring and ended up in this pretty awesome place called the Aster Cafe, which is near the Stone Arch Bridge for those of you familiar with the Minneapolis area.  (Here's the link for those of you interested in checking it out: http://www.aster-cafe.com/) Anyways it was super classy in a Gatsby like way and our waiter even was a cross between Leonardo DiCaprio and Matt Damon with a vintage vibe.  He had the suspenders and vintage shoes.  Anyways the outside, where we sat was like in a cute secluded garden like feel and I really wanted to know what it looked like when it was dark because there were lights all around us and lanterns!!

(Note: These are not my pictures.)

Time to Walk Dance!

This guy is AWESOME!!!  I'm totally going to grab a friend and see how many people we can get to do this with us sometime!!  Love this guy!!!  Totally brightened my day!! :)

Between the Raindrops

This is one of my new favorite songs!  I'm not sure what it is but I love the way that their voices sound in this song (and every time) but especially this song!  And I can imagine just dancing in the rain when they talk about "between the raindrops".  Love it!!  Good job on the duet pairing!! :)

Random Road Trip to Lake Superior

Ever feel like just getting in your car and just driving??  No place in particular to go and no deadlines.  Just you and the open road with the windows down and radio blasting.  In my case I just needed time to get away and think.  I had the day off from work so I packed a lunch and headed North and ended up at Lake Superior and here are some of the pictures from that day (Monday):

The Color Run

So I've signed up with my sister to do a 5K my first one!  YIKES!!  But it's the Color Run!! It's been on my bucket list ever since I've heard about it!!  It's where they throw color at you during the race and after the race so literally you are covered in color!!  It's almost like one of the previous posts I've done only in race form :)  I'm SO excited!!  The one thing about this race is that I'm not in shape and don't run so I've got until July 13 to get into shape and start running!  Oh gosh.  Help.

My Shoes

Super powerful.  Just watch.

Festival of Nations

Ok, number one I must play catch-up yet again!  I'm doing so bad lately! But don't worry I've found some super awesome videos lately that I just HAVE to put on here so hopefully that will make up for my being so terrible!  Anyways so I attended this thing on the Saturday (the 4th) and it was like the Uptown Global Market on steroids!!! They had food from 35 different countries!! I tried a Mezza sampler from Lebanon which was incredible!!  I'm not entirely sure what was all on the platter except I did recognize the olives, pita bread, humus, and pickles, but everything was delicious!!!  I've got to say besides the food one of the highlights for me was watching the dancers perform traditional  dances from their country!  So cool!  I could have watched the Irish dancers all night!  Anyways here is the link: http://festivalofnations.com/

The Fault in Our Stars

Speaking of the Vlogbrothers...One of them, John Green, just came out with a book called The Fault in Our Stars.  I'm an avid reader and I would super recommend this one if any of you out there is into reading!  Now I don't normally go for the kids who have cancer type books because they normally are too sad and depressing for me to read, but this one was quirky and a very interesting read and, yes, it was sad but the quirks outnumbered the sadness for me.  http://johngreenbooks.com/the-fault-in-our-stars/

Exiting the Friendzone

I found the Vlogbrothers through another channel I'm subscribed to, anyways I thought this was kind of funny!

Midtown Global Market

Here is my favorite place to dine!!  I am a people watcher and this is seriously the best place to do it at!  It has some of the best food because I mean you can't get more authentic than this place with the people from different countries and cultures!  I could probably spend hours just sitting and eating here and people watching!  http://www.midtownglobalmarket.org/

Best Chai in the Cities!!

I have found the best Chai EVER!!!  If you have been searching for that perfect cup of chai people look no further!!!  Go to the One On One Bike Coffee Shop in Minneapolis (http://www.oneononebike.com/coffee.html).  No but really you should go!!  It doesn't have a lot of choices in the way of coffee or coffee drinks, but the service was great and the chai was phenomenal!!

