Thursday, October 29, 2009
Did Anyone Get to see ANTM last night?
The Channel that ANTM is on was unavailable during ANTM last. Did Anyone get to see it? Does anyone know if it airs again on another channel at a later time? Please let me know! :)
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
ANTM this week
Sooooo... ANTM was tonight and I really liked it.
I loved the interviews and the commercials. Jennifer did an amazing job at both, she really has a cute personality. I think she is going to be top 3 AND I think Nicole, who has consistently done a really good job is going to be top 3 as well. I did not initially like Nicole. She was weird and awkward and to herself. However, this episode showed her definitely coming out of her shell and she is really cute. She is definitely one I will be rooting for.
I KNEW Laura was going to struggle because of her accent... BUT I had no idea she was dyslexic and would struggle with that as well. How she had a better commercial that Erin... lol I have no idea! lol
I also knew that Rae or Sundai would go home. I don't think Sundai did very well... tonight or ever really, but she has a very cute personality... so she stayed. Rae, who has been one of my favorites went home, mostly because she just wasn't showing her personality. She rarely talked about her daughter and she said as she was packing that she forced herself not to think of her daughter while she was there so she wouldn't get upset about not being with her. Honestly I think that may have been a mistake. She didn't show her personality and maybe by pushing thoughts of her daughter away she also pushed some of her personality away. I really thought she could have gone soo much further... but she just didn't shine through.
Brittany should go home next... in fact I was shocked that they called her name so close to the top. This is the second or third week she has been called robotic. Robots are not models, buh bye. Either her or Sundai will be sent packing next week. Until then...
I loved the interviews and the commercials. Jennifer did an amazing job at both, she really has a cute personality. I think she is going to be top 3 AND I think Nicole, who has consistently done a really good job is going to be top 3 as well. I did not initially like Nicole. She was weird and awkward and to herself. However, this episode showed her definitely coming out of her shell and she is really cute. She is definitely one I will be rooting for.
I KNEW Laura was going to struggle because of her accent... BUT I had no idea she was dyslexic and would struggle with that as well. How she had a better commercial that Erin... lol I have no idea! lol
I also knew that Rae or Sundai would go home. I don't think Sundai did very well... tonight or ever really, but she has a very cute personality... so she stayed. Rae, who has been one of my favorites went home, mostly because she just wasn't showing her personality. She rarely talked about her daughter and she said as she was packing that she forced herself not to think of her daughter while she was there so she wouldn't get upset about not being with her. Honestly I think that may have been a mistake. She didn't show her personality and maybe by pushing thoughts of her daughter away she also pushed some of her personality away. I really thought she could have gone soo much further... but she just didn't shine through.
Brittany should go home next... in fact I was shocked that they called her name so close to the top. This is the second or third week she has been called robotic. Robots are not models, buh bye. Either her or Sundai will be sent packing next week. Until then...
Monday, October 19, 2009
My Old Friend
I would like to take this blogging opportunity to give kudos to one of my old friends from my hometown, Renee Gallegos. Renee and I were best friends in first grade (until she pushed me out of a tree in my backyard... j/k Renee! ;)) and became good friends again in middle school. I have soo many memories with Renee. From running around our houses as little brats to gossiping, dating, PE class and basketball. I never was any good at basketball, but I wanted to play so I could hang out with Renee... who happened to be one of the biggest basketball stars to come out of Socorro!
Renee has always been quite the athlete and has continued that post high school. She is a certified personal fitness trainer AND she is a fitness competitor.
Anyway, she just launched a website and I thought I would try and give it a couple more hits! Here is to good friends and a successful future!
Check it out at:
http://www.reneegallegosfitness.com/Home_Page.php
Renee has always been quite the athlete and has continued that post high school. She is a certified personal fitness trainer AND she is a fitness competitor.
Anyway, she just launched a website and I thought I would try and give it a couple more hits! Here is to good friends and a successful future!
Check it out at:
http://www.reneegallegosfitness.com/Home_Page.php
Thursday, October 15, 2009
ANTM
Man, I just hadn't felt feel like blogging lately. Sorry for the lack... I will try to step it up!
