Just join facebook already!

Randi and Daryl, a couple of friends of mine, were in the living room discussing Facebook.  I was in the dining room and three of the four of us were on our handhelds.  (Is it handhelds or hand helds?)  One of us was on facebook, the other two were texting.

It amuses me when I hear people talking about facebook, even though they do not have an account.  They act like they know so much but they just don't know the lingo.   They would not be able to coherently talk about Farmville, for example.

Just get a fucking facebook account, jack asses!  Sooner or later you WILL have one so just quit acting stupid and get one now.

Accidentally on Purpose on CBS rocks!

DJs CraigC & Jarrod Holbrook: Wrangler Sweet!

Twitter update: My first multi-medium update!

Multi medium updates... My own convergence!

This is my own kind of convergence at work: Cell phone to Twitter to Facebook to Mass Media Momento all at once! Now if I can just figure out how to add Google Buzz to the one stop posting!

I have now created the option to update my blog from my Twitter page via my cell. Not only that but it also upates my Facebook status! Buzz is next! ;-)

One day in fashion you're in and the next day you're out.

Garnier sponsors Project Runway

Project Runway Season 7 on Lifetime

Seth Aaron Henderson is aggrivating the other designers.  He is singing and making noise, just for the sake of making noise, adding to the tension in the design studio.  Mila Hermanovski is making comments about the color choices some of the designers have chosen for the current project.  There is plenty of anxiety and subdued chaos as they all compete for the largest award in Project Runway history.

As if it weren't enough that the dress you are designing is for model, producer, singer, actor, television host, Heidi Klum, the winning designer's creation will be modeled by Heidi on the April cover of Mary Claire magazine!

How did I get sucked into this show?  Sure, I have heard plenty about it among all the Gay people in my life, but usually something like this would not be my, eh, thing.  I degress.  I am actually starting to enjoy this.

Janeane Marie Ceccanti is a train wreck in the design studio.  She is second guessing herself and has lost faith in her abilities.  When a concerned Tim Gunn told her, "I don't want this to look like clown clothes.",  I thought she was going to cry.  Tim leaves the evening visit to the design studio reluctant, seeing nothing impressive. 

Shorts, Anna (Lynett)?  Really?  I do not pretend to be a designer or know anything about making clothes, but shorts for Heidi Klum on the cover of Marie Claire does not sound like a good idea to me.  Anthony Williams admits he doesn't know what he is doing but I like his the best. 
They all line up for the runway display and the cuts are made.  As predicted, Anna's creation is a complete nightmare and obviously not received very well by the judges.  A side note here:  It was at this point in viewing Project Runway that I realized that Heidi Klum is more than just the model who will appear on the cover of Marie Claire.  She is the host of the show!  Again, this is a show I have never seen. 

My prediction is Anthony's dress works for the cover.  Let's just see if I am right.  My second pick is Ben Chumra's.  Anna or Janeane are gone. 

Moments later:
Anthony!  I was right!  Anna's Out!  I'm good at this.  She made shorts and a camisole, for Godsakes.  Not fashion forward, I say.

Sponsored by Garnier, Project Runway is in it's 7th Season and appears on Lifetime network.

Real World: D.C. Predictable and pretty

I guess conflict brings in the ratings.  I find it annoying.  The TV is too loud, for starters.  Secondly, I am trying to do math story problems for my physical geography class.  But I keep getting sucked in to the drama on MTV's Real World:  D.C.

New proactiv's commercial is really geared toward this demographic.  Ads for Jersey Shore put it all in perspective.

Erika is fighting with Ashley and the token Gay guy, Mike,  has all this drama with his boyfriend of three weeks.

Oh, I want to see that movie, Valentine's Day that is coming out.  I love Kathy Bates.

This episode of Real World, DC was all about Ashley and Erika, Mike and the guy he has been hanging out with. 

I just caught the tail end of the cat fight between Ashley and Erika.  I think Ashley is hot tempered and Erika is an insecure spoiled bitch who is self entitled and hard to watch. 

Mike, the Gay guy because you know there's one on every season, is having trouble coming to terms with his homosexuality and his interest of three weeks is expecting entirely too much out of him, blah blah blah.

I'll probably watch again.  The cast of RW:  DC is hot.  The drama is interesting.  Afterall, it is the original reality series dating back to Real World:  New York in 1992.  In fact, it is the longest running series in MTV's history.
The Real World, D.C. Official Site

The most exciting part of this year's Super Bowl was the game!

