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Wednesday, September 24
WeedVendingMachines
WEED VENDING MACHINES? HUH?
Has anyone else heard about this incredible phenomenon?
Has anyone else heard about this incredible phenomenon?
Tuesday, September 23
CONTEST
Hey Fam,
I'd like to kick the Fall off with a little free give away for those of you who have been sooo supportive of this blog and my big mouth! Like I posted a few weeks ago, I am officially supporting Jazmine Sullivan and her talented behind! In celebration of her new album Fearless--that dropped TODAY--and the fact that EVERY single one of you should run out and buy it, I am giving a few copies away for FREE!
Here's the catch: Simply hit me back with why you feel you are the ultimate Worthy-Opponent and/or send me a picture/video representing your Worthy-Opponent-ness. Yes! That's it! I'll make sure to send out Cd's asap to the best entries! Maybe even a few extra goodies if you make it real good!
That's It!
Many Blessings,
Sana
P.S.
** Jazmine will be opening for none other than Mr. Sexiness himself, Maxwell. You can
catch them both, here in New York, on October 9th at Radio City Music Hall!
** To Purchase Jazmine's new album, Fearless, go here:
http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?id=280279879&s=143441
** To check out Jazmine on MYSPACE (you know you want to) hit our girl up here:
http://www.myspace.com/jazminesullivan
Monday, September 22
Crafts
Make Your Own Business Cards
If you are anything like me, you're working on your next master plan to make some *GWAP* and give yourself that fabulous vacation you know you deserve! I'm always thinking of some obscure, unconventional way to work at something that I like and not have to sit my ass in an office all day. Well, if this plan includes soliciting your business, you might think about getting some business cards made. No money? No biggie. The team over at Time Out New York has a few tips for those of us who are on the come up and need a little professional finesse to get things rolling.
Check out the article here:
http://www.timeout.com/newyork/articles/apartments/47601/print-business-cards
HelpJillianPena
Browsing through Time Out New York this evening, I came across something that made me stop and give thanks for all of the many blessings that I have. I was very moved and it made me sit and reflect for a bit. Here's why:
On August 11, Jillian Peña, a filmmaker, dancer and Hollins University graduate, was struck by a car as she crossed a Brooklyn street. Following emergency surgery at Bellevue Hospital, Peña, 28, has regained consciousness and is currently undergoing intensive rehabilitation at the same hospital.
Her parents traveled from New Mexico to be with her, but like many artists, Peña is uninsured and hospital bills are mounting. She is improving gradually, though the gravity of her accident cannot be underscored enough.
An artist of profound promise—she is a doctoral candidate in performance studies at Goldsmiths in London and presented the gorgeous MOTHERSHIP at Dance Theater Workshop last spring—Peña is in need of financial support.
You can follow her recovery progress at friendsofjillian.blogspot.com and donate funds to cover her medical costs via PayPal through donations4jillian@gmail.com.
— Gia Kourlas
Towelhead
Synopsis: 'Towelhead' follows the dark, bold and shockingly funny life of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening.
When Jasira's mother sends her to Houston to live with her strict Lebanese father, she quickly learns that her new neighbors find her and her father a curiosity. Worse, her budding womanhood makes her traditional and hot-tempered father uncomfortable. Lonely in this new environment, Jasira seeks friendship and acceptance from her neighbors Mr. Vuoso, an Army reservist, and Melina, a meddling but caring expectant mother.
Thrown into an unfamiliar suburban world, Jasira must confront racism and hypocrisy at home and at school - and at the same time struggle to make sense of her raging hormones and newfound sexuality. Her boyfriend, Thomas, though a few years older, provides some comfort - but even that relationship causes problems when her father discovers that Thomas is black. Surrounded by adults who are just as lost as she is, Jasira yearns for understanding, even amidst often brutal acts.
TRAILER:
source: Moviefone
SchomburgReadingRoom
The historic Schomburg Center in Harlem (515 Malcolm X Blvd.) has launched a fantastic new reading series that I felt I should share with you all. The Schomburg Reading Room: Writers on the Cutting Edge, curated by acclaimed author, poet, and journalist, Quincy Troupe which will run from September 2008 through May 2009. It's crazy how many times, in the past few weeks, I've heard people say that they don't read because A) they don't have the time, B) they can't find material that appeals to them, or C) they're just not into reading! AND, to put the cherry on the cake, these comments all came from Brown PEOPLE! This is damn near blasphemous! So here's an opportunity to activate your reading libido and hopefully find something you are "more into."