ANTM has been really good lately. I really liked last night's episode. Fierce little ninjas... or whatever Tyra called it! lol. I was pretty shocked that Tyra did not bring up that fact that Rae and Sundai were late to their go-sees. She didn't say a word... that is odd. But neither Rae nor Sundai did very good in their photo shoot and I don't think they will be around much longer. I really like Rae, but she just doesn't seem to be pushing through in her photos like she should. Sandai is cute... but I just don't think she can make it to the top 3.
I can't believe the season is already winding down. I love Laura to death. She is soo freaking cute. Love her accent and she always does a really good job at modeling. I think she and Nicole will definitely be top three.. or for sure top 5. But Laura's issue will probably be her accent. They won't want the cover girl to have a twangy accent and they will hound her for that. Jennifer will also be around awhile as well.
I think Erin is good, but in the previews for next week's episode she totally freaks out at the cover girl commercial... so she may be going home soon. I and I think Brittany is just plain weird. lol.
So this is plain and boring... but it is all I have. :)
ANTM has been really good lately. I really liked last night's episode. Fierce little ninjas... or whatever Tyra called it! lol. I was pretty shocked that Tyra did not bring up that fact that Rae and Sundai were late to their go-sees. She didn't say a word... that is odd. But neither Rae nor Sundai did very good in their photo shoot and I don't think they will be around much longer. I really like Rae, but she just doesn't seem to be pushing through in her photos like she should. Sandai is cute... but I just don't think she can make it to the top 3.
I can't believe the season is already winding down. I love Laura to death. She is soo freaking cute. Love her accent and she always does a really good job at modeling. I think she and Nicole will definitely be top three.. or for sure top 5. But Laura's issue will probably be her accent. They won't want the cover girl to have a twangy accent and they will hound her for that. Jennifer will also be around awhile as well.
I think Erin is good, but in the previews for next week's episode she totally freaks out at the cover girl commercial... so she may be going home soon. I and I think Brittany is just plain weird. lol.
So this is plain and boring... but it is all I have. :)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Sneak Peek of my October Article
Today I finished my October Outdoors Article. I was really proud of this one, mostly because it was more... more ME. I felt like I put a lot of my personality into the article and I hope it is really relate able. The last one I wrote was more about my coworkers and what they had going on, but THIS one was about my caving experience. :) So without further adieu, here is what I submitted to the newspaper today :
Last week at the Northwest New Mexico Visitor’s Center we got a phone call asking for a sweep on a caving tour that the National Park Service was giving. My first thoughts were something like, “Oh, wow that would be such a great opportunity!” And then a more girly thought ran through my head and that one was more like, “Eeek, A Cave! Scary!”
I definitely had to think about it before I made a decision, but I decided that life is just too short and I knew it would be a good experience, so I went for it. As the days got closer I grew more and more excited for my caving adventure.
The hike was to the Braided Cave, a cave that had been closed from May until September because of the Townsend’s long eared bat population that lives in the cave during the summer months. The cave is open to the public from October through April.
I packed my bag the night before the hike. Helmet, check. Headlamp, check. Gloves and enough lunch to feed the entire group, check. I packed quite a bit of food, you never know what can happen in those caves, I thought, enough food so that it could be rationed for at least a week.
It was a crisp October morning and we headed to the National Park Service’s Information Center to meet up with our hike leader and the other hikers. We had a small group of hikers, only about 5 or 6 and we carpooled on a rugged dirt road out to the cave. We hiked out, following an old dirt road until we saw the first cairns and from there it was a short 1/2 mile hike out to the cave entrance. A gaping, lava filled opening awaited us and our journey began.
Our park ranger Lee Ferrill took us through a couple of collapses and then finally into the deeper, darker parts of the cave. What a magnificent sight. The array of colors, from black to orange, then to white and brown the minerals paint a beautiful picture on the inside of the lava tube. It is a different, yet marvelous underground world.
Perhaps one of the most exciting things we saw was the rare blind cricket, an amazing species that has adapted to living in a life of darkness. That adaptation that life itself makes in the lava tubes is quite amazing. Life, of all sorts has adapted to its harsh climate and unique atmosphere, and yet miraculously still exists. With calcium deposits and cave coral covering the roof ahead, water run offs coming down the walls, a small moss garden and baby ferns growing inside of a tube collapses, life has definitely
adapted there.
