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I Use This For DT!

This is the better version (it's HD!) of the camera used to take videos you see on this site from Alumni Weekend 2007 and Homecoming 2007 weekend.

What's great about the Flip Video Camera? Click to show +/-

--it's easy to use
--it fits into your pocket
--it takes great video
--it's cheap for a good, portable video camera
--it has a USB port that pops up that plugs right into your computer
--at the push of a button you can easily upload videos to your computer and publish directly to sites like youtube.
--this camera now stores 120 minutes!

Gift Ideas:
--I got this camera for my cousin after she graduated from high school. I thought it would be great in college... and as I see on her facebook profile, she's certainly using it everywhere.
--my sister had a baby and since I live 2000 miles away, she and my brother-in-law video my niece and send me the videos weekly.

Click here to get the Flip Video Camcorder (120 Minutes)

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8) Transformers 2 Photos and Videos Shot at Penn!

Love Week: A Sweet Proposal

Thursday, February 14, 2008

And what would a "Love Week" be on DuelingTampons.com without a marriage proposal?

Ross Levitt (C'97) recently proposed to his girlfriend Tracy Mitnick (C'03) and got the story covered on CNN!

Per Ross,

"My fiance Tracy is a big fan of cupcakes, so I proposed using a cupcake from the famous Magnolia bakery. I had M&Ms made that say, "will you marry me" on them. We talked about marriage a lot, so Tracy didn't know I was serious until I pulled out the ring. Then she slid off the couch and was literally floored! ...I'm a business producer at CNN. I sent pictures from the engagement to the producers in Atlanta. They surprised me by announcing the engagement on the air. I was beet red!"

Click here to check out Ross' sweet proposal

Click here to check out all my "Love Week" posts

And so ends the 2008 "Love Week" series. Happy Valentine's Day everyone!

Tune in next week for an exciting new contest!

Love Week: Better Than Sending You Chocolates!

(from l to r) Mark Huerta (C'09), Andrew Leonard (C'09), Kyle Andrews (SEAS'09), and Patrick Wolff (C'09)

Last week I saw on Facebook that the Glee Club was allowing people to place orders to send Singing Valentines to "that special someone."

Thanks to Lee Crain (C'10) from the Glee Club, I placed my order to send a Singing Valentine to you & all of my readers... my "special someones". It comes from the Glee Club to you ... via video!

Thank you readers out there for coming back each day!

Get serenaded here!

Check out all my posts from the DuelingTampons' "Love Week" series

How awesome are these guys for doing this for me!

If you enjoyed that, then you should check out the Glee Club's "Miracle on Rice" show next week: February 21, 22, 23 at 8:00 PM in the Zellerbach Theater. Tickets Available on Locust Walk from Feb. 18-22 and at the Annenberg Center Box Office. Visit www.penngleeclub.com for more information.

Check out the Glee's Club's "Miracle on Rice" fun promo video here

Love Week: She’s a Cupid for Penn Alumni

It's Valentine's Day and that means that we've reached our last day in our Love Week series. Before we end this though, I have 3 fantastic posts coming up today! First up...

Hey single NYC Penn alumni…Someone wants to set you up.

After reading my "Love Week" posts, Saryn Chorney (C’00) contacted me to let me know that she is working for a popular publication pairing people up (free of charge!). Did I mention that the meal is also free?

For you outgoing guys and gals looking for love in all the wrong places, click here for all the details! (this is great!)

Love Week: Swapping More Than PB&J

Wednesday, February 13, 2008

For our next "Love Week" installment, Danish Rhythm's Spencer Crawford (C'05) wants to trade Gary Lundy (C'05) his PB&J for something a bit tastier....

Click here to check out this very funny video

Check out these other funny videos from Danish Rhythm

Check out all my posts from the DuelingTampons' "Love Week" series

See which Penn undergrads and alumni are registered on DuelingTampons.com

Love Week: Celebrating 10 Years of Love

As part "Love Week", Mark Ayzenberg (C'09) sent me a sweet video of a song he had written and performed for his sister and brother-in-law for their their wedding.