The Saints won the Sell-out Bowl! The 2010 Super Bowl broadcast was the most viewed television program in history. Lucky for the advertisers, huh? There were some real winners off the field too. And, forgive my puns, a few loosers.

Hyundai has some real nice cars! I dont think I have seen this many Hyundai ads in my life as there were during the game. They are one of the winners, in my book. Brett Favre humored the viewer by receiving a 2020 MVP award. Clever, I thought.

Another winner was Snickers! Betty White was hillarious in the piece where she is playing football with the guys and is suddenly transformed into someone to be bargained with after eating a Snickers.

I loved the Doritos commercials, especially the one where the dogs place a shock collar on there owner. Brilliant and funny!

And now for the real loosers: Skechers! The commercial aired during the Super Bowl was too similar to the ordinary Skechers ad that already runs. Lousy. Unimaginative. And expensive! Why would you pay millions of dollars to run your ad during the biggest game of the year and not pull out all of the stops?

Finally, Focus On The Family. The only thing good about this commercial was the boos that were heard throughout the bar when it played. It was terrible for more than one reason. I don't think the Super Bowl is the place to place your ideals on other people. I hope they lost their shorts on that one!

I'm really looking forward to next year. The highlight of this years Super Bowl was the game itself. I can't say that is the case every year.

Why is Adam listening to Dr. Demento's narration of Little Red Ridinghood

Better question:  How did Grimm's Fairy Tale become so creepy?

Wow, Dr. Demento's Web site is pretty freakin' cool.  I didnt even know he was still around!

SNL Parody of Obama's first State Of The Union Address

Fred Armisen nailed his satire of Obama in the State of the Union address on the January 30th, 2010.  These parodys are always my favorite SNL clips and I have always been a fan of Armisen's portrayal of President Obama but this particular episode was hillarious.

If you have a chance, check out this link from nbc.com and let me know what you think!

The Metropolitan Student Newspaper - Metropolitan State College of Denver - Analysis of Online vs. Print editions

I have examined the January 28, 2010 edition of Metropolitan State College of Denver's The Metropolitan newspaper, both the print edition and the online edition.  There are numerous differences between the two:

• There is very little resemblance between the two formats. 
  
• On the cover of the print edition, there is a rather compelling photograph of a young Haitian sitting on a grave and a inviting headline:  "Hope For Haiti".  Online, there are a series of pictures, all the same size with smaller headlines.  The Haiti lead does not stand out as being any more important as the others.
• A striking difference is links to the newspapers Twitter updates on the front page of the online edition.  I think it was a little over-done.  It left me with feeling like the point they were trying to make was, 'Wow look at us, we have a twitter account!'
• The online edition has tags to different subjects covered in its current edition.  Obviously, you are unable to link to anything in the print edition.
• The online edition has encouraged feedback on all of it's stories, with  use of a handy form for giving such at the bottom of each article. 
  
• I find the print edition to be laid out extremely well.  It is organized, easy to read and stylish.  The online edition, while having many cutting edge conversion media items, is sloppy and disorganized.  

     I think the online version of this paper is putting form in front of content.  In other words, too much emphasis has been put on use of newer tools of mass media and the layout has suffered because of it.  Fine tuning the layout and ease of access would make it a fantastic enhancement to the print edition.  It's definitely not there yet! 

Advocate Student Newspaper - University of Colorado - Analysis of Online vs. Print editions

   The University of Colorado Advocate newspaper is touted to be Colorado's only student-run alternative weekly.  It is available in most Auroria Campus buildings in print form as well as online at http://www.ucdadvocate.com.  For the purpose of this analysis, I have carefully examined the January 27 - February 2, 2010 edition. 
     While viewing the online edition, I found similarities in content with the print edition but striking differences in layout:

• From the cover of the printed edition, it is very clear to the reader what the top story or feature story is: "Welcome To The Future".  The cover is adorned with that Headline and a futuristic cartoon of a post modern kitchen and a George Jetson- like helmet on a man standing in the foreground.  Though this picture and headline is also visible on the online edition, it is much smaller and the 'Welcome To The Future' headline does not stand out from the other headlines.
• The online edition has more information below the headline, I assume to entice the viewer to read more of the article.  The print edition, naturally, just goes right into the story.
• The online edition makes great use of color photography, whereas the print edition pictures are black and white.
• The online edition is enhanced with video links to support the stories.  Obviously this is not possible in the print edition.

     Both publications are well organized and look sharp.  I noticed the logo seems somewhat stretched on the print edition, as compared to the online logo.  I wonder, however, if the logo stretch on the print edition was purposely done to look futuristic which would match the cartoon on the cover.