Posted on February 28, 2005
I admit it. I don’t get the Oscars. Actually, that’s not true. I’m okay with the Oscars. I don’t get the other seventy-two thousand award shows. I mean it’s a bit ridiculous, isn’t it?
One for movies, one for television, one for music. Okay, I could deal with that. But then you get one for cable television, another one for movies, one for a particular sport, one for a particular kind of music, another one for a cable television channel. The list goes on and on. And on.
But what really gets me is that it isn’t like these people need any more publicity, or another bag full of thousands of dollars of goodies that will probably end up in the trash. Seriously.
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Posted on February 25, 2005
December 12 of last year saw me pass the top-end barrier of that most desired of demographics, 18-34 year olds. Amazing, but in the less than three months since, I’m reminded pretty much constantly of how poorly I meet that demographic now.
Last night, for instance, I spent far more time watching the number on the door of the departure taxi on The Apprentice than I did actually paying attention to the show, much less looking at those fancy “murals” that were created. Incidentally, for the first time that I’ve noticed, the number on the taxi door was the same throughout the closing credits. I think it was 30L9 or something very close to that.
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