Blush- Get Addicted!!

Not sure if this is classified as green but it’s on the Lifetime Channel so that must count for something. Plus one of my BFF’s, Jojo, is the Executive Producer of the show so it’s my humanitarian duty to tell you to tune in or DIE!!

What- Blush: The Search For The Next Great Makeup Artist- Hosted by Vanessa Marcil, contestants compete for a contract as a professional artist with Max Factor, a cash prize of $100,000 and the opportunity to be the makeup artist for an upcoming In Style photo shoot.

When- Premieres Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008 from 10pm-11pm et/pt

Why- Guaranteed to be your next guilty pleasure!!!

So tune in for the next 6 weeks and be prepared to be addicted!!

Congrats Joj!!! xx

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Extra, Extra, Read All About It!!

Like most of you out there, Thuy and I were so caught up basking in Obama’s victory that we completely forgot to grab a copy of the L.A Times to commemorate the historical moment.

Thankfully we heard through the grapevine (Thanks Amy! Check her out at www.handbag-lab.com) that the Los Angeles Times office in downtown L.A was reprinting copies of the Nov. 5th, 2008 paper.

Thuy and I made a field trip out there and were amazed at the lineup snaking around the block.. you would’ve thought it was a streetwear store dropping the latest Jordans or ironic t-shirt.

Nope, just good old-fashioned paper and print.

It was amazing to see people of all ethnicities, race and gender snatching up bundles of newspapers. We even saw them being listed on ebay for $1800… (ummm, put down the crack pipe homie).

Anyways, we snagged a couple of extras so if you were one of those folks that got caught up in the moment and didn’t get a copy, holler at your girls… we’ll hook you up.

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H&M Organics

In an effort to be more eco-conscious H&M is aiming to increase the use of organic cotton by 50% in 2009 as compared to its useage in 2008.

You can always count on H&M for reasonably priced but well made interpretations of current runway trends. It’s my go-to spot if I’m in a clothing dilemma or on a budget.

I’m particularly a fan of the organic cotton line, not only for its environmentally friendly properties, but the cotton is super soft.

The Spring 2009 organic collection will include garments made from recycled materials such as PET bottles and textile remnants, wool from worn-out woolen garments and remnants of fabric, as well as recycled cotton which is recycled from fabric remnants in production.

Source nitrolicious

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Opportunity Green Conference

Shout out to Rob Reed, the founder of Max Gladwell and a guest speaker today at the Opportunity Green conference. Go here to see the video.

Watch the panel speak about Shepard Fairey’s tshirt/poster campaign for Obama.

via max gladwell

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Purebred Or Mutt For The Whitehouse?

Sad

Flowers left outside of a Prop 8 campaign office.

Read Ray’s Huffington Post blog: Stop Blaming California’s Black Voters For Prop 8. 364 comments and climbing. Chime in.

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Hallelujah For The Farm Animals

It won’t exactly be like the picture above, but hopefully it will be better than those below.

We made our voices heard for the ones that do not have one. It’s simply wrong to confine veal calves, breeding pigs, and egg-laying hens in tiny cages barely larger than their bodies. Calves are tethered by the neck and can barely move, pigs in severe confinement bite the metal bars of their crates, and hens get trapped and even impaled in their wire cages. We wouldn’t force our pets to live in filthy, cramped cages for their whole lives, and we shouldn’t force farm animals to endure such misery. All animals, including those raised for food, deserve humane treatment.

This was needed for the animals and ourselves. Factory farms put our health at risk—cramming tens of thousands of animals into tiny cages, fostering the spread of diseases that may affect people. YES! on Prop 2 is better for animals—and for us.

The American Public Health Association called for a moratorium on new factory farms because of the devastating effects these operations can have on surrounding communities, spreading untreated waste on the ground and contaminating our waterways, lakes, groundwater, soil, and air. Prop 2 helps stop some of the worst abuses and protects our precious natural resources. That’s why California Clean Water Action and Sierra Club-California supported YES! on Prop 2.

