OK, I stand corrected.
The freaky four-eyed baby banner ads are the freakiest!
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Huh?! AAAUGH!
A few years ago, many banner ads featured those creepy Classmates.com ads, with the eyes that followed you around. Now, there's a lot of banner ads (especially at Wookiepedia for some reason) that feature teeth whitening, in a Carnival of the Souls-type presentation. I, for one, am freaked out!
Anybody else find these ads unsettling?
Anybody else find these ads unsettling?
Wednesday, July 1, 2009
Another random gripe
I was going to post a rant about the teen who nearly short-changed me $1.00 at the Paco Bell, but I had a revelation. I was trying to figure out who I could scapegoat for my lack of social skills and general cluelessness. I grew up in high school without a friggin' idea of what I was going to do in life, and what basic social interactions were. I thought about the weird social structure of my school, but that was too obvious. I thought about the school assemblies where they praised the athletes, but not the scholars. That was close. Then, I remembered the true culprit.
When I reached a certain age, I had become jaded about assemblies, and managed to find ways of skirting around them. I didn't mind most of them, but there were certain ones that spelled intellectual death for me. And tonight I remembered: the commercial assemblies.
Remember these? Some big company (Pepsi at my school) would put together a 1-hour film that they would show in the gymnasium (or whatever was the largest place to stick the indoctrined innocents) that would try to give some positive message, using star athletes, celebrities, rock stars, etc, and use clips from the latest "summer blockbusters".
Vomit. Puke. Ugh.
The message would be so vague, and the media used was chaotic and unrelated, that the presentation left me... confused at best. At first, I didn't know what to make of it; if it was an attempt to make me drink Pepsi products, it failed for many years, as I was a Coke drinker until I was in my late twenties. After about the second such presentation, I started to loathe the poorly presented productions. I felt no need to attend these random assemblies. I really don't know how these got approved, but I imagine, like with most things, that there was money and incentives involved.
Gods know I didn't see any residuals, tho.
When I reached a certain age, I had become jaded about assemblies, and managed to find ways of skirting around them. I didn't mind most of them, but there were certain ones that spelled intellectual death for me. And tonight I remembered: the commercial assemblies.
Remember these? Some big company (Pepsi at my school) would put together a 1-hour film that they would show in the gymnasium (or whatever was the largest place to stick the indoctrined innocents) that would try to give some positive message, using star athletes, celebrities, rock stars, etc, and use clips from the latest "summer blockbusters".
Vomit. Puke. Ugh.
The message would be so vague, and the media used was chaotic and unrelated, that the presentation left me... confused at best. At first, I didn't know what to make of it; if it was an attempt to make me drink Pepsi products, it failed for many years, as I was a Coke drinker until I was in my late twenties. After about the second such presentation, I started to loathe the poorly presented productions. I felt no need to attend these random assemblies. I really don't know how these got approved, but I imagine, like with most things, that there was money and incentives involved.
Gods know I didn't see any residuals, tho.
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Mad Gripe
OK, just a random point:
Dark Knight was a great movie, and Heath Ledger was a great joker, in my opinion. After watching it again on the small screen, I still like the mindf**k that the movie gives ya. Yes, Bale's gristly voice as Batman is kinda weird, but other than that, the movie shines for me. I hear he's gone prima donna, however, and is pulling a Crispin Glover with the series. Be interesting to see how that goes.
GI Joe movie:
OK, I want to see it, and I'm gonna see it, despite what some people are saying about it. My problem is that the anti-hypists, as I like to call them, are going too far with their negativity after just seeing the previews, and some are critiquing the posters fer crying out loud (you know who you are). I get the feeling that people are expecting too much. I'll just be glad if Cobra-La isn't involved :) (although, I wouldn't complain if Burgess Meredith was in it again, other than complaining about the necromancy involved necessary for this).
Transformers 2:
Another movie I will see (as Sting: I will see it!), but I just gotta comment on the toys. As a minor-league collector, I've tried to collect something from the movie toys, but I haven't warmed up to anything yet (although I might pick up Brawl, with my weakness for Combaticons and all). I gotta say, I don't understand Soundwave's third form (robot, cybertron jet and... juno award?), and I don't understand the non-transforming transformers figures. Didn't they learn their lesson with the Action Master figures?
OK, I'm done... more later
Dark Knight was a great movie, and Heath Ledger was a great joker, in my opinion. After watching it again on the small screen, I still like the mindf**k that the movie gives ya. Yes, Bale's gristly voice as Batman is kinda weird, but other than that, the movie shines for me. I hear he's gone prima donna, however, and is pulling a Crispin Glover with the series. Be interesting to see how that goes.
GI Joe movie:
OK, I want to see it, and I'm gonna see it, despite what some people are saying about it. My problem is that the anti-hypists, as I like to call them, are going too far with their negativity after just seeing the previews, and some are critiquing the posters fer crying out loud (you know who you are). I get the feeling that people are expecting too much. I'll just be glad if Cobra-La isn't involved :) (although, I wouldn't complain if Burgess Meredith was in it again, other than complaining about the necromancy involved necessary for this).
Transformers 2:
Another movie I will see (as Sting: I will see it!), but I just gotta comment on the toys. As a minor-league collector, I've tried to collect something from the movie toys, but I haven't warmed up to anything yet (although I might pick up Brawl, with my weakness for Combaticons and all). I gotta say, I don't understand Soundwave's third form (robot, cybertron jet and... juno award?), and I don't understand the non-transforming transformers figures. Didn't they learn their lesson with the Action Master figures?
OK, I'm done... more later
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Starting Out
OK... first post... just to get the stuff flowing. It's been a while since I've been set up to do stuff creatively, since the basement was flooded.
As the title indicates, I grew up in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. I spent most of my life there, and still visit my friends who live there. This blog'll serve as a sounding board for me to indicate progress on stuff, as well as relate random brain droppings that strike me, which I don't feel is appropos to post on other people's boards/comment sections.
So random thought number one: There's a cool pedestrian bridge that crosses the Avon in Stratford. I don't know if it's still accessible or not (I presume so). It was a nice way to cut some travel time, although I'm not sure they intended it for biking (that's how we used it anyways). We used it all the time to get a cone at the Whip'n'Waffle, or just to get to the library. I believe the bridge was there to help the flow of the river and keep it from flooding; there was a lot of machinery behind metal panelling on that bridge.
More Later
As the title indicates, I grew up in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. I spent most of my life there, and still visit my friends who live there. This blog'll serve as a sounding board for me to indicate progress on stuff, as well as relate random brain droppings that strike me, which I don't feel is appropos to post on other people's boards/comment sections.
So random thought number one: There's a cool pedestrian bridge that crosses the Avon in Stratford. I don't know if it's still accessible or not (I presume so). It was a nice way to cut some travel time, although I'm not sure they intended it for biking (that's how we used it anyways). We used it all the time to get a cone at the Whip'n'Waffle, or just to get to the library. I believe the bridge was there to help the flow of the river and keep it from flooding; there was a lot of machinery behind metal panelling on that bridge.
More Later
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