New Videos

Here are 3 new videos I've produced in the past month.

2 are for the FiestaMovement and a little short I made because I thought of it when I was brushing my teeth and then couldn't sleep. Lol. Enjoy! :) Rate it and comment if you fancy. :)

Latest Fiesta Mission-- #6

This month's Fiesta Mission is: "Trick or Treat...or Terror"
"For kids, Halloween is full of awesome stuff: pillowcases stuffed with candy, hilarious costumes, and running around wreaking havoc with your friends. But nothing makes the night more memorable than getting the tar scared out of you at a haunted house. Create the most epic one you can and give the kids in your neighborhood a night they’ll never forget."

I love Halloween- I think it's my favorite holiday.

I cannot wait to scare some kids in the neighborhood. I'm working on ideas, but if anyone has suggestions, let me know! :)

Fiesta Mission 5!

Sorry This has taken so long to post! I have been mad busy trying to get my life together since moving back from CA and then work, being sick, and then getting ready to move back to CA in the winter for USC SCA!!! :)

Anyway- personal stuff aside, here is my latest fiesta mission. Hope you enjoy it!

Fiesta Post It XC Trip

Be ready to vote starting September 12th for my Post It video. Hopefully I'll make it to the voting round because Carol and I worked really hard at making the fiesta POST-ITrific.

Fiesta Mission 4

Sorry this has taken me so long to post!

Here is the video from Fiesta Movment Mission 4!

I went to a pre-school in Santa Barbara, Storyteller Children's Center, and volunteered my time and Ford's money. It was such a fun and eye opening experience. Be sure to click on the SCC link and check out how to help them! :)

XC TRIP BACK

I'm in Colorado--after a 16 hour drive ALL BY MYSELF. Lol.

Thank you Adi, for talking to me on the phone for an hour and fifteen minutes.

I am working on editing my fiesta mission, which I had an absolute BLAST doing! Social Activism month video should be coming soon-- I just have to punch it out while on the road and before my deadline!! Crazy times--

Be sure to vote for my howcast video and now I have to get back to work-- working on 2 more videos as well!

CONTESTS CONTESTS CONTESTS~

FiestaTune UP

My buddy Julia and I ran some errands today--she got a blue lollypop from the bank. Excitement!

Today was a strange day for the Fiesta. It was kind of a strange day for me as well. Not strange in a bad way, strange in a way that is like an out of body experience. Not the kind you might have if the anesthesiologist doesn't do the meds the right way and you're present for your surgery, the kind where you're like--is this my life?

Okay-- Now I'll explain.

Yesterday, I didn't realize it was Thursday until it was too late. I didn't sleep well Wed. night. I had something on my mind, but couldn't really pin point it.

Thursday, at about 12 pm, I realized what had been keeping me up all night: the 10am appointment to have the Fiesta worked on (3000/ 3mos check up). GREAT JOB ALEXIS.

Andrew, my "Mission Control" dude, helped me out. He scheduled a tune up for this morning at 9am. This worked out perfectly.

When I went out to get into the Fiesta, there was something in the window. A card. Someone had left a card in the window regarding "alter-eko" an alternative fuel-eco friendly company. The card has a note and a phone number. Though I'm pretty certain I cannot use their fuel, actually I'm 100% sure, it is pretty cool and pretty weird to have a card waiting in the driveway on my car. I feel slightly violated--but in a good way.

Now I have to tell you about the Perry Ford guys in Santa Barbara.

Want to feel like a goddess? Drive a Fiesta into Perry Ford on Hitchcock Way in Santa Barbara CA. I'm going to give the dudes there MAJOR props. They treated me like I OWNED Ford. Actually they treated me better than that--like I was the daughter of the person who owns Ford. You don't fuck around with the daughter of someone who owns anything, she knows the ropes and how to manipulate them. (Any daughter does for that matter.) The guys at the Ford Service department were über excited to have the 2010 Fiesta drive into their station.

Dean Severson, the Service Advisor was amazing. He and Dennis Cummins took care of me and the Fiesta. Thanks you guys, you did a great job and made getting a tune up incredibly easy!

(So many play on words--insert a "that's what she said" where ever you want.)

To see where I took the car-- visit www.perryauto.com

FIESTA MISSION 3! :)

This is Fiesta Mission 3: Fashion and Style of Santa Barbara CA! :)

This video is a little different than what I've done before. I tried some new techniques and held some interviews. I did the whole thing on my webbie and one shot with my mac camera. I need to get some sound equipment!! Probably should find a better camera too...but this is HD so w/e!