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Change Dot Gov Unleashed

That Obama team sure doesn’t mess around. Change.gov is already up and running. Read the blog. Share your ideas. Learn.

Hopefully you’re not one of the millions that have been laid off recently, but if you are, polish up your your resume and head over to the site and apply online.

Read more at Pure/Roker

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GG&S x Pure/Roker Election Night

The boy we ♥. What now Raymond?

Michael Abbott and Timothy Linh Bui. Michael produced the Declare Yourself with Jessica Alba PSA campaign/spot, which prompted over 500,000 people to register to vote. Nice job! www.unitedfrontfilms.com

The most memorable shot of the evening. Raymond and his mom Darlene, watching Obama’s speech on the big screen.

The night that we had all been waiting for was finally upon us. We decided to have our own pre-election party at Raymond’s before heading out to the after party. The guests were arriving, the food was lined up, the drinks were flowing, and of course CNN was in the background. Just as it was about to get really good… snap-crackle-pop! The electricity went out. WTF? Apparently a transformer blew from the windy weather.

We rallied over to the Declare Yourself party at Zune Space. Words cannot explain the energy we felt the second we walked in the door or all the emotional outpour that came after hearing those words. “He did it. He’s the President.”

The end. But thankfully, it’s really a new beginning.

*Let the record show that Raymond is eating a 100% veggie hot dog in the picture below.

We now re-direct you to our normal broadcast system…green business as usual, but with a dose of political flavor.

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Guayaki Organic Yerba Mate

I recently met with my friend Angela who reps for Guayaki Yerba Mate and when I say reps-I mean she really holds it down for them to the fullest. I had yet to try the drink, but after receiving a case of the chilled bottles, a bag of the loose-leaf Yerba, the Yerba Mate tea bags and my very own gourd, I am hooked! And that’s just going off the taste. Once I got the break down on the mate leaf, the company and their practices, I was in awe and am now a devoted Guayaki fan.

Yerba mate is a beverage made from the leaves and stems of a powerful rainforest tree, native to the subtropical rainforests of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina. It is consumed daily for optimum health, sustained energy and mental clarity. The leaves of the rainforest mate tree naturally contain 24 vitamins and minerals, 15 amino acids and abundant antioxidants. It is also organic, rain-forest grown, kosher and fairly traded.

Can they get any better? I couldn’t see how, but they do. They offset over 55 tons of their corporate CO2 footprint, locally. They build relationships with growers committed to sustainable forest production in Paraguay, Argentina, and Brazil. All their packaging is biodegradable. One of their principal sources for Guayakí Yerba Mate is the 12,500-acre Itabo Rainforest Preserve in Eastern Paraguay. In that Preserve, yerba mate has been replanted in its native habitat.

I could keep going, but seriously, I would have to break this up into a gazillion posts. Just go to their site, read what their about, fall in love and pick up one of their energy drinks in the chilled drink section of your local store or get yourself a gourd and enjoy the warm tea-like version.

Thanks for all the love Angela. Keep on keeping on with all the goodness that you do.

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He Smelled Weed On Election Night? No Way.

Which one of you was it?

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Source Dlisted

Gucci For Unicef

For it’s 4th annual campaign to benefit Unicef, Gucci will be releasing a white version of its Tattoo Heart Collection.

25% of the sale will be donated to Unicef and its cause of children’s rights around the world. The bag will be available Nov. 19th, 2008- Jan. 31, 2009 in Gucci stores worldwide.

Rihanna will be featured in the ad campaign.

I’m not sure how much this piece of arm candy costs, but I’m sure it’s steep…. and although it’s for a good cause, I’ll be making my donation directly to the Unicef foundation.

Times are tough and the last thing I need is a new handbag (especially not a leather one).

Via nitrolicious

Flicks nitrolicious & bossip

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Victory

We Got Our Vote On

And now we wait. Updates to come. Time to go watch CNN with friends and drink these jitters away.

