Someone needs to dare me...

Urban Dare Day for San Diegans is on April 2, 2011. Today is the first time I found out about this event.. and I wish someone would dare me to do it with them! Here is the link with all the necessary information. It's $90 for a team of two.. and it's Amazing Race for all of us folks who don't get to make it to the big screen.. but with the fun included and you don't even have to leave Sunny Diego!

Excerpt taken from the website:

Get ready for the best challenge you ever took. TIt's like a one-day Amazing Race. Get ready for the best challenge you ever took. Take the dare! We will begin check-in at 11:00 and will be taking registration up to the start of the race. Look for us in the light blue t-shirts. You must wear your Urban Dare shirts throughout the race, which we will give you at check-in. You should bring a cell phone and a digital camera to show your pictures at the end of the race. A cell phone camera will work. Maps are also handy and you should have someone to call to help look up clues. I also recommend a pen or pencil to take notes. The Urban Dare start is unique. We will ask multiple choice trivia questions and you will move into A, B, C or D areas depending on your answer. Get a few answers correct and you are on your way. This gives us a staggered start, but we'll be through it quickly. You may not use your phones at this stage of the race. Once you are out of the starting blocks, you will pick up your clue sheets and be on your way. You can call friends as much as you want for help on clues. For the checkpoints that mention a dare, you must check in with the Urban Dare official, accomplish your task, and get your passport stamped before moving on. On checkpoints that mention a photo, you must get a photo with both team members to show you were both there. This is a team race. You must be together throughout the race. You may walk, run or use public transportation to get to checkpoints. At checkpoints with dares, you must accomplish a task and get your passport stamped to move on to the next checkpoint. Dares range from throwing a bulls-eye, doing a climbing wall, completing a puzzle or eating something (things people like, not bugs). We expect the winners will finish the race in about 2 hours and most of you will finish under 4 hours. We are working to provide a fun-filled day for you, while providing some good challenges.ake the dare

Here's a video from YouTube that sucks balls.. but it gives you a (blurry) idea of what to expect:

I Am (in) Love

I fell in love with a band today, and they are called Local Natives. The first video is their official video for Airplanes and the second is the link to their Tiny Desk Concert via NPR. I recently subscribed to their podcast on iTunes and have never been happier. I AM (in) Love... with MUSIC!



Your ears (and heart) will thank you!

I Am Love

Just finished watching the Italian movie, I Am Love by Luca Guadagnino. What a beautifully shot movie, albeit a bit depressing due to the many struggles that Love has to go through in order to live out loud. I AM Love. Some may consider it to be a weakness, but I do move with my heart more often than not.. and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Kitty Love

As I am preparing to head off to Core Power Yoga for a nice sweaty yoga sesh.. Here's a lovely posting from Unhappy Hipsters.

Caption: Phase one of a hostile feline takeover: entice the humans into a stretch-off.

Memory-Schmemory

I am notorious at forgetting things. Not birthdays, anniversaries, or what I wore on a certain day years ago.. but factual things like.. specific details that occurred in a television show, historical facts, and rules to games. I suck very HARD at remembering things of that manner. So when I happened upon this article in the NY Times, I decided that I am going to take a crack at this whole memory bit. Maybe it won't be too late to teach an old kitty new trickety tricks, ey?