"ad astra per alia porci"


Thursday, April 10, 2008

If a picture could speak 1000 words...

Dear the Unspoken,

These nuns are rubbing oil over their bald heads
after shaving their hair off as means of protest.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008

Top Fives Bitch! (Part Deux)

Dear bullets (not the deadly kind),

Since my imagination is lacking and my muscles are sore I will keep this one concise.

Things That are Hard to do With Your Left Hand Because You are Right-Handed:
  1. Paint the finger-nails on my right hand
  2. Brush my teeth (this combined with the mirror means up is left, right is down, and rinsing goes into my eyeballs)
  3. Performing open heart surgery...alone
  4. Being a pirate
  5. Petting a unicorn
Things That are Hard to do With no Toes:
  1. Walk
  2. Walk faster
  3. Run
  4. Sprint
  5. Fly
Things That are Hard to do With Toes:
  1. Succeed at life.
  2. Bake some delicious cookies.
  3. Crawl
  4. Properly use a microwave.
  5. Hug a unicorn.
Tall Animals to Ride Around the World:
  1. Giraffes
  2. Elephants
  3. Emperor Penguinos
  4. Pandas (when they're standing on their tippy toes)
  5. Hippopotamoose
Things to Give me for a Present:
  1. A unicorn
  2. A cookie
  3. Peanut Butter
  4. Kitty
  5. A panda bear with a year's supply of bamboo
HAPPY HUMP DAY!

Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Tip the Scale

Dear Cords Under the Sea,

I first heard of 'viral marketing' from by big bro who mentioned it in passing I think when talking about SNL's Lazy Sunday. For those not in the know, viral marketing a phenomenon that uses "pre-existing social networks to increase brand awareness."

Using YouTube, Google Video and other such portals everyday yous and mes are able to sing, dance, laugh, and animate their innermost desires. However the fundamental factor in this so-called technique is that the primary mode of transmission is through word-of-mouth. Since it is all voluntary you as a internet celebrity in the making must find something that catches people, something amazing, shocking, or wondrous that will make them forward your link onto their friends. So there is a difference between posting a video of you covering Kelly Clarkson's latest tune and getting signed by Justin Timberlake, and that difference is popularity.

In today's day and age the effects of the information superhighways can not only increase the celebrity status of your college friends (think the Chinese Backstreet Boys) but can increase awareness on something perhaps a little more pertinent to the workings of the world. But on that note I'll stop before I get too serious.