Posted on December 17, 2009 …
Loud Commercials Not Wanted
Occasionally when I’m watching television, the program will cut to commerical. [Normal] Sometimes the commercial that follows the program appears to be 100 decibels louder than the actual program [Exaggeration] [Not Normal]
I used to just see this as an annoyance, but commercials don’t last that long either. Turns out, a lot of people have a huge problem with the volume of a commercial being louder than the actual volume of a program. Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the CALM act (har har) which stands for Commercial Advertisement Loudness Mitigation. [I looked up this word - turns out it means the same as offensive. People just like to make things more difficult apparently]
Under this act, advertisers must make sure their commercials’ volume is lower than the actual program. The measure will be implemented within two years.
Not Another Teen Movie
I wasn’t alive in the 80′s, but that doesn’t mean I don’t know about Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, The Breakfast Club, and Pretty in Pink.
They were classics! Everyone loved them and everyone still loves them to this day.
From the time I was born up until… 2000, teenage hit movies were all the rage. They were funny, refreshing, and most of the time true. I didn’t know that yet because I was still probably eight and hadn’t lived through high school. Also, the actors and actresses in these movies sometimes overlapped and I swear, these kids all did the same movies together.
- Can’t Hardly Wait
- She’s All That
- Bring It On
- Cruel Intentions
- Never Been Kissed
- 10 Things I Hate About You
- American Pie
These had to be some of my favorite movies. A decade has passed and I want to know where they went. We had Mean Girls, yes, but that’s where it began and ended. Now that I’m ten years older, I wonder if I would still love these movies as much if they were to resurface again. Maybe it will just remain a part of my childhood.
So which was your favorite?
In the News… [some really messed up news]
- Despite his entire personal life being splashed across the front pages of newspapers and tabloids and his god-awful new nickname of “cheater Woods,” Tiger Woods was still voted the top athlete of the decade. Really…?
- Bilboard has also declared Nickelback as the band of the decade. What is wrong with the world?
- Today, Cincinnati Bengals receiver Chris Henry passed away after he suffered severe injuries upon falling out of a pickup truck during a messy dispute with his wife. He was discovered on a residential road and rushed to the hospital, but it was too late. He was 26.
- Our country is beginning to lose that “hope” that we were instilled with when Barack Obama became President this year. The numbers and percentages regarding optimism and reflection over President Obama’s job in the office have been declining rapidly. The numbers are online somewhere I’m sure, I watched the segment on NBC nightly news last night. If you thought our unemployment rate was bad in Seattle… well it’s 50% in Detroit. Yeah, that’s terrible.
- When I was nine years old, I was singing along to Spice Girls. These days I guess it’s okay for a nine-year-old Noah Cyrus, sister of Miley Cyrus, to be singing Akon’s “Smack That.” Does the girl even know what the lyrics mean? Miley’s camp is cheering for her like it’s cute, it’s not cute. It’s just discomforting.
- Reese Witherspoon and Jake Gyllenhaal have finally called it quits after three years together.
- The Hills will be returning for a sixth season on MTV. Filming will start up after New Years. NOOOOOOOOOO!
On a happier note…
Kevin Jonas [The Jonas Brothers] and Danielle Deleasa will wed this weekend
Happy 20th Anniversary Simpsons! They premiered on television exactly 20 years ago.
- Project Runway season 7 will return to Lifetime on January 14th.
- American Apparel has just announced that they have launched a nail polish line.
Will you buy Olsenboye?
Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are two of my favorite style icons. They have practically been my fashion influences since Full House. Aside from watching them grow up in their television shows and their series of weirdly romantic comedies like Passport to Paris, I have witnessed their growth in the debut of their two lines The Row and Elizabeth and James.
Both are beautiful collections, but way outside of my range. When I heard that Mary-Kate and Ashley were releasing their new line Olsenboye at JC Penny, I got a little bit excited. In fact, it was the same kind of excitement I felt when I heard Charlotte Ronson was collaborating with JC Penny as well. The news release of Olsenboye was huge in New York. There was a video teaser of young girls wearing the collection, a cupcake truck advertising the brand and selling merchandise all over the city and BALLOONS! Olsenboye was looking promising. Finally, women everywhere will be able to dress like the classy Olsen twins.
The Lookbook:
1) This isn’t how Mary-Kate and Ashley dress typically. I understand that it is a juniors line, but many of these trends happen to be outdated. The Gossip Girl wannabe blazers are okay, but why the badge? Why not keep it simple like Ashley Olsen’s usual look? Is it necessary for the plaid skirt to be high-waisted and fuller at the bottom? Don’t even get me started on that graphic tee above with slime colored writing.
2) I just went onto the JC Penny website, out of curiousity, to see if there would be more pieces featured. None of the items featured in the look book even appear on the website. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing at this point. In addition to this, all of the prices for the items on the website have been slashed in half!
Looks like the line didn’t do so well after all…
Temperley London
This entire look is really nice. I’d almost want to challenge it by throwing on brown boots instead of the black. This is something I see Natalie Portman wearing.
