tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32595054596158557392024-02-20T21:14:31.340-05:00BitesizeddA fabulously mixed bag of bite sized entertainment. You never know what you're going to get.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-54607226700976431032011-11-02T13:29:00.002-04:002011-11-02T13:30:50.967-04:00In Your Face Advertising<div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOXidGFEUKBvV8TJMLwRu1CPV4Lnyvai6dKu8A7wESlidMjw0KplB8uUIowVByjihq6S8rsp-YLQgM-qZh1QE0KpP12nD-8G6MZGzBvEiHJVTb_iAmEz0Rv5hLnKMQjQK3MXCb1o2c0U/s1600/greatlash2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxOXidGFEUKBvV8TJMLwRu1CPV4Lnyvai6dKu8A7wESlidMjw0KplB8uUIowVByjihq6S8rsp-YLQgM-qZh1QE0KpP12nD-8G6MZGzBvEiHJVTb_iAmEz0Rv5hLnKMQjQK3MXCb1o2c0U/s320/greatlash2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670451383741345234" /></a><div>You couldn't miss this ad if you tried. I am always intrigued by this form of <b><i>in-your-face</i></b> advertising. What better way of make itself known, than creating a street-level obstacle. Vibrant colour and sheer size make this ad an entertaining eye sore. </div><div></div><div></div><div><br /></div><div>When I passed by this ad the following day, a small group of teenage girls waiting for the bus were snapping shots of themselves with the oversized mascara bottle, sure to make its way to Facebook, Twitter etc. Perfect. </div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATujKmds5L6skMyepCHU8R8eCAJhAK6R7H9niFN-Qm9IzxnfLgGFIJOcjMcLRmvfIiRKiz-q3LSyMsnj62z8LYYvdj1oYqjxZK-x9s1UuFBW74fztLomdd2O5ctc6cOWG1aeMf6L1vLU/s1600/greatlash.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgATujKmds5L6skMyepCHU8R8eCAJhAK6R7H9niFN-Qm9IzxnfLgGFIJOcjMcLRmvfIiRKiz-q3LSyMsnj62z8LYYvdj1oYqjxZK-x9s1UuFBW74fztLomdd2O5ctc6cOWG1aeMf6L1vLU/s320/greatlash.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5670451268371467714" /></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-53596498093378529952011-03-01T23:40:00.015-05:002011-03-13T21:59:55.621-04:00The Dynamics of PersuasionMy trip to China (Beijing, Xian, and Shanghai) inspired thoughts of outlandish essay topics fit for just about any MIT class you could dream of. The Chinese conduct themselves with such grace and I commend them for living in such close quarters (though it is all they know). It became apparent after approximately 45 minutes in the country (still in Beijing airport) that modern-day Chinese smoke like truckers, spit like sailor and drive like maniacs, but there is something so beautiful, profound and mysterious about the history and their culture.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BHd5HfYVQr3TqS6gxowBhaEHQZbFNqCZIueG-rr6A_xOz8fi6Sxx3e_CmyCou-QWsGBOaKsritYtHHmmiPXYSqwS04AvM57qJCLBYrfnovq6NI9J6cFxrlzFie4nbtcZZC3Zli5lqq8/s1600/photo%25283%2529.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7BHd5HfYVQr3TqS6gxowBhaEHQZbFNqCZIueG-rr6A_xOz8fi6Sxx3e_CmyCou-QWsGBOaKsritYtHHmmiPXYSqwS04AvM57qJCLBYrfnovq6NI9J6cFxrlzFie4nbtcZZC3Zli5lqq8/s400/photo%25283%2529.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582580846014337698" border="0" /></a><br />Let me explain the photos I have posted, because I know they are not blatantly advertising.<br />Everyone smokes in China. OK, that's not true. A lot of people smoke in China. Let me start by saying, unlike Canada, cigarettes are visible, accessible and inexpensive just about anywhere you go. Statistics tell me smoking in China has drastically increased in the last 30 years, ultimately leading to the death of about 2,000 people per day. By 2050, they expect this number could rise to 8,000 a day- some 3 million people a year. <a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/216998.stm">Click for the full article</a><br /><br />Personally, I no longer soberly enjoy the ease of sucking approx. 42 thousands toxic chemicals into my peachy lungs. My conscious is simply too loud, and my gag reflex is too strong. However, the appeal still remains. I still somehow understand it.<br /><br />These are images of a vibrant light show on a sky scraper outside of our hotel in Shanghai. I regret not recording it, but I assure you, the movement up and down, from white to golden was like the burning of a cigarette. Slowly the white disappeared towards the golden yellow filter and then was replaced by a new white line- as if to promote chain smoking. This idea taunted me for 3 nights while I was repeatedly told it was all in my head. Did it make my want a cigarette? Kind of. I told our tour guide it was subliminal messaging. She quickly dismissed me with little more than a giggle. This is a typical response from Chinese women when they do not want to hurt your feelings by declaring that they think you're wrong. Perhaps MIT ingrained in me the idea that everything I have ever been told is a dirty, fabricated, ideology infused, economically motivated lie...<br /><br />China seems a bit disillusioned with respect to what is perceived to be real and what is fake, or replicated. No, just flat out fake. 15 percent real and 85 percent perception, I say. They are living breathing people, who make decisions, work, love, communicate, spit like sailors (I still can`t get over that). Yes. But they live in a fabricated, highly populated, highly polluted bubble. I realize this as our tour guide pulls out her "Gucci" wallet and explains that this mornings "fog" is due to the massive amount of fireworks lit 3 nights ago. I begin to wonder if the 200 foot cylindrical structure flying past my window is really a "fog"stack...Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-10337309346153728932011-02-05T23:18:00.011-05:002011-02-07T13:49:52.734-05:00No, Thank You MAC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEKj75DPgOtlclPwevA07UI15z2uvNrcvl7MDjJRhCAPiyIq1dt7rgNYR43ZwSC9cSRUnccXVxZRuO5YysNEJpHic1jhxYZftJKTEZMJI6asGOTNA981v23dPiyd4Z7naCwvlgY8wWAE/s1600/mac1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwEKj75DPgOtlclPwevA07UI15z2uvNrcvl7MDjJRhCAPiyIq1dt7rgNYR43ZwSC9cSRUnccXVxZRuO5YysNEJpHic1jhxYZftJKTEZMJI6asGOTNA981v23dPiyd4Z7naCwvlgY8wWAE/s400/mac1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571020819647344482" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It has been ages since I have purchased anything from MAC. Were talking, probably 2 years. Not because I don't use their products anymore, but (for a product-whore like myself) it simply takes a few years to get through everything I accumulate.<br /><br />I am very aware of the fact that MAC obtained my personal information upon my very first visit. This reality was refreshed last year when my Aunt purchased her first piece of MAC makeup (a clear lip gloss, because colour or sparkle may actually kill her). When asked for her information, she basically told them to stuff it, and considered not purchasing at all. The idea of coughing up personal information along with the 20 bucks for a tiny gloss was too much for her to swallow. Interesting<br /><br />Perhaps that is the difference between her decade and mine, though I do believe the younger generation is becoming leery of exposing themselves to a lifelong sentence of junk-mail in exchange for free bunny ears with the purchase of 10 frilly panties (real life promotion).