Tyler Ward

Yes I realize has another Lindsey Stirling appearance in it but hey everyone loves Lindsey Stirling right??

Anthem Lights

I just discovered these AWESOME people due to my roommate!!! Check 'em out!!

Homemade Movies

These are just kind of funny shorts that are homemade! This one is a Lord of the Rings trailer!

Love the ring on a stick! haha!

Sophia Grace and Rosie

Oh gosh I'm WAY far behind!!! Gotta catch up!!!

They are so freaking adorable!! I mean how can you not love these two cute girls??

Shipped My Pants

I JUST SHIPPED MY PANTS!!! HAHA!!! SOOOOO CLEVER!!!!

Light and Wakeboarding

Who wouldn't think this is freaking awesome???  I would absolutely love to photograph this!!!  Red Bull you are so awesome with the things you come up with!!!

Wringing out Water in Space

WOW!!! That is super interesting!!! I would never thought it would have done that!! MIND BLOWN!!!!

Tuna Melt

This is RIDICULOUS!!!!  How long would it have taken for these guys to have created this?? I mean it takes me hours just to create one row of dominoes without it knocking over! haha!

King of the Kidz

These kids are freaking AWESOME!!! I mean who can move like that?? I wish I could!!

Anna Kendrick's Cups Music Video

LOVE IT!!!!!

How animals eat their food

I'm not going to lie but I definitely laughed out loud at some of those!!!  How the other guy kept a straight face is beyond me!!

Fireflies by Owl City

I love this music video!!! So cool!!! Oh and the song is awesome too!!!

Luke Bryan's Drunk on You

It is super catchy and so cute!!  I hope that whoever dates me can sing this to me ;)  or at least attempt it!

Miranda Lambert's Mama's Broken Heart

I just love when she is like sawing away at her food!! HILARIOUS!!! She's so great!!

Epic Slow Mo: Bouncy Balls

Sorry Guys and Gals that I've been a bit behind on my putting up videos so I'm going to catch up today on my day off!!

EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YOLO SNL skit!!!

Awesome!!!! Love Adam Levine!!!

The Crazy Nastyass Honey Badger

Wow!!! This is hilarious!!!!!

DONE by The Band Perry

I totally saw them in concert with Thompson Square at my college!! YUP!!! What now?? Didn't really know them at the time but totally do now!!! Love this spunky new song of their's!!!

Wanted by Hunter Hayes

LOVE this song!!!!

22 Unforgettable Roads in the World

This is an awesome website so if you have time to just poke around I'd totally recommend doing so!!!  But on this blog post I am featuring these wacky roads!!  I mean wow these babies are very windy and all over the place but they do offer some amazing views I'll bet!!  Check it out!!

http://www.wherecoolthingshappen.com/22-unforgettable-roads-in-the-world/

Learn

This is incredible I think that they got to go on a trip and just do all this stuff!  And yes I always have the travel bug!! :)

Magic Clerk- Easter Edition!!!

This is HILARIOUS!!!!!!

Welch's Grape Juice Commercial

Remember the good ole' days when commercials were great and there were cute kids in them??  This is a throwback to those days!!

He's SOOOOO CUTE!!! And yes this is that kid from Little Rascals!!! Love Little Rascals!!!

The Best of SNL's Target Lady

Yes I am a Target cashier but I am not as extreme as this one ;)  I'm sure all the customers do appreciate even if they have a funny way of showing it sometimes haha!!

Worn by Tenth Avenue North

I like this band but this song is hitting me just right where I'm at right now.  I'm super exhausted at the moment in a couple areas, mainly physically but it still applies.  Take a listen.

An Insightful Article on Instagramming...

Seriously you should take the time to read this article because I do spend too much time on Facebook and do find myself comparing my life to others' when I see the pictures that they put up or whatever!  Good points!  Take a peek!! http://www.relevantmagazine.com/culture/tech/stop-instagramming-your-perfect-life

Vintage 21 videos!!

