Wicked Site: Emitations.com

Emitations.com has tons of fashionable jewelry at prices that won't make you cringe. And a decent selection that is more expensive but looks like the kind of stuff you'd wear to the Oscars. (And I'm guessing it's much cheaper than the stuff that's actually worn to the oscars.) They also have lots of celebrity inspired jewelry. It's the best site for glamours jewelry that doesn't have to cut into your shoe budget.

Pictured jewelry clockwise:  Puglia Faux Pearl Dangle Drop Earrings about $21,Caressa's Heart Charm Necklace about $15,  Inspired by Twilight: Bella's Turquoise Cuff Bracelet about $20, Rialto's CZ Amethyst Cocktail Ring about $25.

Thingy: Charlie Brown Christmas Tree

Normal trees are overrated. And take up a ton of space - go Charlie Brown this christmas, for only $20.

Movement: The SOLD Project

An estimated 2 million children, the majority of them girls, are sexually exploited in the multi billion dollar commercial sex industry. – UNICEF

Child prostitution is a huge problem. The Sold Project is aiming to stop it before it begins. They're doing just that by raising money to keep kids from Northern Thailand in school, so that they don't have to travel to the cities for work, where they'll most likely end up in the sex business.  They're a small grassroots organization armed with statistics, a passionate crew, and a new film, The Sold Project Thailand. They haven't reached the size of one of my other favorite charities Invisible Children, but they're off to an amazing start, and I can tell they're going to be big. Change the world big. 

The SOLD Project: Thailand trailer from The SOLD Project on Vimeo.

Random Links to A Not-So-Random News Story

People are really backing up Phelps on this one. Maybe public opinion of marijuana is changing. Maybe people don't care because they're more concerned with the whole "Our Economy is in the Crapper" thing. Various Facebook groups and petitions have popped up in support of Phelps, urging people to boycott Kellogg. It seems like supporters may be having an impact. When you call Kellogg's customer service, you get this message"Thank you for calling the Kellogg Company. If you would like to share your comments regarding our relationship with Michael Phelps, please press one to speak to a representative. If you're calling about the recent peanut butter recall, please press two now. Otherwise, press three or stay on the line. Thank you." Are more people calling about Michael Phelps than the peanut butter recall?

It's going to be interesting to see how the situation plays out.

What I Did In Algebra

"Why don't you try reading the rules shankapotamous!"

All over the blogosphere and media today, is the review of the Super Bowl. Or the Super Bowl commercials. I have 15 minute to kill before The Office comes on, so I though I'd get a post out of the way. There's no way in hell I'm actually going to provide any kind of insight or review of all of these commercials. To be honest I didn't see all of them. However I did pick a favorite. (Well of the ones I saw at least. I was making dinner, I didn't catch everything.) Here it is.

Golf Baby 

Then I was googling it and found a reel of Outtakes that are priceless

Another Random Doodle

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Random Mini Happy News Story

Invisible Children is planning a "Big Event"

My guess is it'll actually end up being huge given their last two events The Global Night Commute and Displace Me.

Wicked Site: Glogster

So my guess is if you're reading this, you have a blog. Or at least you know what blogging is. Or you're Amish, 100 years old, or just now leaving Liveunderarock and staring at the screen and wondering what the hell this fancy contraption is. (If you really are that lost please click here to see a definition of blogging.)Glogging is like blogging with more Gs and less Bs. Alphabetically anyway. Really the two are very similar but glogging uses more pictures than words. It's like getting a virtual piece of paper and adding pictures, music, videos, and graphics to it. Sure you can do a bit of the same thing on your blog, but it's a heck of a lot easier on glogster. (See example in previous blog entry.)

The upsides.

+When you're done, your finished product sometimes looks like it could be in a magazine. Which I find kind of cool.

+You can easily share your glog with family and friends. (You can even post your glog to Blogger right after publishing it.)

+You can post just about any kind of media on your glog.

+It's really helpful if you want creative way to blog, but often have writers block, or words just don't seem to do your "genius" justice.

The downsides.

+There are a ton of graphics and fonts to choose from, but you can't really create your own on their site. (Though you might be able to upload them in the form of a picture.)

+You can't save your work as you go along. This can be really bad if you're like me and you always have a ton of windows open and  accidently navigate away from pages a lot. (Thank you blogger for auto-saving for me!)

+There's a ridiculous G point system. It's basically just to motivate users to be active on their site. For the most part you can ignore it, but you won't be able to start new topics on Glogster's message boards if you don't have enough G points.

+Also whenever you go to the home page, you'll notice a lot of people just post a big photograph with depressing song lyrics and/or poetry. (Maybe because there's an entire category of graphics dedicated to "Emo." Can some one please explain this Emo trend to me?)

Check it out here.

Oh look, a Glog

Podcast: The Midwest Teen Sex Show

Sex Sells. It's also pretty damn funny. I'm talking about The Midwest Teen Sex Show the podcast about teen sexuality made from only the finest organic ingredients. They say that sex is happening, not all teens are doing it, and not all are abstaining either. The Midwest Teen Sex Show talks about a range of topics in a helpful yet snarky lingo (See quotes)It's been said that the podcast it to be used more as a conversation starter rather than an educational resource. They really only scratch the surface when it somes to some of the issues. 

So why watch a podcast about sex? (And there's no porn, not even in the episode about porn,if you were wondering.) Sure there's some valuable information in it, but most of the podcast consists of tounge-in-cheek humor and various skits parodying teenagers and whatever topic they're covering this month.

 The Midwest Teen Sex Show's audience reaches way beyond teens. They've reached 20 and 30 somethings and even parents. (I also remember hearing something about grandparents, you should really be monitoring their internet usage, they might spend your inheritance on internet poker if you're not careful. Or maybe internet bingo.) The parents episode is one of the best, even though "Madge the Vag" kind of gives me the creeps. 

The only downside is that episodes are released monthly. They've got 21 out now, but depending on your level of boredom, you could get through all of those in one afternoon. On the upside they do have a live show on Tuesdays at 10 ET on their website. However I can't really vouch for the funniness or lack of funniness this may contain, because I haven't seen it yet. (There were kind of these holidays going on in the past two weeks, and you're supposed to hang with your family... and stuff.) Although if you're left wanting more, and it's not Tuesday, the whole "Take our Survey!" thing you might see on their website, is totally worth it, the bonus scenes are priceless. 

You can subscribe to the podcast in iTunes, or find them on their website.

Random Happy News Stories

The world sucks. In my attempt to be less pessimistic, (for the moment at least) here's some happy news.

+A lady in Connecticut won the lottery from a ticket her husband bought a few hours before he died.

+I always though algae was kind of gross, but if it's going to save us from global warming, I think it's pretty cool.

+Some scientists have found out that true love can last a lifetime.

+A brother and sister were reunited in England. Turns out they were living 300 yards away from each other. "I have walked past her house lots of times and I have even seen her in the garden. I have walked past her in the street and never realized it was my sister," he said. I guess there weren't any jokes about being poopy head exchanged, cause that would have been a dead giveaway.

+Here's an adorable video of Michelle Obama talking about when she first met Barack and their first date. 

+And here are some cool benches. I'm slightly tempted to go to Istanbul just to sit on the one that looks like a book.