Congrats Ashton Kutcher!

If you were not aware, Ashton Kutcher had this race going on Twitter against CNN to see who could reach 1 million followers by today. The race started as just fun but it turn out to be a huge campaign to raise awareness for Malaria No More, an non-profit organization in NY with a purpose to end deaths caused by the disease in Africa.

Today was his deadline and he made it! The bet was to donate 10 thousand nets to fight Malaria. He also donated $100,000 to the Malaria No More Fund.

Way to go to all those Twitter peeps! I give you props Ashton!

Check this video out Twitter posted on their blog.




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Happy Earth Day!

Hope you are enjoying the earth today. Take a deep breath and record the image of the beautiful views we are provided on a daily basis.

Using less and saving more is my goal.

It seems though people are still not getting the fact that we need to care, do our part in order for our earth to survive. The air, the animals that exist, the plants and trees, the water and the people all fall under this earth.

I am taking responsibility to help preserve where I live. At home, I have all the lamps unplugged, all radios, TVs and clocks in the rooms that don't get much used unplugged as well. My family and I recycle everything we can. I also love leftovers! it means i get to have food for the rest of the week and I am not wasting. I try to use less paper on a daily basis, I have a recycle pile at work that I take home to put on my recycling bin. I also buy items made from recycled materials. Small things like these will definitely make a difference.

Companies are aiming for that trend too. They are focusing on their environment conscious audience and at the same time changing their ways as well. They are sending a message.

For some Earth Day widgets, tips or games Jamster has some pretty cool ones.

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Looking for a job?

Need help searching or don't know where to start? If you are graduating, graduated, or looking for an intership check this site out: CollegeRecruiter.com. It is a top job board posting site for entry-level jobs.

And now it is going mobile to meet the needs of "tech" friendly generations. CollegeRecruiter.mobi is their new mobile site that allows you to check on jobs through your cell phone. You can get alerts of new jobs, internship postings, search and read related articles, blogs and watch videos from it gaining an edge at all times over others who are searching looking for a job as well.

You don't need to have a smartphone in order to access the site on your phone. It works good with any web-enabled phone. Check out Mobile Marketing article that tells you all about it. 

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Looking for some Shoes?

I have a couple flats that I am selling if you are interested!!

These are silver open toe flats. Very cute! I bought them withouth trying them on, but when I got home they were really tight on me. I got them at Dillards. Never been worn.

Gianni Bini
Size: 7
Color: Silver
Price: $12








These I got from Forever21.com. I made a mistake and got the wrong size again. Never been worn.
Poka dots
Size: 7
Color: Beige and Black
Price: $10






Leave me a message if you are intested!

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Happy Holy Week to all Catholics!

Today is the second day of Holy week, the last week of lent. Catholics take time to remember the passion and death of Jesus. Church traditions take place focusing on the last week of his life. All those who fast or made a promise to change their lives, this week is the time to evaluate your progress and continue in the good path. Good Friday symbolizes when Jesus was arrested, had his trial, was crucified, suffered, died and was buried. Usually during lent all images, sculptures and crosses in a church are covered throughout lent specifically on this holy friday. The last days of the week are to observe his death and no communion given either. Holy Saturday is the day Jesus rested on his tomb. Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection of Jesus, the end of Holy week. Churches are aslo decorated with white colors right before sunrise on sunday.

I remember when I was little, we get up really early to drive to la Antigua, Guatemala, to help decorate the streets with massive beautiful and colorful carpets made of flowers, seeds, sand, lights, and other miscellaneous items. While we kids kept busy tossing pedals, my godparents looked for the perfect spot to watch the Procession, a parade of gorgeous floats.


Here is a picture of the carpets that decorate cities accross Latin America.

Here is a picture of how the streets are during the Procession.

My godparents set up chairs and place our baskets full of snacks for us kids. The smell of incense and people dressed in purple and black gowns surrounded the streets. This is a huge tradition in Latin American countries, where the Catholic religion practiced by majority of the population. No one goes to school or work on Friday. The food is also great. Specially at small towns and villages. You can find all kinds of traditional dishes for very cheap. Check out some videos of Easter celebrations.

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President in Europe!

I am so excited President Barack Obama and his wife got the privilege to meet Queen Elizabeth II and his consort Prince Phillip today as part of their 8 day European visit. After a day full of press and important government matters including attending the G20 meeting and seeing guest like Dmitry Medvedev of Russia and Hu Jintao of China.

I remember when I went to Europe and saw the changing of the guards. There were thousands of people standing outside the palace just waiting to see the guards do their thing. There were different groups, some on horses and others that march and another group with musical instruments. Definitely a performance very well coordinated. Now I can only image the size of the crowd today to see many leaders entering the Buckingham palace.

Obama's next stops in Europe will be in Strasbourg, Prague, Ankara, and ending in Istanbul, Turkey.

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its wednesday..@#*

Today is one of those days...

After the creative meetings, the project manager meetings, and checking email my week has been pretty slow. I am not here today (mentally). After a month of neglecting this blog, I decided I needed to give you an update of my life.

In January I got a new job!! As Interactive Project Coordinator at an advertising agency here in Kansas city. I have learned so much since I started, and slowly without noticing, gaining a "grown up perspective". I do alot more web maintenance and hosting using content management systems for various clients and also day to day client contact to maintain a good business relationship, something so imperative than ever before.

However, my soccer nights are still occuring. Monday we got a beat down 3-5 by the number 1 team on the league (we are no. 2). The only reason they keep that status is because although they have a couple good ball players, they want to get the championship t-shirts at the end of the session and are afraid to move up a league since they will become the dreaded last place member.

Besides that, I am have been contemplating a trip to the "ville" is much needed. I need a break from reality to a more under the standard college trip.

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Congratulations!!

To all the winners of the SAG Awards, specially James Earl Jones, who received a special tribute for his hard work and dedication to his career and helping new generations to be literate!!!!

Also to Erika, who had her 21st birthday this weekend. I went up to Maryville this weekend to visit my sister and my friends. We got to celebrate Erika's birthday, enjoy a margarita at La Bonita Mexican restaurant, and chill with twin2!

Here is a picture of all who came to eat dinner at LaBo:

Lastly to my boyfriend, Shawnn, who is officially a fire fighter! He started his first 24 hour shift today.

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Bust out some Zumba!!!

Well yesterday i had my first Zumba class!!! I was nervous but so pumped. I recently joined this new gym and discovered that they have all kinds of classes and last night i tried the Zumba one. Man the instructor made us shake!!!! She was this young hispanic chick. She was very animated and told us to not be shy. I followed her advice and I loved the class!!! We did alot of hip movements, leg lifts, and legs. The instructor had some cool music too, mixture of spanish reggeton, merengue, salsa and even hip pop. The next class im going to start is Kickboxing!! YEAY! i'm gonna be buff in no time :-).

Indoor soccer game update, we have been winning for the past three weeks. I have been having a scoring streak too! Monday night's game was at 11:15 pm, it was a late night but we played hard and won 3-1!!!! Now the issue was me getting up at 7am the next day to go to work. Tonight's game i'm going to miss because my boyfriend is graduating from the fire academy, i'm so proud! Both events are around the same time and I can't make it. My friend Amy, who also plays with me, will be missing it too because her brother is in the academy as well and we both will be at the ceremony. I'll let you know how the game ends!

On a different note, one goal of mine for the blog is to start adding more widgets and make it more interesting and interactive. So I will start adding pictures soon so you can share with me my stories!!

Peace out
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Feliz New Year!

You know most people during the beggining of a new year are setting resolutions, but to tell you the truth i don't think they work. I think that if you really want to change your life or start something new, its a commitment that you make to change your way of life to include or take out certain aspects of it. Resolutions usually don't work because people can't wait till their done, so their mind acts like if it was an event instead of a different way of life.

I say don't tell anyone what you plan to do, just start doing it. Start including it as part of your daily, weekly, or monthly tasks and sooner than you think you will realize its just the thing you do. It has no experation date.

I also wanted to add to the list of my "Why remember 2008" post, because several things happen that will just make that year an unforgtable one.

20. One of my best friends moved back to Serbia for several months.

21. Unfortunately hundreds of people are suffering from the war in Gaza.

22. I got a real J-O-B !!!!

Did you end the year in a good note??

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