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNjC9uuN2V1o-MIJPIak2VjI3q7TqA4opW6iPNup-Y-C8lVDtgEaVrtXPJoa7nxfq4OPFUKlY2LadI7MYxfLLL7kScipsOu7D2GjS65ueUuWZFLjVraJAkNe_zei6CRD8_XxTa3YmNAQ/s1600/mac2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbNjC9uuN2V1o-MIJPIak2VjI3q7TqA4opW6iPNup-Y-C8lVDtgEaVrtXPJoa7nxfq4OPFUKlY2LadI7MYxfLLL7kScipsOu7D2GjS65ueUuWZFLjVraJAkNe_zei6CRD8_XxTa3YmNAQ/s400/mac2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571021032383444226" border="0" /></a><br /><br />SO, I purchased an incredible lipstick (light pink glaze: HUE) around Christmas time. I was asked my name at the check out, I assume they access my account. There is likely a log of the purchases I have made within the last year, or so.<br /><br />Fast forward to yesterday. I received a sealed white envelope with my name on it from MAC. I pulled out a solid black postcard. Classic, sleek, edgy. Large white letters "thank" me for my purchase and ask me to "visit them again soon!". What a pleasant and completely unexpected, not to mention unnecessary surprise. Excellent marketing. I will "return soon".<br /><br />Top marks for simple and personal.<br /><br />10/10Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-87508514127286520702011-01-10T23:37:00.010-05:002011-01-12T13:24:38.264-05:00Jackson Triggs<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygh00mWUCISOFurti_ZC2wSU4jkarcQx5Gqu-kIcJz3zrN6c-xBFFW2cpGOnk0Hh7vTtHgeA47PM3Nl8JJuGR9qaER9l0647SYXC2LG2NLFSiPBjIa4EQg17EZ9rlJlUXGln2JylXxAU/s1600/jt.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 302px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560988932157338034" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgygh00mWUCISOFurti_ZC2wSU4jkarcQx5Gqu-kIcJz3zrN6c-xBFFW2cpGOnk0Hh7vTtHgeA47PM3Nl8JJuGR9qaER9l0647SYXC2LG2NLFSiPBjIa4EQg17EZ9rlJlUXGln2JylXxAU/s400/jt.bmp" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Jackson <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Triggs</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">Savignoin</span></span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">Blanc</span></span> was once my go-to wine. Inexpensive, white, easy drinking; good combo for a university student. I have since developed an acquired taste for expensive Merlot (I graduated in October; it didn't take me long :) out with the white, and in with the red!<br />J.T's collection of whites and reds have always been memorable to me. Good <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">label</span>, easy enough.<br />Day 2 of a winter cottage mission last weekend left my family and I out of wine and into town. The local <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">LCBO</span></span> (let me provide a visual: a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">trailer</span> on <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">cinder block</span> supports with a well aged <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">fluorescent</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">LCBO</span></span> sign glowing above it.) Needless to say, the vintage <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">section</span> was bare, so back to the inexpensive, easy drinking go-to wine I went. J.T <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Unity</span> Merlot.<br /><br />The new Jackson-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Triggs</span></span> labels (as of 2010) provides <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">clarity</span>, when selecting a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">VQA</span></span> wine from the non-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">VQA</span></span> wines (apparently a very important distinction). The new line-up includes three tiers plus the non-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">VQA</span></span> tier. Due to an <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_16" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">immense</span> amount of consumer loyalty uncovered by research studies, the Jackson <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_17" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">Triggs</span></span> name remains on all of the four tiers.<br /><br />The non-<span id="SPELLING_ERROR_18" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_10" class="blsp-spelling-error">VQA</span></span> wines, once called "Proprietors’ Selection", are now titled:"Unity" (one of the many bottles enjoyed at my cottage). That happens to be a brand name <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_19" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_11" class="blsp-spelling-error">Vincor</span></span> once used for a selection of wines blended from Ontario and British Columbia grapes. That concept didn't fly so <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_20" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_12" class="blsp-spelling-error">Vincor</span></span> recycled the brand, perhaps a reflection of their level of creativity? No, I would argue it has a little to do with the difficulty in finding names free of corporate branding.<br /><br />The Unity wines show fairly well with their <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_21" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">crisp</span> white labels. The name of the varietal is displayed in a coloured panel at the bottom. Directly under the variety is a tag line announcing the wine as a blend of “international and Canadian wine.” </div><br /><div></div><div>I'm delighted to see their use of the 2D <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_22" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">smart phone</span> <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_23" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_13" class="blsp-spelling-error">scancode</span></span>. A clever introduction that brand manager, Casey Howe says is "making the back label work a lot harder". This <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_14" class="blsp-spelling-error">barcode</span></span> in particular links the consumer to a wine <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">descriptor</span>, pairing ideas, recipes and special offers. I dig it.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwn3HhGubDreE1t8RF0vYWfrYq7mtnifPmtxpOX9ZwG7mb_Qfdmsh_dWUfjpnwoUVkllmDGF3jcsd29Kf6wx69wbkm_Xuaeo6qpZLHcVxV8nydlB-zVzR95yMVJny6OsLXcUzh7omZ0g/s1600/cork.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 240px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5560990595693561810" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNwn3HhGubDreE1t8RF0vYWfrYq7mtnifPmtxpOX9ZwG7mb_Qfdmsh_dWUfjpnwoUVkllmDGF3jcsd29Kf6wx69wbkm_Xuaeo6qpZLHcVxV8nydlB-zVzR95yMVJny6OsLXcUzh7omZ0g/s320/cork.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Now, my favourite new addition: the cork. Everyone loves a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">freebie</span>, so here it is: the cork acts as an invitation for the consumer to bring it back to the winery for a <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_27" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">complimentary</span> tasting. Not only does it make the consumer realize there is a winery, but because <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_28" class="blsp-spelling-error"><span id="SPELLING_ERROR_15" class="blsp-spelling-error">JT</span></span> is known to be <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_29" class="blsp-spelling-corrected">Canadian</span>, it is likely close by. Once spring hits, I can tell you where I will be heading. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>7.5 </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-1200349501460924932010-12-14T14:11:00.007-05:002010-12-14T14:27:52.440-05:00AdsessedI am a bit <span style="font-weight: bold;">"ADsessed"</span>, as my second year advertising and communication prof so lovingly dubbed me. I am amused, shocked, disgusted and bored half to death on a daily basis- with the ads that cross me. Underground, above ground, at the gym, in the office. Hit or miss, I eat them up. So here's what I think.<br /><br /><br />For the next few weeks, I will feature a series of ads I consider to be "good" (effective, witty, wise, interesting, well placed), and ads I consider to be "poor" (boring, lame, ineffective, poorly placed)<br /><br /><br />Feel free to comment- agree or disagree, I appreciate all feedback and conversation.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-78690935890358707112010-11-02T13:46:00.014-04:002011-01-11T01:04:13.342-05:00Lancome Hologram Ad<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmg3dCSTxNldt3QIoh1ZKEriiIdcmR3KfCxH7kfyCJD8GFhi_c0LIACsz8RVjds50F6rt0Fo7W3ufY4ZVUIcLAf1cPwp25dkXpHUNTXj3ZRWdpu9z7KcopUvxGLh_aHmC1JzLWy00Dt0/s1600/Picture+1070.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535012387268820402" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmg3dCSTxNldt3QIoh1ZKEriiIdcmR3KfCxH7kfyCJD8GFhi_c0LIACsz8RVjds50F6rt0Fo7W3ufY4ZVUIcLAf1cPwp25dkXpHUNTXj3ZRWdpu9z7KcopUvxGLh_aHmC1JzLWy00Dt0/s400/Picture+1070.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div>My initial thoughts upon flipping this hefty page in Elle Canada’s magazine were: excessive, eye catching, enthusiastic, futuristic, bizarre. I pull the card from the page, play with the clear tack adhesive, flip the card over and realize it does serve some sort of wild purpose. It is in fact, a ticket. A ticket that invites you, the magazine purchaser, to an event you will not likely attend. An event that will likely be over by the time you find said magazine on a rack at your local gym, under a seat on a subway, or sitting on a glass table in your dentist’s waiting room.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7d0FUdQfV_VDebdxvjF9VJYwZQhO_dGfzpZ059zL_UVmLHuIU2PvdDWAL05geUDDmm4RFWwvNaa9a9kfraH9scR8Zrr90GzFhlxIjz35Bk_zZduIsPf9KkJjgd4i8yN4L3AJrVAOYi4/s1600/Picture+1105.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535012877692304866" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO7d0FUdQfV_VDebdxvjF9VJYwZQhO_dGfzpZ059zL_UVmLHuIU2PvdDWAL05geUDDmm4RFWwvNaa9a9kfraH9scR8Zrr90GzFhlxIjz35Bk_zZduIsPf9KkJjgd4i8yN4L3AJrVAOYi4/s400/Picture+1105.jpg" /></a><br /><br />The ticket ad is a structured hologram that flashes messages “Never so Simple”, and then “Never Messy”. I can only assume the relevance of the hologram is to represent their claim to provide a "pixel precise complexion". I’m fairly certain the ad itself could double as a weapon. Sharp, sturdy edges that could inflict a paper cut worthy of stitches. The actual device (a small soft cushion that vibrates the powder foundation on) looks neat. Personally, I try to avoid powder foundation and new vibrating products at all costs, but this ad almost makes me consider checking it out.<br />I saw Lancome's ad for the first time about a month ago. The fact that I remember it is a good sign. That being said, I have never personally used the product. But this lovely lady has: <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold" href="http://www.musingsofamuse.com/2009/11/lancome-oscillation-powder-foundation-review.html">CLICK for product review</a><br /><br />I dig it, but still:<br /><br />6.9 </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-54864254539154228882010-10-13T16:59:00.007-04:002011-01-11T01:05:11.900-05:00I must apologize in advance for the terrible photo quality. 90% of the pictures I plan on posting were taken about 24 minutes into my daily (yeah right) elliptical routine. All of them taken by my trusty <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Iphone</span>, and all of them mid-stride.<br /><br />I know what I like in an ad. I know it instantly. Though it’s much harder to explain what I don’t like. Bear with me.<br /><br />Victim number one:<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6bcUTe9yuiwmpPJpUqLSPU31KCuj01oj4uB0WhQW0VvEh2AIMhTanH3XPHn5e_Kzi6FKDYoWfjI-mJQ6FoflXz9hvYUXHPDtBruEAxtSILP4DLRQFfGyfexep-ougAd7upqEFDYm7pg/s1600/car+ad.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 300px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5527638958889475410" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6bcUTe9yuiwmpPJpUqLSPU31KCuj01oj4uB0WhQW0VvEh2AIMhTanH3XPHn5e_Kzi6FKDYoWfjI-mJQ6FoflXz9hvYUXHPDtBruEAxtSILP4DLRQFfGyfexep-ougAd7upqEFDYm7pg/s400/car+ad.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Effectively displays the vehicle, yes- Epic paragraph and all.<br />Effectively generates instant *yawn*, yes – that too.<br />However, I think the common looking content is slightly overridden by the charming play-on-words heading, “Guzzles people, not gas”. Clever, right?<br />Perhaps it is my interest in the environment that keeps attention (because a 4 door family-friendly SUV sure <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">doesn</span>’t.)<br /><br /><br />I give you a 6.5<br /><p></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-46665730023396786182010-08-04T15:30:00.007-04:002011-01-11T01:06:03.847-05:00Anti-aspartame<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUZm9ntH-Mqe0o1dvJPvUvXYbGbCcU5G0K9gpeJtfp01BcgU52kKZeRNtBLE2kJVXQPqB06WnFWjsinJafp-FrVaeDB3VnaX6xvSyRFsgKCdvmnd45FWeIgRhUmsQPQM5e3nToT3xmvE/s1600/anti+aspertame.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538776067607479042" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUZm9ntH-Mqe0o1dvJPvUvXYbGbCcU5G0K9gpeJtfp01BcgU52kKZeRNtBLE2kJVXQPqB06WnFWjsinJafp-FrVaeDB3VnaX6xvSyRFsgKCdvmnd45FWeIgRhUmsQPQM5e3nToT3xmvE/s400/anti+aspertame.jpg" /></a><br /><div><br /><br />While I'm more than positive the aspartame filled life I lead will eventually catch up to me in one way or another- I simply cannot stop. Sure I have toned down the daily Silhouette 0% fat, 0% sugar, 100% bliss yogurts and substituted diet coke for soda water as a mix but surely that is not enough. Anything that sounds too good to be true, simply is.<br /><br />I recently came across an ad I absolutely adore. It hits home with those aspartame-addicts like myself.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-84422193097970597572010-06-23T18:49:00.008-04:002010-06-23T19:17:51.561-04:00Think About It<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxxfSRBpLTYxOYIf_cwWcDliESt-v1OAFLDbusQ0KtDhShPr-MQ5JZlHL6zn9IzTP0nxoYQa9xm3vZMRJzbICGAkdFc4TURWCXyVFAPxrT5i0Ku0boOPsFdnEJibUpyIxvrRjLAbdzRk/s1600/19032_671998194791_172005951_40131575_5878997_n.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGxxfSRBpLTYxOYIf_cwWcDliESt-v1OAFLDbusQ0KtDhShPr-MQ5JZlHL6zn9IzTP0nxoYQa9xm3vZMRJzbICGAkdFc4TURWCXyVFAPxrT5i0Ku0boOPsFdnEJibUpyIxvrRjLAbdzRk/s400/19032_671998194791_172005951_40131575_5878997_n.