My Momma so great...

So, today is mother's day and that means that my family is having brunch somewhere in Cleveland with the extended family. I, will be studying, because I have two exams tomorrow! Boo! Anyway, being super far away meant that I had a hard time getting my act together to send anything "good" for a gift. Enter: reading other blogs online for ideas...

I came across this women's blog that is a blogging community that takes contributions daily from a variety of socially, economically, and personally aware women. They had this great article about why donations are a worthwhile gift.

After a little more research, I came across Karing for Kids which is a non-profit that is creating a Mother-Child Clinic in Nepal. It is partially funded by the Mountain Fund (which I've been aware of for years) and it seemed to fit the criteria for something that I wanted to give to and was applicable to my mother's ideals.

So, Happy Mother's Day to you and to the Children and Mothers who haven't had it as easy as I.

UNIQLO... a unique ending to first year

I actually have spent the past four hours working on the background information for our company's PRIME project.

But in my (extensive, exhausting, and somewhat frustrating) research, I did come across one of the more entertaining branding and marketing items online. In an over-saturated world of marketing messages, this allows you to simply play with the brand.

You get to create a musical loop that integrates strange sounds ("Da", "U", etc.) with dancing pictures of people from around the world wearing their clothing...

Kinda cool!




Next week, 40 of my classmates and I will travel to Japan to show off our ideas based on their project requests. We'll see how our ideas are received by the business people and I'll have another culture experience in Asia!

Being Green in LA: Not a color Californians are used to

So, I really should upload my speech on cutting down on meat consumption because the environmental impact, but I'll refrain (mostly because I need to study for my exam, so this will be a super short post) but I did see that other people are trying to make an effort to make this city more environmentally considerate.

An the awesome part, is that they admit that it doesn't happen easily... its a pain in the ass and generally and an inconvenient way of life.

As the resident hippie of USC (read: the only girl who owns chacos...), I try to do some things that are more sustainable, but I realize more and more that the school isn't so sustainable and this town even less so. I tend to drive around with recyclables in the back of my car for a week, because I can only recycle #1 plastics!

But, It'll get there.