May 2009
17 posts
WatchI’m deadly tired from the flu that I’m currently fighting, but Adurday is too important to disregard! So, let me just say- this ad from the 80s gave us a timeless catch phrase that I remember even though I wasn’t born yet. I’m not sure if Wendy’s actively did anything to encourage the phrase’s adoption by popular culture, but if they did it certainly worked.
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WatchOne of advertising’s classics!
I almost used this campaign as one of the case studies for my thesis, but my thesis advisor told me not to. Oh well. I still think it applies very well to my general argument that the most effective advertising appeals to cultural subsects and is based off of pre-existing cultural trends.
However, I think that Mac users tend to be less anti-establishment...
Random Thoughts of the Week
1. I just drank a lot of coffee, so hang in there, this post should be long and babble-y and incoherent. Woo! My favorite. :-D
2. I really need to get a new job or a second job or something. Hanging out at my apartment all day has only led to three things: (1) lots of video games, (2) obsessive cleaning, or (3) cooking more than anyone could ever eat. I already cleaned the entire apartment...
Food Star: How Does "Iron Chef America" work? →
I am watching the food network and was wondering how iron chefs can be so awesome and I stumbled upon this site. I know all you secrets now, food network! Muahahahaha!
WatchOne of my favorite Nike ads of all time and one that I critiqued in my senior thesis.
Btw, I’m making up my own meme and it will be ADurday! (Like Saturday, but with advertising!) Woo!!!
Leave your own comments and critiques below!
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Gary Vaynerchuk VS Lee Clow: the marketing match... →
I left a looong comment on Edward Boches’s blog again. :)
Ad agencies are as clueless about social media as... →
This is from the blog of Edward Boches of Mullen. I left a comment here today. Check it out!
Dracula: 5 May →
I’m reading Dracula in real time. It was written as an epistolary novel (like a diary), so the entries are posted in the blog on the same day that the journal entries are dated.
This is a very cool concept, but it has one huge fatal flaw. I wanna read the next entry now. I have no patience. And I refuse to wait until my interest is gone! I’m seizing the moment!
Does anyone know...
Alice Cooper - “School’s Out”
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dELiAs > Hiawatha Flat > shoes > flats →
I want these shoes SO BAD.
R. Kelly - “I Believe I Can Fly”
This...
Brain-Twitter project offers hope to paralyzed... →
Social media will change the world!
This is one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time.
It is MAYYYYY!!!!
Classes are finally over, my thesis is handed in, and I can SLEEP AGAIN! Hallelujah! And I can finally work long enough to actually make enough money to pay my rent again! I will have time to do my spring cleaning! I will have time to do laundry for the first time in like two months! This is all kinds of wonderful!!!
Speaking of paying the rent, I had a fabulous interview...