Listen to "Ten Years Comin" here

Click to read the Mark's lyrics:...+/-

The Lyrics to "Ten Years Comin':

They met at golden slipper camp
Marc was a track star, Irene a badminton champ
Late October of 2005, Marc proposed;
I can't say it greatly changed their lives

Cuz it's been a 10 years comin'
They've been happy for oh so long
It's been 10 years comin'
And they're still goin' so goin' so strong

I had plenty of time to write this song

They went through so much together
Gave support and love no matter the weather
I know that for the rest of their lives
This love will continue to grow and thrive

From the weeklong business trips
To Marc cooking dinners throughout Irene's exam time flips
I don't know how they did it
Must be that Love of this kind is impossible to split

There's just one more thing I wanna to say
Their adopted kittens are great and fun for today
I'm all for family increase
But I'd rather it be a baby nephew or niece

Cuz it's been a 10 years comin'
They've been happy for oh so long
It's been 10 years comin'
And they're still goin' so goin' so strong

There's no better person
For Marc or Irene

Click here to listen to Mark's catchy instrumental song: "Time Lapse"
(Mark is encouraging users to give their feedback on his youtube page)

Check out other Penn musicians

Check out all my posts from the DuelingTampons' "Love Week" series

Love Week: They Really Love the Library

Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Penn students, including me, seem to love to do entertaining videos in, at and about the library.

So, as part of "love week" on DuelingTampons.com, I wanted to show you the love a bunch of undergrads really seem to have for the library.

Check out this very entertaining short video highlighting the many features and functions of the Weigle Information Commons, located on the 1st floor of Van Pelt Library.

Do these guys love the library, or what?! It's great!

Starring Ryan Leonard (C'10), Andrew Abranovic (C'10), Will Xiong (C'10). Directed by Ryan A. Leonard.

Click here to check out this musical extravaganza

Check out my library video: "Stacked Competition"

Check out all my posts from the DuelingTampons' "Love Week" series

Love Week: She's Got the Opposite of Love

This week, I've posted Penn related stories about love on TV, love in the movies and today, I've got love in print.

Lawyer-turned-author Julie Buxbaum (C'99) just released "The Opposite of Love", a book that has some hot buzz around it.

Click to check out the synopsis:...+/-

Per Julie's website:
"With perfect pitch for the humor and heartbreak of everyday life, Julie Buxbaum has fashioned a heroine who will be instantly recognizable to anyone who has loved and lost and loved again.

When successful twenty-nine year old Manhattan attorney Emily Haxby ends her happy relationship just as her boyfriend is on the verge of proposing, she can't explain to even her closest friends why she did it. Somewhere beneath her sense of fun, her bravado and her independent exterior, Emily knows that her breakup with Andrew has less to do with him and more to do with…her. "You're your own worst enemy,” her best friend Jess tells her. "It's like you get pleasure out of breaking your own heart."

As the holiday season looms, and Emily contemplates whether she made a huge mistake, the rest of her world begins to unravel: She is staffed on a multimillion-dollar lawsuit where she must defend the very values she detests by a boss who can’t keep his hands to himself; her Grandpa Jack, a charming, feisty octogenarian and the person she cares most about in the world, is losing it, while her emotionally distant father has left her to cope with this alone; and underneath it all, fading memories of her deceased mother continue to remind her that love doesn't last forever.

How this brave, original young heroine decides to take control of her life and face the fears that have long haunted her is the great achievement of Julie Buxbaum’s marvelous first novel. Written with the authority, grace, and wisdom of an author far beyond her years, The Opposite of Love heralds the debut of a remarkable talent in contemporary fiction."

Get "The Opposite of Love" here

Julie's path to becoming an author is an interesting and inspiring one..especially for anyone who has dreamed of quitting his/her days jobs to pursue their passion.
Click here to learn about Julie's path from Penn undergrad to author

Check out all my posts from the DuelingTampons' "Love Week" series

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