new shows i'm looking forward to so far.

hung...looks interesting. i don't think anything has been done like this before. i suppose i will give it a try.



glee...so much word of mouth about this show. it seriously is a more mature, offensive version of high school musical for television. i watched the first episode and it was amazing. i bought the two songs off itunes and keep listening to them as if they are the greatest songs ever...



melrose place...ok i love 90210 in turn i must love melrose place. i am not okay with the casting of undercover teacher girl as another character within the same 90210 franchise. i have read that it has been done before in the past but, i am simply not okay with it. it takes away from all realistic portrayl that the shows have left. it has been confirmed that a crossover for 90210 and melrose is possible. will they add an extra depth to the character of riley richmond who is really a cop named kimberly mcintyre, too? that would be an awesome plot twist.

true blood viral marketing

true blood has been going viral marketing crazy and i cannot explain how much i love it. my facebook status today was about how everytime i saw a new company ad that had to do with vampires i wanted to scream with excitement.

besides the viral ads, there are multiple websites set up for fictional happenings in the sookie-verse including the american vampire league, fellowship of the sun, tru blood, and bloodcopy. bloodcopy in my opinion is the best. i essentially want andrew's job...if vampires really existed and i was one who let the world know about them through youtube videos. the marketing team behind all the true blood online iniatitives are doing a GREAT job.





along with all the viral marketing ads, there are true blood posters throughout chicago. i smile every time i see one of these.

i do wish they had used the one below occasionally as opposed to the constant use of the sookie and bill one. the neck biting one grabs my eye like nothing else. after seeing the neck being bit, my eyes won't focus on the blood dropping anymore. i don't mind that.


june 14, 2009 should be sookie stackhouse day.

summer season premieres

summer season premieres are starting in june and i only care about:

-weeds on june 8th.
-true blood on june 14th.

kristin has a complete schedule on her blog.

i may watch hung. i have yet to see a trailer. i should probably search for it tonight...

finally caught up on the finales

i have been so busy lately with school that i didn't have the opportunity to watch the season finales of 90210, gossip girl, smallville, or fringe until the other day. i guess all i can say is i am obsessed with all four finales.

90210 had so much going on. i am not sure where the silver and ethan love fest was going or why it started before he left but, it was very random. despite all spoiler sites saying that ethan does not die as part of his departure, i am convinced he is the person that was hit by annie.

gossip girl had better not ever reveal who gossip girl is...ever. georgina should join the cast in order to stir up constant trouble.

smallville is incredible. character foreshadowing makes my day. choloe sullivan cannot ever be an oracle character. it will seriously upset me. i love you, barbara gordon, and chloe will never replace your role of information specialist to superheroes.

fringe introduces alternate realities, william bell and the death of our world's peter. can we say greatest finale ever?

season premieres, please come sooner. yes, i am talking to inatimate events.

this is just WRONG.

i have been super busy with work this past long weekend. i have many blog topics i plan on writing about tomorrow night. i am currently semi hyped up on coffee after a long day so i browsed my rss feeds.

this article infuriated me about a buffy remake. really kuzui? you cannot just RUIN the buffy-verse. find something else to write about? get a new profession? consult with joss whedon? try not to ruin buffy? thanks for listening to me.

the latest results of a fan poll by kristin furthers the lack of fan support:

85.3% No, I am enraged at the shameless corporate exploitation of Joss Whedon's art.

poor buffy being ruined for another generation. read the comic books. it is a great continuation of buffy after the hellmouth closed. i eagerly await the new issue each month.

the teen titans and death.

newsarama recently had an article about the teen titans and death. while they have a history of dying in the dcu, they always seem to come back as seen by the recent resurrections of superboy and kid flash after the crisis.

in august, it looks like another titan will fall as seen by the cover. hopefully, it will be a useless character like kid devil or whatever he goes by now that he is powerless. the titans need to revert back to the main 5 predecessors that started the teen titans. the development over the years of the background of the current titans has allowed the teens to have depth to their personalities that started in young justice and continues into teen titans today. this ideal team would consist of: robin/red robin (i am 100% sure that tim drake is the new red robin. damian is too immature and unconnected to the titans to be a member. dick/batman needs to train him), superboy, kid flash, wonder girl, and speedy. while speedy left the green arrow/black canary series recently, she could be replaced on my ideal titans team by the reintroduction of arrowette. they have similar names and inspirations but, they differ greatly. i am a huge fan of the young justice series since i was about their age when the series was released.

clearly, i have grown up with the current incarnation of the teen titans. i should be an honorary member like wendy and marvin. i would make my character their advertising guru. i would assure wonder girl that the team would be viewed as respected members of the super hero community.

update & v.

i started summer quarter classes this week and am in the process of moving out of my apartment so i had no internet or cable which resulted in the lack of updates.

the upfronts were this week and abc's new remake, v, looks awesome. based on the premise of this show, it looks as if juliet is d-e-a-d since elizabeth mitchell is a main character. i never liked juliet's character on lost anyway.

dc comics august picks

its dc comics august solicitation day! score! here are my picks for what i am most excited for:

1. anything and everything blackest night. i am particularly fond of these two covers. i think the current list of resurrected heroes as black lanterns includes alexander luthor, terra, superman of earth-2, aquaman, firestorm, elongated man and his wife, martian manhunter, all the dead green lanterns, and some dead titans. please come out now? ok thanks.

