a cappella favorites

what started out originally as a post about my love for disney a cappella quickly turned into hours of a cappella stalking on youtube. oops.

naturally i've included some of my favorites below.  and okay, some of them i saw in concert in college, but others are just drool-worthy creations.

i love talented people.  and friends, these people are kickin' it.

happy listening, friends. 

for a darn-tooting good time (warning -- your heart will start to burst. and these guys are just as adorable in person): 

SO FUNNY (and good):

for instant tears (seriously though -- it's like waterworks central in my apartment right now. holy nostalgia):

  

ending on a happier disney note (and yes, i know there's a college group out there that does a medley too. but these kids are in high school. SO WONDERFUL.):

the social media trifecta: procrastination at its finest

i have come to the realization that while i hate the fact that college is over and i'm in the 'real world' (whatever that means), i never would have graduated from college today.

now that might seem like a strange thought to those of you that know that i did, in fact, just graduate from undergrad in '09, but hear me out on this one.

i wasted many an hour just a few short years ago 'studying' in the library when in fact i was really on facebook or goofing off with some of my best friends (even if they actually did need to study).  i'm the first to admit that i didn't study that much in college as most of my classes required papers instead of tests, but when i did need to study, i put in my time.  however, when these situations did arise, i usually locked myself in my room or went off somewhere alone, cell phone turned off, wireless disabled.  when i had to rock 'n roll on the books, i did.

however, today i have wasted the majority of my day, despite the fact that i have hours worth of work (in the form of packing) to do.  i'm not sure in what delusional world i'm living in where i think i can just waste away the day and everything will be peachy, but apparently i have become a permanent resident of this alternate universe.

so why would i never have survived college if i was still enrolled?  well nowadays there are so many tempting distractions that a girl can't just choose one.  facebook was enough of a distraction for me in college that hours of my life were wasted that i'll never get back.  but now there's twitter.  and pinterest (which i just joined today ... hence the procrastination).  and everyone and their mom (except my mom) has a smartphone so there's always something new i feel compelled to check.

but just for the record, i'm not complaining about it.  i know i do it to myself.  no one is forcing me to have a facebook account.  and no one sends me directions that include tweeting or pining crafty things that will only add to my procrastination.

but i just want to.  so i do.  but goodness knows i would have flunked out of college after a semester of the social media trifecta.