Hope you enjoy! Let me know if you like it! :)



Please visit my video at howcast.com as well! I need views and thumbs ups! HELP ME WIN CASH FOR COLLEGE! I'll explain my tuition thing laterrrr... for now... FIESTA!!!

Green Scene

Jeff and I are in Nebraska, or as the radio refers to it " 'Braska."

This place is FLLLLLLAT. I've never seen so much land around me. It's like when you're out on open water. You know where you are but you feel so small and vulnerable that you feel lost. I'm not sure I'm comfortable with it.

I like urban.

We stopped off in Iowa to see Byron and Des Moines, a city which was surprisingly modern and pretty cool. It was nice to see him and a good break in the trip. We then drove through Iowa and halfway through Nebraska into the night.

Things that I was impressed with:

• Windmills for miles (generating clean electricity)
• Jeff's manual transmission abilities and improvements (didn't stall, woot!)
• My phone's ability not to die.
• My ability to drive even when we're both at the breaking point--we reached North Platte anyway.
• Jeff and my singing abilities--we ROCK!

Things I am unimpressed by:

• People who stare at the Fiesta but won't wave back (pull that stick out of your butt!)
• Iowa radio
• My iPod cord's suicide (R.I.P., but why'd you have to do it in 'Braska?)
• My cigarette lighter's suicide (will rise from the dead in SB)
• The purple marker in the Dora the Explorer marker set on which I spent $1.99 at the gas station-- it was dried--wtf?!
• Jeff and My knowledge of the Dora the Explorer characters-- what are the lizzard, the little yellow puffball thing and the bull's names!?
• My ability to know what the hell Jeffrey is pointing at when he says "look!" and I say "what? where? Huh?"

So I'm done for now, we are headed to Steamboat Springs to see my other half, Carol, today. I CANNOT WAIT!!! I haven't seen her since Christmas and things are going to get CRAZY!

I will be sure to upload pictures soon and be sure to follow on Twitter! : Me ( @alexis_morrell), Jeff (@ysoyrebelde), Byron (@LordByron42) and Adi--plug!-- (@yoprice) for more road trip stuff and fun!

Made The Local Paper--OH YEAH!

I awoke, today, to the sound of my Mother's beautiful voice on the other end of my cellphone (after the heart attack startling ring of course) telling me that I made the local paper! Now, this being said, it is not the first time I have made the paper. Oh, no. I have made it for several events. 

There was the time in Plattsburg where I was 2 and sleeping like a little angel--Front Page bitches. There was the time I was caught at a party--police blotter fools [insert gangsta voice]. There was the many sporting events in which I partook that granted me spots in the Sports section of the glorious Star Democrat-- But today, I have made what might be hailed as the most important section in any Republican based paper-- the BUSINESS SECTION. 

That's right. Here it is: 

Easton resident chosen for new Ford Fiesta marketing campaign

Published: Sunday, May 24, 2009 4:15 AM CDT

DEARBORN, Mich. Easton resident Alexis Morrell was recently selected to be one of 100 "agents" of the Fiesta Movement, a six-month-long social media campaign for the Ford Fiesta, the new fuel-efficient small car that goes on sale next year.

Morrell, a travel journalist, will test drive a European version of the Ford Fiesta for six months and relate her experiences through a variety of social media platforms.

I like to think that if either of my grandfathers were still alive, they would have flipped DIRECTLY to this article. They would have been proud and then teased me for being an "agent," probably told me about shows in the 1960s about agents and then been impressed that "travel journalist" was in print. It's much heavier that way.

I earned a certificate from the Travel Channel Academy last September that warrants my title. If you doubt it, I'll get my Mom to show you that paper. It's glossy, pretty and signed by a producer--it counts. lol.

Also- I am.

So thank you Fiesta Movement. So far I have earned: A car, some amazing and amazingly talented, new friends, notoriety, exposure (oo la la!) and a gas card! 

 

PS

Me: "Mom, now all I have to do is make the arts and lifestyle section!"

Mom: "You could make the Editorial, but you'd probably have to sound like a Republican."

Me: "Yeah, I don't think they want to hear what I have to say about their right wing slant."

Mom: "So what are you doing?"

Me: "Laying low, recovering from a sinus thing."

Mom: "Oh, really?"

Me: "My ear and nose were clogged yesterday and--"

Mom: "--Oh! That's you're sister beeping in. Gotta go."

Erin--Today you win. But I was in the paper.

1st Mission Video!

My 1st Mission-- COMPLETE!



Hope you enjoy it!

