Just Wondering

[jazzy_dave]

Have you ever been in the newspaper: your photo or something you’ve written?

What's the craziest thing you've ever done for someone?

What TV advertisement bothers you the most and why?

Comments

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Once had an article published in 'Big Issue' if that counts?

I married him! :o)

All of them!

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I married him! :o)

You, too, huh? It seemed the logical thing to do. :D

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

It seemed like a good idea at the time (we'd been together for thirteen years at that point and that was ten years back). :o)

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I know what you mean, We're coming up on *gads* forty years. It still seems like yesterday.

[spikesgirl58.livejournal.com]

I worked for a newspaper for several years, so yes and yes.

I got married.

Anything for Carl's Junior due to their blatant sexism.

[sandman-jazz.livejournal.com]

1. I had my photo in the paper around 2009 with Simon Truckle when we did a charity climb of Snowden for McMillian Cancer research. Although not a newspaper piece I did have an essay based on Dennis Potter's Cold Lazarus publish in Charity Anthology You and Whoelse.

2. Probably posing nude for a friends photography course at Uni

3. The Haribo Adverts with the kids dubbed over the adults...they are sooo annoying

[thespian15.livejournal.com]

Multiple letters to the editor. :p

Hmm, generally not all that crazy. :p

What is the one that's bugging me at the moment? Hmm... :o Of course I can't think of it now. :p
Ones that are overly patriotic get on my nerves.
Hugs, Jon

[jwg.livejournal.com]

This is me appearing in the Lexington (MA) Minuteman playing my harp in a Quadrivium (early music group) in about 1980.



This me appearing in the Boston Globe (near front in the striped pants head turned a bit to the side) in a Preserve Rent Control Hearing in Cambridge City Hall(MA) in 1971.

[qwentoozla]

When I was a kid, a picture of me wearing a purple raincoat and petting a Boston Terrier at an anti-Iraq War protest was in the San Diego Union Tribune. I wonder if my parents still have that clipping? It was pretty cute as I remember!

I can't think of anything truly crazy that I've done for someone...

I don't watch TV, the commercials are too annoying!

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

Both; photos back when I was president of the Friends of the Library, and numerous gardening articles, a few in the regular paper and lots in the two alternative weeklies. And I used to write letters to the editor a lot, but have given up these days. There is no discourse on the letters anymore; it's all trolls.

Gave his cat an enema.

The one for some toilet paper; it basically says that if you don't use their paper you're walking around with shit stuck on your bumhole.

[everville340.livejournal.com]

Yes.
(A primitive drawing from a local paper's contest when Star Wars was released without a Roman Numeral attached to the title, some letters to the editor and theatre reviews in the same hometown newspaper, and a quote from an impact statement in honor of my husband a couple years ago.)

Pretending that putting the Robin tights on again and going out amongst the masses never happened two years ago, flying through the Redwoods on a zipline with my brother in 2013.

A trio of choices Hulu asked repeatedly for a period of time: three car commercial versions chosen by "Nerd", "Hippy", or "Weirdo".
(I see a bit of all three in Me; saw absolutely nothing of myself in any of them.)

[a-phoenixdragon.livejournal.com]

Not that I can recall offhand. I think when I was real small - it was at my school, but I can't remember if I actually made the paper...

Stuck with hubby, no matter what or where we end up!!

Any drug commercial. Being a doctor's child I find them distasteful. Peddling medicine like it is furniture is disgusting and sets up an expectation with patients, as though their doctors are there to contribute to their consumerism. Disgusting, really. If you need it and the doctor knows about it, that is good enough. but they do these adverts, lean on the doctors so the doctors feel obligated to peddle their snake-oil. Which half the time, is worse than the damned disease!!!

*HUGS*

[internet-sampo.livejournal.com]

I had to write something about the non-profit I was running and got my photo in the paper that way.

But there's more to the story!

I planned to send a copy of the newspaper to my parents, put it in an envelope, addressed it and let it on my desk to remind me to mail it.

When I came back in the house, I found this:



Which was done by this crazy puppy:



But there's more!

Why would the puppy reach up on the desk to get stuff to chew up? He didn't.

A few days later we found out what happened. This one



who was jealous that we got a puppy, got the puppy wound up and then jumped up on the desk and pushed mail down on his head (know that he'd chew it up and get into trouble!).

So that's the whole story!

[ladyblue56.livejournal.com]

A cat scorned! Pushing things off for the dog to destroy is epic.

[siglinde99.livejournal.com]

Several times. The first was at a Kiwanis music festival. I spent two summers writing newspaper articles for a living. Most recently, I was featured in a story about student dancers performing in a ballet with a touring company.

I have a friend who loves dinosaurs and other silly things. She ordered me a rolling pin that stamps out dinosaur shapes so I baked her dino cookies. I also knitted her a pair of T Rex claw mittens (my own design), and a pair of goofy elf slippers she had admired (complete with bells on the toes). It was fun watching her post about the surprise package.

I don't watch TV, so this is not an issue.

[ladyblue56.livejournal.com]

Book reviews, photos from birth bc my twin and I were the first set of twins born at the new hospital.

Quoted in newspaper in late 90's about the bad middle school and their antics to get rid of the special needs kids (like mine).

Most TV ads bother my ears/tinnitus bc of the increased sound levels which is why I record what shows I watch so I can fast forward through the ads.

I don't know of any recent ads bc I've not paid attn but from time past the insurance ads w. the pig squealing comes to mind as being particularly annoying.

[kabuldur.livejournal.com]

Yes, my picture has been in a newspaper, and I've been on TV - twice!

Ooh, I don't usually do crazy things. I once lent my car briefly to someone. I certainly felt anxious until she brought it back! Luckily she brought it back unharmed. And when I found out why she borrowed it, I was furious!

Most ads. They are so loud and invasive! I did like a RACQ ad back in the day. 'The wheel nuts!'

[mrdreamjeans.livejournal.com]

1. I was a newspaper reporter, feature writer and theater critic in the 80's, so yes. My photo was in the newspaper for my appearances in musicals.

2. I've flown across the country to spend one day wth a special person.

3. Right now, it's the political ads of Donald Trump ... so many distortions and lies. Each time he speaks or I see his face, I feel like I need to take a shower.

[prinzessbtrfly.livejournal.com]

- no, not that i can remember
- let someone take advantage of me unconsciously because they were lonely and started messing around with them on a regular basis moreso because it's what they wanted.
- i don't have a tv, i watch everything through streaming so none at the moment. i actually tend to dislike any commercials on the radio, on my streaming services, pandora, you tube.... lol i love that you can pay for commercial free on most things these days. commercials suck.