You might be a “Sofa Boy” if…

1. Your parents return from work and you’re still in your pajamas…
2. You have to time bathroom breaks with videogame checkpoints…
3. You scream “Bright light! Bright light!” when someone opens the curtains…
4. You hug your Wii controller instead of your teddy bear when you go to bed at night…
5. Your sofa cushion has a permanent depression in the shape of your backside…
6. Your idea of getting some exercise is doing bicep curls with a bowl of chips…
7. Your mother drops you off at school and you announce how many points she scored along the route…
8. Your teacher asks you a question and your response is “sorry, I have no more space on my memory card”…
9. Your new family photo was taken in your living room so you could finish defeating the Evil Warlord…
10. You save all your toys to someday sell to trolls, goblins, and seedy merchants…

Thanks to the PR team working with Scott Langteau for this entertaining list of warning signs for the Sofa Boy Syndrome.

Scott Langteau is a veteran of the game development industry (Medal of Honor, co-founder of Spark Unlimited) and recently released this children’s book titled, which tells the tale of a videogame obsessed kid. What a great concept for a children’s book – teaching kids to balance their gaming time with other activities – and the illustrations in the book look so cute. There’s been a lot of buzz about the the book over the past few weeks and Amazon.com is actually currently “out of stock”. 

Maybe Scott will come up with a book for videogame obsessed adults next. They’re out there!

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Where’s Waldo? At a Bar?

Are you searching for Waldo? Well, you could try looking at a bar first. A bar? Yes, Waldo is now of legal drinking age and has been celebrating his 21st birthday in recent months. The celebration kicked off in September, but I just found out about it this week, so…Happy Belated Birthday, Waldo!

I was always so fond of the Where’s Waldo series of books as a kid! I could sit for hours gazing at the hilarious illustrations and endlessly searching for Waldo in his striped sweater and his clan of elusive pals, like Wilma and the Wizard.

Entertainment Rights, the company behind Waldo, kicked off a marketing/online campaign for his birthday with the launch of FindWaldo.com and a handful of other initiatives including an online photo contest for fans, a Where’s Waldo Wiki, the launch of Waldo on Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, among other social media platforms.

At FindWaldo.com you can even search some of the classic Where’s Waldo scenarios, like the beach, and you can create your own avatar. It is not an exact match (I look a little pale), but here’s mine:

Fun stuff!

 

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Butterflies in the Sky

Reading Rainbow is a fond childhood memory of mine and…LOTS of other people:

Lovin’ me some LeVar Burton

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Choose Your Own Adventure: Economic Stimulus Edition

I used to love reading those Choose Your Own Adventure books, and was inspired by two very different stimulus ideas I saw today…here it goes:

Economic drought has stifled the flow of goods and services all across the land. Something must be done to revive it. You – the wise journeyman – have set out find the way to Prosperity, the great land of economic goodness. You’ve journeyed for many moons and many miles, and now, you’ve reached a treacherous, tantalizing fork in the road.

A sign at the fork seems to offer a clue: “Both roads add $800 billion to the deficit, but only one leads to Prosperity. If you want to find the way, remember that for every promise, there is a price to pay.”

Choose your adventure…if you dare…

The Imperial Road

No Promises

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Buzz Worthy Links

Here are a few links that I’ve come across over the past day or so that I’ve found amusing, informative or interesting and wanted to share

