Foursquare is a fairly newer program that is used when on a mobile phone. Members of this program can note their location and can find out where their friends are at and their recent activities. It gives people a new way to explore their cities. It is the newest form of social networking. It is a way for people who have mobile devices to interact with their environment. Some special features about this program are that you can earn points, unlock badges for discovering new things, and you can earn mayorship.
I have never used this program but I keep hearing more and more about it. It is becoming the new big thing in social media. I have many friends who “check in” to Foursquare on a daily basis in competition to achieve mayorship. It is like a game, competition, and a cool way to explore new places around where you live.
It is one of those things that I feel like if I start using it, I will be addicted. It almost seems like a way to stalk your friends and beat their “high scores.” I think it is so interesting that there are new things popping up every day for new ways to interact and stay connected.
Louis Vuitton is trying a new look to their bags and to their advertisements by going all natural. They decided the best way to kick off their ads would be to have Angelina Jolie in their ad because she is a humanitarian activist. They wanted their whole piece to look natural. When I think of Angelina Jolie I don’t think of natural at all. Every time you see her on TV or on the red carpet she is caked with makeup and entirely plastic. Louis Vuitton says that Angelina looks natural in this ad because she is barefoot, she is wearing all of her own clothing, her own bag is in the picture, and she is not wearing any makeup. In my opinion, she looks the same as she always looks, processed and plastic looking. The backdrop for the photo is the only thing that looks totally organic and natural. Angelina looks airbrushed and unrealistic. It looks more like a painting than it does a photo.
The biggest thing about this ad and all ads that gets to me is that they want their models to look natural and real but the photo never comes out that way. The photo that was taken is not the photo that everyone sees in the magazines. Once the photo is taken it is digitally touched up to make the models and actors look thinner and prettier than they are. I can understand using airbrush to hide acne but to make a smaller waist line or to make things different than they actually are is absurd. No wonder teenage girls think they need to be perfect and skinny. They are trying to model their bodies off of something that does not really exist.
I think my favorite commercial out there right now is the Sour Patch commercials. I think that they are cute, sweet, and eye catching. I am always wondering what is coming next with Sour Patch Kids. The commercials always have the same meaning but the delivery is always different and a surprise. “They’re sour and then they’re sweet.”
The reason that I like these commercials so much is because the advertisers were smart in creating them. The catch phrase has always been “they’re sour and then they’re sweet,” so in terms of advertising, there are so many things that could be done. I think the commercials are shocking in a humorous way. They take the meanings of sour and sweet to the extremes like cutting a girls hair and then giving her a hug or like putting up a fake tunnel for a bicyclist to run into and then giving him a band-aid. The sour part is way worse than the sweet part, but the person receiving the apology is always forgives the sour patch kid. That amuses me. In a way, sour patch kids are treating the world a lesson. No matter how bad the action was, you should always be the bigger person and forgive.
Sour Patch Kids are a sweet and sour treat, but the commercials are teaching the world about forgiveness while selling their product.
I am a big fan of shoes, especially heels. They are the one thing that I do not mind splurging my money on. I have seen the shoe industry go through good times, like Steve Madden’s Beige Platform Pumps, and through the bad times, like crocs in any color.
The newest technology in the shoe industry is, high-heeled shoes turning into flats with a push of a button. For anyone who wears heels on a regular basis, they know what a hassle they can be. Yes the look cute and make your legs look nice, but they are a hazard while driving and they are hard to walk long distances in. I know many women who have a pair of flats always handy in their purse for when they have to walk and when they have to drive.
There is no need for the doubling up on shoes anymore. There is now these “transforming shoes.” I am not too sure how well they work but they seem like a great idea. On the other hand, who knows how stable they are. They have to be a good brand and made correctly if they are going to work properly. I know that I have had heels snap off of my shoes more than once. These heels are made to move and hide in the shoe. If permanent heels on shoes are not always stable, how can these be.
I am a bit worried for the future of these heels, but maybe they are the next big thing.
Aston Martin is a manufacturer of luxury sports cars. A team of designers and a crew of builders work together to make hand renderings come to life. These cars are more than just sports cars, they are pieces of art. They strive on making their cars unique. Aston Martin stands for fine, civilized high performance sports cars, designed and produced by skilled craftsmen. Their two slogans are “Power, Beauty, and Soul,” and “… It’s living art.”