Learn more at: http://www.nypl.org/research/calendar/prog/sch/schser.cfm?id=349
TrikoLuv
Hey Fam,
I just wanted to share with you my little cameo on the Triko Blog. Triko is a progressive, premium streetwear brand for the fashion conscious consumer. Triko is committed to using the finest natural materials available to produce high quality product, in order to advance their efforts to a healthier environment. Their focus is on promoting social and environmental awareness through design and lifestyle. Designer Hector Estrada chooses to incorporate sustainable materials into his collection, such as organic or raw cotton on selected tees and using coconut shells or recycled soda cans as buttons.
Triko is actively involved in charities and organizations including Solar 1 and Defenders of Wildlife and will continue to support charities and organizations that work towards the protection of the environment and its inhabitants. They are a pretty cool little company and I'm super excited to be featured on their blog.
To learn more about Triko, check them out at : www.triko.com
To check out my feature, check me out here: http://friends.amivectio.com/
As always, thanks for all of your love and support.
Many Blessings,
*Sana
Thursday, September 18
MYLA
Browsing through the bulk of naughty e-mails I receive daily, (somehow I end up on these websites' mailing lists..no clue how) I ran across a great one to share with you girls. More than just naughty, this London-based lingerie line is absolutely beautiful, sexy, and completely enticing!They offer any array of lacy undies, naughty toys, and YES--lots of LEOPARD (which I love)! Panties generally run Small-Large AND their bras range in size for my itty-bitty-titty ladies all the way up to 3 full mouth-fulls of 36 DD's! I particularly like their furry nipple tassels, fresh water pearl g-strings, and their leopard-printed leather/silk tie ups!
So if you were thinking about treating him/her to a little evening of naughtiness, or just wanted to give yourself a gift--I try to do this weekly-- check out Myla London and let me know what you think!
Enjoy Kiddies!
Check out Myla at: http://www.mylausa.com
Source: dailycandy.com
ENSLER VS PALIN
Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist best known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah Palin.
Drill, Drill, Drill
I don't like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have spent my life trying to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them. It is hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count on the goodness and solidarity of Feminists.
But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to Feminism which for me is part of one story -- connected to saving the earth, ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.
I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous choices of my lifetime, and should this country choose those candidates the fall-out may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas that America may never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. In my lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the presidency with regularity.
Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, "It was a task from God."
Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who are raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to determine whether they have their rapist's baby or not.
She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many babies that makes.
Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with people who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and difference. This is a woman who could and might very well be the next president of the United States . She would govern one of the most diverse populations on the earth.
Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves from the air.
Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. But when God and Guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared in God's name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, that is the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America has ever tried to be.
I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of the U.S. , but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies to save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or invest our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction. It will determine if money gets spent on education and healthcare or whether we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America is a free open tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism and aggression.
If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do everything in your power to get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin spoke at the RNC, "Drill Drill Drill." I think of teeth when I think of drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination. I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of pain.
Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?
Eve Ensler
September 5, 2008
What do you think?
Source: M. Rojas ;-)
Eve Ensler, the American playwright, performer, feminist and activist best known for "The Vagina Monologues", wrote the following about Sarah Palin.
Drill, Drill, Drill
I don't like raging at women. I am a Feminist and have spent my life trying to build community, help empower women and stop violence against them. It is hard to write about Sarah Palin. This is why the Sarah Palin choice was all the more insidious and cynical. The people who made this choice count on the goodness and solidarity of Feminists.
But everything Sarah Palin believes in and practices is antithetical to Feminism which for me is part of one story -- connected to saving the earth, ending racism, empowering women, giving young girls options, opening our minds, deepening tolerance, and ending violence and war.
I believe that the McCain/Palin ticket is one of the most dangerous choices of my lifetime, and should this country choose those candidates the fall-out may be so great, the destruction so vast in so many areas that America may never recover. But what is equally disturbing is the impact that duo would have on the rest of the world. Unfortunately, this is not a joke. In my lifetime I have seen the clownish, the inept, the bizarre be elected to the presidency with regularity.
Sarah Palin does not believe in evolution. I take this as a metaphor. In her world and the world of Fundamentalists nothing changes or gets better or evolves. She does not believe in global warming. The melting of the arctic, the storms that are destroying our cities, the pollution and rise of cancers, are all part of God's plan. She is fighting to take the polar bears off the endangered species list. The earth, in Palin's view, is here to be taken and plundered. The wolves and the bears are here to be shot and plundered. The oil is here to be taken and plundered. Iraq is here to be taken and plundered. As she said herself of the Iraqi war, "It was a task from God."
