Thursday, June 14, 2012
OOOOOOOOOOOOH SNAP!!!!!!!!
Thursday, September 8, 2011
David Guetta - Nothing But The Beat
('http://www.youtube.com/p/59C8E3D1862000A8?version=3&hl=en_US',)
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Wildlife Conservation Society
So I sent in the letter - if you think this is something you could take the time to support — it only takes ONE minute literally — then please go to this website! Thank you!!! (taken from the website:)
By writing your members of Congress, you're helping to ensure a future for threatened wildlife overseas. Since they can't thank you themselves we hope you'll accept our thanks on their behalf!
Will you ask your friends and family to join you, too?
Make sure your friends and family know what's at stake. Forward the letter below!
---- FORWARD THE EMAIL BELOW ----
By writing your members of Congress, you're helping to ensure a future for threatened wildlife overseas. Since they can't thank you themselves we hope you'll accept our thanks on their behalf!
Will you ask your friends and family to join you, too?
Make sure your friends and family know what's at stake. Forward the letter below!
---- FORWARD THE EMAIL BELOW ----
Hi-
Can you imagine what it would be like if tigers, elephants and other amazing species no longer roamed throughout Africa or Asia? If the animals that loomed so large in our childhood imaginations could only be found in history books?
Throughout Africa and Asia, the number of tigers, elephants, and other amazing species are dwindling due to loss of habitat, poachers and other threats. The U.S. can help save these magnificent creatures, but only if Congress continues its support for international conservation programs.
That's why I just wrote to my members of Congress, letting them know what's at stake and asking them to support reauthorization of conservation programs overseas. These programs could make the difference for the future of elephants and other threatened species – but only if Congress takes action.
Visit the page below send a letter to your members of Congress, urging them to fully fund conservation programs that save elephants.
http://e.wcs.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=379
Sending your message only takes a minute – thank you for joining me!
Can you imagine what it would be like if tigers, elephants and other amazing species no longer roamed throughout Africa or Asia? If the animals that loomed so large in our childhood imaginations could only be found in history books?
Throughout Africa and Asia, the number of tigers, elephants, and other amazing species are dwindling due to loss of habitat, poachers and other threats. The U.S. can help save these magnificent creatures, but only if Congress continues its support for international conservation programs.
That's why I just wrote to my members of Congress, letting them know what's at stake and asking them to support reauthorization of conservation programs overseas. These programs could make the difference for the future of elephants and other threatened species – but only if Congress takes action.
Visit the page below send a letter to your members of Congress, urging them to fully fund conservation programs that save elephants.
http://e.wcs.org/site/Advocacy?pagename=homepage&id=379
Sending your message only takes a minute – thank you for joining me!
Thursday, July 7, 2011
St. Tammany's Shelter
This is a really good cause and even though I know very few people actually read this blog, I still wanted to put it up. It's easy to do, just go to the website and vote and you can help a really wonderful shelter have the opportunity to save even more animals.
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Tunes for this week~ ♫☆♪
Click on the links if you dare.... dun dun dun....
No really, if you'd like to check out some great tunes — that I happen to be listening to this week — then look no further! Or actually, DO look further!
First, we have some loooooovely French/English music:
No really, if you'd like to check out some great tunes — that I happen to be listening to this week — then look no further! Or actually, DO look further!
First, we have some loooooovely French/English music:
And LOVE these songs by Zazie
Melanie Pain: Ignore Moi & Girls and Boys
La Fille De La Bande:
Pauline:
Now for some English songs:
Big Jet Plane:
I LOVE this song from Two Door Cinema Club!!!
And then we have Julian Perretta: Stitch Me Up
And Radar Detector by Darwin Deez
Adelle Set Fire to the Rain remix :)
Micheal Buble: Mack the Knife
Ok that is probably enough for now - I could go on and on! :) Hope you enjoyed this week's showcase of tunes and found a few that you enjoyed! Cheers! :D
Saturday, June 18, 2011
PARADE!
So this morning as I puttering around my apartment with my full-blown cold trying to clean I heard the not-so-unusal barrrage of fireworks somewhere nearby that sounded like a volley of machine gun fire... Or not so much but anyway, it always makes me think of that old ebaumsworld video of the end of the world with the line, "fire zee missiiiiles," when they are going off at any hour and in any weather... You hear them so much though for all sorts of things that you don't really think anything of it after a while. So on my way back from a nearby breakfast shop you can imagine my surprise when I discovered there was a full blown parade going on outside - I had run through the parade at one point just to get back to my house — traffic was a mess, there were cops on scooters everywhere, and fireworks being shot off in the street. About 20 minutes later I went out to take my laundry to the laundromat and the parade was still going on outside so I ran back up and got my camera, snapped some photos and got a few videos because the music and the different vehicles were just too interesting to miss. Enjoy!
The first one is just a short video of one of the trucks that made me think of a Fire Engine that had been attacked by the Rio Carnival...
and here are a few more videos :) i liked the children with the dragon...on roller blades <3
The first one is just a short video of one of the trucks that made me think of a Fire Engine that had been attacked by the Rio Carnival...
