Oh, hello…
Hello world wide web. hyper text transfer protocol. Web 2.0 - whatever you want to call it, really. It’s me, Dane Benton, and I am a new contributor to this wonderful conglomeration known as Make Seriously. I suppose at some point you may have expected it, with all of the recent mentions Josh has made of me in recent weeks. But now I’m an official contributor, and since I’ve already been referred to as the ‘hostest with the mostest’, I suppose it’s my turn to show you something I like.
For those of you who may not know, I am a student at Anderson University, graduating NEXT SATURDAY, May 9. This last semester has been an absolute blur, and as I prepare for the things that lie ahead, I don’t really have a lot of downtime. When I do have downtime, however, I am usually comfortably perched upon the red couch in my living room watching either 1.) The Biggest Loser or 2.) LOST. While these are two completely different shows (which both ironically deal with ‘losing’…) they are my solace from the hectic life of a senior in college.
Most of the advertising that occurs during both of these shows is awful, and since I don’t have the luxury of DVR, I suffer through it. But one night while watching one of these shows, I saw an ad that made me stop and actually pay attention because it caught my attention in a new way. You may have seen it - you may have not… but don’t fret, because the awesome(ness) that is YouTube has allowed me to post it here.
It really puts things in perspective, and made me think — I’m pretty sure that’s why I like it. As a designer (and human) I like to make people think and do things that are different in some way. There’s nothing like challenging the status quo - so do something different today (and why not leave me a nice little comment while you’re at it?!). I wish you a happy weekend, readers. I will try my hardest not to disappoint. And—many thanks to josh for rendering my hair almost perfectly — that’s why he’s paid the big bucks I suppose.
