www.just-jon.com surpassed another milestone this week. Since blogger started tracking visitors last June the site has now been visited over 10,000 times!
Thank you to everyone who has landed on my site on purpose or on accident. I appreciate you all!
In honor of St. Patrick's Day I share this totally inappropriate work function from 2008 where rapper Swizz Beatz performed at our headquarters office and passed a bottle of Patron around the room.
The discerning eye may even be able to spot me in the crowd.
This post is for anyone who spent time staring at The Nina, The Pinta, and The Santa Maria while waiting to take their next shot on Grandpa and Grandma Collins' pool table.
Whether seated in a bean bag chair in the 70s or on green leather chairs in the 80s, 90s, and 2000s; the staples of the upstairs loft area in Grandma and Grandpa's house were the pool table, the green shag carpet, and the felt lined replicas of the ships that Christopher Columbus sailed on for his journey to the new world.
After being wrapped up in newspaper for over a year; I finally found a new home for these treasures. Displayed on new wooden easels, the Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria are now back "afloat" on top of my bathroom cabinet.
Lady Gaga recently released her newest single Born This Way to a storm of controversy when listeners cried that the track bared a striking resemblance to Madonna's 1989 hit Express Yourself.
Twitter was on fire with trending topics about #ExpressYourself, #BornThisWay, and #LadyGaga. (I am new to Twitter, but for those of you who don't know, the hash mark "#" placed in front of a word or phrase allows other users to search for a topic faster.)
I too felt the song took much of the chorus cadence from Madonna's earlier song and tweeted the following snarky comment:
The Song reduced to just the pure vocals of a child and a piano took on a whole new meaning. This time I could really hear the words of the song which presented an equally strong message about acceptance today as Madonna's song preached female empowerment back in 1989.
Maria became a YouTube sensation over night and her performance of Born This Way eventually was seen by Lady Gaga herself.
Lady Gaga praised Maria and spoke about how it is her "Little Monsters" like Maria that inspire her. She then invited Maria to come on stage with her at her concert when she performed in Toronto.
The above clip is when Maria was brought on stage to perform Born This Way with Lady Gaga! Such a great moment in a little girl, or shall I say "little monster's" life.
"Enjoy 30% off from March 17-20 at Gap, Banana Republic and Old Navy plus we'll make a 5% donation to a non-profit."
It's that time of year again! Gap Give and Get!
This round I have chosen JDRF (Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International).
Diabetes has personally affected many members of my family and I am happy that this organization was available to give "our" collective shopping power donation to!
This is the item I am pushing this season. The Drapey Trench available in Grey and True Black!
Thank you all in advance for not only supporting this cause, but supporting Gap!