• Middle-school student gets his head stuck in a chair (check out the photo on BuzzFeed.com) - Boys will be boys, I guess. This moment will most likely rank as one of the most embarrassing for this kid, but will also be a story that he’ll laugh about with friends for years to come.
• 10 ways social media improved lives in 2008 (check out the post at TheSocialPath.com)- Social media such as blogs, micromedia sites like Twitter, and social networks like Facebook, are often used to benefit charities and other great causes. David Griner compiled 10 ways social media has been used to improve lives in 2008  including the example of The Domestic Diva , a blogger who through the help of other bloggers spread the word about her daughter’s need for a kidney transplant. Just this week her daughter underwent the life-saving transplant. Unbelievable.
• The joy of video games on Christmas morning - Kids go crazy for Wii (check out the videos at Kotaku.com) - These videos of kids opening their Nintendo Wiis on Christmas morning are great. Slightly annoying, but great. The first kid is INSANE!
• Video games meet conquering, dominating, and annihilating needs of men (check out the news post on CNET) - A study from Stanford has proved that video games “stimulate the parts of men that so many other activities just cannot reach: the need to conquer, stomp on, dominate, crush, destroy, maim, annihilate, and turn to ashes and dust.” Makes sense.
• Photos worth a peek (check out the most viewed photos of 2008 on NationalGeographic.com) - Not necessarily the most beautiful photos I’ve seen, but this slideshow features some eye-catching and interesting images, for sure.

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Worst Gifts Ever

In my hunt for Christmas gifts, I came across a number of really out of the ordinary and generally useless products that I think would make horrible gifts. I can’t speak for the rest of the world (some people may actually like this stuff, so no offense to any of these companies), but let it be known…Elicia Buzz asks that for the sake of your loved ones’ overall happiness this Christmas, please refrain from giving any of the following items as gifts:

The Wide Coverage Germ Eliminating Wand

For a mere $99.95, you can swat away germs to your heart’s content. I wonder if, to save time, you could use this to bathe yourself in the morning instead of a shower? No, actually, I don’t wonder that.

The Hog Wild Self Stirring Mug

This one is a bit cheaper at only $14.95, but why not just grab a spoon? Unless you are buying this for an 8-year old who drinks a lot of chocolate milk…bad gift.

Location Earth Dog Tags

For $12.99 you can buy your special someone a dog tag etched with the “crucial data an alien will need to get you back to Earth” should you be abducted by aliens.

The Complete Swiss Army Knife 

Looking for a gift for the multi-tasker in your life? Well, this may be a great idea at first, but with a price of $1,400, you might want to think of something else. 87 precision-engineered tools spanning 112 functions will overwhelm even the most talented handyman.

 

Jerome Russell Spray On Hair Thickener

Do I even need to say anything here? You might as well buy spray paint or tell the recipient to shave their head.

Kleen Stride Personal Debris Removal

Unlike the Spray On Hair Thickener, this gift is actually a joke (found it on the Onion’s website). I’m sure there are a handful of folks out there that have thought to themselves “Damn! I totally should have applied for a patent. That was my idea!”

 

Pop Up Hot Dog Grill

For $49.95 your loved one can celebrate the holidays with the best home cooking they could ever ask for.

Honorable Mention:

Bacon Wallet

Pretty much anything having to do with bacon is awesome. I love bacon as much, if not probably more, than the average person, but a bacon wallet? Bad gift. Apparently this is pretty popular - the website that sells it says it is out of stock.

Good luck with last minute shopping and merry Christmas!

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Print print, dig dig

Is it time for the government to stop printing money to throw in the Money Hole? You decide.

Ha Ha! Ha. Huh. Hmm. I’d be laughing harder if this wasn’t effectively true.

Oh, and to go along with this tongue-in-cheek video on bailouts, how about a tongue-in-cheek sentence of the day on the same subject: “The seepage of government into everywhere is, we are assured, to be temporary and nonpolitical.”  Well, now wouldn’t that be somethin’?

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From ‘Blah Blah Blah’ to ‘Fa La La La La’

It may seem early, but two Boston radio stations are already kicking off the Christmas tunes. WROR (105.7 FM) and WODS (103.3 FM) started playing Christmas songs around the clock on Thursday, and will continue to play them through Christmas Day.

 

 

 

4-Block World

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Probably won’t be the hot toy for Christmas ’08

Parents are outraged by this freaky looking doll that utters pro-Islam and satanic messages. People insist they can hear Fisher-Price’s “Little Mommy Real Loving Baby Cuddle and Coo” saying “Islam is the light” and “Satan is king.”