2. these weird little green lantern & sinestro figures. they look deformed and apparently are some new blammoids! i dono about them...their slogan is "too tough to call small – you’ll want to collect them all!" umm pokemon take much?

3. a stargirl dc direct action figure? i am going to find a pre-order website...right NOW. i used caps this must be serious. courtney whitmore has been my favorite jsa-er since stars & s.t.r.i.p.e. which i read religiously. great series.

monday & the upfronts.

i had my first day at my second summer internship, a communications firm in the west loop. it was the regular 9 to 5. i made some phone calls for an upcoming fall chicago expo. this is my fifth internship since last summer and while it may have been my first day, i don't understand how some people have bad experiences in any internships. every internship i have had everyone has been BEYOND friendly, welcoming, and happy. i'm glad i've been pleased with my internship choices!

i had my first night of graduate school classes for the summer quarter. tonight's class was an experiential learning class on preparing the 5-year masters students for the working world. while i originally had a not so optimistic view of the class, we had alot of hands on networking and introductions today that made the class atmosphere very welcoming and created a comfortable setting thanks to the teacher. at least, i will have something to look forward to on my monday nights.

the upfronts for fox were today. as an eager wanna be advertising professional, my dream is to go to the upfronts for a company. watching tv shows four months early and judging them? count me in. i'm looking forward to glee, a musical dramedy, and the human target, another dc comics tv show. i follow the live feed all day via my blackberry google reader. i can't wait for the cw and abc upfronts! they're my main networks.

vote the red cross!

facebook users (everyone alive pretty much now), click here now. plz. k. thx.

so easy to do and do it once every 24 hours.

please vote for the red cross on target's facebook page. target is donating $3 million to different organizations and the voters decide how it is divided up! the red cross is currently in the lead so, let's keep it that way!

my love for the red cross emerged after a thought provoking and incredible learning experience i had as an intern in the marketing communications department at the greater chicago chapter during my senior year. i vote daily for the national chapter on the target site and everyone should really. the red cross helps so many people each day across the country. don't believe me? check out the daily ticker on their website filled with information on the disasters in the chicago area. the chicago chapter has a blog, too, that is updated pretty often. so web 2.0! follow them.

too bad it's heresy

you have go see angels and demons.

i read the book after my semester abroad in rome and having been to the setting was helpful in imagining scenes. however, watching the movie was amazing since its essentially a tour of rome. there's a short scene in piazza navona that makes my heart jump.

the movie had a small viral campaign including a website of the stolen antimatter (so qwardian). also, you can create ambigrams which is a key part to the whole illuminati past. sweet life, illuminati.

maybe i should call up the pope for access to the vatican archives? isn't that needed for graduate school?

taweret?

this statue from lost has been a mystery since just its foot appeared a few seasons ago. the season finale which i'm currently watching as i write this depicted the entire statue of an egyptian god as the home of the mysterious jacob. essentially, i want to be jacob due to his ability to be ageless richard alpert style. can we say sweet life?

lost ends next season and i can only imagine what the entire premise behind the show really is. i read online somewhere that only matthew fox knows the ending. well, i want to know the ending...now. i don't even know the ending to this episode since i still have 40 minutes left of the season finale. i'm sure it will be a cliffhanger.

every year, lost seems to have a viral campaign. i can't wait for the last season one!!

jacob loves you.

my mom loves me.

i headed out to schaumburg this morning since i was working at my retail job today since my communications firm internship doesn't start til next week. my mom aka momo asked if i needed anything for when i head back down to the city to my apartment. my answer: of course i do.

the many things i needed included action figures: two discounted mattel 3 pack figures at target (lex luthor pack & starfire pack), the alexander luthor dc infinite heroes figure, and the star trek 3' 3/4'' kirk, spock, and old spock figures. i, also, got two x-men: evolution dvds that were $5.50 each also known as the best deal ever.

i'm a kid at heart. what can i say? i think i'm just such a giant nerd that anything comic book related draws me in.

i would talk about advertising but, the only ads i saw today were in store advertisements that i see every week.

