Tuesday, August 3, 2010

COMMERCIALS

AND SO BEGINS MY LATE NIGHT…. IT’S ALREADY AFTER 1 IN THE MORNING AND I’M SITTING ON THE COUCH WATCHING TERMINATOR:SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES. THE KIDS ARE AWAKE, I CAN HEAR THEM MOVING AROUND. I’M GLAD I GOT NETFLIX AND THE INTERNET BECAUSE I HONESTLY DON’T KNOW WHAT I DO DURING MY LATE NIGHTS. LOL PROBABLY DRUGS. LMFAO.

    OK SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT ADVERTISING. ACTUALLY I WAS TRYING TO CREATE DIFFERENT JINGLE FOR ALREADY ESTABLISHED PRODUCTS. NONE OF THEM WERE REALLY GOOD, MOSTLY CHEEZY. LIKE WASH AWAY YOUR STAINS WITH TIDE. LOL I’M SORRY BUT IT’S SOMETHING I DO. WHEN YOU ARE STUCK WATCHING A MILLION INFORMERCIALS MIXED IN WITH REGULAR COMMERCIALS, YOU START TO THINK THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY DO BETTER. IN EUROPE, THEIR COMMERCIALS ARE SO MUCH WEIRDER AND A BIT MORE INTERESTING. IN MEXICO IN SEEMS ALMOST ALL OF THEIR COMMERICALS HAVE NAKED WOMEN. HOWEVER, IN COMPARISON, I THINK THAT THE JAPANESE AND CHINESE HAVE THE MOST INTERESTING COMMERCIALS. I MEAN, HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ASIAN COMMERCIAL?  THERE IS KUNG FU, COLORS,  FACES SHOWING TOO MUCH EXCITEMENT, AND AMERICAN CELEBRITIES PUT IN WEIRD POSITIONS OR FUNNY SITUATIONS, LIKE BEING SUPER HEROES. I LOVE IT. I GUESS YOU GOTTA HAVE SUPER AWESOME COMMERCIALS WHEN YOU HAVE WEIRD PRODUCTS LIKE OCTOPUS JELLY FRUIT ROLL UPS. OR EVEN SHRIMP CHIPS. (HEY, I’M NOT JUDGING THESE PRODUCTS. I’VE NEVER TASTED THEM, I’M JUST SAYING THAT THEY AREN’T MY FAVORITE SNACK.)

WHY DO THEY CALL THEM INFOMERCIALS? I DON’T REALLY FIND THEM INFORMATION FILLED. IN MY OPINION IF YOUR GONNA CALL YOURSELF AN INFORMERCIAL, IT SHOULD CONTAIN SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION. LIKE MATH PROBLEMS OR HAPPENINGS FROM AMERICAN HISTORY. ALL THEY DO IS TELL YOU THAT YOU ARE FAT BUT BUYING THEIR PRODUCT WILL MAKE YOU LESS FAT. YOU’RE STUPID BUT THEIR PRODUCT WILL MAKE YOU LESS STUPID. YOU’RE NOT CREATIVE BUT THEIR PRODUCT WILL MAKE YOU MORE CREATIVE. I’M STARTING TO GET OFFENDED!! LOL AND THE THING THAT DRIVES ME CRAZY IS AFTER THEY TELL YOU THE GLORIOUS PRICE THEY ALWAYS SLIP IN “SHIPPING AND HANDLING”. WHY DO THEY CHARGE FOR THAT? I MEAN SERIOUSLY IT’S NOT LIKE THEY ARE  GENTLY WRAPPING YOUR ITEMS IN THE BEST CARDBOARD BOXES AND THAT BLIND ORPHAN CHILDREN ARE GENTLY PLACING YOUR OBJECTS IN THEIR BOXES. LET’S BE REAL, IT’S PROBABLY SOME IMMIGRANT IN A FACTORY WHAREHOUSE SNATCHING YOUR ITEMS OFF AN ASSEMBLY LINE AND CHUCKING IT INTO THE BOX. AND IF I’M BEING CHARGE FOR “SHIPPING” WHY DOES IT TAKE 6 WEEKS TO DELIVER MY ITEM? I MEAN DAMN, REGULAR MAIL DOESN’T EVEN TAKE THAT LONG TO DELIVER A PACKAGE. THEY ARE RIPPING US OFF.

THERE IS NO REAL ESCAPE FROM COMMERCIALS ON TV. AND I ADMIT SOME OF THEM ARE QUITE FUN, BUT MOST OF THEM DRIVE ME INSANE AS THEY ARE REPETITIVE AND ANNOYING. SO I WATCH MOST TV ONLINE WHERE THERE ARE LITTLE OR NO COMMERCIAL BREAKS. I MEAN, FUCK IT, IF I’M GONNA BE UP ALL NIGHT I WANT TO FIGHT IN AS MUCH TV AS I POSSIBLY CAN.

LOVE ALWAYS