Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010

These videos make me proud to be African-American

Admittedly, I know very little about the World Cup-- but I can't help but be fascinated with it. It is the one event in this world that brings every nation together.

The commercials for it are amazing. The Super Bowl gets a lot of hype for their commercials, but they are just kitschy and completely consumer based (and, this year, pretty awful) . World Cup commercials strive for a little more. And, yes, I understand they are still commercials and thus, in some way, still selling something. I appreciate them, though, because they don't sacrifice creativity while doing it. They are inspiring, creative, and capture the excitement attached to these games.

"Wavin' Flag" is probably my favorite commercial so far. According to YouTube, this video has been watched 226,106 times at the time of this post. 36 of those views were me. They used this song in a charity compliation for Haiti. The song is truly beautiful.

Pepsi drafted Akon to be part of their commercial. "Oh, Africa" is a fun little commercial. It even makes me think Akon is redeemable as a performer.

Oh... and click here if you want to see Snoop Dogg with a light-saber. It is an old Adidas World Cup commercial that uses the classic Star Wars "Cantina scene." [credit to Graham for the find]

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

I just applied to what I think is the coolest school ever. It required that I send a resume and a letter of interest. The letter of interest will be what gets me an interview because my resume looks bleak and sad.

The letter of interest was honest-- but at the same time I felt like propriety was holding me back from what I really wanted to say. Basically I wanted to write them a torrid love letter explaining how much I love progressive education.

I think of this school as most children think of Hogwarts.

Before I applied, I stalked them on Wikipedia and apparently they have offered courses such as: History of the English Language, Art of Tibetan Religion and Culture, Messianic Archetypes in Film and Literature, Glassblowing, and ARCHERY. Seriously-- ARCHERY!

I would work at this school for free.

There have been several schools that I have applied to this year. Applying to all of these schools this year was awesome, though in that I found myself really excited for all of the jobs. After traveling abroad for three months-- I found myself wanting to share my experiences with everyone and not just through pictures (although my pictures are freaking awesome).

So... I'm probably going to go back to school.