Scrap Booking 101

As Mariama placed more pictures into her photo album, it reminded me of the scrap book that I never completed...or let alone started. My 24-hour friendly store next door, Walgreen's, has conveniently decided to give a discount this week on making digital prints. Strategically coded as "5DOLLARS," you can purchase prints through Saturday, April 10, 2009 and get each print for only $0.10 if you purchase over 50 pictures. I recommend all the scrap-bookers out there to jump on this opportunity. I myself just spent the past few hours trying to cut down some recent pictures to a 100 minimum. I can't promise that this will be the catalyst in starting my scrap book ambitions but I can hope. Every time I get started on a page for the book, I get intimidated thinking about some of my friend's personal scrap books.
^Look at that! Isn't that intimidating! I know friends who even go out and buy scrap book supplies! I don't even know what that means! One day though, I plan to document my university hopping adventures of Tulane, Clemson and UNC. One day. Til then, I'm all over that Walgreen's deal because it's "as cool as a fan." I mean, that's a badass deal right there.

In the mean time, I need to figure out a way to renew my driver's license before it expires on my birthday in early May...without actually having to return to my home state SC. My adventures continue. Speaking of adventures, during our UNC road trip...T.I.'s song "Dead and Gone" played towards the very end of our trip there, and then again on our way back...and I was totally feeling it. "Ohhh, I've been traveling on this road too long, just trying to find my way back home..." Sigh. It was perfect. Ironically, I didn't realize Justin Timberlake was doing the chorus and Mariama didn't realize that T.I. was rapping. But we both did separately realize we love the song.

Currently listening to: Dead and Gone by T.I. featuring Justin Timberlake
Currently Watching: the time go by as I get back to my nocturnal habits

The University of National Champions

We are awesome. Enough said. Sintha and I decided it would be an epic life fail to not be in Chapel Hill last weekend for the Final Four tournament games, so we drove the 13-14 hours from New Orleans back to Chapel Hill. It was absolutely worth it. Aside from taking part in the madness on Franklin St., we got to see so many friends we had missed for several months. For lack of a better description, it was a great weekend. The roadtrip was fun; between a 14 hour drive on no sleep after a Franklin St. celebration, and coming unnecessarily close to running out of gas in Montgomery, it prepared us for the final drive back home.

Currently watching: Any guesses? Yep, Dance Moves that Rock

Currently listening to: Ray LaMontagne Trouble

NOLAYURP

Today in a forum hosted by Tulane's Center for Public Service, we learned about the surge of young people that have been coming to New Orleans post-Katrina. One of the organizations highlighted during the discussion was NOLAYURP. NOLAYURP (New Orleans Young Urban Rebuilding Professionals Initiative) is an up and coming organization designed to create a support network for young professionals in the city, particularly those interested in restoring and rebuilding New Orleans. I thought this was a very interesting concept, because I have never heard of such an organization before. If I were staying in New Orleans permanently, I would consider participating in NOLAYURP, since they also promote some of the latest job postings from within the city.

For more information on NOLAYURP you can click here!

The Princess and The Frog

Today I saw a preview for a new Disney movie that comes out this December titled The Princess and The Frog. Check out the preview:

That's right! It takes place in New Orleans! And Disney is going back to the Broadway-style musical, hand-drawn animation that their classics are known for! The film will also feature Disney's first African American Princess, Tiana.

The plot is in essence a twist on the classic Frog Prince fairly tale. It will be an American fairly tale set in the French Quarter of New Orleans during the 1920s Jazz Age. Prince Naveen from Maldonia is transformed into a frog by an evil voodoo magician. The frog prince asks a waitress named Tiana to break the spell by kissing him, but she ends up a frog as well. The two embark on a journey through the Louisiana bayous to the banks of the Mississippi and back in time for Mardi Gras in New Orleans. The accompanying cast will include a 200-year-old voodoo priestess, a lovesick Cajun firefly, a Jazz singing, trumpet playing alligator, and a spoiled, southern debutante.

I do not know if the film will be good, or even worth seeing, but it is definitely a step in the right direction for a company that has been relying a little too much on CG animation recently.