…don’t try pulling out the batteries….you’ll just makes it angrier

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Saturday Strips

While browsing the comics recently, I discovered the Reality Check strip by Dave Whamond. I’m a fan of single frame comics, so these are right up my alley. While not “laugh out loud” funny, here are a couple that made me smile

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Bus Stop Musings

Five minutes at a bus stop with Craig and Dan…

I thought I’d share a couple amusing observations we made while waiting for a bus to the Red Sox game last night (’cause who doesn’t love an amusing observation).

First, we observed that people often converse as if they’re leaving the lines blank on the Mad Lib of life. For example, Elicia called and I asked her, “So, do you have to go to that thing tonight?” Instead of naming the thing, I left life’s Mad Lib unspecified. It’s like this:

“So, do you have to go to that                      tonight?”
                                                       Thing

Speaking in such generic terms is boring. I mean, if the alternative is to leave it blank, then I might as well just start talking as if our conversations really are Mad Libs and throw in random      bananas      that make no sense, just for the fun of it.                                     Thing (plural)

Then, we determined that the best possible title anyone could ever use for a memoir is, “I Took a Shit on a Gold Toilet.” One of us needs to live the life that allows us to write that memoir. And think about it – If you shat on a gold toilet, just imagine what other amazing stories you must have to tell.

Yep, good times at the bus stop

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The Soup (not necessarily for the soul)

In the 90′s there was a little show on E! called Talk Soup, which in 2004 was ”re-mixed” into a much better show that we now know as The Soup. I can’t get enough of this 1/2 hour weekly show of utter hilarity during which host Joel McHale “reports” on the latest in pop culture news and reality show debauchery.

Instead of your typical news show segments (like Weather, Local News, and Politics),  The Soup’s segments include “Chicks Maaaan,” “Let’s Take some E!,” “Reality Show Clip Time,” and “What the Kids are Watching,” among others.  

I can see how these segments may sound foreign and unfamiliar, if you’ve never seen the show. To help clarify, check out this clip from a couple weeks ago. Joel points out the sudden insertion of a spaghetti-eating cat photo into a segment about binge drinking on the Mike & Juliet Show.

New episodes of The Soup air every Friday at 10pm on E!. If you can’t wait that long, The Soup has its own blog with additional clips.

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Famous Photos (of the LEGO variety)

I’ve blogged about LEGO before (and I’ll probably blog about the company again). The staying power of the almighty LEGO is stickier than your fingers after eating a huge wad of cotton candy. Given this fact, and that Photo History was one of my favorite courses in college, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to blog about UK photographer Mike Stimpson, when I saw a story about him on Wired.com.

Stimpson has combined his photographic skill with a love for LEGOs to create a number of photographs that mimic the works of classic photographers such as Alfred Eisenstaedt and Charles Ebbets. The quirk? His photos are scenes build from small plastic bricks. Cute? Yes. Buzz-worthy? Definitely.

Below are a few examples of his photos (compared with the originals). Some of these you may recognize To check out more of Mike’s photos, visit his Flickr page.

Original: Charles Ebbets, Lunch on a Skyscraper, Rockefeller Center, NYC, 1932

Original: Joe Rosenthal, Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima, 1945

Original: Alfred Einsenstaedt, American Soldier in NY Times Square, 1945

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Curb Your Enthusiasm will have a 7th Season!

I just found out about this - last month Larry David confirmed that there will be a 7th season of Curb Your Enthusiasm, and it will premier at the beginning of 2009!

It’s the funniest damn show on TV. We don’t get HBO anymore so I didn’t see any of season 6 when it first aired, but I got the Season 6 DVD a couple months ago, and Elicia and I ended up watching the whole thing in one sitting…its the best one yet. The underlying plot line that runs through the whole season is that a family displaced by hurricane Katrina comes to live with Larry and Cheryl. The many exchanges between Larry and Leon, one of the new characters in this family, are freakin’ hilarous! They are also very explicit (you’ve been warned)…this YouTube compilation has the Best of Leon and Larry I dare to you to try and not laugh when Leon says, “I gets mine, Larry. I brings a ruckus to the ladies.”

