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4 Things I learned from Old Spice Man About Marketing!


Learn Marketing from the Old Spice Man!

Old Spice is like Oldsmobile…  someone drives/uses them, but it certainly isn’t you or anyone you would consider having drinks with… right… Their new campaign featuring a hot man speaking only to WOMEN in a pseudo “romance novelish” series of scenes offering women tickets to “that thing you love” which quickly turn into diamonds is hysterical! This product truly suffered from being “out of style” and pigeon holded as something your Dad used that someone always gave him along with Soap on a Rope for Christmas. It was definitely not HOT or Modern! Read the full story

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Do Something Different and See What Happens…


I ordered my Smoothie, 20 oz Angel Food with DD,  like i do every morning at Smoothie King, and as i waited and listened to the sound of 6 blenders humming at once, I became aware of the situation. As each of us ordered our Smoothie we then stepped back away from the counter with our backs to the vitiamins and health snacks and stared into space or looked at our cell phones… I watched as a new person came in, ordered his Smoothie.. and took his spot about 5 feet from the counter with the rest of us… no one had told us to stand behind the invisible line… no one had indicated where to stand…   Read the full story

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Font Conference! LOL


I see some familiar TYPE FACES. Love this script…  great! If you deal with fonts, you will find it even funnier!
Font

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Death at a Funeral (DVD of the Month!)


One of the funniest films I have seen in a long time. It you love British Humor, you have to see this film. If you don’t, you still need to see it. Great comic timing. Although it is from the director of Bowfinger, the film is very british while Bowfinger was decidely american, however they share the same mixture of subtle and over the top comedy that makes a film really enjoyable. Just when you are beginning to recover from a giggle you are taken by an outright knee slapping laugh. Nice ride!

Basically the film is about two brothers who deal with a number of hilarious distractions at their fathers funeral. Everything from his gay lover showing up to a drugged up funeral attendee naked on the roof.

You can wait to DVD if its not playing near you, but please DO SEE THIS FILM!

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The Darjeeling Limited (DVD Choice of the Month!)



Current mood:  content
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities

A romp! I loved it.
This film is literally a journey. Lovely, and funny, witty and somber. poignant and yet completely frivolous!

3 Brothers (Owen Wilson, Adrien (gorgeous) Brody and Jason Swartsman (also one of the writers) seek what they cannot find. The approval of their mother, the meaning in their fathers life and death, their relationship to eachother… in east asia they discover the answers… and it is a riot to watch…. A must see.

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Another Self Obsessed Quiz



Current mood:  creative
Category: Quiz/Survey
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If you could live in any other place, where & why? CAHOR, FRANCE, in my castle because its a trainride from many countries and yet it is a world apart.
What animal best represents you & why? AN EAGLE (not bald though), I like to fly off and see things from a different perspective. I also like to be alone at times, enjoy a view from the top, can be a preditor when i see something i want, and am protective of what is mine. All this with class and I give a mean dirty look when  I want to.
What is the craziest thing you ever did? Truffle Hunt with a Large Hog, but recently.. i guess moving to a place i knew nothing about, making a life and having a great time at it all on my own. (well, with yod hey vav hey at my side).
If you could meet anyone, who would it be & why? G-d, but as for earth people..  I think I would like to meet Steven Spielburg, for his genius. Adrien Brody, to look into his eyes – and Oscar Wilde perhaps.. for fun.
If you could go back in time & live in any decade, which would it be & why? Early 1920′s during the rush to Hollywoodland. I would have been Theda Bara.. i mean, she wouldnt have had a chance with me in town.
If you could have any superpower what would it be? Wisdom. and then perhaps flying around. I like the idea of soaring off.
Whos is your ultimate celebrity crush? Today: Adrien Brody. Last month, the kid from Disturbia, Shia LeBouf, before that… I can’t recall. I dont stay in lust.. its usually a passing fancy.
What color best represents you? Red.
What would your life’s theme song be? It’s a Charmed Life. (everythings wild, crayola skies for a thousand miles….)
Who would you cast to play you in a movie? Ideally, Selma Hayek, but i think i would just rather play myself..
What celebrity best represents your vision of fashion? Anne Hathaway. Kate Winslet.
What would your life movie be called? Chosen.
What is the greatest music video of all time? Thriller. perhaps… I like videos with a lot of wardrobe changes though.
If you could star in any t.v. show, which one would it be? I am. It will be coming out soon, but one that is already made?  That Girl.
What vehicle best represents you? 2006 Maseradi Coupe. Not the most flashy exotic, but defintely an exotic. Sensible enough without being mundane. Tempermental, cool, intellegent, with a long history of good and bad choices.
If you could bring back 1 famous person from the dead for a day, who & why? I wouldn’t. Dead people are meant to be that way, but for practical reasons, perhaps Steve Irwin…

If you became president, what would you do first? Deal with the inequality of women in business, politcs etc..  then work on some green issues.
If you got one tattoo, what would it be? Never!
If you were on MTV’s Made, what would you ask to be? A Jazz Singer.
Who do you think is the hottest athlete? Tiger Woods. Cute and not too buffed out. Pete Sampras was here ROLO! Susan met him.
Who do you think is the hottest  actor/actress? Adrien Brody or Gerard Butler.
Who do you think is the hottest  musician/singer/rapper? Michael Buble
Who do you think is the hottest  t.v. reality star? I dont watch much actual tv…
What sport best represents you & why? Cricket.  it just prissy and yet british men love it.
What is your most missed memory of childhood? Arizona Summers. Disneyland Trips.
What is your greatestaccomplishment? Remaining true to myself in the face of so much negative energy. Forming friendships that make no sense, but are lasting.

