Laura Foy...

Fashion

Today I saw 7 different guys wearing sandals with white socks underneath them and those socks were pulled up to knee highs. Really?

you know i wouldnt steer you wrong...

This is what panasonic showed off at CES 2007. Seriously fun.

http://on10.net/Blogs/laura/sweet-eye-candy-from-the-panasonic-booth/

Save the sheep.

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Lets show the boys what the girls can do.

WHHHHHHAAAAAAAAATTTTTT???

Really? In 2006 we still not only classify a gender to certain video games but we also create HUGE stand up displays in celebration of it????

I'm having a baby!

Ok, well, no I'm not. But I am "giving birth"- in a sense. Ok, no not really at all either. BUT what I AM doing is building a new studio for my team and I here at Microsoft. It's just about as exhausting as a new baby and it definitely takes up most of my time like a new baby and pretty much except for the diapers and cute giggling noises- it's my baby! ANyway- let me have a little poetic license, jeez.

So- back in the day- when I was running tha control room at Pseudo.com in NYC- I was a master at this one [wo]man broadcasting system called the Trinity. I loved this thing soooo much. Basically it let me switch cameras, design wpies, edit, chroma key, creat lower thirds, design fonts- anything I wanted to do to my camera shots I controlled right there. Right from my chair in my dark, warm, happy control room. Needless to say, this time around I wanted that same power. MAUhahahahaha.

I found the NewTek VT4. Imagine all my good memories coming together mixed in with 6+ years of technological advances. I was giddy like a school girl. The equipment is all starting to trickle in- but not fast enough!

I also went with HD cameras in case we ever want to distribute the Tina and Laura talk Games Show oevr xbox live (a girl has to have her dreams)- My cameras!

Audio is coming....as are lights, furniture, curtains.....it's all on the way. My baby is soon to be born :)

Anyway- I'll keep you posted on the studio....Now if I could only think of a name for it :)

Peter Moore!!

Snakes on a Plane.

First of all- what a great title for a film. "Snakes on a Plane". Simple, effective, descriptive...I love it. Way more appropriate than say... "The Constant Gardener". WTF is that supposed to mean? A movie about somebody who really loves plants? Really now, get it together.

Ok, so thats just rambling- here's the story. I go to see Snakes on a Plane- which is HUGE for me because I don't do scary. I am a big wuss- shhhh, thats a secret :) Anyway, I go see the movie which is actually really funny and deserves to be seen in the theater and not as a rental cuz you gotta get the crowd vibe and big huge snakes coming at you in your face. So the movie ends and everybody is kinda giggling but still a little skeeved out from such snake carnage. A friend and I go in to the bathroom to pee before the walk home. Well....(and this may be TMI, I'm not sure) I'm in the stall, I go, I stand up and I'm buckling my belt. I look over my right shoulder and see a SNAKE climbing over the ledge from the next stall!!! Of course I scream like a girl and bust out of the stall with my pants undone and I'm falling over in terror half dressed and trembling. Then I hear the laughing. Bitches. Apparently my good pal thought it would be REALLY funny to dangle her shiny snake looking belt over the bathroom stall to give me a heart attack. I hate her now ;P

Actually it was really funny and I kinda like her more now cuz I'm impressed she could think of something that clever.

So - now I need your help. I need to get the bitch back. I need a practical joke that is simple to pull off (i'm lazy) yet effective and preferrably humiliating. Who's got something?

xoxo- laura.

pooped.

So....i'm back to settling in to my regular work / play life. It's so nice to not have to travel any time soon. My poor little body can't take the flights. Anyway- I'm really putting alot of thought into where 10 should go over the next year and what type of content we should be covering. Definitely more gaming stuff, thats a given. I also really like the lifestyle pieces. I like getting out there into the community and being hands on. That sounded dirty.

Oops...meeting time. More soon.

India...part 2

So, I'm finally back from my trip to India...what a long strange trip its been. First off, let me HIGHLY suggest that if any of you guys are in college you apply for the Imagine Cup next year. What an amazing experience- totally for me but especially for the students. First class treatment all the way around and getting to meet kids from so many different countries. Anyway, I made a documentary about the Canadian short film team- and cant WAIT for it to be done. I will keep you posted. My difficulties in India even got better :) After all- a nation where everybody wears flip-flops-- how bad can that be??

Also, their cab drivers are funny. I had three of them tell me the same joke which is "You need 3 things to drive in India, beddy good horn, beddy good brake and beddy good luck"

hahahaha.

Imagine Cup...India...Day 1

So I've arrived in India. The airport was somewhat disgusting and this is where I encountered my first attack. I went to the bathroom (where mind you there was no toilet paper or paper towels to dry your hands with- because trust me, you wash your hands in India) anyway, as I tried to leave the bathroom a woman jumped in front of me and wouldnt let me leave until I gave her 2 rupees for the towels. What towels? anyway, I didnt have any rupees. Another Indian woman felt pity for me and tried to give the mean lady rupees for me but teh mean one wasnt having it. I tried to sneak by her, she grabbed me. Then the two Indian woman started fighting. I took this as my cue to leave. So far, India is awesome.

Then I began my 4 hour journey to the hotel. UH MAH GAWD. There are beggars and COWS everywhere. Cows dying, walking, sleeping, eating, shitting, whatever. We were stuck in traffic for 20 minutes without moving because a cow was in the road. And the cows (and all other animals are filthy and deformed and wounded and sad)Then there are also hundreds of dirty stray dogs, pigs, sheep, CAMELS, and a few monkeys. The monkey is where my second attack occurred. I thought "oh how cute a monkey!" Well, apparently this particular monkey was owned by an evil evil man who tried to break into our car after I snapped a pic of it and then had no rupees. Note to self, get some rupees. I did get the pic though :)

Then we stopped for lunch at a LOVELY (read: filthy) roadside eatery. I decided to indulge in the traditional Indian cuisine of pepsi and a slice of pizza. I am so cultured.  But i did get a pic w/ a snake for no rupees....check it.

After that, more poverty. Men and boys bathe in the streets. Nked. And when I say bathe I mean stand around a dirty bucket and rinse off with brown water. Barefoot is A-OK here even though the roadsides are littered with rubble and garbage. I also dont think they have traffic laws here, just sorta drive wherever and keep your hands on teh horn. It is actually suggested to beep at people. Most trucks have signs that say "horn please". Lots of headaches here I would imagine.

Finally we arrived at the Palace and now it's all 5 star clean gorgeous beauty. It's like I left India and landed in royalty- very strange.

Ok, lots more--but I had to get that out cuz this place is out of control.

it wont let me post pics....try this:

http://laurainindia.shutterfly.com/