Did you watch the Super Bowl last night? Quiet is kept, I am a huge pigskin fan and really enjoy a good game of football. Add two really good teams to the mix for the Big Game, and I am all over it!

But the buzz regarding the Super Bowl was all about the Pepsi Halftime Show starring the fabulously talented Beyonce. It seemed that the Super Bowl festivities were overshadowed by King Bey and what she would be performing (and who she would be performing with) for her halftime performance. What happened was a great show filled with lights, and her biggest hits (including Crazy In Love, Baby Boy, and Single Ladies). Beyonce also reunited with Destiny’s Child members Kelly Rowland and Michelle Williams and showed that they still have what it takes to make a great group.

Check out the pictures below from the stellar Pepsi Halftime Show below:

You can also check out this sketch of Beyonce’s Halftime outfit which was designed by Rubin Singer. Futuristic with leather and lace!

You can see Beyonce’s entertaining set here:

Beyonce literally shut it down (especially since the power went out in about half of the Mercedes Benz Super Dome). What did you think of Beyonce’s Pepsi Halftime performance?

Photo credit: Getty Images

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I must admit, I am a bonafide conference junkie. I love attending conferences, especially the ones that are highly regarded and offer a lot of workshops and empowerment sessions. When you are a business owner (and I do consider my blog my business) you not only need the skillset and the tools to produce quality work, you also need encouragement. Attending conferences are a great way to get your encouragement supply, and I consider conferences a great investment for my blog and my business.

This year, The Niche Mommy Conference caught my eye, and I knew it was a conference I wanted to attend. Described as “the first conference for the diverse and multicultural mom active in social media and those bloggers that embrace diversity (all are welcome, even men)”, and founded by acclaimed blogger Justice Jonesie, the first inaugural conference will be held in New Orleans, August 23-26, 2012, at the beautiful Roosevelt Hotel, A Waldorf-Astoria Collection (the conference hotel rate is $145 per night). The conference has content and growth in mind, and the agenda will include hands-on blogger workshops for new and veteran bloggers.

Since some of my readership actually are bloggers, people who want to blog, or social media enthusiasts, I am proud to offer the opportunity to give one of my readers a full conference pass to Niche Mommy 2012. Currently, a full pass to The Niche Mommy Conference is $199.00, so it would be a great savings to you to enter the contest and win a pass.

To enter this giveaway, do the following (each is one (1) entry):

• Like The Niche Mommy on Facebook  – www.facebook.com/thenichemommy  – leave a comment and say you followed (1 entry)
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• Follow TheCubicleChick on Facebook (1 entry)
• Comment below and let me know you’ve entered (1 entry)

So as you can see, you have 8 ways to enter and up to 8 entry methods!

This giveaway is open to all of my readers and ends on Monday, May 21st, 2012 at 6pm CST. The winner will be announced via my Facebook page. The winner will have 48 hours to claim the prize or an alternate winner will be selected. Void where prohibited.

I would love to see you at The Niche Mommy Conference in August, and I am looking forward to networking and learning with all of you!

To learn more about The Niche Mommy Conference, click HERE.

Now, who’s going to The Niche Mommy Conference in New Orleans?

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With the 5 year anniversary of Katrina filling the airwaves, much is being said about The Big Easy. New Orleans has had so much to overcome—Hurricane Katrina and then the BP Oil Spill that has affected that area greatly. New Orleans has struggled to rise back up from the “ashes” so to speak, but don’t let the media fool you. There are good things happening in New Orleans, and now there is an Internet portal discussing the positive things going on in NOLA.

Good Nola is a fun site that has all of the buzz and local happenings of New Orleans. If you are into the arts, entertainment, food, and culture that New Orleans is known for, then you need to bookmark the site and check it regularly.

According to the founder of Good Nola:

Good Nola is a local website and organization dedicated to showcasing positive media about New Orleans and spotlighting individuals and organizations in New Orleans doing great things. Media focuses so much on the problems with New Orleans, it’s time we focus on the good things going on in the city and helping those efforts.

I like this site because there are many pundits that will tell you that New Orleans is not a city worth being mentioned anymore. You hear a lot about the negative things about New Orleans, but the truth is New Orleans has been prospering post Katrina.