Now some people might take these videos the wrong way but seriously I am a Christian and absolutely think these are hilarious because they were meant to show how people think Jesus is/was with a humoric twist!  "What in the name of Me is going on in here?" HAHAHA!!!!!  "Those shoes are sooo BC!!"  This one out of the four is my favorite but take a look at the others and see what you think!!! :)

Tour Guide Barbie

HAHA!!! I'd so forgotten about this but then this is super classic!!

Festival of Colors

So I read up on this, which I soooo want to go to!! Apparently it is a Hindu celebration that takes place normally in the Spring to celebrate new life!  I kind of like it and definitely want to do this once in my life!!!

Rope Swinging/Cliff Jumping

Yeah I'd definitely like to try this!! It looks ridiculously crazy!!!

Quadruplets laughing

HAHAHAHA!!!! How adorable is that?? I mean if you aren't laughing with them I mean you are cold hearted or something!!!

Tori Kelly

I love her unique voice!  It's been a while since I put up a new artist that I liked and soooo here's one!!  :)

I Heard Your Voice in a Dream

http://www.nbc.com/smash/video/i-heard-your-voice-in-a-dream/n34274

I LOVED this choreography and everything about this!!! WOW!!! I love this show but this number was amazing!!!  So powerful!!!

Old Ladies Passing the Time haha!

Oh this is downright HILARIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I think I cried I was laughing so hard the first time I saw it!!! These two women are so great!!! haha!!!  (A little inappropriate but still funny!)

The Wizarding World of HP!! with Ellen!!

Oh Ellen!!! I love you!!! haha!!! The poor kids just don't know what to make of you!! haha!!

Optical Illusion Dance

HAHA!! How clever!! Don't know who came up with this but it is great!!

Public Embarrassments

So one of my new coworkers told me about Prank vs Prank so I looked them up and it's kinda funny and kinda embarrassing at the same time!  Just take a look and you'll see what I mean!! Poor girl!! haha!!

Despicable Me 2!!

I CAN'T WAIT FOR THIS TO COME OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!

Cute Love Story!!

http://www.buzzfeed.com/jpmoore/march-madness-cutest-love-story

This is so cute because of their height differences!! How adorable!!

Michael Buble

http://youtu.be/RglMIKG0GFw

I love this lyric video from Michael Buble!! In fact I just pretty much love Michael Buble in general!!! :)

iPad vs Paper Commercial

HAHA!!! 1) That's hilarious!! 2) It's got my name in it!! 3) It's in French!!  Brilliant job, Emma!!! ;)

History of Saint Patrick's Day

I thought this was appropriate for this particular holiday!! Happy Saint Patrick's Day everyone!!

Peter Hollens

http://youtu.be/Ih7Zh9YduRo

He seriously has an AMAZING VOICE!!!! Wow!! I'm voting for a Pentatonix and Peter Hollens collab!  Just saying.

Drive Thru Invisible Driver Prank

Ohhhhh these people are funny!!!  It's even funnier because I worked drive thru at McDonald's so I could imagine being them!!  Hilarious!!! Good job man!!!

Jeff Gordon Test Drive

HAHA!! I feel sorry for the poor salesman!! I think he might need a few days off! haha!!

My Heart Will Go On (My Sister's Version)

http://youtu.be/5JXC97aNd0g

I sincerely tried to get this one to appear here but all I could get was the link to the YouTube site so here you go folks!!  It's pretty great!!  My sister and her friend do a bang up job doing their rendition of an old favorite My Heart Will Go On!! haha!!!

Lindsey Sterling

I just love her originality!  I mean the way that she not only can dance while she can play the violin (freaking amazingly at that!) but the way joy radiates from her face while she does it!  That's the part that I love about her!  Her style and just watching her face is the best part!  I really want to see her perform sometime!!

Emperor's New Groove

There are so many classic scenes in the Emperor's New Groove but I'm pretty sure that this one is among my top favs!! :) HAHA IT'S DINNER TIME!!!!

