Wednesday, November 21, 2012

Eve of Thanksgiving

'Twas the eve of Thanksgiving when all through the work place, employees stared at the clock putting on quite a sad face. Come on five o'clock they beg and they wish. I'm ready for Thanksgiving day and a nice turkey dish.

Oh two glorious days off appeared right ahead. They all planned on spending it nestled in bed. With mama in the kitchen and the men by the TV, football drowns out the sound of the pee-wees.

Just make it to five, just the end of the day. That thing called work is really getting in the way. Oh, here I go pretending to labor. It all will be worth it, Thanksgiving break savior.

Monday, November 19, 2012

But It's Mid-November

The local radio station has officially started playing 24 hours of Christmas music as of Sunday, November 18.

But it's Mid-November.

Poor Thanksgiving is the red-headed stepchild of holidays.

Friday, November 16, 2012

5 Most Ridiculous Perfume Ads

Although, yes I'm an advertising professional, even I can admit when the ads out there get a little bit wonky. A genre that tends to get real ridiculous, real fast? Perfume. Sure there's the normal scantily clad beautiful woman with a bottle, but some go above and beyond.

Which ones you ask? Read on, I say.


  • Moschino Glamour Perfume
Obviously this glamour perfume makes your lips curl into a kissy face as you wonder why you were born a female, pretending a strand of your hair is a french mustache. Spray some more on me!


  • Lady GaGa Fame
I'll preface this by saying I am a die hard LGG fan, but yet this ad seems a bit much. What woman wants men climbing all over her? Isn't one enough? Not to mention who knows the last time they washed their hands.


  • Siren by Paris Hilton
Wow, just wow. The only thing worse than Paris Hilton is the Ariel-esque Paris Hilton. Strangely, I think she has more clothes on in this ad than she normally does in real life.


  • Gucci by Gucci
Nothing makes we want to buy a bottle of perfume quite like a 35 pound bottle. Bigger isn't always better. And judging from the look on the models face, perfume may cause depression.

  • Someday by Justin Bieber 
Oh the bieber-fever. As if his masculinity wasn't already in question, he then releases a ladies perfume line and a nail polish line.



Have any that you think should have made the list? Let me know!





Thursday, November 15, 2012

Fantasy Football Problems: A Follow Up


Sure, people can argue the negative side of social media in today’s world. It takes over our lives, we cut down our sentences to 140 characters, and some become delusional about their relationships with celebrities—although the verified Lady GaGa does follow me so therefore it is not a delusion.  In the next few paragraphs I will inform the public of one example of good that resulted from the wonderful outlet known as Twitter. Twitter helped me win my fantasy football game.

Let me set the scene. It’s Sunday better known as Gameday. My star wide-receiver, Roddy White, is questionable to play, and Yahoo! informs me it will be a “game time decision”. Game time decision! How is a girl supposed to set up her line up? As luck would have it, he is playing the late game, so I have to make my benching decisions immediately. As I sit there, chomping on my nails and browsing through my other wide receiver options, I realize that this Roddy White circus could make or break my outcome of the week. I mean I am playing against Drew Brees and AJ Green, so every point I can get matters!



That is when it dawned on me. I quickly opened a new tab and Googled “Roddy White twitter”. I was led directly to his page, and the answer to my dilemma was typed in front of me. It seemed as if he was tweeting right to me.
Fantasy owners I’m playing Monday. In 33 characters, I was able to make an educated decision. Had this scenario occurred in a pre-social media world, I would not have been able to access this piece of insider information. Social media allows us to connect to people and events in real time and in ways that were previously impossible. Needless to say, this piece of information led to a victory.