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Everything I know, I learned from Criminal Minds.

Elissa Gavette — Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:11:03 +0000

When you’re a FBI agent, there are always one or two cases per year that will hit way to close to home and you’ll get too personally involved. Recognize the signs and step back. Don’t be reckless, that’s how your partner gets shot.
When you open a closet door, draw the shower curtain back, take garbage out to the bins or retrieve your ball from the bushes, mentally prepare yourself to discover a dead body. Those are the most common dump sites.
If you hear a noise while you’re home alone, it is a serial killer. If a door to your house is open or unlocked when you distinctly remember locking it, it is a serial killer. If someone comes to the door and you’re not expecting company, it is a serial killer. Should I continue or do you get where I’m going with this?
When there is a famous guest star, they are always guilty. So it stands to reason that should you see a celebrity on the street, run. They are mostly likely about to murder you.
Don’t trust anyone. Not even children (almost especially children) and old people.
Women serial killers rarely kill other women, so ladies can take some comfort in that. Unless they want to drug you and make you into a human doll. But that’s not a common profile.
Do not make eye contact. Ever. It can easily be mistaken for “a connection” with you and when you fervently deny said connection, you will be murdered.
Never go to the second location.

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I must go check that my doors are locked. For the third time.

And I will always love YOU, Whitney.

Elissa Gavette — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:05:05 +0000

Regardless of your feelings re: drugs, parenting, etc., there is absolutely no denying her talent. And if you try to deny her talent, I’ll cut you. RIP

’tis the season

Elissa Gavette — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 04:06:19 +0000

things I love about the holiday season:

hot cocoa + peppermint schnapps = toasty
profile pics w/ironic photoshopped santa hats
friends coming home from the far, far corners of the earth
the yule log burning on the flat screen
the christmas story on repeat for a full 48 hours
exchanging gifts with family, friends, and the boyfriend
a new year with new resolutions (which I have no illusions of keeping)

did I forget anything? OH! a special 2011 event (well, technically it will be 2012): adventures at the rose bowl with little sister.

last friday night… and saturday, and sunday.

Elissa Gavette — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 04:42:23 +0000

Things that happened this weekend:

It rained. A lot. Did someone forget to tell Mother Nature that it's July?

I read 2.5 books. See previous picture.

It ended. We toasted victory with contraband wine.

Spent a super lazy/perfect Sunday with the boyfriend.

The USA lost to Japan.

My dad bought a Nissan Xterra... my mom bought a shanty town to trail behind it.

Shayla + I found a great 2br/1ba duplex. We submitted our rental apps. Now we're anxiously waiting by the phone like giggly school girls waiting for the football captain to call and ask us to prom. I hope he calls soon.

From MAX, with love.

Elissa Gavette — Thu, 12 May 2011 03:13:40 +0000

Yes, I have a brand new car. And yes, it gets fantastic gas mileage. But I’m still riding the MAX to work and this is why …

I stopped driving to work when I realized that the never-ending construction on MLK & Grand was sending me to an early grave. Not just because of the skyrocketing blood pressure from moving less than a mile in 20+ min. But, also because the likelihood of me ramming full speed into the next person who cut me off was almost guaranteed. Combine that with the rising gas prices, and, my friends, the MAX just seemed like a better option. Especially since my work pays for my monthly MAX ticket. So basically it’s $4 (maybe $5 soon) a gallon + impending car repair (from teaching someone a valuable lesson), or free. Hmmmm, tough choice.

So now I drive my new little Yaris a smooth and enjoyable two miles to the park-and-ride, before loading on like cattle with my fellow commuters for a 30 minute ride from the suburbs to the city. Most people do their best to keep their iPods at a reasonable level and avoid eye contact at all costs. I like this about my fellow commuters. ~~Perhaps~~ there will be some stories to come, so stay tuned.

Tattoo Shopping

Elissa Gavette — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:31:16 +0000

GTL (minus T)

Elissa Gavette — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:01:19 +0000

Well here we are, in the middle of a typical Oregon Spring — aka another depresSPRING. While our Cali neighbors to the south are unpacking their flower dresses and espadrilles from storage, we still find ourselves sprinting from front door to car door with our jackets pulled up to protect our freshly straightened hair. Just me? Well, it is decidedly less glamourous. But rain or no rain, fashion marches on into summer collections.

And as much as I try to pretend I like shopping for “cute” rain boots (an oxymoron if you ask me), flipping through the magazines with all the bronze skin bathed in sunlight is almost too much too handle for this Oregonian. Le sigh.

…which makes it all the more difficult to keep my promise to lead a tanning bed-free life. Don’t get me wrong, I was never “Jersey Shore” tan(orange), but nonetheless, with all the studies showing the scary stats about tanning –> skin cancer, I have chosen to cut. it. out.

So here’s to self-control + a summer filled with sunshine, outdoor activities and sunscreen.

Flashback

Elissa Gavette — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 17:15:26 +0000

“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne ceaselessly into the past.”

I’ve been rereading some of the classics lately and I’ve come to realize that they are much more enjoyable leisure reading as opposed to trying to cram ten chapters of reading into one night before a test. So I’m appreciating them now. Better late than never right?

Social Fresh Portland

Elissa Gavette — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:56:09 +0000

Thanks to the awesome people at Social Fresh Portland, I will be attending next Monday’s conference for the low, low price of $FREE! Yay!!

I’m loving that the focus of the conference is on case studies and getting down to the brass tacks of using social media in business. I’m really trying to bring social media to Generator Group, but in B2B I’m having a really hard time showing the value. I feel like a lot of the social media conversation usually centers around B2C companies so I’m looking forward to the panels geared more towards B2B.

Stay tuned for more in the next week!

an.experiment.in.stop.motion.

Elissa Gavette — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 02:08:55 +0000

One of my bestest friends in the whole entire world (@amber_mckenna) has spent the last few years traveling the whole entire world (or so it feels). Her current location is Galway, Ireland, so for her birthday a couple of us got together and filmed a movie. I used the opportunity to get up close and intimate with iMovie, which was a lot easier than I thought it would be, and even upped the ante –> adventuring into the world of stop motion.

[NOTE: I'm only posting the stop motion part because the rest is for the birthday girl's eyes only]