Wednesday, August 29, 2007
So what do you think of Justine?
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Well, I am interested to see what happens. So far, I've seen Justine checking on her new site, tastyblogsnack.com, which may be where you'll actually get some solid content. There's nothing quite like the written word to express some really organized and coherent content. You need thought and afterthought and editing to create something consistent and compelling. I thought her feature on Yahoo was very entertaining. The actual show, or "lifecast" is not, at least not at the moment. Such is life, right? Life is not entertaining 24/7. Life is made up of moments and only some of those moments truly rise to the occassion of being memorable. The idea of someone putting their life on display is definitely intriguig. You could argue that it depends on who the person is on the display and what they are doing. In the case of Justine, hey, she's beautiful and she has a bubbly personality so that's something. If she were on a quest for something, doing something specific, then it gets very very interesting. But what will she do? What does she really even have to say? I am Justine. I am the Internet? No, I don't think so. But I'm not thinking that I'd do a better job of it. I really prefer to take my time and blog now and then.
I'm watching Justine's lifecast right now and wondering if something is actually going to happen but knowing that nothing is going to happen. I think I want something to happen. I'm suppose to expect nothing and that's exactly what I'm getting. It's not exactly her fault. We're watching raw footage of life. It seems like something is about to happen and then..nothing. Darn. Oh, finally, something. She's eating a sandwich. A young woman eats a sandwich and people all over the net watch. If she were to comment more about herself or anything at all...oh, wait, she just said something about her sandwich. And now she just took a swig from her juice.
We expect less as a society. That's why that girl who exposed her mind as being severely underutilized is an instant celeb. I'm referring to Miss South Carolina from the Miss Teen Pageant who, when asked her opinion on a survey that claims 15 percent of Americans can't find the United States on a map, began to blather in such a way to indicate very little thinking going on. It seemed like she thought she might be able to just blurt out anything, "...U.S. Americans, South Africa, the Iraq, and we can then secure our future..." But then there's the rest of this story that people might forget. She was invited to appear on The Today Show to calmly answer the question and what she said wasn't really that much better. She said we should emphasize education in geography. That got a thumbs up from one of the hosts, Ann Curry, who isn't exactly the brightest bulb in the pack. Very sad. From all the publicity and support this dimwit young lady has gotten, you'd think it will be no time before she has her own show. No offense to Justine or anyone else doing lifecasting. I would say that, if you're attractive, a lot of other things can get looked over, ignored, dismissed, or never considered, never thought. Just put the next cute girl on the screen. Still, I want to stress I have nothing against Justine. It's the world we live in that might be the bigger problem.
I do like the idea of lifecasts but I think it's something that we're riveted to only for the moment. It's like we're seeing history being made or something. Or maybe it's just voyerism in overdrive. Right now, Justine is back in her car and is listening to Bon Jovi and that got a text of, "I LUV BON JOVI!" from one of us on the show with her followed by the more typical mysogynistic remark of, "I'VE GOT UR BALL JOVI!" Now more music but no hope of Justine leading some beautiful communal moment of "rocking out," etc. That's where you'd need someone with a charismatic personality. And that's getting closer to the problem. She doesn't have to be a great performer or anything extraordinary but it would be nice if she really gave us something. She's just there looking pretty. Any random comments from her to her audience would go a very long way.
As much as we make fun of good people that we label as dull, I would really be up for an Al Gore lifecast or just a day in the life. We pretty much got a great lifecast sort of movie from him already. People like Al Gore don't have time and certainly would never be expected to have time to be a lifecaster. So, that leaves lifecasting to people who find the very act of lifecasting to be a life enhancing thing for them. Again, no major diss to Justine. I understand that she's a graphic designer and video editor. Oh, wait, Justine's on the phone...no, false alarm again. I've got nothing. But I'll keep trying...maybe later.
Oh, wow, I just started to look at other people's lifecasts. Some worse but then I found this one: http://www.justin.tv/nekomimi_lisa and I'm thinking it's more promising. Lisa, I think, just said her show has been going strong since 1999! Huh? Cable Access? Well, whatever, it's awesome. This girl is talking up a storm and she's smart and entertaining. She just asked for poetry submissions!!! And she's from New York!!! I think that says it all. If you want the brainy and fun people, you're more likely to find them in New York!!! Well, Justine is getting all the fame, as too often happens for the healthy blondes, but it's usually the hipster chick you should be listening to. She actually talks and has something to say!!!
But, wait, wait, yet another thought. So, I've been watching Nekomimi from Brooklyn and it's started to look like bad performance art. Again, no offense to Nekomimi. Her show is more structured but I'll have to wait and see just how good. I just went back to Justine. The change is like night and day. Where Nekomimi is dark and brooding, Justine is bright and care-free. She definitely has model good looks and does shine but then...you guessed it, nothing much at the moment. Such is life! But in art, less is more!
Less is More! I think that's the lesson we come away from lifecasts. Just raw streaming video of somebody doing whatever isn't much different from the shallow little girl on stage vomiting, "U.S. Americans, South Africa, the Iraq, and we can then secure our future."