Sarah Palin does not believe in abortion. She does not believe women who are raped and incested and ripped open against their will should have a right to determine whether they have their rapist's baby or not.
She obviously does not believe in sex education or birth control. I imagine her daughter was practicing abstinence and we know how many babies that makes.
Sarah Palin does not much believe in thinking. From what I gather she has tried to ban books from the library, has a tendency to dispense with people who think independently. She cannot tolerate an environment of ambiguity and difference. This is a woman who could and might very well be the next president of the United States . She would govern one of the most diverse populations on the earth.
Sarah believes in guns. She has her own custom Austrian hunting rifle. She has been known to kill 40 caribou at a clip. She has shot hundreds of wolves from the air.
Sarah believes in God. That is of course her right, her private right. But when God and Guns come together in the public sector, when war is declared in God's name, when the rights of women are denied in his name, that is the end of separation of church and state and the undoing of everything America has ever tried to be.
I write to my sisters. I write because I believe we hold this election in our hands. This vote is a vote that will determine the future not just of the U.S. , but of the planet. It will determine whether we create policies to save the earth or make it forever uninhabitable for humans. It will determine whether we move towards dialogue and diplomacy in the world or whether we escalate violence through invasion, undermining and attack. It will determine whether we go for oil, strip mining, coal burning or invest our money in alternatives that will free us from dependency and destruction. It will determine if money gets spent on education and healthcare or whether we build more and more methods of killing. It will determine whether America is a free open tolerant society or a closed place of fear, fundamentalism and aggression.
If the Polar Bears don't move you to go and do everything in your power to get Obama elected then consider the chant that filled the hall after Palin spoke at the RNC, "Drill Drill Drill." I think of teeth when I think of drills. I think of rape. I think of destruction. I think of domination. I think of military exercises that force mindless repetition, emptying the brain of analysis, doubt, ambiguity or dissent. I think of pain.
Do we want a future of drilling? More holes in the ozone, in the floor of the sea, more holes in our thinking, in the trust between nations and peoples, more holes in the fabric of this precious thing we call life?
Eve Ensler
September 5, 2008
What do you think?
Source: M. Rojas ;-)
Friday, September 12
FashionWEEKSpring2009
FASHION WEEK WRAP-UP!
I'm totally not a fashion snob or a label whore at ALL, but I do enjoy the creativity that stands behind making a piece of art. In my mind, fashion is art and although I'll be the first to admit that I do not own any of the following designer pieces, I still really like the work and craftmanship. So if you care, check it out and if you don't, carry on. :-)
WORTHY-OPPONENT Fashion Week Faves:
MICHAEL KORS:
OSCAR DE LA RENTA:
ZAC POSEN:
NANETTE LEPORE:
TIBI:
BCBG MAX AZRIA:
and TRACY REESE:
I'm totally not a fashion snob or a label whore at ALL, but I do enjoy the creativity that stands behind making a piece of art. In my mind, fashion is art and although I'll be the first to admit that I do not own any of the following designer pieces, I still really like the work and craftmanship. So if you care, check it out and if you don't, carry on. :-)
WORTHY-OPPONENT Fashion Week Faves:
MICHAEL KORS:
OSCAR DE LA RENTA:
ZAC POSEN:
NANETTE LEPORE:
TIBI:
BCBG MAX AZRIA:
and TRACY REESE:
LaPenelope
So this week, my "Yummy" of the week goes to the beautiful, talented, and inspiring Penelope Cruz! She's not your typical bomb-shell yet I find her extraordinarily beautiful and I pretty much love every character she's ever played! I just watched her 2 newest films this evening and BOTH were equally as impressive, well-written, and entertaining. We support La Penelope and hope that you make it out to see this lovely lady and the enchanting Javier Bardem...YUMMY!
(This one made my cry my little eyes out!)
Thursday, September 11
PARTAY
If you're sitting your sorry ass in the house, watching our 80 degree whether dwindle away before your very eyes, get up and stop by one of these events TONIGHT--before we have to start wearing scarves again:
WORTHY-OPPONENT THURSDAY NIGHT PICKS:
#1: The ALWAYS cool Havana Outpost:
#2: Leela James (I saw her live, a few years ago and she was incredible!)
#3: Fela Afterparty...um...great music? Hello?
WORTHY-OPPONENT THURSDAY NIGHT PICKS:
#1: The ALWAYS cool Havana Outpost:
#2: Leela James (I saw her live, a few years ago and she was incredible!)
#3: Fela Afterparty...um...great music? Hello?
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