Advertising often utilizes the celebrity voice to push products, and for good reason. These are easily recognizable figures who are larger than life. People who could eat anywhere in the world, but they choose McDonald’s. People who could wear anything, but they choose to shop at Brooks Brothers. Sometimes these endorsements make sense (like getting…
Read MoreThe Diet Diaries: #4 (Strawberry Pretzel Pie)
If you haven’t noticed already, my main diet obsession has become finding ways to eat dessert without feeling guilty. I don’t eat it all that often, but when I meet up with Ryan and Laura for Survivor night we have a cooking system. Laura makes a fabulous dinner and I make a fabulous dessert. It’s…
Read MoreYou’re standing on my neck
What have I been doing since Tuesday afternoon? This: Huzzah! Not to sound like a super nerd, but I’ve been waiting for this for years. All five seasons, the two movies, and a slew of bonus features. The only thing missing is most of the original music clips used in the show, which is a…
Read MoreThe Advertising Twilight Zone
Now in month 10 of unemployment, I have taken up a new pastime: commercial heckling. I often find myself screaming at television ads, or more specifically, screaming at the creative teams behind the ads. “What the hell were you thinking?” is the most common jeer, but in a close second is the ever-popular, “I could…
Read MoreThe Diet Diaries: #3 (A baking miracle!)
Over the years, the Internet has brought me countless hours of wonder and delight. Starting with the family’s first dial-up connection to Prodigy (technically more of an intranet, but I’m not here to split hairs) I have been glued to that magic portal. After all this time together, today I experienced my first Internet-related religious…
Read MoreChildren and Animals
It’s been suggested that a well-placed dose of adorable goes a long way in helping to sell a product. Take, for example, Oscar Mayer hot dogs. Get a kid with a few missing teeth to smile and exclaim that they wish they were a weiner and it’s advertising gold. Get a guy in a grubby…
Read MorePhoto Limbo
I may be the only person on this planet who still does not own a smartphone. Shocking as this may be (especially considering my penchant for online media), it’s simply the unfortunate reality of unemployment. Therefore, despite all my wishful thinking, my phone is just a phone. I make calls, I send texts, and from…
Read MoreCathedrals
Looking for a cd to play in the car, I found a bunch of old mixes from my college years. Most of them are only labeled with the date, and those that have titles are non-descriptive things like “for the drive to Waldorf.” (Apparently my creativity did not extend as far as my music collection.) …
Read MoreKitty want to get high?
Ever wonder what it would be like if you were a cat on LSD? Me neither. However, Friskies seems to think that taking your cat on a wild dance through fields of baby chickens at each meal is a key selling point. If this looks at all familiar to you, perhaps you recall the extra-trippy…
Read MoreLook with your special eyes
It’s not often that something can make me laugh, without fail, every time I see it. But when he looks with his special eyes and sees ::gasp:: his brand, I nearly pee myself. I can’t get enough of this commercial for 1-800-Contacts. It reminds me a bit of an ad that was done by Publicis…
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Positively Natalie 