today's comic book buys

after a great second day at my new internship, i walked over to graham crackers in the loop. i picked up the new issues of action comics, green lantern corps, escape, young avengers, booster gold, azrael, trinity, ultimate spider-man, titans, wolverine, the unwritten, and oracle.

my favorite cover this week was green lantern corps. the cover is just mass chaos with kyle and guy dominating it. all the corps are in the background and it seems like a nice prelude cover to the upcoming summer event

i began reading oracle: the cure on the 146 going home. another cta rider sat down next to me and said, "i am about to read that, too!" we became instant friends and discussed the likeliness of barbara gordon becoming the new batgirl. he hoped as much as i did that she gets her title back and the ability to walk. this would be a dream come true.

on a different note, i am embarrassed to say i am hooked to this show. i can't even say the name and i blame barrett for sending me the hulu link.

this is hilarious.

this ad could only work for president obama due to his mass appeal.

i found this while working on a project at my internship. i'm pretty sure this is the only president that would ever be seen shirtless. its clever advertising that clearly appeals to moms.

the article was in the washingtonian.

my first day as a semi real person.

i had my first day today at the first of two summer internships i've accepted. i am working the classic nine to five on tuesdays, wednesdays, and fridays at a dinner cruise company located on navy pier. i woke up really early and used my brand new chicago card plus to take the 151 down michigan. i need to get used to paying for riding the cta. the u-pass has been a savior the past four years with unlimited rides for a semester for like $86. it's $86 per month with the chicago card plus. what a joke. i had an amazing first day there working on social media and finding advertising rates. i walked out at 5 p.m. with a smile on my face knowing that summer 2009 was going to be a great summer where i was going to learn a ton about marketing.

another great start to my day was an e-mail from chris grant, the president of the core group, the art studio responsible for the woodfield ad campaign illustrations. he came across my blog and kindly provided me with a compliment about my portfolio and luck towards the future. thanks again, mr. grant!

i really didn't pay that much attention towards the news today or any of my feeds. i did come across this article on the pick up of the human target. finally, a dc comics show that is not smallville. right after work, i headed over to amy's apartment where i'm subletting for june and july to give her aloe vera since the tanning bed made her resemble a lobster. since chicago is beautiful tonight, i decided to walk from lakeview to my gold coast apartment along clark street. it was a great walk where i got to clear my head and people watch. perfect.

i work again tomorrow and am having dinner with my aunt and cousin at beppo's. its also comic book wednesday. the best day of the week, every week. i'll update tomorrow night about my comic book purchases.

star trek

i had never watched any "star trek" movie until yesterday. this prequel was great. i have always been a more "star wars" fan so i guess just the commercials with the sweet special effects and an easy jump on point made it appealing to me.

apparently, there's a viral campaign going on for the movie. i should have presumed this would happen since lost and "cloverfield" are the brain children of jj abrams, a genius. i usually run across viral campaigns either through internet chat or comic news sites and i never saw this one until now. maybe it should have been pushed a little harder and had some added pr?

here's a baby spock image on flash drive. who wants to buy me one?

woodfield mall

woodfield mall...i used to live for it in high school since its the centerpiece of schaumburg. i guess my more economic side has in the past few years pulled me away from going to the mall and spending money on unneeded clothes when i have a closet packed with clothing. however, i did have to go there this morning for my senior graduation picture.

the mall had an advertising campaign with about six figures that shaped the identities of different woodfield customers. it was interesting and it had my eye since the figures were modern cartoon characters each with their own personality. the artisit clearly used illustrator. obsessed. it was funny since my mom told me about it and i had no idea. i looked up the article from a few weeks ago. it has no images! after a little more searching, i ran across a quiz to determine which "woodfield persona" you are. it has some images, too. i took the quiz and ended up being ben, the tech friendly classy dresser. it definitely defines me.

guess woodfield mall needs some shoppers in our great economy. thanks for the suggestion as to what stores i might like...

graduated!

i officially became a college graduate last night! it was anticlimactic as expected. it was exciting though to walk across the stage in my cap and gown while my name was being said.

i still have to be audited from this semester's grades before i receive my diploma as required by luc. i'm not worried! i will still be graduating cum laude with a bachelor's in advertising & public relations and minors in visual communications and marketing.

i'm a real person now. watch out...

no more gg spinoff?!

so excited for "valley girls" but, reports say that it won't spin off into its own show.

i guess i can't say sadness since i haven't seen the episode but the clips do look good.

in terms of other cw pilots for pick up, melrose place obviously will be watched due to my love for 90210 which is semi-embarassing. i will probably end up watching beautiful life due to mischa barton. i'm not sure if the cw needs vampire diaries. they should pick up this body politic that everyone is talking about. i do love vampires but, it sounds like twilight or true blood for the teenagers. i guess i'll have to wait until the cw releases a proper announcement.