When deciding what brand I am most like, it was a no brainer. I have always loved cars since I was little, so I knew I was going to choose a car brand. Aston Martin stuck out in my head because the car’s designs are just as important as the cars themselves. That sold me on this brand. I am a technical theatre major at Marquette with an emphasis in design. My designs are very important to me. I love seeing my sets come to life. Aston Martin also values this concept. Along with the obvious reasons for choosing this brand, the slogan was important. I have always lived my life according to “power, beauty, and soul.”
Power is a strong word. I was told as a child that I have the power to do anything. I have the power to change the world and the power to be anything I want to. Power is more than just a sign of strength, it is also a sign of knowledge, love, and happiness. I am powerful in those areas.
In my everyday life, I attempt to be beautiful inside and out. Beauty is another powerful word from my past. I was always told that I am beautiful but beauty doesn’t matter if it doesn’t run within as well. I live my life trying to be nice and welcoming to everyone. That is true beauty.
The soul is a person’s morals and sense of identity. In the case of Aston Martin, all of their cars have individual identity. I like to live my life going against the natural flow of the world. I want my identity and soul to be different. I try hard to be a leader instead of a follower because in the end I want to be recognizable. I want to be seen as a person with a beautiful soul who changed the world.
Aston Martin is different from its competitors. It is more than just a car, it is living art. They don’t design their cars to make money or special features. They are different because they put power, beauty and soul into their creations. I am different from other people because I want to achieve those same goals. I want to be more than average in the world. I want to be seen as a powerful person with knowledge, love, and happiness, a beautiful person inside and out, and a person with an identifiable soul. I, along with Aston Martin, am trying to be the difference in the world.
This post relates to my last post about YouTube. I was spending time with my four year old cousin yesterday and her new favorite thing is Justin Bieber. She made me watch the movie "Justin Bieber: Never Say Never." It is a movie about how he became famous, who he is, and behind the scene footage of his concerts. I had the privilege of watching this movie four times in a row. Justin Bieber was founded on YouTube. He kept making videos of himself singing all different styles of songs and one day a manager called him up and wanted to get him out into the business. From there, he met Usher who is another one of his managers. Now he is a big star and every girl between the ages of 4 and 17 are in love with him. He went from being a no-body on YouTube to being a hit list singer. If it was not for YouTube he would not be known. It is amazing to me of how big an impact YouTube can be to someone’s life. It is an easy to use website and it is creating big time stars.
Twitter has also helped Justin’s career greatly. He tweets many different things about his life daily and he has people all over the world following him. Everyone wants to know what he is doing and where he is and how he is feeling. If it was not for Twitter and the amount of tweets he tweets, he would probably not have the fan base that he does.
He sure does have my cousin hooked. Of course she did not know him through YouTube or Twitter, but she is addicted to the movie and, at the age of four, she can recite everyone on of his songs.
Since Rebbecca Black's "Friday" became such a popular song on YouTube, people have been creating all kinds of parodies and spins off on it. "My Jeans" by Jenna Rose is a song about her jeans. It is very similar to Rebbecca Black's song in the style of the song and the layout of the music video.
The music video is a girl singing about waking up and not knowing what to wear. She turns her TV on and she sees an ad for new designer jeans that she just bought at the mall. She talks about all of the Disney Channel Stars wearing her jeans. She is shocked and excited about the fact that everyone is wearing the jeans just like her.
I think it is so bizarre that people think it is necessary to write and sing songs about wearing jeans and how it is almost Friday. What is this world coming to?
I am really writing this because of how YouTube is such a great website that is growing and producing all kinds of interesting things. People are becoming famous from what they posted on YouTube. Also what is so interesting is that when you search a certain video, you will get the real video but then right under it are usually tons of videos mimicking or mocking or saying how great that one video is. YouTube is a large advertisement for a lot of people.
I congratulate YouTube for what they are doing. Although there are many stupid videos out there that make me think, "why are these people wasting there time," there are also many videos that showcase talent, beauty, and potential fame.
