I am willing to suspend almost everything I believe in to be entertained by a good spy movie. However, there are a couple of things I refuse to get behind. 

5. Parking tickets. I can't even look at a parking spot without getting a ticket. I don't believe that spies A) never have to grab a ticket off their windshield before chasing after someone and B) never have their car towed. Do you know how fast a tow truck can be when you've parked illegally?

4. No matter how fast the mode of transportation, the good guy always catches up on foot. Whether it is a car starting, a boat setting sail or an airplane taking off, if it is full of bad guys, spies can outrun it, guaranteed.

3. Which brings me to the next point, every spy movie has a false sense of urgency. Why *do* you need to hide in the wheels of a plane? Can't you just grab another plane and catch them when they land?

2. Wardrobe. Always appropriately attired without taking so much as a duffel bag with you? Highly improbable. 

1. James Bond clearly does not practice safe sex. I understand he puts his life on the line pretty much every day. This is no excuse for getting/giving VD. Seriously. 

note: I carry my James Bond secret agent card with me everywhere I go

I was listening to Edward Boches moderate a panel on crowdsourcing yesterday morning and had a moment where I realized it really isn't just buzzwords and marketing speak. How we work really IS changing and it's actually ridiculously exciting. For me, there's three things coming into play here that directly impact the way I work, and what I think about when I consider my career.

3. Yeah, the Internet is fun, but it also means that people can actually work from ANYWHERE now. Telecommuting doesn't really begin to describe what people do now. You can do anything form anywhere and probably do it all for free. The ability to host your information anywhere, communicate around the world (by video, if you want) for free and collaboration tools that work better than a whiteboard, it truly doesn't matter where you are. This is important for two reasons. One, companies can hire the best person for the job, even if that person is far away. Two, employees are free to travel, or move to a better location for their lifestyle, while still getting their work done.

2. Crowdsourcing is here to stay, get used to it. This morning, every panelist said something to this effect, but Mark Walsh captured the sentiment succinctly,"Those who ignore where crowdsourcing is taking the relationship between a brand and its customers are looking for trouble. Customers today are so drenched in interactivity and transparency, you have to respond to that, it is no longer an option. It doesn’t mean that crowdsourcing is the enemy of ad agencies. We all want to play nice together. We’re just a new tactic in a toolbox that is coming along like a freight train." Of course, we were talking about advertising, but involving a crowd, whether it is the general public, your employees, or a curated number of experts is now expected. I'd talk about this more, but I talk about this all day. Read my work blog :)

Dear team,

I've been making lists to cross things off. WHAT? Don't look at me and my 5 million lists like that. I like to keep track of stuff. And prioritize it. And then make it into a new list. It is easy and makes me feel like I'm getting stuff done. However, looking back at all the lists, it seems the daily tasks get finished and the big picture, future looking goals get tossed aside.

While I'm definitely getting things done, it seems as though I'm not moving towards the direction I want to be going, even though I clearly know where I want to be going and what is important to me.

Last year, I wrote out my 2009 New Year's resolutions. It seemed incredibly silly at the time, but it blows my mind to read it now, remember what I was going through then and think about how much I've grown. Interestingly, I wrote about what I love, what I love to do and how I want to be doing it, but not in an actionable format, more of a "wouldn't it be great if..." kind of way. Well fuck that, I don't see very much similarity between what I love and me right now, even though I've had a year to work on bringing my life closer to my passions. So even if it's lame, I'm writing it out.

5. I love to help, connect and organize people. As soon as you say hello to me, I'm thinking about who else I would invite over for dinner if I knew you were coming 'round. I can't help it. I like smart people and the interesting discussions that come from being around them. Either when they are with their peers, or with people who have backgrounds that are completely different.

4. I'm a music addict. Sourcing rad music is probably one of my top 3 skills. I haven't figured out if this could ever be a paying gig (I doubt it), but I'm happy to just have it be a big part of my life. Every moment has a soundtrack and I want to ensure that I've got the time to enjoy it and share it with others.

3. I am enamored with mobile/tech/web. This is 50% shiny gadgets, 50% my love of connecting with people. Show me a new phone and I will want to touch it, figure it out and integrate it into my daily routine. Show me a new use for current technology and I'll want to tell all of my friends. Show me something that is completely innovative and you'll have my heart forever.

2. I am an idea pump. If you tell me what you want to do, I will give you three options to do it right away. Give me a few days and I'll have a laundry list of possibilities. I like to think about people and what makes them tick. Then think of ways to tap into that. There's nothing quite as cool as putting a smile on someone's face (well, putting a smile on someone's face, plus getting them to open their wallets might be the coolest thing - hey, a girl's gotta eat).

1. I like to write. I'm not about to write a novel, nor is any of my writing hanging out in the deep end of the pool. I write like I talk and when I talk, sometimes I ramble :) However, more often than not, I find it is the best way for me to communicate. I get nervous and I'm kind of shy when it comes to talking about me. It is so easy to share stuff with people by writing it down.

So there they are. My five things I'm passionate about. If you catch me doing things that aren't on this list, call me out on it. I'll need a little help from my friends on this.