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5486107633268961842" border="0" /></a><span class="sqq"><br /><br />I have always believed that writing <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">advertisments</span></span> must be the second most profitable form of writing. The first, of course, is likely to be <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">ransom notes</span></span>...right?<br /></span><br /><p>The <a href="http://www.ftc.gov/" target="_blank">US Federal Trade Commission</a> has introduced a video game to enduce the education of children about the harmful qualms of advertising. The goal: to assist them in making informed decisions.</p> <p>Players are able to confront advertisements at every turn—<span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">bus stops, in magazines, and on TV</span></span>. Whenever an ad appears, the player is encouraged to ask three questions: who is responsible for the ad, what is the ad actually saying, and what does the ad want me to do? Besides children, this <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">multi-media campaign </span></span>also involves parents and teachers by way of a curriculum, which includes sample ads and teacher training videos, to be used in classrooms and at homes.</p><p><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">I say, good start!</span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-23776837964173722502010-05-28T14:04:00.010-04:002011-11-02T13:33:58.469-04:00Monochromatic<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt72xs4zN-5DMxtl-hVcFLay4p-0GB8qKk_S_i95i-Ur7hVrCI3qDq_r5iQ5RL64lgmSQhjU1ilTu5AZKDtrQ0i9hiQ9mTgf8IYDmTvv-EaLMxTKrpDGlIhWw4p0zIQV4erVYJNN2yHo/s1600/bedroom.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 209px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5476397155231272274" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKt72xs4zN-5DMxtl-hVcFLay4p-0GB8qKk_S_i95i-Ur7hVrCI3qDq_r5iQ5RL64lgmSQhjU1ilTu5AZKDtrQ0i9hiQ9mTgf8IYDmTvv-EaLMxTKrpDGlIhWw4p0zIQV4erVYJNN2yHo/s400/bedroom.jpg" /></a><br /><div align="left">In the process of transforming my delightfully Easter egg colored, high school-esq, yellow and violet bedroom, into a <em>chic white-with-silver and crystal accent-creation</em>. I figure, if I am going to get over the post-university slump Ive flung myself into, I might as well do it in style. </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><strong>Step one</strong>-</span> consult and expert. Thank you Ms Mackay: Check </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><strong>Step two</strong>-</span> purchase paint. - Two cans of "cloud white" left over from a design show, so I had them readjusted to a creamier "Dove White" as suggested by my consultant. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;">100$ saved:</span> Check </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><strong>Step three</strong>-</span> Pay a visit to<a href="http://homesense,com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><em><strong> Homesense</strong></em> </span></a>for lamps<strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> (2),</span></strong><span style="color:#000000;"> pillows (<em>never enough</em>), and</span> chandelier: No check</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><strong>Step four</strong> - </span>Move the endless amounts of stuff into the center of the room: Defiantly no check</div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"><strong>Step five</strong>-</span> Set up tape, and drapes, and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666666;"> <strong>PAINT</strong></span>: No check, no check, no check..any volunteers? </div><br /><div align="left"></div><br /><div align="left"></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-15461353691694174182010-05-17T16:16:00.007-04:002011-01-11T01:07:02.469-05:00Banksy Hunting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq113enb2N9Az11bnw-pRcMfZXaBpovqQ6G4gv0mGDoPnif_vyxxktStWZSjGcHvkEIekicGQOaJII7OV1vHDHgG_U3UTtyBaj185cE7nBGsidSv8Ns7JxgU5LM9uzemHSwutaEo-Mp0/s1600/japes+beck+and+banksy.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 282px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472337630805776770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq113enb2N9Az11bnw-pRcMfZXaBpovqQ6G4gv0mGDoPnif_vyxxktStWZSjGcHvkEIekicGQOaJII7OV1vHDHgG_U3UTtyBaj185cE7nBGsidSv8Ns7JxgU5LM9uzemHSwutaEo-Mp0/s400/japes+beck+and+banksy.jpg" /></a><br /><br />Best Sunday yet. Scoped out some blogs and went on a treasure-style hunt. <span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Treasure= <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">Banksy</span></span><span style="COLOR: rgb(51,0,51)"> graffiti art. </span>We were incredibly successful, and ridiculously blissful on this sunny Toronto day.<br /><br />What a treat.<br /><br />Check it out, you won`t be disappointed: <a href="http://www.banksy.co.uk/">http://www.banksy.co.uk/</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-86598144008836503672010-05-14T13:35:00.003-04:002010-05-27T16:06:12.151-04:00Confessions of an Advertising Woman<div style="text-align: left;">Hello, online-summer-Advertising course<br /><br />My name is <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Rebecca</span>.<br /><br />As a private person, I have a passion for landscape, and I have never seen one improved by a billboard. Where ever prospect pleases, man is at his vilest when he erects a billboard. When I retire from Madison Avenue, I am going to start a secret society of masked vigilantes who will travel around the world on silent motor bicycles, chopping down posters at the dark of the moon.<br /><br />How many juries will convict us when we are caught in these acts of beneficent citizenship?<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 102, 102);">Oh, my darling Mr. Ogilvy. </span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-5174250344321548262010-04-09T11:25:00.003-04:002010-05-17T18:22:16.466-04:00You're so cool, you're so cool, you're so cool<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZM8fypKskZdlHmyaJowYVKJEGPQFZrYMSBwKgMWI89O_dcU1xRpu9tXPLMvhWyRNoZHicDjwjYWp9FJMj7xAGTLjjHKfVxQyxfBQGL0Nxbx48bNA6qdXPv1O0js6WTyLZZjTT0nbHUdY/s1600/so+cool.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 324px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZM8fypKskZdlHmyaJowYVKJEGPQFZrYMSBwKgMWI89O_dcU1xRpu9tXPLMvhWyRNoZHicDjwjYWp9FJMj7xAGTLjjHKfVxQyxfBQGL0Nxbx48bNA6qdXPv1O0js6WTyLZZjTT0nbHUdY/s400/so+cool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5458162349600804578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />bammmmmUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-23236587079531096912009-10-29T14:19:00.005-04:002009-11-04T00:08:32.070-05:00HGTV WANTS YOU<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwhcr8TmxziNdD2lh2N_jYpUXjwryEiesDT9szoy2MQ5O9JsHUVlSwDamQOwxGlx6q7_N4LugMQJ9vDpIJFwHzd3xIy3pa0CANzoQe_mpC0khOESyVzvHGdfh6pvg1h1HhXHialNtYTc/s1600-h/hgtv.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 311px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOwhcr8TmxziNdD2lh2N_jYpUXjwryEiesDT9szoy2MQ5O9JsHUVlSwDamQOwxGlx6q7_N4LugMQJ9vDpIJFwHzd3xIy3pa0CANzoQe_mpC0khOESyVzvHGdfh6pvg1h1HhXHialNtYTc/s400/hgtv.