holy hashtags: #TEAM CONAN

most of the united states is aware of what kind of BS nbc has been conjuring lately for the general public, and a long time role model of mine, conan o'brien. needless to say, this controversy has been giving the late night hosts (including jimmy kimmel and david letterman) plenty to open with, but the web is saying just as much.

the drastic decisions made by the nbc execs has generated several memes throughout various social media platforms that finally put a stop to the bra color updates (that made me feel a little uncomfortable)

one such meme is the #teamconan hashtag on twitter, which has been a trending topic practically all week. it takes after the popular twilight series character support hashtags #teamedward or #teamjacob (or #teamEMMETT!)

on facebook, people have been updating their statuses in a similar fashion but also with another twist: changing their profile pictures in support of conan. groups, fan pages, and this wildly popular avatar reading 'i'm with coco' makes the statement pretty clear: the majority of the public seems to favor late night's favorite ginger.

i haven't got to the best part yet, and it's just another reason why i love coco: he put a listing for the tonight show on craigslist! what a genius. i encourage you all to check it out, the description is definitely worth the clicks.

a sad week for iPhoners

this week verizon launched a nasty attack ad against the iPhone for the new droid phone they are launching in november.

to add insult to injusry, nokia plans to sue apple as well as 40 other companies for infinging on ten patents. its like total retaliation of all service proivders and phone companies on apple. boo, sadface.

holy hashtags: what the [virtual] world went ape over this weekend

friday: for approximately 6 hours, the world obsessed over #balloonboy and for no reason too. all the tears, prayers, and phone calls made were over a nationwide hoax. quelle annoying. falcon, the boy who was supposedly 'caught' in the homemade hot air balloon was interviewed on larry king the following night and spilled the beans ('you guys said we did this for the show'). he also spilled his digested breakfast on the today show the next day. approximate time wasted on this family who was once on an episode of wife swap: 1.5 days. 3 days later and #balloonboy is still a trending topic. this kid is gonna have a great story to tell in school tomorrow.

saturday: homophobia is gay, and jan moir would say the same. funny though, after the daily mail columnist blamed the death of british pop star stephen gately on his open sexuality. her friday article put her name all over the twitterverse and blogosphere while the acclaimed ally said his 'sleazy' death struck 'another blow to the happy-ever-after myth of civil partnerships.' needless to say, the world went ape.

sunday: i hope you didn't grind your teeth all the way down, this one will make you smile. if theres nothing i love more than social media itself, its seeing a good cause come from it. the hashtag #beatcancer has dominated the trending topics now, but why? eBay/PayPal and MillerCoors have vowed to donate 1 cent to cancer research for every tweet, status update, and blog post containing the hashtag #beatcancer. quelle sympathique. but they dont stop there, oh no. they are also trying to set a guiness world record “for the distribution of the largest mass message through social media” in a 24 hour period. 

and i'd like to take a minute and just sit right there and tell you how i took off in a balloon filled with hot air

this is too good not to post, the prince himself would be proud.



















thanks to @mashable for the pictorial