gag me with a spoon!

a few months ago, i was out to dinner with "vhat" and we were discussing commercials. that conversation was the inspiration for this post, even if it has taken me several months to finally sit down and type out my thoughts. anyway, here goes.....


in the business world, advertising is everything. the right (or wrong) words can either make a product seem ultra appealing or disgusting. a great example of the former are the iPod commercials. even though i am currently at war with Apple over their iTunes 5.0 fiasco, i still have to give them snaps for doing a great job of showing off how cool their product is. or even better.... how cool you can be once you buy it!

i know that i look this cool.. and skinny.. when i listen to Metric on my iPod!

now let's look at another company with one of the most disgusting advertising campaigns around. i'll give you a hint... it has to do with fingernails.

no, i'm not talking about Country Crock. you know, the creepy hands that caress the tub of lard, while you hear voiceovers done by a couple that probably work as dj's on your local "soft rock" radio station.

i also don't mean the old commercial with the fingernail that bends back and breaks while opening the pull-tab on a can of pop.

the most disgusting commercial award goes to.......

L A M I S I L !

i swear, it pains me to even look at this picture posted above. i remember the first time that i saw this commercial... i actually yelled out loud and had to close my eyes. from then on, everytime that i saw either that foot or "digger" (yes, that's right, that germ thing actually has a name!), i had to quickly change the channel.

i don't know what kind of crack the advertising exec was on when approving this one. however, if you think about it, they really did get the job done. i know that i won't ever forget this commercial. if, God forbid, i ever get some unidentified toe fungi, i'm sure that i'll be hoofin' (or limpin') it to the nearest drugstore to buy some Lamisil to rid my foot of the little "diggers"!

however, it doesn't change the fact that this commercial is immensely disturbing and gross. i shutter at just the memory of seeing that toenail pull back. yuck!

for your enjoyment, i thought that i would include a few more pictures that i found for lamisil. i'm sure that even the japanese and spanish audiences retch at the site of "digger"!

Lamisil has even thought of your gift-giving needs this Christmas season.

i can't imagine why this didn't make oprah's favorites list this year!

things that make you go hhmmmmmm??????

to close... a bit of advice for my loyal readers...

WASH YOUR FEET PEOPLE!

(listening to "Oh Sweetheart" by the Shout Out Louds)

what's a recorder?

ahhhh.... technology.... i love it! i especially love my sidekick 2. i swear, it's hard for me to remember how i managed to live so long without it. to have information at my fingertips is fantastic.
for example, take into account a recent trip to see Tegan & Sara at the Social with some of my friends last weekend. my dear friend Stephanie, has a twin brother, and when i said that everyone has a "twin" she said, "yes, a doppelganger!" wha? i had never heard of such a word before. surely she must have made it up! however, it was only a few short moments from when i searched, before my trusty sidekick 2 had the answer for me.

(in case you are interested... dictionary.com gives this definition)

dop·pel·gäng·er or dop·pel·gang·er ( P ) Pronunciation Key (dpl-gngr, -gng-)n.
A ghostly double of a living person, especially one that haunts its fleshly counterpart.


interesting how you can learn something new everyday, even when just hanging out in between sets at a concert.

shortly after the vocabulary lesson, i mentioned how a song we were listening to sounded like it had a recorder playing in it. james, a cool new friend, totally agreed, and didn't even make fun of me as i began playing my "air recorder"! on the other hand, stephanie wasn't sure what we were talking about.

(enter my sidekick 2)

click click click......" aaaahhhhhhh!!!!!! ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! look what google images pulled up!!!!"

"Maddox Jolie" recorder prodigy

anyway, like it or not, this addiction has saved me many precious hours of racking my brain, trying to figure out the answer to life's burning questions like...

"what other movie have i see that actress in?"

"have nick & jessica made up yet?"

"who sang this song.....?"

etc. etc. etc. etc.

however, let it be known that i do realize that i have a problem, and i want all of those concerned to know that i am actively trying to prevent "sidekick thumb".

anyway, i've gotta go now....i think i just heard my tmail chime!

(listening to "Sleigh Ride" by Johnny Mathis... it's christmas people, give me a break!)