Commercials and After-School Specials: Let the lameness begin!

Can I just say something? (It's my blog... so I don't care what your answer is). I have a serious problem when it comes to commercials and the kids in them who essentially act like heathens.
Seriously? Watch the commercial below, who raises their kids to act like this?! If my son brought home kids who acted like this I would seriously be pissed and the last thing I would do is serve them my frozen goodies; I have better ways to spend my five dollars and it is NOT on kids who act like they were raised in a barn! And what's worse is when the kid DOES offer his bratty friends snacks from his parent's kitchen, they turn up there noses and refuse! Wow!








And while I'm on it, this commercial is annoying as well. At :27, this kid just gets up and leaves his oreo AND a full glass of milk on the CARPET???! Umm no. That kid would be turning right around and picking up that milk before he's on the floor with Resolve. This just isn't realistic. For one thing, he really should be at a table when engaging in an activity that could result in brown crumbs and milk in the carpet. MILK. Am I the only one who knows how bad milk smells after a few days. His mom would be doing some SERIOUS scrubbing to get that smell out. And the carpet is white! You can't eat an oreo without dropping those things EVERYWHERE... so on WHITE carpet? Nope. I don't buy it... for second.







There are many more, namely the kids who run around the house knocking things over and drawing on everything. I suppose these commercials may make parents think "Thank God my child isn't a heathen like THAT! If this product worked for their animal-child, surely it will work with my normal one!" Still doesn't make me just want to put these kids in a really long time-out.









On another note, I was having a conversation with my ole buddy Lucas and we started to reminisce on special episodes of our FAVORITE tv shows. Hahahaha.
Anyway, for a good laugh:





In the clip below, it starts getting good at 6:23, but if you don't have 5 minutes to watch DJ Tanner drama, you can skip on ahead to 9:00, where the Danny Tanner goodness is at a prime. Now, I know eating disorders are no laughing matter... But when portrayed on Full House, I have to say that they are. The last two lines are golden. I hope you enjoy:

Polychrome 2008

Videos I found on my computer yesterday from the Polychrome trip I took in Denali National Park last June.
You may have seen them on my facebook, but just wanted to put them here as well.
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Feminism - Take I

Recently, class readings and class discussions have resurrected some dormant thoughts and have left me thinking about things I should have never let myself put on the back burner. We discussed Power Feminism in class today and it was just a really refreshing discussion. The idea that we, as women, are NOT bound by patriarchy to be or do any particular thing. The idea that whether you choose to be a housewife or an executive, that choice is made because it is your CHOICE and NOT because of patriarchal pressure. Now, it may seem pretty obvious that patriarchy is still very much in existence, but I can't see why anybody would deny that the only reason for that is because of society's upholding of patriarchy. Women blame patriarchy for many things, when really and truly, why can't we just do things because we WANT to... we may be judged for the things that we do and there may be serious stigmas on the things we do, as long as we allow that to LIMIT us, the stigmas will remain. We have to go out and do and prove that these things are do-able.. not wait for them to be "acceptable" in all realms before we take that step. So, in essence, i just think it is incredibly empowering to embrace the idea that what we do is what we do because it is what we WANT to do. Ignoring social pressures is hard and almost impossible for some people... but if we REJECT patriarchy, we are not being influenced by patriarchal pressures.

I have more to say about all this, but at this time, I really just wanted to share the refreshing ideas above. Nothing new, just something it is easy to let fall by the wayside, or something it is easy to forget. I feel like this can be applied to people of all ethnicities, sexualities, genders, etc.. but on each of these there are other factors and levels. And while civil rights have come a long way - in all aspects - it does not mean they have come far enough. But I think that as long as minorities in general lay down and take the oppression are giving power to their oppressors.

I don't know. I could talk about this for days, but I won't.
It is rainy and I'm enjoying sitting in the dark, watching daytime TV and pretending that I DON'T have a TON of work to do this weekend.


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Ohhhh Cadbury.

Is there even a way to NOT love this one? It's classic!!!
(sorry for video posting bonanza)

Remix Fantastic!

And you thought the SlapChop Remix was catchy!

Midterm down, Final and a paper to go....

Okay, lately school has grown discouraging. I even walked into class yesterday and told a friend I feel as though I am growing dumber as I grow older and spend more time in college.
Modern Literary Theory and Criticism or whatever the class is called has really been killing me. I feel like I don't have enough time to do all my work, and after making a B on my first Psych test (which gravely disappointed me), the second test fell on the same day as my theory and crit midterm. I was severely stressed about this English midterm, and allocated all my time to prepare for it. I got the Psych test back first and made a 68. So, I needless to say, I was feeling pretty down. Then came my speech on Monday (yesterday)... which I bombed. After a flawless practice run, my speech went under by two minutes and I totally forgot to say some things and jumbled my conclusion. Then I went to English.
The breakdown of grades was as follows on this incredibly tough exam:
1 A, 1 A-, 4 B+, 1 B, 3 B-, 2 C+, 3 C, 2 C-, 4 D/F.
My heart dropped when I saw the breakdown and after I made it outside and lit a cigarette I opened up my paper...

AHHHHHH!I did not write this post to brag, but to vent about how excited I am... and I am still in disbelief. I DID NOT expect to get the highest grade in the class... at all... And now, I think I am even more nervous about the final and the critical paper because there is no reason for me to make less than an A in this class now that I know that I am (magically... somehow) "capable" of doing so... Pressure's on!!!


On my paper I want to do To Kill A Mockingbird... not much available, but I think it is substantial stuff... Only time will tell... whew.

Ummm, okay. Just saw this and thought it seemed odd. Back in the day, Brit was always talking about what a workout junkie she was. I don't know how these people promoting this acai stuff get away with using fake celebrity endorsements. They've gotten in trouble with Dr. Oz and Oprah... weird.

Anyway, this made me laugh out loud so I posted it. Whatever.