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Jason and I typically hang low for Halloween. We enjoy hanging out with my family and watching my nieces and nephews dress up in their cute outfits. This year, since it fell on a Saturday, we went up to Austin to visit my brother and his wife. Their friends were having a costume party so we got all dress up,  Star Trek style. We made our own outfits and I didn’t even have to buy anything! Jason made the cool Star Trek logos out of foam paper and we just got him some ears and a gun. My brother did an excellent job as Billy Mays (video below) and Layla did the Jessica Simpson look. There were actually some pretty creative costumes at Sean and Sarah’s party, who were Kayne West and Rhianna. My favorite? YouTube!

See all photos here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/safun/sets/72157622714512654/

Sexting has become more and more common among our youth.  They think that sending a nude or semi nude photo of themselves to one person will stay with that one person and don’t realize the risk of it being sent out to others. The first time I realized the seriousness of sexting was when I saw a case being featured on the Today Show. An 18 year old girl sent a nude photo of herself to her boyfriend. Once they broke up, that photo was sent out to everyone at her school. She was humiliated and bullied for a year before she ended up committing suicide. Our legal system is really trying to crack down on this. If you are a minor (18 years or younger), creating, transmitting, and even possessing a nude, seminude, or sexually explicit image of yourself can be considered child pornography. It can be prosecuted as a state or federal felony and can even lead to having to register as a sex offender. While I do agree there should be legal consequences,  I’m unsure if it should be filed as child pornography. Our youth does need to understand that sexting is unacceptable behavior and there are laws in place to protect them.  In spite of all our work trying to stop sexting, we allow a song like “LOL, Smiley Face” on the radio for our youth to listen to. Here’s a snapshot of the lyrics (click here for all the lyrics):

I Love Fisher Price

See now my shorty text me, send your boy a smiley face.

Gucci-Mane X-Rated, we could make a sex tape

Pics on my iPhone, Gucci on her iPod

When she turn around, *** make you say, oh God

Am I the only one that seems something wrong with this?

Jason and I had a typical married couple Sunday. We had breakfast at the local Taco House, went out to buy a gift for our friends that just had a baby, bought a new mattress and went grocery shopping. While at Target, I went to see the wreaths on clearance. I couldn’t help from busting out laughing because I saw a particular wreath that screamed “Lady Gaga” instead of “I go on a front door.” I am a Lady Gaga fan and her outfits at the VMA’s this past year were way beyond interesting. As you can see below, you see how this made me laugh …. and freak Jason out a bit.

I went to lunch with 2 friends today and one wanted to get my advice on some things related to social media. I was happy to help of course. I was hoping I inspired or motivated him. Then I open this fortune cookie. Really made my day but it’s more important to me that I made someone else’s day!

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Just got word that my lunch lady from grade school, Ms. Raoul, just passed. She was such a special lady and I remember her vividly growing up. She managed the school kitchen and made sure there were enough lunches for everyone. She collected the lunch tickets and often times, she’d let us get a lunch even if we didn’t have the lunch ticket. Quiet as she was, she had a positive impact on the kids coming out of St. Paul’s Catholic school.