memetic momentum

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/people_nm/clooney_dc_5

Are we part of the momentum? (How much of my dorky $CELEBRITY_CRUSH commentary here affects the 10-50% of my flist that they propagate the meme, and so on? It would be novel to feel like I mattered, well, at all, really, but, to this in particular.)

Or was I merely easy prey to a well-organized marketing campaign that was well-underway when I happened to notice? (Obviously, the "for your consideration" push was well-enough underway that I started dreaming about the guy prior to seeing either of his nominated movies.)

I used to be ahead of the curve...

(for like, 4 months, in 10th grade, maybe, when I started wearing vintage rhinestone jewelry right before Madonna did. I wasn't cool or anything, but I predicted trends.)

now I feel like roadkill.

EDIT: This ties him with Brad Pitt for being named twice. This may come up in pub trivia sometime soon. Let me know if my pointless $CELEBRITY_CRUSH knowledge earns you a beer.

memetic momentum

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061116/people_nm/clooney_dc_5

Are we part of the momentum? (How much of my dorky $CELEBRITY_CRUSH commentary here affects the 10-50% of my flist that they propagate the meme, and so on? It would be novel to feel like I mattered, well, at all, really, but, to this in particular.)

Or was I merely easy prey to a well-organized marketing campaign that was well-underway when I happened to notice? (Obviously, the "for your consideration" push was well-enough underway that I started dreaming about the guy prior to seeing either of his nominated movies.)

I used to be ahead of the curve...

(for like, 4 months, in 10th grade, maybe, when I started wearing vintage rhinestone jewelry right before Madonna did. I wasn't cool or anything, but I predicted trends.)

now I feel like roadkill.

EDIT: This ties him with Brad Pitt for being named twice. This may come up in pub trivia sometime soon. Let me know if my pointless $CELEBRITY_CRUSH knowledge earns you a beer.

She's So Unusual (ok, fine, now to your meme)

six (or is it ten? I forget) weird-ass things about me:

1. I have a deformed left foot. (a Bunion)
   
2. I have hypothyroidism (Most of the hypothyroid folks I know seem to have complicated cases, mine is weird in that it is textbook treatable, and has been for more than a decade.)
   
3. I'm guessing that it is weird for someone of my advanced age to have never lived with one's SO, but I haven't.
   
4. At least, it's weird that I've [never] married [anyone, except] myself. (At least, it seems to come up a lot when people mention me to others. I never considered the "wedding" as much more than a big party. I don't really consider myself married -- I haven't even bought me a ring! Others won't let me live it down.)
   
5. I grew up Republican, and was registered as one until I moved to Massachusetts in 1998. A reversal of the alleged Churchill quote, but, it turns out, he was just as weird. I still have yet to register as a Demo[n]crat, since local law allows me the primary ballot of my choice as long as I am UNENROLLED. I'm not sure what it would take for me to voluntarily register as "D", and face the ancestral displeasure and all, but, I suspect it would involve getting regular footrubs from George Clooney... while having a serious discussion about his political views, of course. ahem. (In a pinch, he could sub in Trent, Jake Gyllenhaal, Julian McMahon, or the dude who plays Sawyer, for example...)
   
6. Following the submeme, I'll screen comments and let folks tell me the weirdest thing about me that they Can't Believe I Forgot. If it's something that effectively translates to You're a complete kneebiter, well, everyone is, so, that would be insufficiently weird, bucko! (Also, BITE ME!)

She's So Unusual (ok, fine, now to your meme)

six (or is it ten? I forget) weird-ass things about me:

1. I have a deformed left foot. (a Bunion)
   
2. I have hypothyroidism (Most of the hypothyroid folks I know seem to have complicated cases, mine is weird in that it is textbook treatable, and has been for more than a decade.)
   
3. I'm guessing that it is weird for someone of my advanced age to have never lived with one's SO, but I haven't.
   
4. At least, it's weird that I've [never] married [anyone, except] myself. (At least, it seems to come up a lot when people mention me to others. I never considered the "wedding" as much more than a big party. I don't really consider myself married -- I haven't even bought me a ring! Others won't let me live it down.)
   
5. I grew up Republican, and was registered as one until I moved to Massachusetts in 1998. A reversal of the alleged Churchill quote, but, it turns out, he was just as weird. I still have yet to register as a Demo[n]crat, since local law allows me the primary ballot of my choice as long as I am UNENROLLED. I'm not sure what it would take for me to voluntarily register as "D", and face the ancestral displeasure and all, but, I suspect it would involve getting regular footrubs from George Clooney... while having a serious discussion about his political views, of course. ahem. (In a pinch, he could sub in Trent, Jake Gyllenhaal, Julian McMahon, or the dude who plays Sawyer, for example...)
   
6. Following the submeme, I'll screen comments and let folks tell me the weirdest thing about me that they Can't Believe I Forgot. If it's something that effectively translates to You're a complete kneebiter, well, everyone is, so, that would be insufficiently weird, bucko! (Also, BITE ME!)