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5398088472672401490" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" >Do you love design? Think you could handle being on camera?</span><br /></div><br /><br /><br /> <p>WestWind Pictures, producer of hit design series <em>Designer Guys</em>, <em>The Style Dept.</em>, and <em>Home to Flip</em> has joined forces with HGTV to find Canada’s <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">next big design star.</span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"> </span>We’re looking for talented designers that have what it takes. You must be <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">outgoing, energetic, fun, and of course, supremely talented</span></span>. Male or female. Singles or duos. Even a whole design studio. It doesn’t matter. Show us what you’ve got!</p> <p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span class="style17"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span class="style17"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:180%;"><span class="style17">Here’s how it works…</span></span></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br />Create a video that displays your <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">design savvy</span></span>. It must be no longer than <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); font-weight: bold;">2 minutes</span></span>. First up, tell us who you are: name, where you live, and a bit about your experience. Then dazzle us! Maybe a quick DIY project. Or match fabric to paint swatches. Show us design on a budget. Or build a piece of furniture. We’re not looking for any specific format. <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);">Just 2 minutes…and no more.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><br /></span></span></p> <p>Shoot the video yourself, compress it down to a few megabytes, and email it to us. You must also include in your email a signed and scanned copy of the release form.</p><p><br /></p><p>Feel free to comment with your questions or concerns.<br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Good Luck!<br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-31588590709474818832009-07-23T09:40:00.005-04:002010-11-11T16:28:04.171-05:00Bake SaleIf you are, by chance, on the hunt for the most <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">divine chocolate cake</span></span></span> out there... Look no further than <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.bakesaletoronto.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">The Bake Sale</span></span></a> </span></span>on <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">Bloor</span></span></span>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8w9uRgM_jDPf5RF8Q0KxeY8WrhyU1Lgdvv4gjaYZ7sdys94jV8px_87OJ6zJC_t9xFHQGJ72wrhKYvKUBkU5fKHt3ERJO3fDH8UrUpWElPcGtkESfC9R_cGcjuoq5ENApEIxHH_bQ2c/s1600/bake+sale.bmp"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 313px; height: 96px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8w9uRgM_jDPf5RF8Q0KxeY8WrhyU1Lgdvv4gjaYZ7sdys94jV8px_87OJ6zJC_t9xFHQGJ72wrhKYvKUBkU5fKHt3ERJO3fDH8UrUpWElPcGtkESfC9R_cGcjuoq5ENApEIxHH_bQ2c/s400/bake+sale.bmp" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5538406071224622130" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The left overs from yesterdays birthday treat for our camera man are currently taunting me from the next room. Yes it is <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">9:50 am</span></span></span> but it is never too early for this kind of divinity. Trust me.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-83683870180511268822009-06-23T14:03:00.005-04:002009-06-23T14:21:46.538-04:00Sidenote<div>A second side note:<div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;">"Sex, Drugs and Cocopuffs"</span></span></span> is a terribly embarrassing<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153); "> "lost item"</span></span></span> to be asking for at the Union Station lost and found. </div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">Wheres your book Beck?</span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSb_8k7wbV7Kfn7owyVc-9-MIM9uNBtRY-e1boKvrCkLNDiGsD1rBBMKTRRg-rMJcNtPybuq4Gh0IRRfadmH69XfPSJOgOphceMTL0gSvXUGqFBt8Maaod7XZxzqyJRX1cKH4x_wzmqY/s1600-h/07_chuckklosterman_lgl.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuSb_8k7wbV7Kfn7owyVc-9-MIM9uNBtRY-e1boKvrCkLNDiGsD1rBBMKTRRg-rMJcNtPybuq4Gh0IRRfadmH69XfPSJOgOphceMTL0gSvXUGqFBt8Maaod7XZxzqyJRX1cKH4x_wzmqY/s320/07_chuckklosterman_lgl.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350589031380899442" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">I just don't know Chuck...</span></div><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-81150953077993015612009-06-21T17:43:00.008-04:002009-06-24T12:54:57.812-04:00Sex Drugs and Cocopuffs<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi2_XVXgHwkftD7nXKfzQ9Qp-jNNccwrRYwPj5kQ1H1Zpq5O9ABRYoT_IUSF0mjAqJaiqQvwwsFKe4YAhfiUNh_hgsb2XGRVjB7_AZTf68HFzj9TlH5KiZaPIJ4WnqKqDeh5Rj8zkdOw/s1600-h/sexdrugs+and+cocopuffs.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 209px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNi2_XVXgHwkftD7nXKfzQ9Qp-jNNccwrRYwPj5kQ1H1Zpq5O9ABRYoT_IUSF0mjAqJaiqQvwwsFKe4YAhfiUNh_hgsb2XGRVjB7_AZTf68HFzj9TlH5KiZaPIJ4WnqKqDeh5Rj8zkdOw/s320/sexdrugs+and+cocopuffs.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349915665094509378" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I have to vent my deep passionate love for a brilliant man after my own MIT soaked heart.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chuck Klosterman.</span><br /><br />Any man who can begin a book by relating (and justifying) the story of how he burned the exact same CD for two different women, then segue into a serious discussion of the lamentable sitcom Saved By Bell deserves my respect. It is this gift that makes his book <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs</span> my perfect summer read.<br /><br />Klosterman, a senior writer for Spin, (among other reputable things) has a gift for taking seemingly disposable culture (Billy Joel albums, <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Real World</span>, The Sims, and Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee sex tape) and giving them a cultural heft and importance.<br /><br />In fact, reading, Klosterman’s meditations on such topics as how the creation of cereal was a Victorian attempt to cool sexual urges, or how the failed relationships of today’s twenty-and-thirty-somethings can be blamed either on <span style="font-weight: bold;">John Cusack</span> (uhh..no thanks) or <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nora Ephron</span> are so insightful and enlightening, it seems baffling that no one has written on these topics before (has anyone?). <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOwWz9QIgVjneNLl6qmBQ_t_wV0vOHq65V_zQ1GEY5MHE2m7LGTn9pZ7tQjZr_UD5ZifQe1yU99kko10Eu7WKCTLG9iz9cFwbCks915GsRYSw_tlI26xb6eO1w7sHXqktlslq-K8xSmE/s1600-h/john+cusak.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJOwWz9QIgVjneNLl6qmBQ_t_wV0vOHq65V_zQ1GEY5MHE2m7LGTn9pZ7tQjZr_UD5ZifQe1yU99kko10Eu7WKCTLG9iz9cFwbCks915GsRYSw_tlI26xb6eO1w7sHXqktlslq-K8xSmE/s320/john+cusak.