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A little Fairytail…



Category: Writing and Poetry
Princess Charming

Once Upon a time in a land far far… well it wasn’t that far… but pretty far.. Well..it was a good stretch of the legs from… well it all depends on where you are located actually perhaps it happened near by.. In any case, from where I live it is just a metrolink ride away.. So to get back to the point.

There once lived a poor but handsome, buff, sexy.. Muscular.. Tattooed sailor type, you know with the long hair and the full lips… tan and… *ahem* excuse me… Well, he lived in this old run down shack.. A hovel.. A lean-to.. It was actually his old man’s tool shed, after his father died.. Of some seedy disease, his step mother… who had two sons of her own.. One scrawny, the other of the extreme opposite body type… made him live in the tool shed.. He was forced to wait on his two un-manly type bros from sun up …well again to the next sun up.. And well it was a constant thing.

He had to serve them breakfast in bed.. Wash their clothes.. Clean the pool.. Feed the gerbil… He was even forced to do the marketing… (which he hated most of all).. From his tool shed on the hill, he could see the towers of a huge Mansion… Someone said that Madonna lived there.. But that story was unconfirmed.. When he had finished his chores… well he never finished his chores, bcz there was always more to do.. I mean the boy’s work was never done.. So in reality he would just take a cigarette break in between spin and rinse cycles.. And he would look up at the spires.. And dream of Princess Charming… he had met her Once Upon a Dream.. La la la da da da.. Oh… Well, he knew that someday.. She would come to rescue him from his impoverished state and kiss his dish pan hands.. And make it all better…

One day..I think it was in May… no it was too hot for may… and the Oscars had long since past.. It must have been July.. In any case– an invitation came to the family from the big mansion where Madonna supposedly lived.. Low and behold it was not from the Queen of Mainstream Porn, but instead from Princess Charming.. She had invited “EVERY” male in the city of Angels.. Actually in the County.. And the County of L.A… well that is a big … well it’s a lot of males..

The poor boy had nothing to wear and so he wept unabashedly into the pool as he cleaned it…

“Oh whoa is me” I think is what he said.. Or was it “Oh S**t! I’m screwed!” I can’t be sure..

Behold! A really wiggy thing happened then.. It wasn’t that shocking for those of us who live in Hollywood– but for all the rest of you..well— a fairy appeared.. The fairy wore the height of fashion from 1976.. His eyes gleamed from beneath his Afro and he spoke:

“Man, what you cryin’ for?” He said, and shifted position.

The poor boy looked up at the fairy, and after admiring his general splendor; told him all about his problem and not having any threads worthy of the party…

To make a long story short.. Which is too late–
POOF! He waved his– I not sure what he waved– but in a flash the poor but virile boy.. Was now dressed in a crystal suit… and the fairy POOFED here and there, and after excusing himself, he made a stretch limo complete with jacuzzi and video shorties appear and then he drove away in it…

The poor boy hopped the RTD (that’s the public bus) to the party, and as he entered the ball room everyone’s eyes turned to him.. The room fell silent, except for a few gasps, here and there.. And of course that annoying person who always coughs when it is silent in a crowded room! Perhaps it was his handsome face, or his six pack abs.. Or his majestic height, or the way he carried himself… but I think more likely it was the fact that you could see right through his suit…

Anyway, Princess Charming rushed over and was so overwhelmed by his—uh— personality.. That she asked him to marry her and take her name.. And live in her house and maybe even share some of her stuff… He said Yes! Yes1 yes! and she bought him a HUGE diamond ring, a fur coat, and a Lamborghini Diablo SV! And of all her conquests, he was her favorite.. She later wrote in her memoirs….

And they lived pretty happily till the divorce in the summer of… uhh.. Well it was sometime after the Northridge earthquake.. I remember that…

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Humor wins your audience to a product!


Because I really appreciate good marketing! I love humor in advertising, it is a gift that allows the consumer to feel as though you have given them something back in return for their valuable time.

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Nanny Diaries – Cute & Funny…



Current mood:  artistic
Category: Movies, TV, Celebrities
The Nanny Diaries is a cute little movie. Funny, Sad, Sweet. Nothing to write home about, but perhaps Scarlet was sick of working with Woody and needed a break.Soft, Clean, Good Hearted Fun. If you liked 13 Going on 30, Just Like Heaven, The Devil Wears Prada, Legally Blonde.. you will most likely enjoy The Nanny Diaries.

A student of antropology takes a job as a Nanny to a rich family in upper NY only to find out that the upper east side can be a JUNGLE of a different kind. She meets a gorgeous hunk, of course, and helps a rich distant mother reconnect with her life and her son.

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Disturbia!


Okay, so after attending fitness BOOTCAMP I went to Sushi and drinks, then hit the movies with Carmen and Karen. We saw Disturbia starring Shia LaBeouf. I have never been into younger men, or been one to want to go back in time, but my goodness… Shia is such a cutey!!!! Ahhh to be 18 again…

The movie was fun! and scary… then i scared Carmen during an intense part and she beat me up… Look for Shia to be another Leo… he is not only cute, but he has the “it” factor. I am a fan!

Okay, so it is a total rip off of Rear Window, which is a way better movie, but SHIA… ummm SHIA… nuf said! It is very fun!

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