Frugal Finds (6/17/09): Free admission to more than 100 national parks this weekend!

On June 17, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Frugal Living

joshuatreeThe Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.

Gadgets and Gear:

Entertainment:

  • $10 admission at The Aquarium of the Pacific. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., is offering $10 admission when you bring this coupon to the front window (Adults regularly: $23.95; Children regularly: $11.95) The offer is limited to four discounts per coupon and one coupon per day. It will be valid until June 30. (Thanks to Florance for sending me the link!)

Photo: Paraflyer / Flickr

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Diversions: ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ video list never ends it goes on and on and on …

On June 16, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Diversions

dontstopbelievingSince it was released in 1981, Journey’s power ballad “Don’t Stop Believing” hasn’t stopped making its way into the hearts and minds of believers the world around, karaoke bars and pop culture.

The song, with its opening piano riff that’s sure to draw gasps of recognition whenever its played (“Hey, that’s Journey!” see Family Guy video below), has appeared on shows like The Sopranos and in movies like The Wedding Singer.

The most recent television incarnation is in the new Fox show Glee, a show about a ragtag group of high schoolers in show choir. (Deep dark secret No. 2: The Blawgirl did show choir all four years of high school.)

After watching the pilot for the show and reminiscing about my own high school show choir in all its sequined glory, I decided to compile a list of my favorite videos that feature the memorable song.

Four chords, millions of songs!

If you learn the chord progression for “Don’t Stop Believing” you too can be a songwriter and make a bajillion songwriter dollars. Just kidding. It takes a lot more than four chords to write an enduring song. Or does it?

Because I’m Asian …

I had to include a karaoke version. So, here ya go.

Don’t stop your screaming

A parody from the College Humor.

Family Guy does Journey

Sing it Cleveland! Giggity!

PS22 Chorus living just to find emotion

I just love how these kids sing with such feeling.

Obama voters believe!

This is a video taken from the streets after Pres. Obama’s election in November. The optimism and the joy in this vid makes me smile.

Rock of Ages rocks the Tonys

The cast of the musical Rock of Ages performs during the 2009 Tony Awards.

Sing it with glee!

And here’s the scene from Glee that gave me gooselumps and had me missing sequins, pancake makeup, hairspray and painful character shoes.

Photo: photographer10 / Flickr

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Frugal Finds (6/16/09): 15 free songs from Arts & Crafts label artists via Amazon.com!

On June 16, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Frugal Living

arts&craftssamplerThe Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.

Gadgets and Gear:

  • Buy a Mac, get a free digital camera. At MacMall, purchase a MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, or iMac and receive an Olympus Stylus 1040 10-Megapixel Digital Camera for free after this mail-in rebate. The offer is valid only for qualified students, teachers, staff, and parents. You’ll need to add the camera to your cart via the “Special Offers” section of the Mac you select, and both items need to appear on the same receipt. Find more info at DealNews.
  • $75 back on $150 digital camera. Become a Staples Rewards member and receive $75 back on any digital camera over $149. The Blawgirl’s pick: The Nikon Coolpix S220 for $149.99, which comes in plum, black or blue. The 10.0 megapixel camera has 3x optical zoom and a 2.5″ LCD screen. According to the dude at the store, the $75 cash back comes in the form of a check that is mailed out to customers every quarter. If you purchase the camera now, you’ll probably get the check sometime next month. Offer expires June 20.
  • $20 notebook backpack. TigerDirect.com via eBay DailyDeal offers the Targus Flare Notebook Backpack in black for $19.99 with free shipping. (via DealNews)
  • $12 notebook bag. Today only, Froobi.com offers the Lowepro Messenger Factor M Notebook Bag in black for $11.99 (Was: $44.99) with around $8 for shipping. (via DealNews)

Entertainment:

  • Free 15-song sampler. Download the free 15-song Arts & Crafts 2009 Label Sampler from the Amazon.com MP3 store. If you’re a fan of indie and folk music, you may like some of the artists on the album, which includes songs from Amy Millan, Zeus and The Stills.
  • Free Harvey Danger album download. Harvey Danger has downloads of its album Little by Little for free. According to DealNews, the same 10-track album goes for $9.90 at Amazon and $9.99 at iTunes.
  • $10 admission at The Aquarium of the Pacific. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., is offering $10 admission when you bring this coupon to the front window (Adults regularly: $23.95; Children regularly: $11.95) The offer is limited to four discounts per coupon and one coupon per day. It will be valid until June 30. (Thanks to Florance for sending me the link!)
  • Free admission to national parks. The U.S. National Parks Service is offering free weekend admission to over 100 national parks on select weekends throughout the summer. Free admission will be in effect on June 20 to 21, July 18 to 19, and August 15 to 16. Click here for a list of participating parks!

Odds and Ends:

  • Find your way in The Black. Buy.com has the Excalibur 765 Space Navigator for $34.99. Pay via PayPal and it falls to $24.99 with free shipping. (via DealNews) I’ve posted this vid before, but I don’t know if anyone was reading back then. So here’s Marian Call’s song “In the Black”.

