two new fun things i found on my mac

1. i can take pretty notes using preview

freeze drying cycle ... eff yeah!

i forgot to print out notes for a class today so i had to look at them on my computer. but that quickly became annoying because i couldn't take notes on the graphs. well....it turns out you can draw in lines/arrows and put in text on preview. how cool and fancy do my notes look???

2. i can have the computer read things for me

so sometimes there are interesting-looking posts on my reader but then i give up half way reading it because its just too long. yeah, i'm lazy. well i found oout i can just have the computer read it for me. at first i was right-clicking and having it play in my itunes. but there's a simpler way i discovered after googling-- 

• under system preferences to go speech.

•  select "speak selected text when the key is pressed" and then change the keys to something you'd use. i did ctrl+command+s. and i enjoy alex's voice. (esp when he reads stuff from betches)

• then just highlight the text you want read, and then hit ctrl+command+s! and your  computer reads it for you. woo.

i like my scotch...fo free.

johnnie walker held a free tasting event a few weeks ago. that's right --freeeeeeee. even though i sent a bunch of emails, only three of us managed to make it.

here's a quick run through of all the fun we got to have --

1. we got to play with ipads.

2. we saw very expensive bottles of alcohol that we'll never be able to buy.

the 2nd one from the right costs $27k, nbd

3. during cocktail hour, we drank old fashioneds, ate some hors d'oeuvres....aaand posted a picture onto facebook.

we're so fancy!

4. we pretended to be swanky grown ups.

5. We tweeted.

@leidermeister

6. We tried 5 labels of johnnie: black, red, double black, gold, and blue.

the aftermath

 7. We learned that you can mix scotch with orangina and ginger ale

8. We discovered jordan's hidding talent -- hand modeling.

 9. we took amazing glamour shots.

10. we get to brag to everyone how cool we are for remembering to sign up and how we know soooooo much about scotch now. (it's like...smokey and has a taste of caramel or something.)