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Want A Free Obama Tattoo?

Tuesday Nov. 4th (Election Day)

THE Magazine along with Edgar Varela Fine Arts, GHETTOGLOSS and Shana Nys Dambrot present:

“YOU NEVER GO BACK”: November issue launch party and election results viewing

Featuring art from Grace Oh, Dan Van Clapp, Steven J. Brooks and Suzie Moon
Music by Imiuswi, with victory celebration music provided by the Killsonic Marching Gang

JASON SCHRODER OF INCOGNITO TATTOO WILL BE THERE AND GIVING FREE OBAMA TATTOOS TO ANYONE WHO HAS THE TRUE SENSE OF HOPE IN THIER BLOOD!! HE WILL ONLY BE DOING OBAMA TATTOOS AND THEY ARE REAL TATTOOS. GET READY TO BLEED FOR OBAMA COURTESY OF GHETTOGLOSS.

Free admission and HOSTED BAR. Gates open when the polls close.

www.ghettogloss.com

Edgar Varela Fine Arts (EVFA)
542 S. Alameda Street, 2nd Flr.
Los Angeles, CA 90013
(213) 494.7608

Green With Glamour Sale

Go green and stylish with some of your favorite eco-friendly brands such as Popomomo, Del Forte Denim and Good Society. As a special nod to this eventful election day, use the code “GWGVOTE” for 20% off almost everything!

Green With Glamour

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Bush Is A Natural

Don’t let the door hit you in the ass! It’s so close I can almost taste it.

We made it to the big day but January 20, 2009 can’t come soon enough!

via Rokers FB page- always good material there.

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Pope Goes Green With Solar Power

Thanks Dad.

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Obama Has A Posse

This Vietnamese mother and daughter team proudly supports Barack Obama! Off to the polls.

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McCain Hates Gooks

“I hate the gooks,” McCain said in response to a question from reporters aboard his campaign bus. “I will hate them as long as I live.” February 17, 2000.

McCain refused to apologize for that remark, but he did make the following statement the day after: “I was referring to my prison guards, and I will continue to refer to them in language that might offend some people because of the beating and torture of my friends. Gook, is the kindest appellation I can give.”

The word “gook” was first used in 1899 by American soldiers fighting Filipino insurgents. During the Korean War, the term was aimed at Koreans and Chinese. It was directed at the Vietnamese when Americans were fighting in Vietnam. It is now used as a slur toward any Asian or Pacific Islander.

It seems that the general public takes racism towards Asians lightly. What if McCain was a POW in Somalia, and he made that same statement but with the N-bomb instead? No one would take issue if he referred to “the bastards who tortured me”, but “gooks” inherently implies a whole class of people who had no hand in his torture.

If certain people treat you as badly as the captors treated McCain, you don’t call those evil people a word that is used in the US to pejoratively refer to the entire East Asian population. You don’t choose to call the Asians you like by their names and the asians you hate “gooks.” You don’t choose to call black people you like “black people” and the black captors who torture you the N-word. You especially don’t get to do that if you’re a public figure running for office. Being an honorable public servant and former POW doesn’t grant you carte blanche to be a racist.

Source Raymond Roker for Huffington Post , Angry Asian Man, SF Gate

Image from MCCAINHATESGOOKS.COM

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If The Other Party Wins

What it will be like if ‘the other party‘ wins…according to both Repubs and Dems.

This is a must watch.

collegehumor

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Election Party On The Westside

OBAMA VICTORY PARTY

The night starts at 6. The bar has cable and will project the end of the election on two big screens. happy hour bites will be served throughout the night. and when the polls close, the music starts. the screens will remain on until the final verdict comes in… my god, is anyone getting excited???

Tuesday, November 4th
6 P.M. – 2 A.M.