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Frugal Finds (6/19/09): Get a free soundtrack for your summer courtesy of Nylon Magazine!

On June 15, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Frugal Living

3019_head_playlistThe Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.

Gadgets and Gear:

Entertainment:

  • Free music. Nylon Magazine via iTunes offers a free download of its 22-track June / July music issue playlist. It features songs from Santigold, Passion Pit and Phoenix, among others. Of the artists, the Blawgirl is only familiar with Santigold. If the songs are as good as “LES Artistes” then the album is worth the download. You must have iTunes installed in order to download these songs. Offer ends August 31.
  • $10 admission at The Aquarium of the Pacific. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., is offering $10 admission when you bring this coupon to the front window (Adults regularly: $23.95; Children regularly: $11.95) The offer is limited to four discounts per coupon and one coupon per day. It will be valid until June 30. (Thanks to Florance for sending me the link!)
  • Free admission to national parks. The U.S. National Parks Service is offering free weekend admission to over 100 national parks on select weekends throughout the summer. Free admission will be in effect on June 20 to 21, July 18 to 19, and August 15 to 16. Click here for a list of participating parks!

Odds and Ends:

  • Discounted knives from Sears. According to DealNews, Sears offers a number of Basic Essentials kitchen sets at current price lows. For orders of $50 or more, add coupon code “SEARS5OFF50″ to get $5 off. Shipping starts at $7.50, or opt for free in-store pickup.
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Frugal Finds (6/12/09): $10 admission to the Aquarium of the Pacific this June!

On June 12, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Frugal Living

sealwaterbottleThe Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.

Gadgets and Gear:

Entertainment:

  • $10 admission at The Aquarium of the Pacific. The Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach, Calif., is offering $10 admission when you bring this coupon to the front window (Adults regularly: $23.95; Children regularly: $11.95) The offer is limited to four discounts per coupon and one coupon per day. It will be valid until June 30. (Thanks to Florance for sending me the link!)
  • Free admission to national parks. The U.S. National Parks Service is offering free weekend admission to over 100 national parks on select weekends throughout the summer. Free admission will be in effect on June 20 to 21, July 18 to 19, and August 15 to 16. Click here for a list of participating parks!

Odds and Ends:

  • Free Slurpees. This just in from the lovely people over at OC Deals. Mark your calendars for July 11 when 7-Eleven stores will celebrate Slurpee Day by handing out 1000 free 7.11-oz Slurpees in any flavor from 7 a.m. until 11 p.m., or until supplies last. For some reason, whenever I think of Slurpees, I think of that scene from Encino Man. You know, the caveman movie with Brendan Fraser, Pauly Shore and the chubby hobbit that is surprisingly full of stereotypes for a movie made in the ’90s? I mean, the caveman accent is WAY off. Here’s the scene to jog your memory:

Photo: Vinh! / Flickr

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Diversions: Death metal takes cockatoo, puppy back to where the wild things are

On June 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Diversions

You’ve heard that music has the ability to tame even the wildest beast. But can it have the opposite effect? If the music in question is death metal, then, yupperooni.

It can turn the sweetest cockatoo into a headbanging mofo, and a cute little doggie into a vicious, i’ll-eat-your-face hell hound.

Check out the videos! Embedding has been disabled in the second video, so the link takes you to YouTube. (via BoingBoing)

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Frugal Finds (6/11/09): Get two tickets to Six Flags theme parks for just $10 each!

On June 11, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Frugal Living

2892058635_da341cba5fThe Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.

Alert:

$10 Six Flags tickets! Until 4 pm ET today at SixFlags.com, purchase a 1-day adult admission ticket for $10. Shipping adds $5. Limit two per customer. Tickets are valid on any regular operating day through June 30. (Thanks, DealNews!)

Entertainment:

  • iTunes free download. You can get a free download of The Ruse’s “Beautiful is Gone” from their album Midnight in the City at iTunes.
  • $2 Loudon Wainwright III album. The Amazon MP3 Store offers downloads of Loudon Wainwright III’s Strange Weirdos: Music From And Inspired By The Film Knocked Up for $1.99. According to DealNews, Lala.com charges $7.49 and iTunes charges $9.99 for the album.
  • Mad Men season one. Mad Men season one is available on Blu-ray from Deepdiscount.com for $24.99 (Was: $49.95) with free shipping. (via DealNews)
  • Free admission to national parks. The U.S. National Parks Service is offering free weekend admission to over 100 national parks on select weekends throughout the summer. Free admission will be in effect on June 20 to 21, July 18 to 19, and August 15 to 16. Click here for a list of participating parks!

Odds and Ends:

  • $65 balance ball chair. Gaiam.com has the BalanceBall Chair for $79.98 (Was: $99) with $11.99 for shipping, but coupon code “EN8A” brings the price down to $64.98. (via DealNews)
  • Things that taste like bacon. Buy.com has the J&D’s Original Bacon Salt 2-Pack for $7.99 (Was: $14.99) with free shipping. This bacon-flavored salt is, surprisingly, a zero-calorie, zero-fat, vegetarian, and kosher food. (via DealNews)
  • $60 five fingers shoes. TravelCountry.com has the Vibram Men’s Fivefingers Sprint Shoes in blue for $59.99 with free shipping. They’re available in sizes 42 to 46. (Roughly US sizes 9-1/2 to 12-1/2.) (via DealNews) What exactly is a five fingers shoe? Well, it’s a shoe with little rooms for each of your five toes. Yeah. They scare me a little too. Check it out.