I Gotta Feeling Marryoke

Oh this is kinda fun!  I heard this song the other day and was like "Yeah turn up the volume!"  So I naturally had to find it on YouTube, but the Vevo video was trashy so I came up with this fun video instead!!  Enjoy!!

8 New Punctuation Marks

http://www.collegehumor.com/article/6872071/8-new-and-necessary-punctuation-marks

Yes, I am a grammar nerd!  The Morgan Freemark is one of the best ones on there!  Just saying.

Red Bull Art in Motion: Free Running Competition

I just love this!! People seriously have mad skills!!!

Old Navy Commercial

HAHA!!! FLIRTATION DEVICE!!! So great!!!

Design your own boyfriend

Oh my goodness!! Sometimes I wish I could design my own boyfriend but making him like myself is not something I would ever do!!  That would be a disaster waiting to happen!! haha!

Des Moines, IA

I had a blast night shooting with my friend Kevin!!  Here are some examples :)

STOMP- newspapers

These guys are so talented!  I wish I had half their talent and energy so I could be on a team with them!!! You guys/gals ROCK!!!

Paul Hunt

While this is funny you really have to have skill to do these routines!! (And be comfortable with yourself as a man to dress in a girl's gymnastics outfit!)

Starbucks Verismo SNL

http://www.hulu.com/watch/447642

This is hilarious, especially working at a coffee shop it makes it even funnier!!  The bit about the dirty coffee stirrers!! Classic!!

Pep Talk from Kid President

"Two roads diverged in the woods and I took the one less traveled... AND IT HURT MAN!!!" HAHAH!!! I seriously love this kid!!!  Props to whoever came up with this video!!! :)

Nina Conti

Oh my goodness!!! This seriously is hysterical!!! I needed a pick-me-up today and this did it!!! HAHA!!!

Ellen Scares Taylor Swift!!

This is the best one because for the first time I saw Taylor actually have some kind of natural emotion!!  I love Taylor just as much as the next person but this was super classic!!! :)  I couldn't stop laughing the first time I saw this!!!

Taylor Swift Parody

HAHA!!!  Funnyness!!!

What if wild animals ate fast food

The last one with the zebras gets me every time! haha!!

Genesis- The Beatboxer

This kid has seriously got talent!! What?? I wish I could make those noises come from my mouth!! And he's pretty much rockin that hairstyle if you ask me!!

Brian's Surprise Justin Bieber Wedding Dance for Emily

I think that this is so cute!!

Call Me Maybe

I just knew that this was going to be great when I saw that it involved cheerleaders and the US military!  And I was right!! :)

Gollum sings I Dreamed a Dream

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! EPIC WIN!!!!!!!!!!! I couldn't stop laughing at this one!!!!! So brilliant!!!!!!  He even sounds like Gollum!! Good job kid!!

Communication Fail

Oh yeah! Gotta love this!

Girls with flowers

I thought this was super unique!  I want to give props to the person who thought of this!!!  I, of course, found this on Facebook so here is the link (http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=422461114503703&set=o.240062632714462&type=1&theater) I'm not sure how this link will go since it is from Facebook so yeah!  Anyways enjoy!!

Cute Older Couple Plays Piano

They are so adorable!  I hope I'm that cute when I'm older!! :)

Why Men and Women Can't Be Friends

So I think this is a funny video but it does pose the question:  Can men and women just be friends??  Despite this video I still say yes!

How Lord of the Rings Should Have Ended

"Can you imagine what it would have been like if we had walked the entire way?" "Don't be silly!" "One of us might have died!" HAHAHA!!!  Classic!!

Things Written by Kids

I decided that today I needed an extra smile so I did two posts because I can :)  "I'd run home and play dead.  The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns." HAHA!!!

The Piano Guys

Yeah these guys are brilliant!!  I know I say that about a lot of artists but check these guys out!!  These are the 5 guys who make The Piano Guys happen!!  Usually it is just 2 of the 5 guys in the videos but the whole gang came together for this video!!  AWESOME!!!

