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Kris Allen recently took a trip to Haiti to help out with the Haitian Relief.

When asked what his most memorable moment was, he said it was when he got to play a song for the kids.

Outshining the Eiffel Tower.

Rich went to the gym last night to do another ab core class with his woman, and realized that he dresses like a bum at the gym. The only reason he noticed is because there are way too many people that are dressed up for the gym. People spend money on the Under Armor sneakers and clothes, plus girls even do their make up, for the gym.

When Nicole went to the gym last night the woman who was on the elliptical next to her was completely decked out with a matching, and cute, gym outfit. She also had full make-up, and her hair in a ponytail but not the usual messy ponytail – one that was styled and pull back so nice she could have been wearing a dress, not a gym outfit.

Who goes to the gym all dressed up? You’re going to get all sweaty and gross. Stan is like Rich, and wears pretty raggedy outfits to go to the gym but they can see why people would dress up. Ryan wears the same outfit every day because he just goes swimming in the pool for exercise.

Although, for some people the gym is also a social outing and an opportunity to meet new people and maybe even get someones number. What about you? Do you get all dressed up to go to the gym? What frame of mind are you when you are getting ready for the gym, and when you get there? Have you ever met someone at the gym because you dressed well, or because they dressed well?

Last night Sirius XM had their holiday party and wow, there were some definite awkward moments. Now since they decided to hold the office party here at the office this year, the one thing that didn’t happen this was drunk co-workers making out. So some awkward next day conversations have been avoided.

Some tips to prevent other uncomfortable situations – don’t get drunk and then go slur to your boss that you want a raise, doesn’t usually work out too well. Also, rethink hitting on that co-worker if you’re married. Ryan would like to ask anyone that if you know you can’t dance, don’t attempt to do it at the party because it just makes you look lame.

But we can’t lie. It’s sometimes fun to see people get themselves in awkward situations. The Morning Mash Up has witnessed many a thing at the holiday parties they’ve attended including seeing management make out with management, people puking, and people taking pictures of their butt in the faces of passed out partiers.

What crazy things have you seen go down at the holiday party and what tips do you have for others?

Rich Davis is obsessed with the movie Blind Side, starring Sandra Bullock. He’s so obsessed he’s seen it multiple times just so he could take other people to see how awesome it was. The rest of the country has been catching on too. So much so, that it beat Twilight New Moon last week! Rich, Nicole, Stan and Ryan then started wondering, “what other movies based on a true story are awesome?” We’re talking 100% based on a true story, not Titanic, where the only part that is factual is the ship sinking. Share your lists with us below!

This weekend Rich was getting his cell phone fixed, and it meant being without it for a few hours. It didn’t seem like it would be a big deal, but after a little while Rich started getting really antsy not having his phone. It was almost like a withdrawal. That got him thinking, nowadays, what’s worse – to lose your wallet or your cell phone?

Not too long ago losing your wallet was the biggest pain. Having to get a new drivers license, cancel and then get new credit cards, and lose the money you had in there was major inconvenience. But now, with some people not having a house phone, and with how much people use their phone for, is it worse to lose your cell phone?

You lose all your contacts phone numbers, and maybe email addresses (personal and business), appointments scheduled, notes you’ve made, etc. People’s phones have become their lifelines, the way they organizer their entire life, and it’s the only phone they own. What do you think would be worse, losing your wallet, or your cell phone?

We all know how Ryan loves his conspiracy theories. Well, he’s got another one to throw on the pile – gyms. Yes, gyms. Apparently, Ryan is convinced that gyms are just a big rip off, and you don’t need them to lose weight. He’s lost a ton of weight without going to the gym.

Ryan is also quick to point out that there are tons of people who eat like crap and go to the gym all the time, and don’t lose any weight. He believes it’s all about what you eat. Stan, Nicole and Rich think he is out of his mind. Of course the gym helps you lose weight. Not only does it help you lose weight but, more importantly, it gets you in shape.

Ryan is a firm believer that if you eat right, and do other physical activity that does not involve going to a gym, you can achieve your healthy and physical goals.The rest of The Morning Mash Up agrees that healthy eating habits are important, but in order to really get into great shape you do need to get to the gym, or else you will just be slimmer, but not have any tone to your body that lifting weights and other gym exercises/equipment can give you.

Do you agree with Ryan that you don’t need the gym to lose weight and be healthy? Or do you side with Rich, Stan and Nicole and think that working out at the gym is an important part to losing weight and being healthy?

Stan was talking with The Morning Mash Up’s producer, Mikey Piff, about his kids and mentioned that he had his children’s teachers send his daily emails about how they were doing in school. Mikey Piff thought that daily progress reports were maybe a bit much and brought it up to the rest of The Morning Mash Up. Rich, Nicole, and Ryan all a daily report was going overboard.

Granted though, Stan’s situation is different than most. Stan is from Philly and lives there, but from Monday through Friday he lives with Rich. On Friday, he goes back to Philly to spend the weekend with his family. Stan says because he’s not able to be there during the week to keep up with his kids schoolwork, he has their teachers send him reports about how they’re doing.

Stan can’t rely on his kids to tell him they’re doing well or not. What kid do you know that would voluntarily tell their parents they’re failing? Ryan says that Stan is being a helicopter parent. If he wants to know how his kids are doing, check their report cards, that’s what they’re for. Nicole and Rich can understand Stan wanting progress reports because once the report card is out you can’t do anything about the grades.

However, they think he’s being a little ridiculous getting them every day. Once a week would be fine. What do you think? Do you think Stan is going overboard by getting progress reports every day or is he doing the right thing as a parent, especially considering his situation?

Nicole went to get a brazilian the other day and got into a light conversation with the woman who was waxing her. The woman asked Nicole where she worked and Nicole told her she worked at Sirius XM. Then the woman told her they have Sirius XM on at the salon, and asked what channel did Nicole work on. It turns out that the place listens to The Morning Mash Up and the woman knew who Nicole was.

So what went from a nice conversation turned into a moment of total bethos (Nicole’s word for awkward). Nicole’s not sure she’s going to go there again, and honestly, we don’t blame her. At least Nicole didn’t know the woman. Can you imaginge if Nicole had her friend all up in her lady parts waxing her? We shudder at the awkwardness. But that makes us wonder, can you ever have an intimate relationship or friendship with someone who is all up in your biznatch? Whether it’s a gynocologist, waxer, or doctor, what do you do?

Navigating the sites and ads for Black Friday can be tiring and somewhat frustrating. For those of you that are going to dare to face the crowds, we figured we’d try and make your life a little easier but navigating some sites and ads for you. Below you’ll find links that we found helpful in pinpointing what kind of deals are out there and in what stores to find them. Hope this helps and happy shopping!!

Why Black Friday might be the best day to buy a car

Tech Gear/Gadgets

Tech Gear/Gadgets continued

Which items you can buy online for the same price as advertised in store

Some general site to check out for Black Friday info:

Wallet Pop Blog

Wallet Pop Specials

BlackFriday2009.com

Black Friday 411