Photo: Steve Wampler / Flickr

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Frugal Finds (6/10/09): Monty Python’s Flying Circus complete collection $45

On June 10, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Frugal Living

2892058635_da341cba5fThe Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.

Gadgets and Gear:

Entertainment:

Odds and Ends:

  • $13 create-a-chip kit. BuyKettleChips.com has the Kettle Limited Edition Create-a-Chip Kit for $12.74 with free shipping. This create-your-own-chip kit features seven seasoning blends, four bags of unseasoned chips, and three full-size bags of Kettle Chips in Spicy Thai, Buffalo Bleu, and Tuscan Three Cheese. (via DealNews)

Photo: Steve Wampler / Flickr

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Frugal Finds (6/9/09): Firefly series $40, How I Met Your Mother seasons $13

On June 9, 2009 · 2 Comments · In Frugal Living

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The Blawgirl crawls the Interwebz to find steals and deals for the frugal law student and the competitive bargain shopper. Find a new Frugal Finds 11:30 (ish) p.m. PST every Monday through Saturday! Also, each post is updated as I come across items. You’re welcome.

A note from the Blawgirl: Frugal Finds will continue on a daily basis until the beginning of August, when it will become a weekly feature.

Entertainment:

  • Firefly complete series on BluRay. Today only, Amazon.com is offering the Firefly Complete Series on Blu-ray for $39.99 (Was: $54.99). Shiny.
  • $13 for each season of How I Met Your Mother. Amazon.com offers the first three seasons of How I Met Your Mother for $12.99 each, with shipping at $2.98. However, you can spend over $25 to qualify for free shipping. (via DealNews)
  • Black Eyed Peas album $3.99. According to DealNews, Lala.com offers the best deal on the Black Eyed Peas’ latest album The E.N.D., which includes “Boom Boom Pow” in an its Auto-Tune glory.
  • Free music sampler. Amazon.com is offering free downloads of the Ropeadope Label Sampler. The 12-song compilation, which was released May 19, is filed under Jazz/General, Jazz/Traditional Jazz & Ragtime. Just from an initial listen on Amazon, this is a fairly eclectic mix of jazz sounds, including songs that draw on influences of acid jazz, jazz funk and bluegrass. Which is why song #12 is a little unusual.
  • Amazon.com free songs. The Blawgirl’s picks: “Hey Fella, Ya Fell” from the Other Girls’ album Perfect Cities, which was released today; “The Key” from Speech Debelle’s album Speech Therapy (check out the vid below!); and “The Opposite of Hallelujah” from Jens Lenkman’s album Night Falls Over Kortedala. Visit Amazon’s MP3 Special Deal Store to find more free downloads and discounted albums.

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I Can Has Thoughtz: Current TV silence on freelance reporters = Epic FAIL

On June 8, 2009 · Leave a Comment · In Just Julie

llposterIt’s a difficult and sometimes dangerous world out there for journalists. While those here in the states face distrust from the public and disdain from pundits, those abroad often face the terror of tyrannical regimes that don’t believe in the freedom of the press and that would do anything in their power to suppress an idea contrary to their agendas.

Just this past year we’ve seen Sri Lankan editor Lasantha Wickramatunga gunned down, U.S. journalist Roxana Saberi detained and tried in Iran, and, more recently, Current TV freelance reporters Laura Ling and Euna Lee tried and sentenced to 12 years of hard labor.

It’s infuriating that the North Korean regime chose to pursue legal action against these Americans on vague grounds, but what’s even more maddening is how little we’ve heard from Current TV or Al Gore, who founded the independent news network.

Ever since the beginning of the ordeal, Al Gore and Current TV have been very quiet about the goings on in the Hermit Kingdom. The network also reportedly took down stories and videos about the two journalists on its own Web site.

Further, according to New York Times blogger Brian Stelter, the “two women’s profiles were scrubbed of any reference to the detainments.”

Stelter further reports that:

“It is not unusual for news organizations to adopt a silent stance when their journalists are detained or otherwise endangered overseas. News outlets often choose not to comment as they work aggressively behind the scenes for the release of their employees. But the public nature of Ms. Ling and Ms. Lee’s detainments have put additional pressure on Current to comment about the case.”

If Current TV commented about the case yesterday, I would have said the statement was long overdue. As it stands, even with the news media outlets covering the case more extensively than they’ve done since the beginning of Ms. Lee and Ms. Ling’s detentions, Current TV has not said a word.

It may not be unusual for news organizations to be silent on their journalists’ detentions, but doing so is downright irresponsible. News organizations have a responsibility not just to their public to cover a story without bias, they also have a responsibility to their reporters who often put themselves in harm’s way to get their stories.

By remaining silent, Current TV has failed on both fronts.

Image: @LiberateLaura

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