The best way to be a conservative woman?

So I was watching CNN today, (weird, right?) and this happened to be one of the commercials that aired:



I have NEVER seen this commercial before, and, of course, I had to see it on a conservative channel. Personally, I like how you can even slide the thing up and down so you can decide just "how much cleavage you want to show" read:"how much of a prude you want to be". Don't get me wrong, I'm all for respecting women, but she knew the shirt was made that way when she bought it. Maybe I'm crazy. Maybe she should buy less revealing shirts to wear to work. Eh.

Also, it looks like a napkin.

ATP Presentation Action!

This past Thursday marked the end of a chapter for many BSC (BSU!) students who were approved for the Adrian Tinsley Project. For those who dont know, ATP gives out summer and semester grants ranging from 800-4500 dollars to students who wish to do undergraduate research. At the end of the research period, the students are required to present their findings at a research symposium. My partner in crime, Michael Galvez, (pictured with ATP chairman Steve Haefner) happened to be one of those students who was funded, and therefore presented. All of the presentations were executed very well, and all had quite a bit to report to their colleagues. There were interesting studies conducted on crime rates in Lowell, how Western media influences Arabian's body image satisfaction, how play therapy can be better suited to children in a clinical/home setting, several creative writing projects, and of course Mike's video presentation showing off his short films he/we made over the course of the roadtrip.



As I said before, all the presentations were great, and very informative. It was also nice to see some fellow classmates make appearances at the symposium, and it was great to have some good talks with my professor during the breaks.

With all that said, there was one presentation right before Mike's that was about the organization and difficulty of playing some saxophone solos for All-State bands. Im not 100% on what it was really about, as the presentation was interrupted by technical difficulties, and the presenter never got the chance to really delve into the subject as much as I wanted him to, but he still kept my interest. Maybe it was his awesome beard. Either way, he may or may not have been given 4500 bucks to look at sheet music. And grow a beard. That rules.

What were they thinking?!

So I was watching some tv tonight and I ran across an absolutely horrifying commercial. I dont know how someone could ever think "yeah, that would look good on our network. Lets air it nightly at 11:05 and 11:35". Naturally, I had to look it up online and share it with you all. Enjoy:

A promotional question

Now that the trip is over, I feel like this should take new direction. For those of you who dont know, I'm an avid guitar enthusiast and love playing for hours on end. As of late I have been watching a few videos online made by some of my favorite musicians to help develop some techniques, and I got to wondering: do labels make these artists put out videos for publicity reasons? Having worked with several promotion labels, I already know bands are forced into doing interviews while they are being promoted, but does it work the say way with all of their videos as well? I have been looking at this one for the past couple hours and then that idea sparked in my head. Its not really even an instructional video, its just what he does while warming up for a show. So did he get a camera shoved in his face, or really just want to show some people how he warms up? Might have to look into this...