Friday, February 20, 2009

Some Favs

A friend and I were walking down memory lane, discussing some of our favorite things of the past. It got us reflecting on some of our favorite things, which resulted in this post. I wanted to do top ten's, but decided to do top five instead. Not quite the same ring, but it'll work...Let me know some of YOUR favorite things!

Top 5 Cartoons from my childhood:
5. Gummy Bears : Who didn't want some gummy bearry juice?
4. Garfield : Jon Arbuckle and Odie. Enough said.
3. Alvin and the Chipmunks
2. Pee-Wee's Playhouse : Ms Chairry, the ant farm, Penny...classic
1. Smurfs

Top 5 shows that impacted my world:
5. Saved By the Bell
4. Charles In Charge
3. Felicity
2. ER (early days)
1. Bevery Hills 90210

Foods I couldn't do without:
5. Salad
4. Wedding Cake
3. Chips and Salsa
2. Peanut Butter
1. Cereal

Top 5 Places I've traveled:
5. Venice, Italy
4. Recife, Brazil
3. Istanbul, Turkey
2. Salzburg, Austria
1. Prague, Czech Republic

Top 5 movies:
5. Pretty Women
4. Beaches
3. Dumb and Dumber
2. Last of the Mohicans
1. Pride and Prejudice

Top 5 fun memories:
5. Beginning of senior year in high school
4. Countless memories at Frontier with the wonderful Fronterns
3. Concerts with Lace
2. Freshmen year of college
1. My 25th Birthday


We're goin 10 on this one...
Top 10 songs to break it down to. Now, small disclaimer: Some of us may not want to admit it, but we all know that when we hear them, they definitely make us want to break it down. So, here they are:
10."Hot In Herre" - Nelly
9. "The Way You Move" - Outkast
8. "Vivrant Thing" - Q Tip
7. "Bootylicious" - Destiny's Child
6. "Hypnotize" - Biggie
5. "Gold Digger" - Kanye
4. "In Da Clube"- 50
3. "Gotta Give It Up" - Marvin Gaye
2. "Yeah" - Usher
1. "Livin La Vida Loca" - Ricky Martin SIKE!
1. "Gettin Jiggy Wit It" - Will Smith

Thursday, February 12, 2009

I Need Africa...

More than Africa needs me...

I have had the privilege of partnering with a great organization called Mocha Club for a little while now. I first got to know this organization through a couple artist I love; Matt Wertz and Dave Barnes. Their thinking is that if you save the money you would spend on a couple of mochas ($7) a month, and use it to help people in Africa it can do one of the following things:

~feed a person for a month
~save one person's life from malaria
~educate 2 children one full school term
~provide clean water for 7 Africans for one year

I don't drink mochas, or coffee for that matter, BUT I can spare at least $7 a month. Can you? If so, go to www.MochaClub.org for info.

Below is a great video on why we need Africa more than Africa needs us....

"My new reality...My joy should have no regard for my circumstances."