Trippin': Puerto Vallarta - Turtle Release

At the hotel that we stayed at, there was an ecological event that anyone could participate in. It was the releasing of baby sea turtles into the ocean! So cool eh? Although it was something that I knew I couldn't miss out on, I also had some concerns about how ecologically this sort of thing was. I'm a hypocrite. I know! Any worries I had went right out the window when I saw the group of people already gathered on the beach. I went bounding straight towards the cooler sitting on the table. I pushed grandmas and small kids out of the way. I love turtles! And they were so cute! I never knew baby sea turtles were all black! No flash was allowed because it would temporarily blind the turtles for a couple of hours and therefore delay their release. Supposedly, we were told that with human intervention, a super slightly higher percentage of sea turtles make it into adulthood. But it wasn't substantially more than if they were to find their way all by their lonesome. The numbers are crazy. I think it was like less than ten out of about a hundred will likely survive. Nature sucks! Most of the baby turtles fall victim to predators such as crabs, sharks and other mean big fishies. The temperature of a nest of eggs determines the turtles sex. Warm temp equals females and cool temp equals males. The ecological team monitors the nests that are laid on their strip of beach and make sure that the ratio of females are always larger than males. Cos you know, us ladies are the ones that make the babies. And with the population of sea turtles at such low numbers, they want to take the necessary measures to ensure lots of baby turtles are hatched. Human intervention in the form of this turtle release is important because one hundred percent of the baby turtles make it into the ocean. Without the assistance, some fail to head in the right direction and die. Well, they're gonna die anyway! Nature sucks!

Musik Mundi: Wyclef Jean feat. Niia

There was this youtube video that the bf's friend showed to us during a long car ride back home to Houston from Austin. Or was it Dallas? But in any case, I think the bf's friend was just showing off how INCREDIBLY CLEAR the resolution on his iphone was. I mean seriously! It's frackin' CLEAR! ACK! I need to clear my head of any type of "i" thoughts what-so-ever. I'm anti-"i" anything! But yah. The video and the song was just awesome. The video is an acoustic version of the song Sweetest Girl. The original song is on Wyclef Jean's most recent album. It features Akon, Lil Wayne and Niia (who just sorta hums in the background). What a waste of Niia's talents! In the video, it's just Wyclef, Jerry Wonda and Miss Niia takes over Akon's part. Of course, she makes the song 100% better! Plus, she's got some skillz on the piano. Wyclef rocks it on his little geetar too.

*photo courtesy of daylife.com*




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Wycelf Jean et al
Album: Carnival II: Memoirs Of An Immigrant (2007)
Song: Sweetest Girl

Trippin': Las Vegas - Sephora

You get ten gals together for a bachey trip and the result is many girly happenings. Lots of makeovers, outfit changes, fashion shows, hair stylings. The bride-to-be (she's getting married next week!) saw me attempting to curl my eye lashes and not two seconds later, she was at my side with her own She Uemura lash curler, demanding that I allow her to curl my lashes. I surrendered and a full on make-over ensued. Her older sister assisted. Together, they argued over which mascara was better, Givenchy or Maybelline, and whether my chinky eyes looked better with a subtle hint of shadow or with the dramatic boldness of dark heavy liner. Either way, the aftermath was pretty darn cool! I never knew my eye lashes could look so long! The next day, three girls with new found faith in make-up products made a bee-line to the big arse Sephora in Vegas. It's HUGE! We were motivated. We were inspired. We spent a crap load of moolah on stuff that we had no idea how to use. Luckily, Jamie, the incredibly nice make-up artist there was nice enough to stay after a bit to paint my eyes and give me some tips. I told her I wanted some dramatic green and super bold looking cat-eyes. On top of that, Miss Flower Child treated me to some fake lashes! Everyone thought I looked really good. I thought I looked a bit tranny-ish. You decide. Get ready for more fotos of me than ever before. Dun Dun Dun.

Miss Flower Child bought some more softer and more natural looking lashes.

I went for some with more volume. It was a tad kitchy and heavy. It took a while to get used to them. I blinked a lot more and my vision was slightly impaired eye-level and up.

I can't help but notice how wrinkly my eye-lids are.

Oh, and excuse my droopy left lid. I'm so asymmetrical!

I couldn't stop vamping it up!

Trippin': Las Vegas - The Coffee Bean

I love coffee. I love everything about it except for the fact that it stains your teeth. The taste. The smell. The color. Yums! My drink of choice is an iced non-fat mocha. So of course I couldn't resist getting something from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf. Especially since I always read about celebrities going there in my US Weekly magazines. Oh my lordy, I think I had the best mocha ever! It was SOOO good. There was just something about it that made want to keep drinking. I went back again and ordered this hazelnut frappe thing that my friend had and that too was truly unforgettable. I wish there was one in Houston! I'm not sure if there is even one in Texas. Ah. It sucks to always be the last.