I was going to wait until the live shows to declare my favorite singers on this season of The X Factor, but let’s be real. The only name anyone needs to know is Carly Rose Sonenclar. She’s 13, insanely talented, and thankfully, not annoying. She’s going to win it all. And if she doesn’t I’ll be more upset than when Kevin didn’t win Top Chef Las Vegas. And that was the worst!

Check out these incredible videos of Paris by Mayeul Akpovi. He used time lapse and stop motion photography. Stunning.

Paris in Motion (Part 1) - France from Mayeul Akpovi on Vimeo.

Paris in Motion (Part 2) - France from Mayeul Akpovi on Vimeo.

Well, I finally saw The Bourne Legacy. It took a while because I needed to rewatch the other three Bourne films (as I couldn’t remember a single thing about them). I’d heard some negative reviews of Legacy, specifically about its lack of plot and gratuitous action scenes. After watching six hours of Matt Damon running around the world, it didn’t seem like an odd critique. Honestly, it seems like none of the Bourne movies had much of a plot.

Some people might scoff at me saying so, but I think Legacy is the best one yet and here’s why:

1. Cast upgrades.
Jeremy Renner. Upgrade. Rachel Weisz. Upgrade. Edward Norton. Major upgrade.

2. Aaron Cross does not have amnesia.
I loved the mystery in the first Bourne film. Who is Jason Bourne and why does everyone want him dead? But three films of that? Ugh. Remember already!

3. Science!
What I was always missing from the first three films was the science behind the secret programs. Legacy dives into it, explaining the physical and mental enhancements and the tweaks they’d made over time.

4. Concurrent timelines.
Using footage and familiar faces from the original films, Legacy grounds its timeline concurrently with other events in the series. It’s like finding out a new friend grew up just down the street from you. “Can you believe all of this happened at the same time?!”

All I can say is I hope they make more Aaron Cross films, because I’d definitely see them.

I never thought I’d finish this one, but I’m thrilled to cross off another item on my 30 Before 30 list, #25: Organize my email inbox.

In my offline life, I’m pretty organized. I’m the opposite of a hoarder, always trying to find things to get rid of and spaces to declutter. For whatever reason, I can’t seem to carry that mentality over to my email inbox. At the beginning of this effort, I had thousands of random email messages from several years, not categorized or labeled in any way. I just needed to sit down and power through it.

So, after a few hours of deleting, folder organization, and laughing at silly emails from years past, I am excited to see this message for the first time ever:

Now my new goal is to keep it this way forever and not let my email hoarding tendency come back!

To keep books in order, I use completely random objects as bookends. Currently, I’m using an antique tea pot and an Abraham Lincoln novelty mug. With the abundance of fun bookends out there, I’m tempted to splurge on the real thing. Here are a few I like that serve as bookends and as shelf decoration.

Rhino Bookends - $34
Gold Pig Bookends - $29.95
Toy Soldier Bookends - $29
Greyhound Bookends - $66
Dachshund Bookends - $150
Balloon Animal Bookend - $42
Branch Bookends - $64
Star Wars Bookends - $59.99