LOLCATS

I feel as though I should post with some sort of insight, but my mind is blank.

I will soon be composing a post entitled "The Portrayal of Homosexuals in the Media", so you should tune in soon for that. Probably over the weekend, if I find enough evidence and other such things.

I would like to now speak of something that is sweeping the internet, that no one can explain. LOLCATS. For those of you unfamiliar with Lolcats, they are composed of two main elements.
1) A cute kitty in a weird situation or pose
2) A phrase usually in internet speak that makes this pose hilarious.
A common phrase used in lolcats is "I'm in your (blank), (blank)ing your (blank)". My personal favorite is "Im in ur fridge eating ur foodz". These cats are hilarious, but at the same time there is something so creepy about this. A cat, quite the innocent animal, transformed into this medium for some sort of message. (I know I said in the comments of my last post that I didn't want McLuhan references, but it works here!) I know ask those of you reading this to go onto google images and type in "lolcats". It will entertain and frighten you. While this is a great pass time for extreme boredom, you must think really of who came up with these, and what did they want you to get from it.
That was way too deep for frickin' Lolcats. I have been Tita'd!

Remember:
Im in ur bowl
Eatn ur ramen

EDIT: After looking at more Lolcats, I have realized. There is nothing to look into. They are just hilarious. No deep hidden message.

Hi-Def Makeup

I was staying at the McMenamins Grand Lodge for a speech tournament over the weekend. When I woke up in the morning, I found a complementary copy of The Oregonian outside my door. I sat down and read it, because I had some time before I had to leave. In the Living section there was an article on Hi-Def Makeup. Come 2009, all television stations will be broadcast in High Definition. This article was about KGW, who will be switching soon. The makeup that they currently use, which is heavy stage makeup, will make the anchors look clown-like. So, they must use a special liquid makeup that will cover flaws. Because with hi-def TV, you will be able to see every little wrinkle, every crow's foot, every laugh line, because the resolution will be five times as sharp. I hate to talk about De Zengotita, seeing as I am no fan, but this seems to me to fall under one of his definitions of different realities. Seeing as there are quite a few of them, and all are very similar, I will not attempt to decide which this example would fall under. But there seems to be something inherently wrong with covering up all these things for the audience. Doesn't this send out image problems to everyone? How would like if you had to stare at a flawless face for 30 minutes? You'd be jealous and you know it. It's society's obsession with age, and it's back with a high tech vengeance.