OBAMA TO COME CLOSE TO ROCKY POINT

"What do President Obama and rock legend Alice Cooper have in common?

Both will take part in Arizona State University’s 2009 graduation in Tempe, AZ.

Arizona State University graduates of the Class of 2009 will become part of American history as they witness the 44rd President of the United States deliver a Presidential commencement address at their long awaited graduation. This 2009 graduation will release almost 9000 students into the world as college graduates..."

This is snagged directly from MYN's favorite Arizona blogger, Anita...click here for the full meal deal from The Examiner.com

MYN AD SPACE FOR SALE

Rocky Point business owners, real estate agents, etc - MYN ad space is now available and up for grabs. I receive about 100 hits/day and have almost 90 subscribers, so drop me a line if you wish to advertise on my site! mynparty@yahoo.com.mx

MYN WIDGETS

Check out the new widgets I'm installing ------->

Just trying to make it easier on you, my dear reader...if you have any suggesstions on what else you'd like to see here on MYN, drop me a line: mynparty@yahoo.com.mx

ROCKY POINT EVENTS, THINGS TO DO, NIGHTLIFE, ETC

If you ever have a specific inquery about what to do when you get here, down to restaurant reccommendations, don't hesitate to email me: mynparty@yahoo.com.mx

BLOGGER NERD STUFF (RIGHT UP MY ALLEY!)

John Chow is holding a new contest to give away $6,000 in CASH! $5,000 would go to the charity of your choice and $1,000 will go to you to spend however you want. If I win, I would give the $5K to The Rocky Point Christmas Foundation and I would put the $1,000 into my pot to get a new car.

The contest is being sponsored by XR.com. XR.com is a tiny url service that shortens up urls! Sign up for an account and check it out!

SAYING GOODBYE TO A LEGEND...

I've held my tongue long enough, and I can hold it no longer (sorry G, I have to) One of my best sources of information (or so I thought) told me a few nights ago that she thinks my blog is sh**.

To quote:

P: "We need you at softball - we need more woman players"
M: "I saw you need a fast pitcher, and I fast pitched for a season in school - did you read it on my blog?"
P: "I don't read that sh** I don't have time for it"

Well, I must say that I don't agree, and very frankly I am offended. Needless to say, I will not be posting anything about or from her. If you don't know who I'm talking about by now, you more than likely aren't a local - don't worry about it.

TRYING TO MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU

Whether you're are a new reader or an old faithful, I just want to let you know/remind you about Google search and Google Ads found right here on MYN...

You don't have to leave the page to perform a search for whatever you're looking for - the results will open in a new page! Also, the ads are legit and relavent and found ever 5 posts or so - check out Penasco del Sol, Las Palomas, among others!

Have a merry Monday :)

MYN BRANCHING OUT

I'm going to put a new poll over there ----> and I ask you:

Would you read a book that I write about my adventures, travel, and freelancing?

EVEN MORE MYN 4 U!

With my new found free time, I hereby pledge to take my camera everywhere to capture the good, the bad, the new, the old, the weird, the funny, and pretty much everything about Rocky Point I can - and as soon as I figure out how to use the video thing on this camera, I'll upload vids, too!
Check back daily for new stuff - it's my job now!

WORKING TO MAKE IT BETTER

Do you have any questions, comments, pictures, suggesstions, rants, or just something to say? Send it to me at: mynparty@yahoo.com.mx, and I will post it for you! 

R.E agents, send me your hottest listing and I will crank out an ad for you

Restaurant/bar owners, send me your happy hour times and specials, and I'll post them

Have a great Monday!

100 VISITS

Today almost tops the record of 121 visits in a day! I've gotten 100 visits today! With the season being so slow, I wouldn't think the blog would be doing so well, but it is!

Thank you for all your support in reading my lil ol blog - if you wish to trade links with me, send me yours, and here is mine:

www.mynparty.blosgpot.com

If you ever have any bit of Rocky Point news, gossip, restaurant tip or anything else Rocky Point, drop me a line: mynparty@yahoo.com.mx

MYN ASKS YOU:

DO YOU LIKE THE NEW LOOK?!

FOR THE LOVE OF WRITING

If you love to write (like moi) this will be interesting to you. If not, you'll just be like, "Um, okay - this is dorky..."