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5349915075715362882" border="0" /></a><br />Of course, he also manages to be absolutely hilarious. Klosterman is one of the select few writers (<span style="font-weight: bold;">and men</span>) who can make me laugh out loud in public (<span style="font-weight: bold;">generally GO train, or subway</span>) without thought of embarrassment. Take this nugget, from an essay deconstructing the Star Wars trilogy: “I once knew a girl who claimed to have a recurring dream about a polar bear that mauled Ewoks; it made me love her.”<br /><br />As previously discussed at the office last week, my production manager, and I, came to the conclusion that all women desire nerds. Not exactly a full fledged dork. Just someone who is passionate about something, anything, in a terribly geeky way.<img src="file:///C:/Users/Beck/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-12.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Beck/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-13.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br />Klosterman has his hilarious analysis of life as compared to <span style="font-weight: bold;">pop culture.</span><br /><br />Underneath all the glib remarks and seemingly bizarre claims, Klosterman has a genuine appreciation of popular culture. Though he makes clear that he doesn’t always love it, he never seems to doubt its power, or its ability to reflect a society or our ability to reflect it <span style="font-weight: bold;">(The Real World)</span>. His clearest message seems to be that just because a movie or a television show or a piece of music isn’t art, that doesn’t mean it isn't influential or meaningful. It may, in fact, matter more than something artful. It’s a compelling idea, executed by Klosterman with a fabulous mind for witty humor. <div><br /></div><div>I pinkie swear you will love it. <br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Side note:</span></span> If you happened to have found said book on the Lakshore Train...Please return it. I miss it dearly.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-16490889850486766332009-05-05T22:26:00.006-04:002009-05-05T23:47:35.570-04:00Désireux<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOVHFkHE-FqV41jS7vipt3kmNDhzEkx7ttScBqSGMwlWfU_NcAkPwNSbN3fi3QMHMPuAx1IJgCg7XBPZy1besLXFNGnujmWzw40i15dIFN47fXe-6v-uqBGnHpQrm4A1tPMu6NC3IcG0/s1600-h/man.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 268px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioOVHFkHE-FqV41jS7vipt3kmNDhzEkx7ttScBqSGMwlWfU_NcAkPwNSbN3fi3QMHMPuAx1IJgCg7XBPZy1besLXFNGnujmWzw40i15dIFN47fXe-6v-uqBGnHpQrm4A1tPMu6NC3IcG0/s400/man.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332551508695778466" border="0" /></a>
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<br /></span></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span style="font-size:13;"><span style="font-size:180%;">-Morgan Chapman</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-59025420941316199372009-04-26T22:11:00.007-04:002009-04-27T00:51:14.107-04:00CUBE.. Vote Please :)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.hypercube.ca/en/Canvas.aspx?id=75a7d705-bc98-40f5-96e6-7593459ba96a&lang=en"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 645px; height: 363px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7vDHI0X5hMxb18B3ZX1hLC275EG44VnKYocfEzZFqge8MmDMQpJMNI2c_J86FJOJDlVa6s3WaxnJpOZFPeZ5s_WlEEyG0jkHfefFE7a8tpoMX0CRNNg6NyQxm5BloycpaZb19WEfi2E0/s400/Chris+Musina.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5329188656564023314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hey All,</span></span><br /><br />So I am sure many of you have heard about this contest to win a new <a href="http://www.hypercube.ca/en/Canvas.aspx?id=75a7d705-bc98-40f5-96e6-7593459ba96a&lang=en"><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Nissan CUBE</span></span></a>. Fabulously futuristic. <span style="font-style: italic;">Tres neat</span>.<br />Well, my friend <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >Chris</span> has a <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:180%;" >very sweet poster</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">one of the best, in my opinion</span>) that I am asking you ALL to <span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.hypercube.ca/en/Canvas.aspx?id=75a7d705-bc98-40f5-96e6-7593459ba96a&lang=en">vote</a> on</span></span>. He would really appreciate it. :)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 0);">OKAY</span>, here is what you have to do: Go to the site, sign up in the top right hand corner (<span style="font-style: italic;">Petey, I know it's confusing</span>) and then click <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 102); font-weight: bold;"><a href="http://www.hypercube.ca/en/Canvas.aspx?id=75a7d705-bc98-40f5-96e6-7593459ba96a&lang=en">VOTE</a>. </span><br /><br />WAIT.. there is more! You can vote<span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> everyday</span></span>, once a day (Its good for you, trust me)<br /><br />Right now his ranking is <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">134</span></span>, and he needs to get up to <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">#50</span></span> at least.. We've got to hook it up.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:180%;" >Thank you! You're the best.</span> (<span style="font-style: italic;">Only if you <a href="http://www.hypercube.ca/en/Canvas.aspx?id=75a7d705-bc98-40f5-96e6-7593459ba96a&lang=en">voted</a></span>)<br /><br />Click Hurrrr:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.hypercube.ca/en/Canvas.aspx?id=75a7d705-bc98-40f5-96e6-7593459ba96a&lang=en">http://www.hypercube.ca/en/Canvas.aspx?id=75a7d705-bc98-40f5-96e6-7593459ba96a&lang=en</a><br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Beck/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-11.jpg" alt="" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-17699573205332357062009-04-25T14:13:00.003-04:002009-04-25T14:18:19.540-04:00Quotable<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSHXvV8_A1xX7z9PYkI9p2GlOp7qD2EexD5IU0tXSvZXfXOkCFAa9tuR4Xq3QYmZiQYLLNHTYHxIRpEDniLXUYGl9gpkyY5-B7jMWIXF6CPzclg7B7Y8TTnob2oRrqaI0d44EbZqlY2c/s1600-h/annaaaa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHSHXvV8_A1xX7z9PYkI9p2GlOp7qD2EexD5IU0tXSvZXfXOkCFAa9tuR4Xq3QYmZiQYLLNHTYHxIRpEDniLXUYGl9gpkyY5-B7jMWIXF6CPzclg7B7Y8TTnob2oRrqaI0d44EbZqlY2c/s320/annaaaa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5328695037774863170" border="0" /></a><br /><div id="m_56_b" class="modboxin"><div style="padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px;">Some..helpful.. quotes:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.<br /> - <a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/35699.html">Leonardo da Vinci</a></span><br /><br />Thank you Leo, but right now, I am leaning towards this one:<br /></div><div style="padding-top: 4px; padding-bottom: 4px;"><a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/30204.html"></a><span style="font-size:180%;"><br />Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.<br /> - <a href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/26911.html">James M. Barrie</a></span><br /><br />I would rather be on the beach. This is work.