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Brr! The #snowpocalyse reveals that some people have cold, greedy hearts

February 10th, 2010

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Before going to sleep tonight I thought I’d look around Craigslist to see if there were any new postings for housing in Washington, DC… Had I known that I was going to run into this, I would’ve just gone to bed:

craigslistSNOWPOCALYPSE

Talk about opportunistic …

While tons of people are stuck at home, tons of others are stranded due to the airports closing, and others are straight-up homeless; some cold-hearted schmuck is trying to make $400 A DAY off others’ misery??? Let me guess, you haven’t done a single thing to try to help the Haiti relief efforts either have you? Or maybe you’re selling “Help Haiti” T-shirt on some Web site I have yet to stumble upon?

This is NOT how you use free internet sites people.

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Of snow, and other cheesy things we take for granted

December 6th, 2009

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I happen to think that all things happen for a reason. Two weeks before moving to my new home in Maryland, my car — or Dave, as I named it — moved on to a better place. A most untimely, unfortunate event. I have lived in College Park, Md., in and around the D.C. area, for a little over three months now. I love the city and I think part of it is because I’m always on foot.

I’m half embarrassed to admit that I’m still in a bit of a daze when I walk around the streets of DC. I love riding the metro; having to physically climb the electric stairs, which get shut down unexpectedly at every other station; I love coming out of the dark, smelly tunnel to take in the sights of a new neighborhood; I love walking around the streets because while everyone might be avoiding eye contact with others who are passing by, I’m always looking; I love carrying my computer with me so that I can do a little @workshifting in new places; I love walking around squares and parks; I love staring at the monuments; and I could go on for a long time.

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Hello World!

August 27th, 2009
Its a blog!

*It's a blog!*

That’s the Wordpress default title for the sample post that comes published with every new Wordpress account. On the surface it’s a rather generic, upbeat greeting. Underneath the surface it’s an open invitation to allow yourself to run wild and to unleash your inner blogging beast all over your brand new, endless white canvas.

If you scroll down you’ll come to realize that this is not my first post. And yet it is.

What used to be “Andi Narvaez: Down and Across” is now “Andi Narvaez: Re-learning PR.” Welcome to my refreshed blog.

I lost a couple of hours of sleep here and there thinking about my new life in Maryland (Although I just call it D.C.) as a public relations graduate student at University of Maryland and how I wanted the content of my blog to reflect that new life. And one night it hit me (and then I hit myself again when I realized how simple it was).

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Happy mother’s day to my mother

May 10th, 2009

The most difficult thing of living in the United States is how far away I am from most of my family. Social media has bridged the gap a little bit but on day’s like today, Facebook wall messages, e-cards, Twitters, email and Skype phone calls don’t always cut it. But then I thought, “Hey! Don’t I have one of those blogs?”

Here is a little somethin’ somethin’ about the greatest woman in my life. I figured a blog post in her honor would get me closer to letting the whole world (or the 10 people that read this blog) know how much I love her.

Happy mother’s day mom.

Man, how cool is social media?

Happy mother’s day to my mom

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10 Things you must do to DO Las Vegas

April 13th, 2009
This blog post (and the 29 more to come) is part of ProBlogger’s “31 Days to Write a Better Blog” challenge. Feel free to judge.

Write a List Post [Day 2 - 31DBBB]

One of my most brilliant moves ever was when I created an “offbeat” category for posts like these :)

In March 2009 I traveled to Las Vegas for 4 nights and 5 days. This was my second trip to Vegas and, because I learn new things every time, I have vowed to go there every year. Also, Las Vegas is in essence – escapism – and for five days out of the year, who can’t use that?

I’m sure this list will get revised the more I go and discover new places, tricks and tips. But for now… here is what you MUST do or keep in mind to make sure you have a unforgettable time in Las Vegas:

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My blog in an elevator

April 9th, 2009

This blog post (and the 30 more to come) is part of ProBlogger’s “31 Days to Write a Better Blog” challenge.

Feel free to judge.

Write an Elevator Pitch for Your Blog [Day 1 -31DBBB]

A mutant offspring of the 20th and 21st century I have a multitasking sort of background in public relations, marketing, social media, writing, design and advertising. I have an undying passion for reading news, blogs and books and I force feed myself more mainstream media, brands and entertainment than anyone likes to admit most of the time.

This blog is about communication and the way it is evolving our society. Not unlike my mind, this blog is scattered, but it gets its focus back by extrapolating from current events, other posts, news articles, etc. to determine how – one way or another – they all integrate to essentially point out the same thing. Of course, that’s not always the case and that’s when things get interesting.

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The Strip Chronicles

March 7th, 2009

Las Vegas 09: Day one.

How is Vegas you ask? Living up to it’s reputation I respond.

Our adventures started off with an adventure when we decided that we would walk to our hotel, Tropicana, from the airport. Bad call on our part but it turned out to be for the best since, after many turnarounds, dead ends and wrong directions, we were finally en route to our destination and able to stop by a store where beverages are sold and – not just that – Subway was right next door and we had ourselves the best dinner of our lives. No joke.

The trek over to the hotel was reminiscent of my two months bckpacking around Europe and that alone explains how much fun it turned out to be in the end.

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I’m official at KGBTexas

February 19th, 2009

On Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009 I came to my office desk to discover a small white box sitting on my desk, on top of my pile of files and papers. In the mystery courier’s defense, my desk was a bit messy and it has been a busy couple of weeks, which left nowhere else to set the box down but atop my pile of mess.

In the box I found a set of brand new business cards with my name on them and I must admit, I smiled… wide.

On Feb. 15 I celebrated my fourth month with  KGBTexas Public Relations / Advertising, a full-service agency based in San Antonio, Texas, and I’m happy to say that I  still get up at 7 a.m. every morning and go to work, gladly.

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The so-called time wasters

February 4th, 2009

I don’t know where it started but I do know that a co-worker tagged me in his “25 Random Things” Facebook Note and that I’ve seen at least a dozen other lists of random things pop up in my news feed. Now, I don’t say this very often but – I give in.

My list is below but as long as I have your attention… How about them time-wasters? Could the time we spend on Facebook, Twitter, Blogs and Web sites be dedicated to more productive things?

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A widespread flu virus

January 19th, 2009

This is not an excuse.

My ears finally popped yesterday and I can officially say that I have gotten over the worst case of the flu I’ve had to deal with in six years. For a while all I could hear was myself chewing. I have a new-found sympathy for fishes living in fish bowls.

There is a saying in Spanish about healthy minds leading to healthy bodies (I’m sure it’s true for other languages), however, I’ve confirmed that there is nothing the mind will do if the body doesn’t feel like cooperating and I can think of other instances where that is true.

A friend introduced me to Larry Lessing (not in person, just his work) who is an advocate of less anal copyright laws that stifle creativity. You can think of copyright laws as the flu virus that is standing between new content, products and services that have the potential of BEING once the original ideas that will drive them cease to be afflicted.

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