"English can look very different, when viewed through different prisms. "The" is the universal ranking champion, but "be" might place second or 22nd, depending on whether all conjugations, such as "is" and "was," get counted. "I" was the most commonly used word in 11,700 10-minute conversations recorded in 2002 and 2003. It appeared 984,359 times, according to David Graff, the lead programmer analyst for the Linguistic Data Consortium at the University of Pennsylvania, which maintains corpora. "You" was runner-up, appearing 702,941 times."

Check out this article on the 100-most used words in the English language...it's all relative!

TEN THOUSAND VISITS

WOW - I didn't think that it would take such a short time to get 10K visitors, but since March 4th, 2008 till now, I've received 10,000 hits. I'm humbled!

This is so awesome - I hope that I have inspired, informed, and gave a giggle or two here and there! Please please write me with comments or suggestions - they're truely appriciated!

Have a great weekend everyone!

"IS CHROME RIGHT FOR THE ENTERPRISE?"

For those of you non geeks out there (everyone but me n Bill Barvitski) that don't know about Chrome, Google's very own internet browser. I think it's still in it's Beta form, and the critics are having a field day with it...

Check out this article that asks if it's good for the enterprise!

ROCKY POINT NIGHTLIFE AT ITS FINEST - S.W.I.M'S SALSA SATURDAY

Last night, we had NO reason to go anywhere but S.W.I.M for their sassy Saturday Salsa session - we had the most fun AND I met some readers...

I hearby send a Texas sized shout out to Rachael, Lourdes, Vince, and John - you guys rock!

Everyone was dancing and talking and laughing - it was just an all around good vibe poolside last night...I heard that the Mixology sessions went well, but we just couldn't drag ourselves away...

Sanctuary is super busy today, so posts will be sporadic - check back!

IF YOU WANT TO WRITE IN

Please put Rocky Point or MYN in the subject line - don't leave it blank, or I will think it's spam...I've been getting bogus inqueries and spam lately...

Thanks so much!

TODAY'S POSTS

Will be short and sweet and quick because I'm running errands and trying to clean house! I'm lumping them all together...check back!

SPANISH 101 PART 1

In an effort to help out the local non spanish speaking gringo population, I have installed a "Spanish Word of the Day" on the left side over there somewhere >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

In addition to that, I will post some of my favorite words in Spanish with their meanings, and integrate them in titles and content...I want to make this a bilingual blog, and to do that, I need to appeal to the local population, too!

Stay tuned for my word of the day followed by a post using it...

OPEN LETTER

In light of market conditions, money struggle, world economy, sudden drastic stress-causing changes, I feel like I just need to write this for the person that knows deserves it.

In this day and age, you never know when you might lose someone; I'm not talking just about death. I'm talking about losing someone from your life whether it be because they have to move away, because you've got money/business issues, or because something has happened to your friendship. We need to hold onto the people that have been there for us - especially the ones that go the extra mile for us without question.

Be thankful for what you have, because (as cliche as it is) there are SO many people in the world doing SO much worse. Do you have electricity? Running water? A roof over your head? A car? Well, you're more fortunate than most...You're even fortunate that you HAVE credit card bills - didn't you at elast enjoy spending that money????

Someone very near and dear to my heart has become a victim of someone's greedy, self serving, and inappropriate acts. Never once did this person stop to think of all the bending over backwards and extra hours the other put in. It was all good while person A was reaping the benifits of what person B sowed, but when push came to shove, it was person A lashing out over something trivial.

A lot of people these days are only out for themselves, and rightly so...after they've mistreated others, they are all they have left. They draw a circle around themselves and their family (if that), and that's the only thing they focus on. There are a few souls out there on the contrary, however, that will go above and beyond the call of duty or what is asked or expected to do right by other people. They have drawn a circle around themselves + everyone they know, care about, and love and will watch out for them all. If you have a person like that in your life, no matter what facet, take care of them. Let you know you appriciate them - they could be gone in the blink of an eye...

If you are one of the ungrateful, selfish users that are trying to claw your way out of a hole you've dug for yourself, remember that pulling people down with you is NOT the way to go...Do not belittle, do not try to intimidate, do not try to manipulate the goodness around you...it will only make it harder for you, in turn, making you a more bitter peron in the end. 

You reap what you sow. What goes around comes back around. Treat others as you would like to be treated...they all go back forever - and they are all true! 

Abide by them.