<br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-8822324234826813592009-04-22T23:12:00.008-04:002009-04-23T21:39:19.672-04:00Skrew Earth Day<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6N7qyg-qelHHQzRQHU7l5ItVz5GxjheqHlc3LDEpWIqTbTP6OuB9WAuMMu2EVWoQVWEfBfhTG_abpJRZj-HVxsRbSOuRRACZ81rIQ6J_0vFjGMA7GYSwgJs4YNdP-bAd8TND-YRXDNI/s1600-h/earth.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 118px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN6N7qyg-qelHHQzRQHU7l5ItVz5GxjheqHlc3LDEpWIqTbTP6OuB9WAuMMu2EVWoQVWEfBfhTG_abpJRZj-HVxsRbSOuRRACZ81rIQ6J_0vFjGMA7GYSwgJs4YNdP-bAd8TND-YRXDNI/s320/earth.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327991526502667842" border="0" /></a><br /><object width="445" height="364"><br />Hey<span style="font-size:180%;"> </span><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">Greenies</span></span>,<br /><br />Did I catch your attention? Treating the earth the same way society objectifies women? I smell an <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">MIT essay topic. </span><br />Ok, don`t ''Skrew'' <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Earth Day</span>... Just don`t make it the only day of the year you decide to do something kind for sweet, sweet mother earth. :)<br /></object><br />I agree (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">at least in principle</span>) with the idea that our collective responsibility is a 24/7/365 commitment, not just a day. Same goes for <a href="http://www.earthhour.org/home/" target="_blank" onclick="javascript:pageTracker._trackPageview('/outbound/article/http://www.earthhour.org/home/');">Earth Hour</a>, which, although impressive with respect to its results, in my mind can engender the idea that it’s enough to do it just for an hour, rather than making a permanent practice of reducing our energy consumption. The <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">neo-eco movement</span> can feel at times like a form of cultural greenwashing, what with all the new dubiously “green” products and marketing campaigns that seem to be cropping up everywhere one turns these days.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 51, 255);">Cynical?</span> Perhaps... (<span style="font-style: italic;">sounds like </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 102);">someone</span><span style="font-style: italic;"> describing any relationship advice</span> I have to offer). But why Rebecca, <span style="font-weight: bold;">SOMETHING</span> is far better than <span style="font-weight: bold;">NOTHING</span>. And I agree. For me, in the end it all comes back to personal responsibility. Am I an eco-perfectionist? Hellz no. But I also believe that we can all put in a little more effort,<span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> it will make a great difference. </span></span><br /><br /><object width="445" height="364"><br /><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sn9IlzDlGzg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Sn9IlzDlGzg&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x402061&color2=0x9461ca&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-41775638098580324682009-04-21T12:21:00.005-04:002009-04-21T16:49:33.730-04:00Oh Page...<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho57YSwkxSJCFrY73r84lGboXMeNuA4wSSnQqP0i5habmhKQwDAFaYibYjnI0TDAprc9ihbZNqOsfVbORyuwfVVBsDyBuquDmOngX6ArFnIBUvhpa7Ftr-Z_Pz2aq4zUlmIMEHBbgb3yQ/s1600-h/camera+obscuria.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho57YSwkxSJCFrY73r84lGboXMeNuA4wSSnQqP0i5habmhKQwDAFaYibYjnI0TDAprc9ihbZNqOsfVbORyuwfVVBsDyBuquDmOngX6ArFnIBUvhpa7Ftr-Z_Pz2aq4zUlmIMEHBbgb3yQ/s320/camera+obscuria.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327182206855451250" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:180%;">This blurring of the typical <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 51, 0);">dichotomies</span> gives this poem...gives my life...a layered depth, a metaphysical aura. </span><br /><br />Catch my "drift?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-14179402801775894302009-04-19T12:14:00.005-04:002009-04-19T23:31:08.171-04:00Inside the Actors Studio--My steeze<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahQVfV5tjQJ4T-QnO3P9VNLVDF9AEn40T5LndYNSScQwZ-OQIda51agSfNTDH82XlVJ4ZJkCsjQ9_TQaa1ksDyuIqVZoVhspn-M5B-943tqkBUkdTnCTvWscTfLpu_RKhPGnd5gXZspc/s1600-h/james.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 269px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhahQVfV5tjQJ4T-QnO3P9VNLVDF9AEn40T5LndYNSScQwZ-OQIda51agSfNTDH82XlVJ4ZJkCsjQ9_TQaa1ksDyuIqVZoVhspn-M5B-943tqkBUkdTnCTvWscTfLpu_RKhPGnd5gXZspc/s320/james.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326439853942061314" border="0" /></a><br />I have found the most<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> perfect </span>little distraction. Rather, the most perfect break to work towards. I am currently quite obsessed with Inside the Actors Studio. Conveniently found on<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">YouTube</span></span></a>, James Lipton interviews a ton of the greatest celebrities.<br /><br />This show has seen the likes of Johnny Depp, Ben Affleck, Angelina Jolie (<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">my favourtie one</span>), Halle Berry, Daniel Radcliff to name a few.<br /><br />It is currently taped at the <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts at Pace University's New York City campus</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">,</span> and it is the shiz.<br /><br />At the end of each interview, James Lipton reads out the same short questionnaire for each celebrity before he hands them off to audience questions.<br /><br />Because I will be famous some day, I figure, why not fill that bad boy out myself. Practice round, you know? :<br /><br />What is/are your favourite word(s):<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Insatiable</span></span>,<span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Verbose </span></span><br /><br />What is/are your least favourite word(s): <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 102, 0); font-style: italic;font-size:100%;" >Masticate</span>, <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0); font-style: italic;">pregnant</span><br /><br />What turns you on: <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Confidence, motivation</span></span><br /><br />What turns you off: <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(255, 153, 0);">Arrogance –there is a fine line</span><br /><br />What sound or noise do you love: <span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Fire crackling </span></span>–<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 204, 204);">on the beach at my cottage</span><br /><br />What sound or noise do you hate: <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" >Sirens </span>–<span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" >especially when I’m driving</span><br /><br />What is your favourite curse word: <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 0, 51);font-size:130%;" >Fuck</span> –<span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">it's just so darn versatile</span><br /><br />What profession other than yours would you like to attempt: <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 102, 0);">Film Production, Law</span><br /><br />What profession would you not like to attempt: <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" >Pearl Diving</span><br /><br />If heaven exists, what would you like to hear God say when you arrive at the pearly gates: <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">You look great in white, honey.