Welcome to Less Is More the personal blog of a digital advertising connoisseur, media man, skier, somewhat avid cyclist, foodie, wine lover, car & history buff. Questions?
Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
Energy is your bank balance. Be even more gentle with it than money. Taking it for granted will leave you poor.
Being frivolous with it will leave you poor physically, mentally and financially. Your energy is your soul’s foundation.
Vilpa Patel
“If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.”
~C.S. Lewis
I knew the day I met Justin in 2007 we would be friends. We worked together briefly at Acxiom, where we both got our feet wet in digital media. There is a certain click with kids, teens, and grown adults who grew up playing with Legos. Their minds think the same, and they learn to piece together their lives in the colors that once were small lego’s. There are no missing pieces, there is just an opportunity for a new design.
Some of us followed directions, some took one look at the box and took a stab at it. Justin and I were the latter, and I am proud to say we still do the same thing both in life and with Lego’s. We have advanced to building Frank Lloyd Wright Lego’s and Great Hill’s designs as well, but we still approach adversity the same way, head on.
I want to wish Justin best of luck, and a round of applause for taking this to the next level by entering the LEGO Modern Home Design Competition, presented by Dwell. Still being able to be a kid in this very boring & habitual corporate world is paramount to happiness. The post modern college grad’s are rushing to six figures, only to get there and realize, what did I just leave behind?
Remember what made you smile as a kid? Good.
Now go do it today.
Meet Clyde & Lil Cat (yes that is his name).
This week they have been my alarm clock, by providing complimentary face sitting’s at 8am.
Joel swung through town and we listened to 90’s music, ate a suburban brunch, and took some photos, while he taught me a few things. This is how you wait for a flight in buffalo when you visit me.
Leaving Goa and Mumbai is one of the harder things I have done if my life. After a 18 year absence I found myself oddly at home, especially with a gracious host like Karishma. We may have met in NYC through friends, but I am leaving this country with one more best friend. She took care of me when I was sick, dealt with my early am wakings, made sure I had time to run, and even burped me a couple times. She has a fiery side, which made me fear for my life, but most importantly she is more generous than me. Arranging cars, meals with special friends and including me in here in my everyday life. Its one thing to be blessed by her awesome post’s and her amazing blog’s, but I feel privileged to call someone like her one of my closest friends.
Next up: NYC, Buffalo, CT, VT, Buffalo, Bermuda and San Diego.
Friendship means understanding, not agreeing. It means forgiveness, not forgetting. It means the memories last, even if contact is lost.
Karishma. You made my year.
“My face itches from so much makeup. And my head itches from all the hairspray. I live off icepacks and tictacs and mountian dew. And lots of pain killers. What has my life come to? Dancing when I know I shouldn’t be. Is this really what I want to do with my life? And then I look out. And see the faces of people I don’t know. and I realize. Yeah…. This is what I want. So I tape my ankle. Button dresses. Pin head pieces. Tie shoes. And I sit go. I sit on the stage. I think thats my favorite part. Getting to the theater before anyone else is there. And the curtain is up. The house lights are on but the stage is dark. I sit on the edge. With my legs hanging over into the orchestra pit. And I look out. I try to fill each seat in my head. With a face. A person. Each one having a story. But we don’t know anything about them. Just that they paid x amount of dollars to sit here for 2 hours. But they know us. They watch us pour our hearts out. Everything we do. You feel it. You feel what we feel. Do they come here for that sense of emotion? Do they come to feel human? Or do they come to know they’re not the only ones that hurt.”
Katie is a brilliant & beautiful ballerina. Give her a follow, she will make you laugh, smile and want to hug your screen. Now who would not want that? She also wrote the moving narrative above about her past week….she could use some ask’s and hugs.
I am sitting on tumblr queen’s bed.
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3 days until I leave for Bangkok, Thailand. I can’t even begin to tell you how excited I am for this. This is my third trip to thailand in 12 months. So I guess, I don’t even have to mention how much I love that country.
Also, just is like a fyi: I might be MIA for 10 days. I’m in thailand from…
Bringing the birthday girl no Dylan’s Gummy Bears. Only nice pictures of them.
(Source: kari-shma)
Stop & admire Monday.
Gold Wedding.
Do any of you have that one friend who is always randomly there for you? Jayson has been there for me when I was laid off, when I had a broken heart, and when I was just promoted. Never prompted or obligated, he would come out of his way to come meet for a drink, or text me to make sure I am ok.
Unconditional friendships are rare, and even more rare is a friend who will have the patience and fortitude to yell at me every week to get on the bike more.
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