Shercole, the founder and organizer of the site had this to say about GoodNola.com:

I started Good Nola because I love New Orleans, I have a passion for the city and everything it stands for. The culture, the people, the food is close to my heart. Too often I was hearing so many negative things about my city and the people and I just wanted to do my part, no matter how small it was and start showing all the good things going on in the city and spotlighting all the wonderful people doing amazing things in my community. New Orleans is way more than what’s just seen in the news and I wanted to share at least some of what I see on a regular basis.

I encourage each and every one of you to visit GoodNola.com. Together, we can all support New Orleans and raise awareness about the “good” in Nola!

Will you visit GoodNola.com?

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I don’t know if I could say something that hasn’t already been said about Hurricane Katrina. 5 years ago today, we all woke up to the devastating news that New Orleans was under siege because of a levee breach which caused catastrophic flooding in most parts of the city. Hundreds were feared dead and thousands of people struggled to live in horrible circumstances at the New Orleans Superdome and convention center, both which were over-populated and unorganized with no food or sanitary conditions.

Personally, I was afraid for a family member. My father, who lived in Memphis at the time, was missing. He went to find his brother-in-law in Biloxi, Mississippi and I didn’t hear from him over a week period. My birthday (Sept. 3) came and went without a phone call from him. I was worried that he had gotten stuck in the storm. About a nine days after Katrina, my father was safe and sound back in Memphis. It was horrible not knowing where my dad was or if he was okay.

We cannot forget about Hurricane Katrina and we cannot let what happened occur again on our soil. The people of New Orleans were made to feel like “refugees” in their own city and country. As a nation, we must do better, as well as hold our leaders, national, state, and local government accountable.

For all who lost their lives in Hurricane Katrina or loved ones who lost someone, my prayers are still with you. The scars remain even after years have passed.

New Orleans has risen to greatness once again, despite the massive BP oil spill that has also once again crippled Louisiana and the gulf coast. New Orleans is a city that is thriving (although there is more work to be done) and they are basking in a much deserved win in the Super Bowl. I have faith that New Orleans can be the crown jewel of the gulf coast as it once was.

We will never forget.

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I first came in contact with Kat last year through Blacksportsonline. I needed a logo made for my new blog and she came high recommended from BSO. We quickly began working and collaborating on a logo which I used for several months before developing a brand logo.

I can’t say that I know Kat personally, but what I have learned from her online, is that she is a strong, Christian wife and mother of five children who seamlessly is able to blend social media into the business of her blog and web design endeavors.

Recently, I began noticing that Kat was tweeting about auditioning for American Idol, and even had her Twitter followers and blog readers choose what song she would use to audition via clips on You Tube. It was then that I began thinking that Kat’s social media story needed to be told—she is savvy in her social networks and in doing so, she has raised funds to take a trip to audition in New Orleans, mostly off of the strength of social media.

Now as much as I eye-rolled and gave up on American Idol at the end of last season, I can see myself watching if Kat is indeed selected to be on the show.

Here is Kat’s American Idol social media story:

What made you want to audition for Idol?

I’ve wanted to audition for several years, but haven’t had the opportunity. I’ve been singing for as long as my memory serves me! Singing comes as naturally as breathing to me and I want to be able to share my love for music and my gift of song with the world. Winning American Idol would be an amazing accomplishment for anyone, but especially for a mom of 5! I want to show people that their dreams are never subject to circumstance – anything can happen if you take initiative to make it. I’m a high school drop out but I have a college degree and am now BACK in school – again. (And even competing in the American Idol competition wouldn’t stop me since I attend class online!) I was a teen mom and a teen wife. I have five young kids and have been married for 9 years at the age of 27. If I can even get to Hollywood, that is major proof that people who don’t give up do big things no matter who they are, where they come from, or how many “failures” they’ve experienced in life.

How has social networking played a part in your American Idol audition process?

I haven’t begun the actual process yet. Registration for the audition is Saturday and the actual audition process takes place on Monday. I’ve been tweeting about my feelings, what I’m doing to prepare, and my plans for the next week as well as posting these things to Facebook. I will be (and already have been) tweeting under the #AmericanIdolKat hashtag. My followers have participated in the song selection by voting on certain videos I’ve posted. I promised them I would sing what THEY voted for, and that happened to be my absolute favorite – Fallin’ by Alicia Keys. Through my blog, Twitter, and Facebook, I raised over $200 to fund the trip, not including the business I’ve gained through my web design business through those mediums which brought me to the base figure I needed to get there. I’m now in the process of working on getting a little spending money while I’m there by running a deep discount on all my services purchased prior to my trip. Social Media has been a key component in all of this – without it, this trip wouldn’t have been possible. You can’t just pull $700 out of the air when you have kids to provide for and bills to pay!

