1. I would watch an extra two minutes of commercials per hour if they met either of your conditions, but I imagine that strategy is a little hit or miss for advertisers since people are different in their senses of humor and tastes/interests. It would be interesting to see if some company (probably Google) could target ads to your interests based on your viewing -- or even purchase -- history. They could even base it on the YouTube videos you've watched to determine if you have a nerdy, outrageous, or completely random sense of humor.
2. Besides the few times I've been able to tell someone that I drink their milkshake, I don't think I use any movie or TV lines on a regular basis. But I do know I've picked up some phrases from friends: "no worries" and "brutal" come to mind.
3. If I had to choose one, I guess it would be working as an intern at the Center for Strategic and Interational Studies. My first summer job wasn't until college as a (wait for it) paralegal assistant, followed by CSIS, followed by being a research assistant. Nothing fun! (Note: I turned down working with Taylor at his movie theater to be a paralegal assistant. That was stupid.
4. I could neither master the Chapman Stick, nor this guy's ability to create amazing music videos to accompany my said Chapman Stick mastery.
Rachel
· 1 year ago
I submit "For Your Consideration" as a title.
1. If every ad were targeted at my lifestyle, it would stress me out--I'd be more likely to buy things, which wouldn't be good. If ads were funnier, I'd dig that. More people falling down, please.
2. Everything I say is appropriated from somewhere else. Mostly from Buffy, but I go through phases of How I Met Your Mother quoting, too. The key to quoting things is to integrate them well--I quote Buffy but people probably don't realize it half the time. Then again, Buffy is a bit obscure, maybe?
3. No. I worked at a Boys and Girls club summer camp. Tough though work might be, I don't think I could go back to being on my feet, chasing down 7 year olds for 9 hours a day. And the field trips...!
4. Honestly? The guitar. Anything that doesn't have set key patterns. Oh, or the trombone! That shit looks ridiculous.
Christy
· 1 year ago
1. Ads interest me. I would watch more ads. Sometimes I find myself channel surffing when nothing good is on just to watch the ads. Though please no more local ads - especially from furniture stores or used car lots.
2. I quote the Sandlot. "Your killin me Smalls." "If you were thinkin, you wouldn't have thought that." "F-O-R-E-V-E-R." People usually realize where those phrases are from.
3. My former summer jobs include working as a carhop, on the "Pansy Crew" of a landscaping team, and emergency room medical records for a hospital. I would repeat none of them......absolutely not! Although when I was working for the hospital sometimes they switched me to taking birth certificate information - now that was an interesting job from a social anthropology stand point. One woman literally tried to name her child "T9C". I was sent back to her with the paperwork and the resonse - our system can't take numbers. Thanks goodness - poor child.
4. I entered college as a music major and while that experience lead me to believe that anyone truly can master any instrument with enough practice (okay maybe not the didgeridoo) - there are none that I am patient enough to master.
Jarred Taylor
· 1 year ago
@Rachel: I'm digging the title suggestion.
Taylor
· 1 year ago
@ Jarred: Chap Stick is not a musical instrument. You put that stuff on your lips...maybe that explains your problem.
Jarred Taylor
· 1 year ago
@Taylor: Gosh, you're right. Maybe that dude's Chap Stick was laced with some sort of hallucinogen to make him awesome at playing an imaginary instrument with psychadelic backdrops?
Ashish
· 1 year ago
Jarred, "I drink your milkshake" is one of the greatest absurd/insane/hilarious movie quotations ever. Unfortunately, I think it will go largely unappreciated by people our age, many of whom probably still think Old School is the alpha and omega of quotable cinema.
Jarred Taylor
· 1 year ago
Oh man Ashish, that's just the beginning of the great lines I love from There Will Be Blood.
"You're an ORPHAN! Bastard from a basket! Bastard from a basket!"
"I told you I was going to eat you!"
"I hate most people."
And of course: "I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my boy!"
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2. Besides the few times I've been able to tell someone that I drink their milkshake, I don't think I use any movie or TV lines on a regular basis. But I do know I've picked up some phrases from friends: "no worries" and "brutal" come to mind.
3. If I had to choose one, I guess it would be working as an intern at the Center for Strategic and Interational Studies. My first summer job wasn't until college as a (wait for it) paralegal assistant, followed by CSIS, followed by being a research assistant. Nothing fun! (Note: I turned down working with Taylor at his movie theater to be a paralegal assistant. That was stupid.
4. I could neither master the Chapman Stick, nor this guy's ability to create amazing music videos to accompany my said Chapman Stick mastery.
1. If every ad were targeted at my lifestyle, it would stress me out--I'd be more likely to buy things, which wouldn't be good. If ads were funnier, I'd dig that. More people falling down, please.
2. Everything I say is appropriated from somewhere else. Mostly from Buffy, but I go through phases of How I Met Your Mother quoting, too. The key to quoting things is to integrate them well--I quote Buffy but people probably don't realize it half the time. Then again, Buffy is a bit obscure, maybe?
3. No. I worked at a Boys and Girls club summer camp. Tough though work might be, I don't think I could go back to being on my feet, chasing down 7 year olds for 9 hours a day. And the field trips...!
4. Honestly? The guitar. Anything that doesn't have set key patterns. Oh, or the trombone! That shit looks ridiculous.
2. I quote the Sandlot. "Your killin me Smalls." "If you were thinkin, you wouldn't have thought that." "F-O-R-E-V-E-R." People usually realize where those phrases are from.
3. My former summer jobs include working as a carhop, on the "Pansy Crew" of a landscaping team, and emergency room medical records for a hospital. I would repeat none of them......absolutely not! Although when I was working for the hospital sometimes they switched me to taking birth certificate information - now that was an interesting job from a social anthropology stand point. One woman literally tried to name her child "T9C". I was sent back to her with the paperwork and the resonse - our system can't take numbers. Thanks goodness - poor child.
4. I entered college as a music major and while that experience lead me to believe that anyone truly can master any instrument with enough practice (okay maybe not the didgeridoo) - there are none that I am patient enough to master.
"You're an ORPHAN! Bastard from a basket! Bastard from a basket!"
"I told you I was going to eat you!"
"I hate most people."
And of course: "I've abandoned my child! I've abandoned my boy!"
Good times.