Spit it out now or we will find you!!

                I like to watch TV whenever I get time to; I don’t really have a favorite show, in fact the best part of TV for me is the commercials. They always seem to come up with new ways to sell the same stuff and at times it can be quite humorous. That’s why for my commercial to blog about I chose one of the many Stride gum commercials. There is so many of them and they are all funny but the one I like the best is the Shawn White chase. In it they chase a guy through the mall trying to get him to spit out his gum and trade it for the company’s new product stride 2.0. The message or thesis in having to force the guy to spit out the gum is because they are trying to send the message that Stride gum last longer than all the types of gum on the market. The company also throws in that the purpose for showing the commercial at all is; they have a new type of gum on the market and if you don’t try it, they will find you; their ways of showing that I find hilarious. I believe that the audiences for these commercials are teens and young adults; that also maybe why I find it so funny. In the commercials they use things that appeal to a younger audience such as violent comedy, and in this particular one they use skateboarding in a mall; which is something most teens like, but the biggest sign as to who the audience is that famous snowboarder Swan White makes an appearance near the end.

            Even though I like the commercial because it is humor; I would never be persuaded to buy stride gum. I tried it once and wasn’t at all impressed by it; the flavor did not last very long and I didn’t like the taste at all. Another reason I wouldn’t buy it is because in a way the commercial publicizes it they also make it seem undesirable; I mean why would I want to chew gum that would make me keep glancing over my shoulder to make sure there’s not someone after me trying to force me to spit it out so I can try another version or flavor.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWgScufbHc0

My Ecological Footprint

             I just took the ecological footprint quiz and it told me that it takes 3.6 earths to support my lifestyle. When I got my results I thought I’m not doing too bad, it made me happy to think I’m not killing the Earth too much.  More than half (55%) of my used resources where services, 17% was shelter, 13% food, 10% goods, and 5% mobility;   it takes 15.9 global acres to support my life style.

                When I hear the word footprint I think of a mark left behind on the earth when you walk on the ground while wearing no shoes. Then I heard about an ecological footprint, I found out it is the mark you leave on the earth with the resources that you use in everyday life; it is the toll that that you take on the earth, the planet we live on. I think it is important to take care of the earth because where would we live without it. The earth sustains us by giving us resources to live. Sometimes we forget though that the earth is only so big, and we are a lot of people. That’s why I think that quizzes like the one I took are good way of giving awareness to people, and helping people who are already aware to keep track of just how much of earth, our home that we use up.

                When I took the quiz I noticed that there was one resource that I used way more than all the others. That resource is the services, which would be my use of electric and water. Now that I have found out that I was using so much of it I will take a special notice every time I come in contact with its use. I will make sure that the faucets, appliances, and electronics in my home are off and unplugged when they are not in use. I am very glad I was made aware of this quiz that helped show me what I could do to help keep the earth that I love stay alive, healthy, and green.