Final Four with the Fiesta

(Early morning--at least I obviously showered)

I took the Fiesta to Salem Virginia for the Division III Women's Lacrosse National Championship. The journey was long and we didn't receive the results we had anticipated. As Forrest Gump would say, "That's all I have to say about that." 

I took route 50 from Easton to Washington D.C. My directions took me to I-66 which begins on Constitution Ave. in downtown D.C. I didn't know this until I was pleasantly surprised but encroaching on monuments, museums and government buildings. 

(The National Gallery of Art)

(Washington Monument)

(Constitution Ave.)

The 6 hour journey allowed for plenty of pictures as well as exposure for the car. I enjoyed music, viewing monuments and there was even a Civil War Re-enactment at one point! Crazy! I was harassed by some Southerners who were not fancying my Northern styled talk, which is fine because I didn't like them either.

Due to my liberal politics and my "Northern" tendencies, traveling to Salem, VA is one of my LEAST favorite things to do. My predisposition leans toward being an independent, feminist, environmentalist, and creative person who is easily bored by this part of the world. Sorry, Salem, you probably don't like me either, we're even. 

(This poster has me on it! I'm the top right girl with the bun!)

We didn't win the Championship, but it was a good seal on my Lacrosse career and I was surrounded by fantastic people who I love dearly. 

PS

MY PARENTS SURPRISED ME AND THEY MADE MY  [OTHERWISE] CRAPPY DAY BETTER!!! :) 

New Fiesta Car Was Video

Took the Fiesta to get a nice bath.

Adi's Fiesta Post HAHA

Now I'm a smurf! Check out Adi's blog about this picture. Lol

My Fiesta is Spoiled

In the past month, the Ford Fiesta that I won has been treated with more care and better treatment than my Acura has ever received. 

I have had my Acura since 2004 and it is a 1999 edition. It has seen it's share of bumps and dirt. The Fiesta has now seen it's share of vacuums and suds. I make sure it is clean and tidy. 

I am sorry Acura-- I don't feel a lurking presence from a higher authority in our relationship-- the Fiesta has a stronghold.

Here is some footage of the cleanliness of the Fiesta. Enjoy.

Shout out to University Car Wash-- I go there to get the car cleaned and vacuumed. 

I took the Fiesta for some fuel. I love that I have a gas card for 6 months, it's a huge perk! The card is amazing and the car only needs gas like once a week! I haven't taken any long trips, but I didn't even have to fill up until I reached Easton from Northern Jersey! Sweet digs.

The push-pop door for the gas tank is really fantastic as well. There's no cap for the tank, so there's no crawling under the car, getting gasoline on your hands, grease marks on clothing, or chances of someone peeing in the tank. There's a tiny latch that closes when you pull out the hose-- that's what she said--Gross.

Exxon has this little television screen that has CNN on when you pump gas. I don't think this is necessary. Granted--it could inform a person of news of an attack (thinking post 9/11 world...blah) or of the death of a celebrity, but honestly, is it that worth while? I don't think it is. I don't like 24 hour news stations. I think it's bogus to have them. You should read the news, listen to it on the radio or catch it at the specific times, preferably on PBS. But that's just me. 

Also-- when you're about to hear a story-- your tank is full and the news stops. Can't it just wait until you turn your car back on, get home, or maybe receive and update on your iPhone/Blackberry?

The next time I get gasoline it will be for my adventure to Salem VA to see the NCAA Division III Championship weekend! 

Jason's Shoutout

Jason Martin gave the Fiesta and me some major props on his blog. 

Check it out here : Grayscale

Woot! 

Seatbelt Test

The seat belts passed Julia's test: "The Super Fun Seatbelt Test"

Happy Cinco De Mayo!

Happy Cinco de Mayo! 

It's been rainy all day-- but I stood outside to take some pics of the Fiesta.

I also wore some festive gear today. My shirt that Jeff brought me from Mexico. 

Jeff's Nacho Libre masque, his MX belt and a piñata. PS Jeff-- I'm borrowing your Nacho Libre masque, your MX belt and a piñata. 

Now all I have to do is have some food and drinks and my holiday is complete! :)

Mission

Mission Page

Mission!

I received my first mission for the first month of the Fiesta Movement!

I'm really stoked about the mission and CAN'T WAIT to complete it.

I don't want to tell everyone what it is quite yet. I will give you a hand full of hints.

#1. It involves the Fiesta (DUH) and travel (DUH DUH)

#2.

#3. Friends, family and pets will be involved-- CRAZY TIMES!

#4. Things will continue to get "...Curiouser and curiouser."