I got your attention with that title, right?  (no there is not a fiesta in my pants, sorry)

So I was gchatting with my crazy awkward blog buddy John (who we all know and love as Phampants) the other day and he told me about this super awesome project he and his friend Karen had been working on. Basically he and Karen are on a mission to become Ford Fiesta Agents, which means Ford gives them a brand new Fiesta for the duration of the contest and sends them on fun missions. (It’s actually a really cool social media campaign-my friend & I planned on entering last year but…yeah, that kinda fell apart). The cool idea that John & Karen have is to get “missions” from other bloggers/youtubers.

In John’s application, he mentioned he was a member of 20SB and Ford apparently didn’t know what it was (I know, right? Aren’t we all famous bloggers by now? ..I kid). So in order for him (and Karen) to have a shot at getting to be agents, us 20SB’ers have to rally together to show them not only that John would be totally kickass at their social media campaign but to show them what 20SB is all about-community.

So how can you help out? All you have to do is watch the video below either here or on youtube. Easy, right? I don’t have any special giveaway for helping me (and John) out by doing this, but I will shower you with hugs for the rest of your life. And maybe cupcakes.

*Disclaimer-I am NOT getting anything from Ford or anyone else for posting this. I’m just trying to pay it forward by helping a friend

We’ve all been there. In that awkward phase where you know it’s not working anymore, but you don’t quite know how to end it. Here’s my dilemma:

Don’t fret everyone, Chris & I are fine. The kind of breakup I’m referring to is the friendship kind.

I have ended friendships before, but they were usually over some blowout or geographic intervention where things just drifted apart. As I get older, I’m less likely to be confrontational and just let things go. Part of me just wants to slide off the radar and never look back, but that doesn’t seem right. She has done things that have shown me she has no real interest in a friendship, and I don’t think I can let things go unsaid.

things have been building up for a while, but some examples of why I need to end this friendship:

• the classic “I have a boyfriend and I don’t need friends anymore” syndrome. I thought we all grew up & left that behind in high school.
• not bothering to tell me she couldn’t take care of my cats until the day before I went to go on vacation when I asked her when she wanted to do the key exchange. After she had already agreed. Claimed to have “mentioned it to my fiancé” but definitely didn’t.
• constantly flaking on girl evening with another mutual friend. We eventually stopped inviting her altogether.
• RSVP’ing for a party, then telling me the day before she probably wouldn’t make it because she didn’t get out of work until 8 (party was scheduled to “end” at 9 but didn’t). This wouldn’t have bothered me so much except for the fact that another friend who had called off work from being sick still made an effort to come out for an hour.

And the top reason I simply can’t ignore:

• knowing she had a depraved relationship with my fiancé and neither he nor she ever felt the reason to tell me. omitting the truth is very close to lying in my eyes.

I would have liked this split to be amicable, but at this point it’s clear it won’t be. I’m trying very hard not to send out that scathing email that simply says “You’re a dirty whore and a bad friend. Enjoy your solitude when you have no one left but yourself”, so help me out– how should I end this? Should I just walk away, or should I give her the same laundry list I have just shared with all of you?

so I implore you, dear blogtarts, how do I end this friendship?