B is for Box Office

Box Office: an office (as in a theater) where tickets of admission are sold.

[According to the Merriam Webster Dictionary]

So this past summer I carried on a tradition started the summer before with my brother and friends, Trina and Garrett. This tradition is TNMN - or Tuesday Night Movie Night. Almost every Tuesday evening the four of us and occasionally some tag-alongs as well would head over to the Chakeres Celina Cinema 5. The best thing about TNMN and the reason for the tradition is that any seat and any showtime every Tuesday was only $4. It was perfect! Movies can get to be so expensive these days and in a small town, there isn't always that much to do. TNMN gave me and my friends a great way to get together and have a few laughs throughout the summertime.
The movies we all went to see were:

• Bridesmaids
• Pirates of the Caribbean 4
• Bad Teacher
• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
• Horrible Bosses
• The Change-up

There were obviously a few Tuesdays that we missed when I was busy with other different things. Though I am pretty sad that I wasn't able to see Cars 2, Friends With Benefits, Crazy Stupid Love or The Winnie the Pooh Movie. =) Yes, I'm a kid at heart and I loved that when I was little so it's fine. I think that my favorite movie from the summer was probably Bad Teacher though - so funny!
Give me some feedback and let me know what movie was your favorite from the summer and why??

-~- B.

Behind the Times.

While reading this Wall Street Journal article this afternoon for my advanced marketing class, I discovered a pretty interesting fact about one of our favorite social media sites, YouTube.
Though it wasn't a front page story or anything, actually it was in the Marketplace section (really the only section I usually flip through), the article was pretty big and even included a large colored picture. Basically the article was telling about how Youtube has been renting movies since 2010 -- something I was not aware of -- and is planning to increase their collections and add in more recent movies to be available at the same time that they come out in video stores. This new addition would be great for YouTube and make them more competitive with video stores, television shows and OnDemand programs. Also, by offering the new titles that it hopes to, it would also be competing with Netflix, which only offers older films that you can watch online for a monthly fee.
This came as a surprise to me, though, as well as the fact  that YouTube was the number two search engine on the net. It's a great idea for Google to use YouTube for renting movies as well as a video sharing site and I think that it will continue YouTube's growth and influence on the Internet. The only thing that concerns me with renting a movie from YouTube is how the video will load, because here at ONU and with a less than reliable connection all the time, it can be a terrible pain trying to load a four minute video -- let alone an hour and a half worth of a video.
So if you're behind the times like me and not too familiar with all of YouTube's options and offerings, then go check out the YouTube Store, which apparently you could have rented movies from since 2010 and soon to more and more recent movies too! You can also watch some of the really old movies for free in the movies tab.

For the Kid at Heart

I don't know about you, but even though I'm in college, I still love watching Disney movies. Some of my favorites are the Lion King, Finding Nemo, the Emperor's New Groove, and Cars.
Naturally, when I heard that Disney-Pixar was coming out with a new sequel - Cars 2: World Grand Prix, I was pumped. In this new movie, the star race car, Lightening McQueen, and his tow truck friend, Mater, head overseas to compete in the first-ever World Grand Prix to determine the world's fastest car, but on the way, Mater gets involved in some kind of adventure dealing with international spies and espionage.
The really cool thing about Cars 2 is how they're promoting it. I saw a YouTube video advertising the the new sequel and though it was kind of weird and didn't tell too much about the new movie coming out, but there was a hidden message/video clip hidden in the ad. If you paused the clip and typed in the code, you would be taken to a new video which is "leaked" footage of the new movie. I thought it was very creative and goes along with the sequel's theme of espionage and is pretty clever if you can catch it. (and if you didn't, then type chromea113.com in the URL to see it)

The Hidden Message - From Unnecessary Umlaut

I can't wait until June 24th when the movie comes out so I can go see it!

Life is Soooo Much Better with Broadband!

I made this little clip for my social media class and for the Connect Ohio contest that we are required to enter. The purpose is to "produce Public Service Announcements (PSA) that tell great stories and inspire people who don't use broadband today to GET CONNECTED!"

Enjoy!