Every time I pile too much on my plate, my friends must endure a week or two of me saying, "Once this is done, I won't commit to anything else, I'm becoming a hermit." They're used to it by now and if it garners a reaction, it'll be a well timed *eye roll* at most. I don't know if it's healthy, but I do know that I can't change it, no matter how many times I buy you a coffee and make you sit through a pretentious lecture about how only stupid people have a shot at being happy and how I also want to be blissfully unaware (apologies...you know I'll do it again...to all of you). Here are the top reasons I can't seem to say no when an idea for something new comes to me:

5. I get inspired. I read stuff. I hear things. Then I realize that the things that inspire me aren't happening where I am. So I want to change it. I blame Google for making it so easy for me to see what cool things are happening in the rest of the world.

4. I meet a lot people. You know how sometimes, you go to a conference and meet someone who reminds you why you do 27 things at a time and love them all? Yeah, me too.

3. I cannot stop doing. "Less talk, more action" has never been a problem for me. Although I talk a lot (hey, I get paid to talk), if something needs to happen, I am 100% cool with rolling up my sleeves and getting down to business...and I see a lot of things that need to happen. Accountability is probably my most employable skill (which is good, because the employable ones are few and far between).

2. I spent a year in constant existential crisis mode. I am still not quite sure I know who I am, or what my purpose in life is. As such, I keep trying. I know there are several things that I like (who's kidding who, there's a top 5 of things that I like) and I keep trying them on. Keeping multiple pots going on the stove is a way for me to keep working on who I am - the only alternative is to sit around, paralyzed by fear.

1. My parents never told me I couldn't. Ah, that GD paradox of choice. My parents told me I could do anything I wanted when I grew up, and I believed them. However, I'm such a Spoiled Little Brat (SLB, as my bro calls me), I can't pick just one thing and want to do it all. Color me Veruca and buy me a pony. 

5. December is not the time to get anything done. 

4. A failure to plan is a plan to fail. Sweet Georgia Brown, I guess those sayings get repeated for a reason. I had sourced the first part of MONM ahead of time, so it was easy to listen to an album when I already had it ready to go. As soon as it was a two part process, I had a total breakdown.

3. I like music that is almost exactly the same as other-music-I-like. This is upsetting to me. I had a vision of me being old and doing one of those old people rants to my children, "Turn that racket off! You know what's good? Here, let me play some Kylie for you." I need to be more open to new. I mean, my musical tastes rock (obviously), but I want to evolve.

2. I am more interested in music my friends have noted as *good* than music music-experts have noted as *good.* While there's usually some overlap, I"m far more likely to check something out based on what the dude that sits on the other side of the office from me (HI COLIN) recommends than any industry insiders tell me to like.

1. The threat of having to be consistent paralyzes me. I probably listen to at least 10 new albums a week - far more than the requisite 1 per day for Month of New Music. ...but as soon as it becomes a rule, I cannot do it. This probably says something about my blatent disregard for authority. Every so often, I experience a wave of sympathy for my parents and a wave of joy that I will never have to be in the army.

5. Eat! Eat! - Always give exactly what you'd expect for a breakfast joint. Moderately lame coffee, great daily specials, mean omelettes.

4. Main Dish - If I lived in Bridgeland, I would never buy groceries.

3. Galaxy/Belmonte - Gets a nod because of their apple pie milkshake. I dream about it. All the time. 

2. Laurier Lounge - The best coffee in town, great atmonsphere, inside or out, possibly the best potatoes.

1. Big Fish - This place can do no wrong.

5. Go camping with my friends. I've only been with a boy. I'm appropriately embarrassed for myself.

4. Build something out of fireworks and blow it up. Yeah, yeah...I've wanted to do this for a while and I feel like I'm all talk and no action. I don't even know where to buy fireworks. 

3. Blow an entire paycheck on something ridiculous. I'm far too practical, but I do love impractical things...

2. Spend an entire weekend without leaving the house. This one must be a sign that I'm getting old, but I'd love to just read and putter for an entire weekend.

1. Shoot a hand gun. I know, I'm the biggest pacifist in the world. However, I still want to bust a cap in...something.

...that aren't anywhere close to real, but it'd blow my mind if they weren't in the movies. For example, 

5. Raise the force fields - obviously, if the enemy is re-attacking your damaged ship, you have to make a crucial decision - do you redirect power to the force fields, or do you use all the power you've got to...

4. Travel at the speed of light - which doesn't seem at all green. How much fuel/power would going that fast take? And why? Especially if we've already figured out...

3. Teleportation - forget travelling at whatever speed necessary, just teleport. Are there limitations that I'm not understanding?

2. Tractor Beams - If only parents had tractor beams that worked on children.

1. In the future, women of all species have huge racks

5. Phoenix - Lisztomania, I could listen to this Alex Metric Remix on repeat, repeat, repeat

4. Bon Iver - of course. Seriously...and then Bon Iver and Lykke Li? That's just showing off. 

3. Passion Pit - OH SO MANY REMIXES, SO LITTLE TIME

2. Discovery - I heart it all, but I want to be your Boyfriend featuring Angel Deradoorian from The Dirty Projectors...Killah!

1. Dirty Projectors - all of it. Gosh those kids are cool. 

5. Theme from Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Paul Cantelon

4. To Build a Home - Cinematic Orchestra

3. Good Disease - Aim

2. Wow - Kylie Minogue *giggle*

1. re: stacks - Bon Iver

I thought they'd be all super depressing, but Kylie made it in! No real surprise really...

This feels like a cheating Top 5 list, because I didn't really think about it, I just opened iTunes. It is kind of cool to see though. I kind of want to go to coffee shops with wifi and snoop on other people's most played list :)