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Trailer!

It seems like just yesterday that the first novel in JK Rowling’s wildly popular series of books, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, was released in 1997. I’ve read most of the books – working on the final installment, The Deathly Hallows (Year 7), now. Yes, I’m a slow reader…one of the reasons that I love the movies as well as the books.

Just this week the trailer for the sixth movie (Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince) was posted online. The movie is scheduled for release on November 21st and I can’t wait! Check it out:

The buzz online is that the last movie (Deathly Hallows) will be split into two parts with Part 1 debuting in November 2010 and Part 2 in May 2011. It seems like so far away, but, as they say – good things come to those who wait!

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Blogs to Buzz About

There are millions of blogs on the web. They can come in a variety of forms and can cover a variety of different topics. Among these millions are many blogs focused solely on entertaining and intriguing their readers. I wanted to share a handful of blogs that I’ve come across in recent months that I hope will be as entertaining to you as they have been to me.

I have a bunch of additions to this list, but I lost my patience for blogging today (the Internet has been going painfully slow!). I’ll plan on a follow-up post in the near future…

Cute Overload - A blog filled with photos and videos of cute animals. Surely this blog will put a smile on your face any day.

Fail Blog - A blog from the “Cheezburger Network.” Every post includes a random photo or video of how something (or someone) failed. You’d be surprised at the things on this blog – funny stuff!

Passive Aggressive Notes – VERY popular blog surrounding everyday notes. In their words…”painfully polite and hilariously hostile writings from shared spaces the world over.” For example…

I Am Neurotic - A recommendation from Dan (appropriately), this blog compiles reader submissions detailing a variety of explanations and examples of why they feel they “are neurotic.” A recent example - ”every time i pee, i have to pinch myself to make sure i’m not dreaming, as i’m afraid i’m actually about to wet the bed.”

Fanny Pack Antics – Blog with funny tourist photos – unfashionable travelers with fanny packs and ugly clothing, tourists in awkward positions, and more.  Surprisingly entertaining.

Urban Prankster - a new blog that “covers pranks, hacks, participatory art, flash mobs, and other creative endeavors that take place in public places in cities across the world.” Check out some of the videos!

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The Muppets Go to Hollywood

TMZ.com, which we all know provides some of the highest quality news reporting on the net , posted a photo slide show of celebrities matched up with their Muppet look-alikes. Some of the resemblances are simply uncanny! Check out the whole feature here or a few of my favorites below.

     

Telly and Zach Braff                       Kermit the Frog and Pharrell Williams

     

Ernie & Bert and Jimmy Kimmel      Cookie Monster and James Earl Jones

& Adam Carolla 

     

Janice and Donatella Versace         Gorg and Bruce Vilanch

     

Pepe the King Prawn and Steve      Dr. Bunsen Honeydew and Al Roker

Buscemi

     

Crazy Harry and Chris Robinson    Rowlf the Dog and Jorge Garcia

  

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Bubble Wrap

Often times it is the littlest things that bring us the most joy in life. Case in point…bubble wrap! This may be one of our wackier posts, but whatever floats your boat, right?

• Pop dem’ bubbles online with some virtual bubble wrap.
• Looking to buy a new calendar that is not only functional, but also extremely fun? Well consider this one – you can pop a bubble for every day that passes throughout the year. It even has the major holidays marked!
• Got an idea for a bubble wrap invention? Well, you could enter it into the Bubble Wrap Competition for Young Inventors. The deadline is November 3rd and the winner gets a trip to NYC, up to $10,000 in savings bonds, and special recognition at Bubble Wrap Appretiation Day next January.  
• Want to add a bubble wrap widget to your site or blog? Look no further than WidgetBox.com (of course, I couldn’t figure out how to add it to Elicia Buzz) .
• Want to read up on the history of bubble wrap? Check out the official Bubble Wrap Book.

