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Monday, 09 November 2009

Google makes you annoying to me

Our organization's general info e-mails get forwarded to my e-mail address. When I get mundane questions like "How do I get there?" or "Where is there to eat around there?" I usually think Hellooo, thats what Google is for! I work in marketing, so general inquiries really aren't my job, but I don't mind answering, I just think Google makes me annoyed because I feel like if I'm Googling to get the answer, so the person can google to get the answer. lol

Today I had someone e-mail and ask for nearby hotels. I Googled and replied to them with the closest hotel. They replied back to me, via iPhone, saying that they hotel was booked and they needed another suggestion.....

Now, normally I give people the benefit of the doubt. I don't mind helping people, even when they could have used the time it took to e-mail on a google search and found the information themselves. I have to keep in mind that not everyone is familiar with seach engines (shoking isn't it?). However, if you are e-mailing via iPhone the phone comes with a Google Maps app. You could have put in "hotels" and the zip code and got all the area hotels.

I mean, you have an iPhone! You need to e-mail someone for hotels with an iPhone? I'm sure there is an app for that....

Happy Monday

Saturday, 07 November 2009

I never fantasized about my knight in shining armor, although I am much a princess.
I never imagined my wedding day.
I never doodled my name, adding the last name of some sought after beau to mine.
I didn't like relationships.
I hated being a girlfriend and found myself easily bored by boyfriends.
With a career high of 2 months being my longest relationship I entered into a courting on 06/15/06.
I had no doubt this would end the same as all the others, me disinterested and him broken hearted.
A few months in I even tried to force the termination. Why get attached when things will just end badly?
Somewhere between 06/15/06 when you asked for the 50th time "Will you be my girlfriend?" and I answered "Ugh. Fine!" and 10/18/09 when we both said "I do," I fell in love.
Fell in love with you and the way you make me feel.
Suddenly I couldn't picture a day without you, or my life in my absence.
I love you.

Thursday, 05 November 2009

White Beauty

The cosmetic company, Pond's, has the above commercial out in India. I watched the commercial three times to make sure I was getting the right message. I determined that I am seeing what this commercial is saying, loud and clear: Dear women of India, if you want to keep your man, you need to be as white as you can be, because white is beautiful. As the commercial says, their product can give you white beauty, in either a pinkish-white glow, or a pale white.

As a person of color this upsets me. Not because I don't think white is beautiful, but because I think all colors are beautiful, and marketing a product that attempts to sell one type of beauty over another is shameful.
Ewww, you like Obama?

Why is it that people see other country's like of our president (Obama) as something negative? Whenever non-American support of our president is mentioned its always something bad. Why?

I think its because American's are so xenophobic that they think other countries should have nothing but fear for us and our president, as we seem to fear other countries. Yes, we fear other countries. This war wouldn't have been supported as long as it has if people didn't think that we needed to bully other countries into our way of thinking in order to keep them from attacking us.

What about friendships? What about positive relationships and positive perceptions between nations? I've always thought that positive begets positive, and negative begets more negative. One day, somebody will have to step up and be the bigger person, to say "we were wrong, what can we do to make things right?" (yes, I know it is not as simple as just saying that, but the sentiment of that statement is what I mean).

I think President Obama has made good strides into "marketing" the U.S. in a more friendly way, and I don't see anything wrong with that.

We don't have to rule by fear...then again, why do we feel like we need to rule?

Wednesday, 04 November 2009

So you want to be cool?

Let me tell you what the cool people on Xanga are doing, or should be doing...they are participating in the Brain Fried Network Calendar Contest! You can get all the official rules and details HERE. To simplify, here is how it works:

1. Go to the BFN Store and purchase an item from it. Items start at about $4, and you can have a nice piece of Xanga swag.
2. Take a picture of whatever you buy (either solo, or with yourself) and send it to webmaster@brainfriednetwork.com
3. Make a post with your pictures and make sure to message or tag edlives.xanga.com in the post.

If you are one of the 12 people selected for the calendar (this is a contest folks, so make those pictures creative) then you receive a free year of Xanga premium or the credit equivalent!

THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO NOVEMBER 21, 2009, SO GET THOSE ENTRIES IN QUICK!!!!

Who doesn't want to be a part of a Xanga Calendar?