Crafty

I am going to try this. I will take a picture and update on my blog if I survive the project unharmed. I feel this is a great way to incorporate a more neutral approach to flowers around the house. I feel that even though flowers are construed as a feminine decoration, when the flowers are planted in a alcohol bottle of a mans preference, the decoration becomes somewhat general neutral.

I found this idea and instructions at..

http://valueplus.tumblr.com/post/18772917574/accidentalcharm-i-am-a-girl-who-likes-her

Pinterest

Pinterest

If you have dabbled in the great world of pinterest you understand both of these pictures. Pinterest is like a virtual cork board for the world wide web. You set up your own page and connect a pinning tool at the top of your web browsing page so that no matter where you are on the Internet, you are able to pin, or save, what you find. Pinning is very convenient for when you are web browsing and find a cute clothing item, delicious recipe, or a great quote. Not only does the picture pin with a link to the original website to your personal pinterest board but it also shares to all of your followers and people you are following. Also you are able to just review the pinterest board of people you knows pins and people you don't know with an abundance of categories to chose from. The problem with pinterest is that it becomes very addicting and consumers are able to find all these crafty projects, cute outfits, great recipes, and fitness tips. So after a few hours of pinning you feel like you have completed all the tasks you pinned such as making those crafts, owning those outfits, create delicious meals, and completing the great works out, which in reality, you have just sat on the computer for hours wasting time.

Facebook Abuse

Facebook Abuse

Facebook may be a great place to find old and new friends and keep in touch but many people abuse this social media site. A very large and continuing problem with facebook and the ability for people to update there status every second and anywhere is that people share too much. Many times people over share on their statuses and cause more problems than they had to begin with. People use sometimes use their facebook to vent, or to get sympathy. When my facebook friends do this too often, I unfriend them immediately. Moral of the facebook story, use it, don't abuse it.

Paranoia

Paranoia

This may seem odd to some, but hits home for many of us. After watching many scary movies that have the very famous "person hiding in the shower", people feel the need to check behind a closed shower curtain before they begin their bathroom business. Having a bullying sibling or immature roommate that decides to scare you by jumping out behind the shower curtain also reinforces the fear. I know that myself and many of my friends are guilty of this paranoia when we are anywhere but our own house. And now that you have seen this you may feel that the one and only time you don't look, someone will surprise you.

Self Control

Self Control

A golden retriever stares at the 15 dog treats on his legs, just waiting to chomp them down. Yet when a cookie is set in front of humans, we have no control. Self Control is a trained event for many, including dogs. No normal dog would be have the ability or want to stare at something so delicious without snapping it up instantly. So next time you see that cookie that you could live without, think of this adorable pooch.

Creative Advertisment

Great Marketing

This company believes so much in their product that they are willing loose $300 million if the product breaks. This is what the ad explains, but in reality their is only a total of $500 in the whole case and underneath the real money is fake money. The ad also explains that a person wouldn't be allowed to break this glass using only their feet, so people are allowed to try to break it with only their feet and their is a guard standing by to make sure the rules are followed and that the fake money is not taken.


Image taken from: http://www.hookedonads.com/3m-security-glass-ad-break-it-and-you-can-take-the-money/

Crayola

Crayola Gets A New Customer

Crayola benefits from my crafty side. Crayola's target market is aimed at children and parents, but when a craft that could relate to anyone, the consumer of a product becomes more broad.
Thanks to pinterest, I kept seeing this cool craft of melting crayons on canvas to create a piece of art. Normally I wouldnt buy a few large boxes of crayons, but that is what my project called for. This shows by a company producing alternate uses for a product, they are able to stretch their normal target market.

Extreme Couponing

Extreme Couponing



The Extreme Couponing show on TLC has brought on a whole new aspect of shopping. Coupons use to have the image of a poor person, but with this show it has brought on the image of anyone interested in saving and not paying for items. Many may be annoyed of the craziness of the extreme couponers and the waste that comes from certain shoppers, such as the lady who gets cat food even though she doesn't have a cat.

I have become consumed in the show because of the products they are saving on. Some of the items the extreme couponers are able to score are products I use frequently and have to pay full price for such as vitamin water, toilet paper, and hygiene products. I understand that buying in bulk is a big factor in getting the items for free or nearly nothing, but if the consumption is high and regular for these items, why pay for them?

This show could be a secret advertisement paid and produced by companies and super markets as a way to promote their products with out the consumer knowing. The best type of advertisement is the consumer not knowing it is advertisement. Many people then attempt to use coupons and miscalculate which in turn makes them buy products they don't need or more than they would purchase and end up paying retail.

I have recently bought the Sunday paper partially for the news but mostly for the ads and I hope to attempt a extreme couponing trip. I will post my results.

Picture from: http://thekrazycouponlady.com/extreme-couponing/

One of my many thoughts- Plagiarism

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is defined as copying someone else's work without giving them credit. I understand this concept for school policies to keep students from copying others work, but what I don't understand are the boundaries, where do they end?

When we are born, we don't know how to talk or write, someone needs to teach us. So throughout the years, everything we say or write was taught to us by another. So in reality, we should be citing everything we say or write.

Picture from: www.blahblahtshirts.com