Lastly, from virtual-bubblewrap.com, a few bubble wrap etiquette tips (pretty hilarious):

• Don’t pop someone else’s bubble wrap without permission. This could lead to Bad Things Happening to your person..
• Don’t pop bubble wrap in quiet public places (like libraries) unless you want it confiscated.
• Don’t pop bubble wrap in a store if you haven’t paid for it. They get cranky when their rolls of bubble wrap are all limp.
• It is always good form to offer to share your bubble wrap.
• Giving your bubble wrap to children is good for Karma points.
• Chicks dig bubble wrap. Always bring it along on a date.

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Summer Redneck Games – Next Weekend, Y’all!

When the Olympics were held in Atlanta 13 years ago, a local radio station from East Dublin, GA wanted to draw some of the Olympic crowds to their little town. What could they possibly do to accomplish this? Create the “Summer Redneck Games”, of course!

A week from today, on July 5th, the 13th Annual Summer Redneck Games will commence. With around 10,000 attendees each year, it has grown into quite the shin-dig. Rednecks compete for the respect of their fellow Southerners and trophies appropriately made out of crushed beer cans (something to proudly display on their mantels – although, I’m not sure trailers have mantels).

A local asphalt layer (who happens to have no teeth and goes by the name of Elbow) is the Games’ mascot. Every year, Elbow kicks off the festivities by using the Redneck Games torch to light the Ceremonial Grill.

 

The games include everything from the Mud-Pit Belly Flop (competitors are judged on beauty of form and size of splash), Bobbing for Pigs Feet (ugh!), Dumpster Diving, the Armpit Serenade, Redneck Horse Shoes (with toilet seats!), and a Seed Spittin’ Contest. In addition, they have live bands and other forms of entertainment like swimming in the watering hole, Redneck Idol, and the Miss Redneck competition.

 

CMT put together a short documentary on the Redneck Games – not something you see everyday!

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Forbes.com Celebrity 100

I’d expect a “Celebrity 100″ list from People Magazine, but I was surprised today to see that Forbes.com published an extensive online feature on the top 100 celebs. I have to admit – reading celebrity magazines are a guilty pleasure of mine. Although, I only read them when I travel or when I visit the apartment of my friend Craig - he, lucky for me, is a current subscriber to US Weekly. No, he isn’t gay – far from it – the subscription was a result of a Best Buy promotion.

Anyways, the Forbes list ranks the most powerful and best paid celebrities from June 2007 to June 2008 - factoring in celebrity earnings, media metrics like Google hits, press mentions (according to Factiva), TV/radio mentions (according to Lexis/Nexis) and the number of times the celeb appears on the cover of more than 50 consumer magazines.

Oprah is #1 (obviously), Tiger Woods came in at #2 (congrats – he won the US Open yesterday), and Angelina Jolie (a personal favorite) came in at #3. Kobe Bryant came in at #19 (loser – go Celtics!). Check out the list of 1-25 below. The full coverage (plus, LOTS of photos) are at Forbes.com.

Rank	Name	Pay ($mil)	Web Rank	Press Rank	TV Rank
1	Oprah Winfrey	275	2	5	1
2	Tiger Woods	115	12	1	3
3	Angelina Jolie	14	1	9	15
4	Beyonce Knowles	80	3	32	14
5	David Beckham	50	10	3	18
6	Johnny Depp	72	17	19	36
7	Jay-Z	82	6	43	41
8	The Police	115	15	20	51
9	J.K. Rowling	300	23	27	64
10	Brad Pitt	20	4	8	7
11	Will Smith	80	26	39	32
12	Justin Timberlake	44	5	24	17
13	Steven Spielberg	130	34	23	60
14	Cameron Diaz	50	13	50	45
15	David Letterman	45	42	34	10
16	LeBron James	38	32	13	13
17	Jennifer Aniston	27	21	67	49
18	Michael Jordan	45	38	45	29
19	Kobe Bryant	39	28	18	24
20	Phil Mickelson	45	87	12	23
21	Madonna	40	15	20	67
22	Simon Cowell	72	65	47	40
23	Roger Federer	35	40	2	26
24	Alex Rodriguez	34	51	7	6
25	Jerry Seinfeld	85	79	72	38

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Sunday Funnies

Source: Townhall.com

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Nintendo Wii – Cha Ching! (Fit Launches, Calls UK Girl Fat?)