<br /><br />I think you should fill out your own in the comment box...<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);">Start here, and get addicted with me:</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5llPy1ZS8Vs">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5llPy1ZS8Vs</a><br /><br /></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-69973319231815906692009-04-13T20:46:00.011-04:002009-04-13T21:56:22.708-04:00Baywatch Scuba Queen: Giving Water a Chance<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n2T_teEaKk7bcPFnouoUC8Fj1AyoA3L5L2DslhhDG-ty0xde-Y1NEZV2YL44qS-oF7HCodL9UGdJrVdTfGYcqcsdiHOivGEK0KiBr37sYlF0piP0Q6pKyGkz0MA5Jt7w0MjneyaztJg/s1600-h/scuba+dive.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 231px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2n2T_teEaKk7bcPFnouoUC8Fj1AyoA3L5L2DslhhDG-ty0xde-Y1NEZV2YL44qS-oF7HCodL9UGdJrVdTfGYcqcsdiHOivGEK0KiBr37sYlF0piP0Q6pKyGkz0MA5Jt7w0MjneyaztJg/s320/scuba+dive.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324354642996634834" border="0" /></a>
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<br />There are so many reasons to <span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">loathe public pools</span></span> that I hardly know where to begin. 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mso-para-margin-top:0cm; mso-para-margin-right:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:10.0pt; mso-para-margin-left:0cm; line-height:115%; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi; mso-fareast-language:EN-US;} </style> <![endif]--><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:";font-size:130%;" >unhygienic</span>, watery mishmash of loose <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Band-Aids</span></span> and body hairs of every length and <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 204, 102);">color</span>, swirling around like a <span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 255);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">giant vat of people soup</span></span>. Sound appealing? Not even a little bit.
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<br />Public pool swimmers have long accepted the reality that the water flowing past someone else's <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:130%;" >bikini line</span>, will end up in their face. To me, children in pools spells out one fine equation that I am simply not interested in: <span style="color: rgb(0, 204, 204);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">2 parts pee, one part chlorine.</span></span>
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<br />I have something against water as a whole: <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" >lakes, oceans, ponds</span>, all freak me out. I am that kid who LOVED tubing, but if I fell off, I was dragging YOU in with me.
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<br />I had one close call with drowning a few years back. Huge crashing waves + swimming from sand bar to sand bar had taken its tole on this <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-size:130%;" >beach babe</span>, and I went under for good. Luckily I had a <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:130%;" >fit crew </span>of Baywatch bitties (whom I <span style="font-style: italic;">still</span> love) with me that literally saved my life.
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<br /> SO, my experience with water is less than <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-weight: bold;">glamorous. </span></span>BUT I have decided to face my fear, stir the pot, and enrol in a <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">scuba diving course.</span></span>
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<br />One weekend of tests and in-pool dives + 4 real open water dives. Pretty legit, <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 102, 51);">pretty effing' scary</span>.
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<br />When is the last time you've done something you're scared of?
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<br />Wish me luck, and check er' out: <span style="font-size:130%;"><a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.thediveshopcanada.com/openwater.htm">http://www.thediveshopcanada.com/openwater.htm</a></span>
<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3259505459615855739.post-29695936395033590762009-04-07T10:36:00.006-04:002009-04-07T19:37:03.739-04:00Free Food<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrQWpIOtcClW9URNd4v91NYRQ75HBmUkFdZgcogJu85m_ifsVWIQAEXfw1eQbvyt7RKe5w84o8Sivb1oHXxI3wYm5GfeWJCySE5_ij0lxmzrbOlxI7jK-rWWjElLBu7mHpVe6xO_HgWk/s1600-h/freegan.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 301px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnrQWpIOtcClW9URNd4v91NYRQ75HBmUkFdZgcogJu85m_ifsVWIQAEXfw1eQbvyt7RKe5w84o8Sivb1oHXxI3wYm5GfeWJCySE5_ij0lxmzrbOlxI7jK-rWWjElLBu7mHpVe6xO_HgWk/s320/freegan.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5322042921532043602" border="0" /></a>
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<br /><img src="file:///C:/Users/Beck/AppData/Local/Temp/moz-screenshot-6.jpg" alt="" />I happened upon an exhibit, I suppose a final project for an <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" >MIT</span> course, in <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">North Campus</span> Building</span>. While they were all very neat, one in particular struck my fancy.
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<br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(51, 204, 255);font-size:130%;" >Freeganism</span>. Free-gan-wha?
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<br />Freeganism</b></span>: is an <span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);font-size:130%;" >anti-consumerist</span> lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans choose to embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed.
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<br />This lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, <span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);font-size:130%;" >unspoiled</span> food from supermarket <span style="color: rgb(0, 102, 0);font-size:130%;" >dumpsters</span>, known as <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 255); font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >dumpster diving</span>. Freegans salvage the food as a political statement, rather than out of need.
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What a waste.
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<br />A truly interesting video you<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-size:130%;" > MUST </span>check out:
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