The most beautiful sight of the day was a small sky light in the right cave. As we walked into the cave Ranger Lee pointed out a light up ahead. It looked like a placed light, like the ones you would see at Carlsbad Caverns that they place at the bottom to showcase something. As we got closer to the light, we saw where the brightly lit area was coming from, a small sky light in the roof of the cave, making a lot of bright light. Maybe it was just the perfect time of the day for us to walk through, or maybe the sky light always makes such a pretty scene, but we all really enjoyed the view. It was a great way to end our underground journey.
Even if I ended up with a bad case of hard hat hair, it was definitely a wonderful opportunity and one that I am very glad that I did not pass up. Ranger Lee was superb and had quite the sense of humor! There is a possibility for more ranger guided programs later on this fall; for more information contact the NPS Information Center at 505-783-4774 or the BLM Ranger Station at 505-280-2918
Ranger Lee Ferrill guides hikers through a colorful and exotic realm of Braided Cave in El Malpais National Monument.
Last week at the Northwest New Mexico Visitor’s Center we got a phone call asking for a sweep on a caving tour that the National Park Service was giving. My first thoughts were something like, “Oh, wow that would be such a great opportunity!” And then a more girly thought ran through my head and that one was more like, “Eeek, A Cave! Scary!”
I definitely had to think about it before I made a decision, but I decided that life is just too short and I knew it would be a good experience, so I went for it. As the days got closer I grew more and more excited for my caving adventure.
The hike was to the Braided Cave, a cave that had been closed from May until September because of the Townsend’s long eared bat population that lives in the cave during the summer months. The cave is open to the public from October through April.
I packed my bag the night before the hike. Helmet, check. Headlamp, check. Gloves and enough lunch to feed the entire group, check. I packed quite a bit of food, you never know what can happen in those caves, I thought, enough food so that it could be rationed for at least a week.
It was a crisp October morning and we headed to the National Park Service’s Information Center to meet up with our hike leader and the other hikers. We had a small group of hikers, only about 5 or 6 and we carpooled on a rugged dirt road out to the cave. We hiked out, following an old dirt road until we saw the first cairns and from there it was a short 1/2 mile hike out to the cave entrance. A gaping, lava filled opening awaited us and our journey began.
Our park ranger Lee Ferrill took us through a couple of collapses and then finally into the deeper, darker parts of the cave. What a magnificent sight. The array of colors, from black to orange, then to white and brown the minerals paint a beautiful picture on the inside of the lava tube. It is a different, yet marvelous underground world.
Perhaps one of the most exciting things we saw was the rare blind cricket, an amazing species that has adapted to living in a life of darkness. That adaptation that life itself makes in the lava tubes is quite amazing. Life, of all sorts has adapted to its harsh climate and unique atmosphere, and yet miraculously still exists. With calcium deposits and cave coral covering the roof ahead, water run offs coming down the walls, a small moss garden and baby ferns growing inside of a tube collapses, life has definitely
adapted there.
The most beautiful sight of the day was a small sky light in the right cave. As we walked into the cave Ranger Lee pointed out a light up ahead. It looked like a placed light, like the ones you would see at Carlsbad Caverns that they place at the bottom to showcase something. As we got closer to the light, we saw where the brightly lit area was coming from, a small sky light in the roof of the cave, making a lot of bright light. Maybe it was just the perfect time of the day for us to walk through, or maybe the sky light always makes such a pretty scene, but we all really enjoyed the view. It was a great way to end our underground journey.
Even if I ended up with a bad case of hard hat hair, it was definitely a wonderful opportunity and one that I am very glad that I did not pass up. Ranger Lee was superb and had quite the sense of humor! There is a possibility for more ranger guided programs later on this fall; for more information contact the NPS Information Center at 505-783-4774 or the BLM Ranger Station at 505-280-2918
Ranger Lee Ferrill guides hikers through a colorful and exotic realm of Braided Cave in El Malpais National Monument.
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