Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2011.

Yesterday night was the Victoria's Secret Fashion show. I have never been big on watching fashion shows or pageants, etc. I wasn't able to watch the show last night, but I was surprised to see that my Facebook exploded with status updates on excitement to watch the show. I didn't realize how big of a deal the VS show was. Some of my friends had made traditions of watching it with their girlfriends and were waiting in anticipation to see which artists would be performing [If I was told correctly I believe Kanye, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, and Adam LeVine all performed].
Because I was curious I did some research on the show and was able to see how good publicity, famous celebrities that attend, entertainment, and of course, beautiful women made the show into a hit. Although I don't plan on watching next year, I'll keep up with the Internet reaction! I saw responses to the show not only on Facebook but Yahoo! and Tumblr as well.

And just for kicks...

Click RIGHT HERE to watch the entire show!

School Spirit.

This past Thanksgiving, the third oldest college football rivalry came to an end. A&M and UT played each other for the last time for a while after 117 years of glorious tradition. I will keep my thoughts on how sad I am that this rivalry is coming to an end due to money to myself. I would like to note how completely floored I am that we won. I was at the game on Thursday instead of being at home with my family [due to the fact that I am in band and we traveled to College Station to support the team.]  I'm pretty sure my break would have been tinged with depression if we had lost.
This game had brought around the reemergence of the popular video meme of Hitler. Although it hasn't gone completely viral, I saw multiple of my Facebook friends share the link. I personally thought the video was funny. The situation of the game was so fitting how Hitler was speaking to his officers. By using this meme that has been around for a while and the game, the video has gotten over 33,000 views. Surprisingly, there isn't a war between Longhorns and Aggies in the comments.
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Hook 'em!

My Little Brony.

Three of my closest friends from high school went to A&M College Station. They are all guys, and would probably be classified as the nerdier, video game loving type. As they are part of my circle of friends that I try very hard to keep in touch with, I make sure to check up on their Facebook pages at least once a week.
Something I have noticed is that they consistently post photos of a parody show of the "My Little Pony" series, known as "My Little Brony." This actually didn't surprise me at all. These guys had all gone through the "Bro" phrase. ["Dude that's so brotastic. Hannah Brotanna, etc.]
Curious, I looked up "My Little Brony" online and was led to multiple episodes, shirts, and iterations of the meme. What I found to be effective of this meme was that there were versions of it that were iterations of other memes. For example, IDGAF, Derp, Over 9000, and much more. One of my friends, had even been creating his own versions of this meme by photoshopping his own inside jokes onto photos from the show.
I believe this is a prime example of how a meme can stay alive for an extended amount of time on the Internet. Because "My Little Brony" has so many episodes online and are pumping out more, fans have the ability to create more and more versions of the meme online, prolonging it's life.
In my opinion, "My Little Brony" is not humorous at all, but to my three good friends, it's a show where they anxiously wait for new episodes. This supports how target audience is also key to a meme's survival.