Now compare the music of that one to this one:
and here are a few more videos :) i liked the children with the dragon...on roller blades <3
Sunday, June 5, 2011
A wow moment....
Tomorrow is Dragon Boat Festival. Yesterday I went to Juifen with my friends and got to experience a really beautiful vintage town on the side of a mountain facing out to sea. And today my neighbors from down the hall GAVE me four free tickets to the movie theater down the block...
I always say hello to the lady and her son when I see them but I'm rarely ever able to communicate anything beyond that, but she always remembers my name... I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never learned their names — and they only know mine because a nice lady on the 7th floor who has impeccable English talks to me sometimes and has apparently told people my name....
Earlier in the week I was passing the bank on the corner of our building when my neighbor came rushing out and tried to tell me about some free ticket deal at the theater. I got about 60% percent of what she was saying but I was missing the critical bits so it was pretty hopeless. I felt really bad because I could tell she was trying to do me a favor, but I thought she wanted to take me somewhere or get me to buy some product or something. We couldn't communicate and we finally had to awkwardly give up — with both of us feeling a bit frustrated. I thought it was really sweet of her to try though.
Then today on my way back from the convenient store (with yet another meal of salad and yogurt) I ran into her and her son. He speaks some English so she really excitedly told him to start telling me about the tickets.
"We put the movie tickets in your mailbox so please feel free to use them," he said.
I was floored to say the least. I went inside, found them in my box with a nice note in English explaining what they were and I was so touched... I immediately wrote a thank you card and went down to the local dessert shop and bought an assortment of fancy cakes and took it over. I tried to leave really quickly but the mom insisted that the son give me two cans of some drink from Germany...turns out it was a dark malt of some kind... I think I drank a beer tonight.... Hell has frozen over. Ha ha. It was actually ok though, so I'm not sure if it really was beer or not... But it was very sweet of them so I gave it a try and will actually be happy to drink the second can later. A few minutes after I took over the cake I was sitting in my apartment with...very few articles of clothing on because it was hot and I was saving electricity... when I heard a knock on my door. I ran around frantically trying to get clothes on as I heard another knock and then my dying-duck-doorbell went off before I could get a shirt on. When I finally got dressed and to the door the boy and his sister — who I've never seen — were standing outside to tell me that when I wanted to use the tickets I needed to go reserve the seats first.
Today was definitely one of those days where my lack of Chinese broke my heart, but it was really a special thing to have happen. They are definitely some of the nicest neighbors I've ever had — certainly far better than the psychotic, axe-murderer, screamer kings that live right next door that call security on me for talking on the phone... in a normal voice... urk...
So here's to the neighbors that made my day and warmed my heart *cheers!*
I always say hello to the lady and her son when I see them but I'm rarely ever able to communicate anything beyond that, but she always remembers my name... I'm embarrassed to admit that I've never learned their names — and they only know mine because a nice lady on the 7th floor who has impeccable English talks to me sometimes and has apparently told people my name....
Earlier in the week I was passing the bank on the corner of our building when my neighbor came rushing out and tried to tell me about some free ticket deal at the theater. I got about 60% percent of what she was saying but I was missing the critical bits so it was pretty hopeless. I felt really bad because I could tell she was trying to do me a favor, but I thought she wanted to take me somewhere or get me to buy some product or something. We couldn't communicate and we finally had to awkwardly give up — with both of us feeling a bit frustrated. I thought it was really sweet of her to try though.
Then today on my way back from the convenient store (with yet another meal of salad and yogurt) I ran into her and her son. He speaks some English so she really excitedly told him to start telling me about the tickets.
"We put the movie tickets in your mailbox so please feel free to use them," he said.
I was floored to say the least. I went inside, found them in my box with a nice note in English explaining what they were and I was so touched... I immediately wrote a thank you card and went down to the local dessert shop and bought an assortment of fancy cakes and took it over. I tried to leave really quickly but the mom insisted that the son give me two cans of some drink from Germany...turns out it was a dark malt of some kind... I think I drank a beer tonight.... Hell has frozen over. Ha ha. It was actually ok though, so I'm not sure if it really was beer or not... But it was very sweet of them so I gave it a try and will actually be happy to drink the second can later. A few minutes after I took over the cake I was sitting in my apartment with...very few articles of clothing on because it was hot and I was saving electricity... when I heard a knock on my door. I ran around frantically trying to get clothes on as I heard another knock and then my dying-duck-doorbell went off before I could get a shirt on. When I finally got dressed and to the door the boy and his sister — who I've never seen — were standing outside to tell me that when I wanted to use the tickets I needed to go reserve the seats first.
Today was definitely one of those days where my lack of Chinese broke my heart, but it was really a special thing to have happen. They are definitely some of the nicest neighbors I've ever had — certainly far better than the psychotic, axe-murderer, screamer kings that live right next door that call security on me for talking on the phone... in a normal voice... urk...
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