For anyone even slightly connected to current events or pop culture, you’ve heard of the “Wii.” A video game console controlled by a wireless remote, the Nintendo Wii is a video game marvel recently outselling all other non-portable consoles including Microsoft’s Xbox 360, Sony PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3. According to NPD, Nintendo has sold 714.2 thousand systems in April 2008 – cha ching!

The Wii is unique in that it appeals to an overwhelmingly broad, mainstream audience – kids, teens, men, women, and even the elderly. In fact, the Wii has become quite popular in retirement homes because it is a great way for residents to get up and moving.

Nintendo has taken the “get up and move” concept a step further with last week’s launch of the Wii Fit - a $90 pressure-sensitive “balance board” and game bundle that players can use to do yoga, aerobics, strength training, etc.

Nintendo kicked off the US launch with an event in Central Park, where they set up 38 Wii Fit systems for the public to enjoy and donated $5 to the American Heart Association with every person that tried the game. The event got a lot of attention with gaming/tech bloggers. Being in PR, this “launch event” tactic is very common. And I can tell you from experience, it is no easy feat getting the permits squared away to have an event in Central Park!

Although the game launched in the US last week, it actually had been in the UK for awhile, where Wii Fit has been making some big waves. The game measures your Body Mass Index (BMI) after you enter your age and height. According to a recent story by Mail Online, a ten year old girl was playing the game and it told her she was fat. Her parents were horrified and some experts have been dissing the Wii Fit as a result. I can see both sides of the argument – you don’t want a young girl thinking she is fat if she is not, but IT IS JUST A GAME!!!

Another amusing angle of this story is that the same week the Wii Fit launched, Nintento also released Major League Eating: The Game, which is based off of the concept of competitive speed eating – mmmmm, hot dogs.

All-in-all, the Wii has been a huge success for Nintendo and, although it’s been a year and a half since the Wii hit shelves, it is still hard to come by the console in stores, even with a $200+ price tag!

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Buzz Wins Kickball; David Archuleta Loses Idol

 

Last night was bitter sweet. The sweet – our kickball team walked away with a win (I knew all we needed was our official t-shirts – see previous post) followed by some celebration drinks, flip cup, and karaoke at the bar Samba in Somerville.

The bitter – while we were consumed in kickball victory bliss, David Archuleta was defeated by rocker David Cook on American Idol. Don’t get me wrong ”big” David has talent, but I was rooting for Archie, hands down. From the beginning I knew ”little” David was going to make it to the final – but I guess he just didn’t have the “right stuff” (Citation: New Kids on the Block).

I guess I can’t really complain about the outcome, though, since I never vote. On the flipside, you can look at the loss as a positive – being an American Idol winner doesn’t guarantee success. Many AI “losers” have had great careers thus far – ahem, Chris Daughtry.

Now, Fox, bring on So You Think You Can Dance! It starts tonight - right now actually, so Elicia Buzz OUT!

(Note to Ryan Seacrest – it was a wise decision to die your hair back to a somewhat normal color and please don’t ever go back to saying “Seacrest Out” – it was a dark dark time in American Idol history.)