What is some of the feedback that you have received online?

I’ve received nearly ALL positive feedback. I got “bashed” by one person for asking for help in all of this, which I posted an entry about on my blog. Other than that, EVERYONE – even complete strangers have been TOTALLY supportive. It’s already been an extremely amazing experience for me. It has truly shown me that people really do care about making other people’s dreams come true – when a near stranger will shoot you fifty bucks just simply to ensure that you can GET to an opportunity that doesn’t affect them personally whatsoever, that restores my faith in mankind, but even moreso, reaffirms what I already know to be possible with God.

You had a few song choices and you let your followers on Twitter and other networks pick. How did you come up with that idea?

LOL I am a blogger. What else can I say? I’ve been engaging people through social media, including my blog, for years! Being that I share my entire life with these people, it only made sense to involve them in one of the most important feats I’ve ever tackled – one of the biggest things I’ve ever done in my life. I had to find a way to let them help guide me there, especially since it is all of their prayers, encouragement, and financial contributions that facilitated this entire thing! I actually LEARNED about American Idol having an audition venue in my state through a friend on Facebook as she told me I “HAD” to get there! So, it just was understood that I HAD to have their feedback, hear their perspectives, and consider their opinions in deciding how to go about this… as much as he “pushed” me to sing “You Don’t Know My Name” by Alicia Keys, he eventually realized that I was going to keep my word to the people who have stepped up and gotten behind me in this. Yes, he’s my number one fan, but there is this massive army of people who keep me going when I start to have doubts. My mom and my husband are amazing, but they are also biased! I am SO confident about this audition because SO many people believe in me!

What would you say to anyone who is using social networking in order to compete on a reality show?

Hmm… I don’t really know! This is a part of my every day life, so there was no real question that all my networks and connections would be involved. From the moment I found out about the audition being in New Orleans this year, I started mentioning my interest in it on Twitter because that’s just something I naturally do. I share. I got such an overwhelming response of people insisting that I should audition. I think it can be a very intimidating notion to most people because you never know what you’re going to get when you put yourself out there, you know? If you’re tough skinned, as I most definitely am, then it’s not difficult to be transparent and let people into your dreams, ambitions, and even your needs. I would say just be prepared for whatever comes and roll with the punches. Carry yourself with class and dignity, don’t sweat the small stuff, and be genuine. I have an absolutely AMAZING following and have been truly blessed through my online presence.

So when are you leaving to audition?

I’m leaving tomorrow to take the kids to Mississippi to stay with my mom and one of my best friends. We’re leaving from there to go to New Orleans on Friday. Registration is Saturday and the audition is Monday.

How much social media/networking will you be utilizing while actually auditioning?

Oh my gosh! This will probably be the most active weekend I’ve ever had in social media! If you see the ever-unpopular “fail whale” it’s probably in large part a credit to me LOL I will SO be overdoing it, but it’s an exciting time for me so thoughts will be flying through my head like crazy. Getting them out – expressing my concerns, my fears, my excitement, my experiences – will help me process all of that before walking into that room to belt out Fallin for a 30 seconds that may change my entire life. It’s my therapy I never leave home with out it! I’m actually purchasing a backup battery for my cell phone JUST for audition day especially since at some point, American Idol contestants can no longer engage in social media. At all. Ouch.

How can my readers follow your American Idol audition process online?

I will be blogging at SenileMOMentia.com, updating on Facebook (http://facebook.katjrobertson.com), and of course tweeting (http://twitter.katjrobertson.com) under the hashtag #AmericanIdolKat. I may even shoot a few TwitPics (http://twitpic.com/photos/katjrobertson) out in the mix!

What can my readers do to support your efforts?

PRAY FOR ME!!!! That’s the main thing. God can handle the small stuff… which is EVERYTHING to Him. You can tweet me to keep me sane @katjrobertson (haha) and anyone who would like to contribute 2 or 3 or 5 bucks to this trip (*grin*) can do so at any point via PayPal to kjr@senilemomentia.com or by purchasing web/graphic/blog design services through my business http://edesign-pro.com. I’m currently offering transfer of blogs to the WordPress platform including an entire year of hosting for $70 and 35-50% off of all my other services. Anyone who is interested can submit a request through my website.

I hope that Kat goes far and that we are able to see her on American Idol next season! GOOD LUCK KAT!

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