A celeb-tastic endorsement for Adidas

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw the new adidas advert last night on mtv. The sports brand are obviously not being affected at all by the credit crunch, with what I would think is one of their most expensive campaigns to date.

The first time I saw it I was drawn in by the music (Franki Valli and the Four seasons- ‘Begging’) and the creativity of the advert, but the second time I was determined to identify as many celebrities as possible! The ones I spotted were:
David Beckham, Katy Perry, Estelle, Ting Tings, Missy Elliott, Run DMC, Method man, The Game...and others that I recognised but wasn’t able to name.

It’s a bit of a 'who’s who' in celebland and really goes along with one of adidas’ slogans- ‘celebrate originality’. This campaign is to celebrate the 60th anniversary of adidas and I think it really sets them apart from their rival brands. Watch it and see how good you are at celeb-spotting!

Jenny

Cooking with mother...

Well not quite. When I say cooking with mother I mean more so attempted baking (with the added bonus of flour and sugar everywhere) with my “urban family” of friends.
I’ve read a couple of articles about the recession causing fast-food outlets (who shall not be named!) to be one of the only businesses that’s still smiling in this gloomy time.
Understandably people are going for the cheap option and unfortunately the first thing you think when you hear the word cheap is “unhealthy, quick, convenient” a.k.a fast food.
Attempting to fight-back the tide of takeaway menu leaflets my friends and I are buying good old wholesome basics like “self-raising flour” in order to concoct our own recipes. These basics are surprisingly cheap when you buy in bulk (especially when you compare them to their pre-made, neatly-packaged counterparts)
I was quietly chuffed with the fact I’ve passed on my recipe for mean marmite scones via email to a few people who wanted the recipe after eating it!
As another big-name food corporation (they’ll remain nameless too!) says; “Every little helps”
Cat

Happy Valentines!

I want to wish everyone a big Happy Valentines Day!
As for singletons, now is not the time to go into a deep depression, it could be the best time to meet the perfect match...two lonely hearts and all that!
Although I do think it is an overly commercialised celebration, where people tend to be forced into spending lots of money...it's nice to receive a card and appreciate the small gestures that make us all happy!
So enjoy the one day of the year that we are allowed to show our emotions without being judged!

Jenny

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Power to the Pistol!

You have to love it when unlikely celebrity endorsements work exceptionally well! Like good old John Lyndon (or Johnny Rotten) plugging the benefits of Country Life butter. The image of seeing this middle-aged punk gallivanting all over the country side stating that he doesn’t buy Country Life butter for the patriotism of helping out the British farmer but rather it’s the supposedly yummy, buttery goodness.
Well obviously it’s worked quite well. Here I was scoffing at the implausibility of the campaign actually working and it turns out that people love the cashing-in of Lyndon’s style and I’m sure so are the Country Life Execs as sales of the brand lifted by 85% in the most recent quarter.
Sure he may be selling up his Punk ideals- but there’s something quite likeable in a man who will go to the extremes of tongue-and-cheek behavior… especially in the name of butter… let’s just hope it really is as good as he claims it is!
Cat

Bring back snow days!

This wintery (rather delayed Christmassy) weather has made me wonder at what age do snow days become frowned upon?! With the hundreds of schools closing this week due to snowy conditions, inevitably all the teachers are also enjoying the time off. Why should the rest of the country’s workforce be missing out? I say national snow days should be compulsory! Obviously there would have to be some sort of guidelines...a certain amount of centimetres of snow for instance but I think this would boost morale and let everyone enjoy the rare opportunity for a snowball fight! I believe this would also cut down on the amount of women slipping over on the ice and getting injured due to no fashionable shoes having any form of grip on the soles...but that’s another matter entirely to rant on about, I’ll save that for another day.
Jenny

Knowledge is power...

Happy Tuesday Everyone!

As we're in the middle of the working week I feel I should do my part to stave off the Late-Afternoon-Mind-Shlump (or L.A.M.S for short.. I felt it was worth while forming some form of abbreviation as I’m sure to use the phrase again in another blog at some point…) I’ve decided to give you some gems of knowledge in the form of random ‘facts’ (Google is great for producing this kind of stuff in search engines: That is a definite fact!)

So here goes, get your brain matter chewing on these morsels:

- Elephants are the only mammals that can't jump.
- You burn more calories sleeping than you do watching TV.
- There are no words in the dictionary that rhyme with orange, purple and silver.
- If you keep a goldfish in the dark room, it will eventually turn white.
- On average, 12 newborns will be given to the wrong parents daily!
- Every year more people are killed by donkeys, than in aircraft crashes.
- Porcupines float in water!

Now, doesn’t your brain feel all the more richer and replenished for knowing these vitally important facts?!

Cat