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Webby Awards – Buzz’ Best Bets

Last week the winners of the 12th Annual Webby Awards were announced. The Webby Awards pick the best of the best on the Internet in over 100 categories. Most entries fall into four main buckets -”Websites,” “Interactive Advertising,” “Online Film and Video,” or ”Mobile.” Some of the sites are quite entertaining! So you didn’t have to, I dug through them all and here are my favorites:

• Here Comes Another Bubble - A catchy (and funny) music video about the state of Web 2.0 and the Internet business set to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire.”
• Tony vs. Paul - A tale of two friends torn apart via stop motion video. The video was shot in a bunch of different towns in Massachusetts – including Upton. Wicked pissah!
• Coke’s Happiness Factory – An animated movie from Coca Cola. So great!
• National Geographic – Your Shot - NG posts readers’ photos. Love looking at these.
• Post Secret Blog - People anonymously submit their “secrets” to the editor, who posts them. Simple and successful concept.  (I’ll be posting later with my list of other great amusing blogs….stay tuned)
• Milk Get the Glass - Got Milk? Well, you might after playing this visually impressive and fun online board game.
• Atom Films - Tons of great online video.
• Toyota Tacoma World of Warcraft Ad - This guy is the “lawgiver.” Hilarious ad – you may have seen this on TV, but I believe it started on the web.
• Bud Light Swear Jar - Put a quarter in the jar….its for the good of the office!
• Starz Bunny Theatre – Popular movies cut to 30-seconds and re-enacted by animated bunnies. Huh? Exactly.
• Wired.com - Website for Wired Magazine. Cool beans!
• HowStuffWorks.com - Self explanatory. 

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Thermostat Etiquette – According to Dilbert

You know Dilbert?  The comic strip that runs in more than 2,000 newspapers. Well, I’m not sure how funny it is to those who don’t work in an office, but I can relate to the comic strip without a doubt.

So, Dilbert.com just went through a bit of a re-launch. I poked around and came across this little gem. For a gal who is never really at the right temperature, this hits close to home. My “cube” is right next to the thermostat – I wouldn’t have it any other way!

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A Role Model? Miley Cyrus in Vanity Fair

My little sisters are two of very many young girls that adore the 15-year-old actress and singing sensation Miley Cyrus (aka “Hannah Montana”). News has run rampant about her recent photo shoot with well-known photographer Annie Liebovitz for Vanity Fair magazine.

I understand PR stunts – hell, I work in PR – so I can actually understand why Miley (and most likely her management) decided to move forward with the photo shoot.  However, I’m pretty disappointed in the photos. I don’t think many of Miley’s young fans read Vanity Fair, but nonetheless, to the ones that do see this photo of her, it sends a negative message.

This reminds me of Britney Spears career shift years ago – young singer becomes idol for millions and then decides to break out of her “good girl” image by sexing herself up. I understand that sex sells, but at some point entertainers need to ignore their managers, think less about making the most money or winning the most awards, and just entertain fans. Being a “role model” for millions puts a huge amount of pressure on teen stars, but this is the choice they made when they got into the business. More importantly, the star’s parents should have considered this pressure before taking their 7-year-old child to their first audition.

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New York ComicCon – Geeks are Glorious

Last weekend hundreds gathered in all their geek glory for New York ComicCon (a couple of my clients were there, but I didn’t make it out.) I did, however, stumble across a post and video on Boing Boing about the conference – a great video. Love this guy! I mean c’mon, how great is his assesment that you can tell how good a game is based on the weight of the box?  :-) I had some trouble embedding the video in my post, but you here’s the link.

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Cartoons of the Day

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YouTube.com – 2007 Video Awards

Every once and awhile you’ll stumble across a brilliant video on YouTube. Sometimes an ambitious director devised some wonderful visual concept and then carried it out in an elaborate production. Other times some shocking or hilarious person or event was captured on video by chance. 

The winners of the YouTube.com 2007 video awards are a mixture of both produced and spontaneous videos. A few of my favorites include:

For the Harry Potter Fans (“Comedy” category winner)…

You can’t go wrong with a hysterically laughing baby (“Adorable” category winner)…

Lions, buffalo, and crocodiles – oh my! (“Eyewitness” category winner)…

For those familiar with massively multiplayer online games (MMOs), you’ll like “The Guild” series (“Series” category winner)…

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Star Wars According to a 3 Year Old

Saw a link to this video on the Micro Persuasion blog. This little girl is incredibly cute and so well-spoken Check it out…

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