Alejandra S. Owens

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Weekend Reads: La Bamba, Bullying & Puns

I've been pinteresting heavily lately. I'm enjoying the daydreaming particularly about what kind of house I want someday. (I am also enjoying baby hippos lately, too.)

A sweet boy was being bullied by his former best friend...so he wrote a rap song and asked Mac Lethal to perform it. As I said on Facebook, I'm 35 and I can relate to this kid! People! Be kind! 

I am bad at vacations. Bad at planning them, bad at being on them, the whole shebang. But, here's a guide for putting together the most restorative vacation possible.  

I love puns. Like, I LOVE puns. There's a documentary on professional punning which is 100% my jam. 

There's a Ken doll for every man you'll meet in your life now!

Not all couples want children and this one wants you to know 11 very specific things about everyone who's ever questioned them.

Sometimes life feels hilariously black and white

This is a random story about playing basketball with Drake and eating banana pudding with Kanye West. It's weird but I was entertained by it. 

You had me at Pitbull...Florida always delivers on the weird. This time with mafia hits, Pitbull and a joint called Miami Subs

La Bamba wasn't just a movie that got a song stuck in your head, it was a pivotal moment for Latinos in Hollywood. The biopic told the short and tragic life story of Mexican-American singer Richard Valenzuela, or Ritchie Valens for you gringos, and it was one of the few films at the time that didn't depict Latinos as gang members or villains.