Watch live video and chat on Justin.tv
Well, I am interested to see what happens. So far, I've seen Justine checking on her new site, tastyblogsnack.com, which may be where you'll actually get some solid content. There's nothing quite like the written word to express some really organized and coherent content. You need thought and afterthought and editing to create something consistent and compelling. I thought her feature on Yahoo was very entertaining. The actual show, or "lifecast" is not, at least not at the moment. Such is life, right? Life is not entertaining 24/7. Life is made up of moments and only some of those moments truly rise to the occassion of being memorable. The idea of someone putting their life on display is definitely intriguig. You could argue that it depends on who the person is on the display and what they are doing. In the case of Justine, hey, she's beautiful and she has a bubbly personality so that's something. If she were on a quest for something, doing something specific, then it gets very very interesting. But what will she do? What does she really even have to say? I am Justine. I am the Internet? No, I don't think so. But I'm not thinking that I'd do a better job of it. I really prefer to take my time and blog now and then.
I'm watching Justine's lifecast right now and wondering if something is actually going to happen but knowing that nothing is going to happen. I think I want something to happen. I'm suppose to expect nothing and that's exactly what I'm getting. It's not exactly her fault. We're watching raw footage of life. It seems like something is about to happen and then..nothing. Darn. Oh, finally, something. She's eating a sandwich. A young woman eats a sandwich and people all over the net watch. If she were to comment more about herself or anything at all...oh, wait, she just said something about her sandwich. And now she just took a swig from her juice.
We expect less as a society. That's why that girl who exposed her mind as being severely underutilized is an instant celeb. I'm referring to Miss South Carolina from the Miss Teen Pageant who, when asked her opinion on a survey that claims 15 percent of Americans can't find the United States on a map, began to blather in such a way to indicate very little thinking going on. It seemed like she thought she might be able to just blurt out anything, "...U.S. Americans, South Africa, the Iraq, and we can then secure our future..." But then there's the rest of this story that people might forget. She was invited to appear on The Today Show to calmly answer the question and what she said wasn't really that much better. She said we should emphasize education in geography. That got a thumbs up from one of the hosts, Ann Curry, who isn't exactly the brightest bulb in the pack. Very sad. From all the publicity and support this dimwit young lady has gotten, you'd think it will be no time before she has her own show. No offense to Justine or anyone else doing lifecasting. I would say that, if you're attractive, a lot of other things can get looked over, ignored, dismissed, or never considered, never thought. Just put the next cute girl on the screen. Still, I want to stress I have nothing against Justine. It's the world we live in that might be the bigger problem.
I do like the idea of lifecasts but I think it's something that we're riveted to only for the moment. It's like we're seeing history being made or something. Or maybe it's just voyerism in overdrive. Right now, Justine is back in her car and is listening to Bon Jovi and that got a text of, "I LUV BON JOVI!" from one of us on the show with her followed by the more typical mysogynistic remark of, "I'VE GOT UR BALL JOVI!" Now more music but no hope of Justine leading some beautiful communal moment of "rocking out," etc. That's where you'd need someone with a charismatic personality. And that's getting closer to the problem. She doesn't have to be a great performer or anything extraordinary but it would be nice if she really gave us something. She's just there looking pretty. Any random comments from her to her audience would go a very long way.
As much as we make fun of good people that we label as dull, I would really be up for an Al Gore lifecast or just a day in the life. We pretty much got a great lifecast sort of movie from him already. People like Al Gore don't have time and certainly would never be expected to have time to be a lifecaster. So, that leaves lifecasting to people who find the very act of lifecasting to be a life enhancing thing for them. Again, no major diss to Justine. I understand that she's a graphic designer and video editor. Oh, wait, Justine's on the phone...no, false alarm again. I've got nothing. But I'll keep trying...maybe later.
Oh, wow, I just started to look at other people's lifecasts. Some worse but then I found this one: http://www.justin.tv/nekomimi_lisa and I'm thinking it's more promising. Lisa, I think, just said her show has been going strong since 1999! Huh? Cable Access? Well, whatever, it's awesome. This girl is talking up a storm and she's smart and entertaining. She just asked for poetry submissions!!! And she's from New York!!! I think that says it all. If you want the brainy and fun people, you're more likely to find them in New York!!! Well, Justine is getting all the fame, as too often happens for the healthy blondes, but it's usually the hipster chick you should be listening to. She actually talks and has something to say!!!
But, wait, wait, yet another thought. So, I've been watching Nekomimi from Brooklyn and it's started to look like bad performance art. Again, no offense to Nekomimi. Her show is more structured but I'll have to wait and see just how good. I just went back to Justine. The change is like night and day. Where Nekomimi is dark and brooding, Justine is bright and care-free. She definitely has model good looks and does shine but then...you guessed it, nothing much at the moment. Such is life! But in art, less is more!
Less is More! I think that's the lesson we come away from lifecasts. Just raw streaming video of somebody doing whatever isn't much different from the shallow little girl on stage vomiting, "U.S. Americans, South Africa, the Iraq, and we can then secure our future."
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