POST#36: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA!!!!

Hello, blog followers!!!!! Today was the opening day for "Hotel Transylvania" in movie theaters the U.S. . I wasn't too happy that the release date in Puerto Rico was in October 7..... But here's the main concept of the movie: Dracula (Adam Sandler) runs a hotel exclusively for monsters and it's his daughter Mavis' (Selena Gomez) 118th birthday and he invites all the monsters like Frankenstein (Kevin James), The Mummy (Cee Lo Green) and Bigfoot. Then a human, Johnny, falls head over heels for Mavis and Dracula is infuriated. I'm not going to tell any more because then I'm going to spoil it..... 

Happy weekend!!!

Maria.

POST#35: SCUBA DOGS BEACH CLEANUP!

So, hello fellow minions (pun intended :-p)!!!!! So, I'm on my school's Ecology Club (I'm a sucker for ANYTHING science or anything related to it except chemistry and physics :-D) and, obviously we do some kind of community service. And so, last Saturday we had a beach cleanup, sponsered by Scuba Dogs. 


I got a little group of my friends together because we had to clean up in groups. The beach we were assigned to was rather clean, because that beach is one of those that they clean everyday, but we got a a LOT of unnoticed trash, like little pieces of plastic bags and cigarette butts. In total, our bag weighed 5 pounds!!! We also saw two manatees!!! After the cleanup, I got in the water. And also, my birthday is on September 26!!!! Just a few days left!!!!


Have a good weekend!!!!

Maria.

POST#34: THE VOICE!!!!!

On Monday, The Voice started it's third season. Here's some info , just in case..... :

The Voice is an American reality show that premiered on April 26, 2011, on the NBC television network. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol and is executive produced by Mark Burnett. It is part of an international series. The Voice immediately proved to be a hit for NBC and as of September 2012, the network is airing the third season. The second season premiered February 5, 2012, immediately following NBC's broadcast of Super Bowl XVLI.

The series is part of The Voice franchise and is based on a similar competition format in the Netherlands entitled The Voice of Holland won by Ben Saunders. The first American series was hosted by Carson Daly, with Alison Haislip serving as the backstage and social networking correspondent. The winner received $100,000 and a record deal with Universal Republic. Daly and the entire judging panel returned for season two; however, Christina Milian replaced Haislip as the social media correspondent.

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Promotional photograph of the coaches

The series consists of three phases: a blind audition, a battle phase, and live performance shows. Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about one minute) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team; if two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.

Each team of singers is mentored and developed by its respective coach. In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have two of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of individual "battles" into the first live round. Within that first live round, the surviving acts from each team again compete head-to-head, with public votes determining one of two acts from each team that will advance to the final six, while the coach chooses which of the remaining three acts comprises the other performer remaining on the team.

In the final phase, the remaining contestants compete against each other in live broadcasts for the public's vote. The coaches have the power to save one contestant that had not received the public's vote that week. As of season two, these contestants would give a last chance performance to win their coach's save. However, in deciding who moves on to the final four phase, the television audience and the coaches have equal say 50/50. With one team member remaining for each coach, the contestants compete against each other in the finale where the outcome is decided solely by public vote.

The Voice was AWESOME!!!!

Have a good weekend!!!

Maria.

POST#33: KARA'S PARTY IDEAS

Hello fellow earthlings!!!! Today I'm talking about Kara's Party Ideas, a party planning website in which you can get anything anything and EVERYTHING party supplies. Here's how it all started: 

At a very young age, Kara Allen started planning birthday parties for her family & friends. Always planning a party in her head, Kara started KPI in January of 2009, as a creative outlet & place to post all of her many events. After only a few months, Kara’s followings & fans were soaring. Her creative mind, attention to detail & love for party styling became evident as her site grew quickly with clicks & viewers from across the globe. Kara has been featured on HGTV, numerous morning TV shows, The Party Dress Magazine, TLC, Parenting Magazine, The Rachael Ray Show & more.

Kara is excited to announce her new party idea show on the Online TV Network, My Craft Channel. Kara also recently signed a book deal with Cedar Fort Publishing. Her book, Kara’s Party Ideas, is scheduled to hit national bookstore shelves this October.

Kara’s Party Ideas.com is a huge online resource for thousands of party ideas. Its purpose is to inspire those who are planning parties around the world. On a daily basis, Kara showcases her favorites of the hundreds of party submissions she receives each month. In addition to featuring her own events, Kara shares these parties styled by others to increase the number of creative ideas available on KPI… plus, let’s face it, some of the party submissions are just too amazing NOT to share!

Kara’s Party Ideas also just opened its very own party supply shop, making KPI literally ‘THE place for all things party’!

Kara & her loving husband, Ben, along with their three little boys- Kaden {5}, Gavin {5} & Easton {1}, live in Utah.

Here's the link to the blog, which has a link to the shop: http://karaspartyideas.com/

Have a great weekend!

Maria.