Kids React to Valentine's Day

Classic!!! I love kids!! haha!! They are sooo cute!!  Happy Valentine's Day everyone!!!

Pink!!

Pink is a GENIUS I've just gotta say for one!  For two she and then Nate from FUN teamed up together ummm Yes Please!! Whoever thought of that was also a genius!!  This is my new favorite song!

2 guys simulate being pregnant

Oh yeah that actually happened!  What??!!  Don't forget to turn on the English subtitles because unless you know Dutch you won't understand a lick of it!!!  But it's funny all the same!!  These are brave souls for even attempting such a feat for trying to understand what it's like to be pregnant!!

King Of Anything

I love this one!  Yup!  She's great!!!

Black Friday Shopping Prank

Oh these guys are hilarious!!! LOL!!!

Lizzie Bennet Diaries

OH MY GOODNESS!!!! I have become so addicted to these!!! I found these last night and have spent hours watching them!!! SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO GREAT!!!!!!!!!!!

Potter Puppet Pals

"What is that mysterious ticking noise?" "Hmmm it's kinda catchy" HAHA!!! "Hermoine!!!"

Marcel the Shell with Shoes On

Oh yeah bringing back a classic!!

Boys Will Be Girls

Just had to do it!! HILARIOUS!!! "I digested a huge gust of wind on my way to work."  "You guys wanna split an ice cube or something??" HAHA!!!

Camera Sutra, Popular Photography Positions

http://designtaxi.com/news/355618/Camera-Sutra-Popular-Photography-Positions/

I found this on the above listed site and thought it was hilarious because I am a photographer and have pretty much used a lot of these positions before! haha!

Gilmore Girls

Day 35:

I love Gilmore Girls!!! I mean who doesn't???  I loved watching all 7 seasons and laughing and crying with Rory and her mom! I loved their super close relationship!  I chose this particular clip because well it's from the pilot and it kind of encapsulates their relationship pretty well (although they get funnier as times goes on I think :) ) and it takes place in Luke's!  What a great show!! 

Geri's Game

Day 34:

This takes me back from when I was a kid!!  How can you not love this??  So cute!!!

Superbowl Commercial- Taco Bell

Day 33:

I just saw this from the Superbowl!!  Great commercial!!! :)

How Diets Work

Day 32:

How true this is!! She makes me laugh!!

Co-Pilots

Day 31:

I love Kid Snippets!  I laugh out loud every time I see one of these videos that have the voices of the kids but are played by adults!!! Great fun!!! (Another favorite of mine is the Math one!)

The Parent Rap

Day 30:

HAHA!!!! That's all I've got to say about that!!

Typography

Day 29:

I FOUND IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I have been searching for this video for a while but now it has been found!!! This is a good day people!!! So great especially for all you grammar nerds out there!!!

Mother's Day!!

Day 28:

This one is so funny!! I had to include it even though it's not Mother's Day!!! ENJOY!!! ;)

Paperman

Day 27:

I saw this on Facebook from one of my friends and oh my goodness it was such a cute little short film I knew I had to add it to this site!!! 

Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms Recipe

Day 26:

http://afoodcentriclife.com/stuffed-portobello-mushrooms-with-roast-tomatoes-and-goat-cheese/

Alright so I'm just going to say that this recipe was the BEST!!!!!  Just do it!!  Make them!! I could eat these forever and ever!!  They were so simple to make it was ridiculous!  The longest part was the oven roasted tomatoes but that was a snap!  I'm not much of a cook so when I say something was easy it really is!  I'm sooo going to make these again!!!

Best Marriage Proposal!

Day 25:

I know that there are a lot of marriage proposals out there and some of them with big elaborate schemes and some of them are simple but this one stood out to me because it had both.  I loved that this man took the time and effort to incorporate friends and family into the proposal, but also I love that there were the notes that he wrote too. It had a fun side and a more serious side which I absolutely 100% loved!  The love in both of their eyes was completely evident when he proposed and that says sooooo much to me!

