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.

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.

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!

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.

Oh The Places You'll Go (But Really the People You'll See)

Last night, at an hour much past my preferred slumber time, I got in the car and trekked out to the airport to pick up the younger sibling. This brings me to my first question. Why are airports never located near the city that they service? They are always on the outskirts at the absolute most inconvenient location. Yet, away I drove, minutes upon minutes until I at last arrived.

On said trip to the airport, the adventurers were my parents and I later joined by my sister once her plane finally arrived. Now, our airport is not very large, and everything on the inside was closed by the time we got there. Here I was thinking the trip would be unexciting and bland. Boy was I wrong. I forgot about the people you see in an airport.

Right outside of an airport gate is the mixing pot of society. The characters range from people waiting for their loved ones, traveling professionals, and mish mosh of others.

The first character was a middle-aged black man who was nonchalantly reading the newspaper. I assumed him to be waiting for his wife to arrive, but who can really be sure? His person seemed irrelevant until a construction worker walked past the man and suddenly you hear "Grrr. Yip, yip, yip. Grrr." Upon further inspection, I notice that a miniature schnauzer-esque dog was perched in his lap. All two pounds of the animal about to lurch at the passing constructionite. Crazy dog people.

Another woman I saw was an elderly Asian lady standing shy of five feet tall. She had on bedazzled tennis shoes, white pants, hot pink stretchy top, and pearled cat glasses straight out of the 70s. She looked fabulous, and I loved every second of it.

The last character worth mentioning was a young, professional white woman who got off the same plane as my sister. She donned a color block dress, four inch stilettos and worked her Louis Vuitton bag down the exit ramp as though we were all here for her fashion show.

It makes me realize that you should always make a statement with your style. You never know who's noticing.

When to Post a Blog

Have you ever wondered when is the best time to post a blog? The best day? Well first, it depends what you are looking for. Social interaction, pageviews or unique viewers all pique on different days and times. The first step is determine what you're after.

Here's a quick list for all you bloggers out there. Hope you find it helpful and may your blogging be ever successful!

• Blogs posted on Mondays get the most traffic. But if it's shares you're after, those are best on Thursdays!
• Blogs see the most traffic around 10 am CST. So make sure you get up early to pen those thoughts!
• If it's comments you're after, try posting on Sundays as historically that day sees the most. 

The post I read had many more statistics, but these are few nitty, gritty details. Main takeaway, publish early and throughout the week. This will help your blogging to get the most reach and interaction. In my time blogging, I have definitely noticed the trend of early morning posting results in more views.

Happy blogging!

Source: http://socialfresh.com/best-time-of-day-to-blog/

Conversation Snippet

Blog section that I will post when I find a part of an overhead conversation interesting, humorous, strange, etc.

Where: a local coffee spot
Between: the cashier and customer

Conversation snippet:


Cashier: "Wouldn't that be cool if that was my job. Official greeter... just like at Walmart."