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About Me

The name's Bree. I have a good brain and I'm sarcastic. I love playing and watching sports. Soccer was always my favorite growing up, but I like football and baseball too - Go Cubs! Music makes me happy (and sad) and I listen to indie, rock, alternative, punk, a little folksie stuff... you get it.
I work at an advertising agency where I started in Public Relations, but now I'm a Copywriter. No, I don't put tiny, circled Cs on objects... I write words. I always had a great interest in photography, although I'm not that great at it. For whatever reason, I love taking pictures of trees.
I have random life goals and I've already completed a few, like visiting Switzerland and watching the sun rise on the east coast and set on the west coast of Florida in the same day. I really value the little things in life. I have more random goals, just ask.
Creativity, spontaneity and kindness are three of my top characteristics, and I look for similar traits in my friends. I tend to push people away at times, and that bites me in the ass. Imagine that -- history repeating itself... hmm.
I put Elaine to shame when I dance by myself in my room. I read. I hang out with friends. I yell at the TV during Cubs games and The Amazing Race. I drive 'round town, hoping to find secrets. I fool people into thinking I can write well.
I love Chicago and would like to live there. Locally, I enjoy aimlessly walking around Barnes & Noble or hanging out at Lizzy's or I-Bar.
In a nutshell... I love green. I like sliding in the mud during rainstorms. I don't like soda. I'm allergic to cats. I'm going to move to Chicago. I love my family. I think my feet are big. I'm crafty. I love spiral mac 'n cheese.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Old friends and new ones, too.

Music:

Right now... Wilco, Ryan Adams, Mohawk Lodge, Two Hours Traffic, Mason Jennings, Guster, Kings of Leon, The Format, Travis, The Shins, The Byrds, Jeremy Fisher

Movies:

I'm a big movie fan. I love watching everything from The Usual Suspects to Amelie, and Die Hard III to whatever's playing on TCM. I avoid being the stereotypical girl - not on purpose, just turned out that way - so I don't like "chick flicks." I'd rather spend my movie-time watching action-adventures, dramas and anything else well-written. I am, however, a sucker for John Cusack films.

Television:

Arrested Development was the best show ever, Lost, Amazing Race, The Office, Family Guy, Simpsons, Robot Chicken, The West Wing, Daily Show, Dirty Jobs, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition (because it makes me cry happy tears) and anything on Turner Classic Movies, American Movie Classics, Discovery Channel & History Channel

Books:

Wicked, Blink, Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, Chronicles of Narnia, mental_floss mags & books, Michael Crichton, Roald Dahl, Dan Brown, David Sedaris

My Blog

a sad revelation.

Time flies when you don't write anything about it.It's been 364 days since I last blogged, and that is shameful and pathetic. Some writer I am... chock it up to being busy, burnt out or just plain laz...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Wed, 05 Dec 2007 10:35:00 PST

Passion Plunge!

CLICK ONCE TO MAKE VIDEO STOP. DOUBLE-CLICK TO START AGAIN.Check out some video I shot during last year's Plunge.To learn more about this cool Special Olympics fundraiser and to sponsor me and my team...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Thu, 12 Jan 2006 04:45:00 PST

18 Easy Steps to Pissing Someone off in Traffic

Step 1:Drive on the 408.Step 2:Get stuck in slow, post-toll booth traffic.Step 3:Attempt to stop the annoying, speeding people in the right lane of a traffic jam by sliding your car position enough to...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Thu, 07 Dec 2006 08:32:00 PST

i'm a winner.

it's true. despite my loser tendencies (tripping on my own feet, calling people by the wrong first name, crying at the end of mighty ducks 3) i have been declared a winner.by whom, you ask? by my mom ...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Wed, 07 Jun 2006 09:24:00 PST

Popping my West Coast Cherry

Three years and three months after starting at PUSH as an intern, I'm finally reaping the travel benefits of the ad biz.As of Wednesday, I will no longer be Bree "East Coast" Adamson. Nuh uh, nope. Fo...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Mon, 10 Apr 2006 06:40:00 PST

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Last weekend, the stars aligned. The tides were equal and the winds were calm. I had experienced a once-in-a-lifetime event, and it may have changed my life.At exactly 12:34 in the afternoon, I climbe...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:59:00 PST

My Redneck Weekend.

I didn't go to see the Monster Trucks in the Citrus Bowl. I didn't even drive through Bithlo. Nope... this past weekend I came to the bitter realization that part of my family is a lot more country th...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:35:00 PST

The demise of movie poster slogans.

Gone are the days of "Don't go in the water," "They're here" and "Gaiety! Glory! Glamour!" Ok... they were off the mark for The Wizard of Oz. But today, I witnessed two terrible catch phrases for upco...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Sat, 31 Dec 2005 10:24:00 PST

allergies.

in addition to cats, i'm now allergic to dogs. this became apparent when my sister's dog slept in close proximity to my bed and i woke up wheezing with the desire to gouge out my itchy eyes. fun. i st...
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:38:00 PST

today's thoughts on advertising

This is my favorite commercial on tv right now... if the link goes away, just google "PSP Squirrel" The most disturbing commercials on tv right now are part of the "I'm thinkin' Arby's" campaign....
Posted by breeeeeeeee on Wed, 14 Dec 2005 06:09:00 PST