Black Tie Beach

Day 24:

I love Improv Everywhere but I thought that I'd include this new favorite of mine that they did because well I can and seriously the other people's reactions to them makes me smile a lot!  (See also Food Court Musical and Frozen Grand Central Station)

Phillip Phillips

Day 23:

I love this song!  It is so beautiful!

My Favorite Bible Verse

Day 22:

HAHAHA!!!! "You ain't gonna to see that cross-stitched on a pillow!"  (Side note: His Chick-Fil-A song is HILARIOUS too!!)

Fun.

Day 21:

Today I picked Fun for my artist.  They have been around for a couple of years now with their chart-topper of We Are Young and now with Some Nights.  They are very catchy tunes and very original sounding which I love!

The King's Speech

Day 20:

One of these days I will get caught up!  Promise!!

I found this to be one of the most intriguing movies that I have seen.  Some people might have pegged this as a boring or slow movie but I liked it maybe because of my speech pathology background or maybe because of the brilliant acting done by Colin Firth that made you believe that he actually stuttered or maybe it was that based on a true story or maybe it was that the speech pathologist became more than a friend and never gave up on Bertie even when he gave up on himself.  So brilliant beyond brilliant from every actor and actress!!  A++ from me!!  Two thumbs up!!

Bethel, Maine

Day 19:

I just got this great book from my grandparents for Christmas called The Best Places to Go by USA Today. Anyway, it's a book of random places to go when you want a good bbq, etc.  But for today's fun fact I found that in Bethel, Maine they have an annual North American Wife Carrying Championship that are held every October!  WHAT???!!!!  Yes a Wife Carrying Contest!!  So Husbands get building up those man arms of yours and lifting those wives of yours so you can go to this cute little town of Bethel, Maine for a great ole fun-loving time of competing in that championship!!  Here is the link to see all the fun!! I didn't even realize there were even different positions the wives could be carried!!  Crazy!!!

http://www.sundayriver.com/Events/Main/Summer/Wife_Carrying_Championship.html

Porta Potty Prank

Day 18:

Oh you gotta love pranks!!! This one in particular always gets me!!! haha!!

Voice Recognition Elevator

Day 17:

This is super duper hilarious and anyone who doesn't laugh at this has no sense of humor!! ELEVEN!!!

Viva La Vida

Day 16:

I know I'm reaching back here in time but this was a brilliant arrangement by Coldplay that is still done by artists!  Props to them!  The music video was strange but hey what do I know? That is only my humble opinion!  The music was brilliant with all those instruments!  Simply gorgeous!!

Ellen!!

Day 15:

Seems I was on an Ellen kick!! haha!! Oh goodness!! Gotta love Ellen!! :)

Dance Dare!!

Day 14:

Number one: I love Emma Stone!! Not only do I share her name but she is really hilarious and her movies rock my world!! Number two: The fact that she did this dance dare was great and that she got all those people was pretty incredible!! LOVE IT!!! Number three:  I love the Ellen Show!!! Makes me laugh every time!! :)

Evolution of Dance

Day 13:

Oh yeah!! This is seriously great!!

Nick Pitera

Day 12:

Yes I went there!! I mean I just love Nick!  He makes me laugh with his ability to sing both the girl and guy parts!  I mean what? haha!!  The man is a genius!! What a cool life he must lead!!! :)

Jeremy Messersmith

Day 11:

I just found this awesome singer with his band a couple minutes ago!  He is a local artist from the twin cities and I am all for that!  I love his voice and the way he gets into his music- you can tell he really believes in it and I really love that!  The seriously cool thing about this collection of songs is that all of them are different and none of them really sound the same!!! Go Jeremy!!  I think I may have found a new favorite artist!! I have been in need of a new favorite!!

Brian Regan

Day 10:

Here is one of the funniest men alive!! I cry from laughing every time I watch this!!!  HAHA!!  Still laughing!!