Lost

So as I sit anticipating the premier of the ABC show Lost it makes me think about how this show is so unlike any other show on TV. Not only is it not so mindless and is incredibaly addicting, it is the only show that has been entirely already written. The writers of the show have already written out the entire show and each episode brings us closer to the finally. The best part of the show already being written is that although there are so many unanswered question, we know that there will eventually be an end. Unlike other mystery shows that just drag out the episdoes so viewers keep tuning in, Lost doesn't have to do that. So watch the premiere!! Tomorrow at 8!! two hours!! 

Macbook Air

So my home page is apple.com and every time I open a new internet page I have to pass by the apple.com website first. The other day their new ad for Macbook Air caught my eye. It is their new laptop design that is the thinnest personal computer ever made. I watched the ad and after being wowed by watching them pull a lap top out of an envelope, I started to think about all the other exceptional products Apple has made that have been hugely successful. I feel like everything Apple touches turns to gold. Their technology always seems to be ahead of everyone else. When their new products come out they are always so new and exciting and always blow any other competition out of the water. For example think about the ipod. They were one of the first companies to put out a portable mp3 player and to this day I can barely think of another company that makes a good mp3 player other than Apple. So the bottom line is that I NEED Macbook air!!

 

Double Sided Peanut Butter Jar

So as my blogger name depicts I am in fact an advertising major. In my marketing for advertising majors class this afternoon a friend of mine and fellow classmate was called on by our teacher and instead of answering her question he instead brought up an invention he had thought of and how easy it would be to market. His invention was a double sided peanut butter jar. At first it sounds laughable but if you take the time to think about it the idea is not so far off. His idea came from his frustration at never being able to get to the peanut butter at the end of the jar. It's hard to reach and your hands get all sticky and peanut buttery in the process of fishing for the last morsels of peanut butter. So instead he proposed: why not just have a lid at the other end of the jar that you can unscrew and successfully get the rest of the peanut butter and therefore get your moneys worth.

Although I doubt we will see a double sided peanut butter jar in the grocery stores soon it made me think about how people come up with ideas, because to me this "invention", although it sounded interesting, was totally off the wall, off topic and random. What was he thinking about in class that made him ponder up such an "invention"? I know just as well any one the way your mind tends to wander in class, but I think it is interesting the different things people think about. I would never wish to be a mind reader because I do think there are some people's thoughts I just don't necessarily need to hear, but it would be interesting to know the processes which lead people to think or act the way they do.