DJ SETS BY:

Jeremy Sole (Musaics – KCRW – LA)
Scott K (Box Music – LA)
Mr.Caparro (16Bit&Beyond / Family Affair – LA)
Jesse Brooks (Yoshitoshi / Fresh Produce – LA)
Eduardo Castillo (Custom Sundaze – LA)
Joplin (Pork and Beats / Joplins House – LA)
Yosaku (Tighten Up – LA)

$FREE with your “I VOTED” sticker / $1000 without
21+ (must show ID)

Air Conditioned Supper Club
625 Lincoln Blvd, Venice, CA 90291

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Where We’ll Be On Election Night

This is going to be nuts! 7,000 rsvps so far 13,000 rsvp’s right now. Be sure to carpool.

Tuesday can’t come soon enough.

RSVP here

SPECIAL SETS BY

Z-TRIP (http://www.djztrip.com/obama) Click for the mix
JASON BENTLEY
SHEPARD FAIREY
JEREMY SOLE

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Freebies For Voting

Free silver bullet vibrator or Maverick sleeve @ Babeland. Seattle & NY only

Free donut @ Krispy Kreme

Free scoop of ice cream @ Ben & Jerry’s

Free tall, regular coffee @ Starbucks

After waiting hours in line to vote on Tuesday, be sure to save your “I Voted” sticker and stop by one or all of the above establishments and get yourself a treat.

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Obamas Loss Traced To Thuy Nguyen?

OH HELL NO!

Thats the message I received on my blackberry that almost made me crap my pants. Thanks Jeff for trying to pull a funny. You’ve given me more reason to make sure I get up bright and early on Tuesday morning to vote.

I definitely don’t want to be known as the “mother fucking cocksucking lazy fuck that couldn’t get out of bed in time to vote.”

Here are the rest of the phrases that will haunt me in my dreams tonight.

• Non voter identified: Thuy Nguyen
• Thuy= Loser
• 10 Million strong against Thuy Nguyen
• All Gods children welcome- except for Thuy Nguyen
• I cannot believe Thuy would allow this to happen
• Republicans praise Nguyen

Propositions 1-12

There are 12 propositions to vote for or against on Nov. 4th. Learn about them on the California Govt. site.

Yosi via young progressive majority

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Obama Has PRIDE

No on Prop H8!

Source Queers United

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Please Vote YES On Prop 2

What it would do: Require farmers to pen egg-laying hens, veal and pregnant pigs in ways that allow the animals to lie down, stand up, fully extend their limbs and turn around freely. Exceptions are made for the transportation of these animals, rodeos, fairs, 4-H programs, lawful slaughter, research and veterinary purposes.

What it would cost: The state legislative analyst’s office concluded that there is a potential that state and local tax revenue from farm businesses could decrease, possibly in the range of several million dollars a year. There is also a potential minor cost to enforce the law, which would partly be offset by increased fine revenue.

Who’s for it: U.S. Sens. Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein; Assembly members Loni Hancock (Berkeley) and Mark Leno (San Francisco); the city councils of Los Angeles, San Francisco, Berkeley and Davis; the Humane Society of the United States; Oakland Animal Services.

Yesonprop2

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Alva Is Totally Bitchin’ Costume Party

Alva Los Angles is haunted by the dead . . . and the 1980s.

Saturday, November 1st, 2008 6pm to 11pm
Opening reception for artist VOTAN
Music by DJ Tony Alva and Jackson Howard
Live music by “El Mariachi Sexorcisto”
Tony Alva costume contest!
Winner will receive a custom painted deck by Tony Alva.
Via-T.M.D

Source Daily Dose

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We Recycled On Halloween

There used to be a time when I wouldn’t be caught dead in the same costume twice, but this year, I did things differently. I recycled two of my costumes from previous occasions and I must say, I’m pretty damn proud of myself for doing so. Props to all my friends for doing the same.

Thanks Raymond, for wearing that skirt and mad love to Mariqueen. You were the perfect Crazy 88 for GoGo.

Please click on the second thumbnail below for the full effect of that girls costume. Raymond was definitely enamored by her jungle of love.

Time to go nurse my well-deserved hangover. Pho anyone?

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