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I’m not quite sure why I’m so surprised by this that

Apr15

While waiting for the orthodontist I saw this Louis Vuitton ad printed in Town & Country Travel magazine:

…underneath which was this incorrectly written sentence:

The same ad is published elsewhere with correct wording, although I can’t find an image that isn’t under lock and key, forcing me to paaaaay for it, but the correction to the word “that” is “than”.

It’s a common error to type that instead of than, but I’m just super surprised they let such a glaring error go to print. I can understand an article typo, a caption typo, but… a Louis Vuitton print ad? Linked to major celebrities? (Oh, c’mon, Andre and Steffi are celebrities.) I am guessing someone got fired for that?

That ad is very romantic when written correctly. Too bad it was ruined by the misplaced that.

This angers me.

Mar4

This advertisement (which I refuse to show here) compares smoking to terrorism, and uses the imagery of the WTC on 9/11 in cigarette form.

I realize that marketing school is turning out those fancy edge-pusher graduates who think that shock value is the only way to get a message across, but that is going way too far.

And I’m not using caps or italics or bold or extra vowels to state that, but there is rage brewing inside of me. And I’m not going to stoop to their level by suggesting, “when your parents die in a fiery car crash please send me images of their dead bodies so I can post them on my blog and advise people to fly to their destination via [insert my favorite airline here] instead” … but I kinda wanna.

I may not have a TV but I still have an opinion

Feb14

I respectfully disagree with Rickey of rickey.org about Josiah Leming’s choice during Hollywood Week of American Idol 7.

Frame of reference:

I did not see his decision to excuse the band while he sang his song as a “diva” move. This kid is “homeless,” living in his car. He was trying to get his chance at becoming the next American Idol. He made arrangements for each person in the band but they refused his arrangements. When he tried to sing with the band it went horribly wrong for Stand By Me. So, when he got to the stage to sing in front of the judges after little sleep and having no other choice, it surprised me that he excused the band but then it made sense to me. I saw it as, “if I’m going to fuck this up I’m going to do it all on my own.” And that’s what happened. And hopefully he’ll come back next year with the knowledge under his belt that, until he gets that contract, he has to fit into the cookie cutter. :frown: