ladykatza

so i used one of my “good for one movie” babysitting coupons i got for christmas yesterday and went to go see The Chronicles of Narnia with daecon, steve, and jen. we got there a little early so we were watching the “pre-show entertainment” which was mostly advertising and trying to get you to buy more stuff of the concession stand.

one of these commercials was very visually stimulating, making you read what was on the screen as it flashed by so you could get the story of… well i don’t remember what the story was because i got caught by the music. if you can call it music.

see, i am entranced by other languages. i LOVE listening to them, even if i have no idea what they are saying. i realized that the music playing in the background was NOT in english. in fact, it wasn’t in any language. it was complete nonsense and i was confused. i listened more intently. i started to hear words what my brain recognized, “coke”, “chips”, “hungry”. they were randomly placed between other non-sensical words.

hah! clever bastards didn’t get me! i’m on to your plot to make me buy more food and get fat! you learn in psychology that your brain will try to make sense out of what it can’t understand. make the person concentrate on reading the screen, and they don’t pay attention to the music. the brain is still trying to analyse the data in the background and you get sucked in.

but i didn’t, i heard it.

then the next commerical comes on. its sexy music playing while a frothy beverage is being pored over icecream. the shape of the glass is an icon of Coca-Cola.

i say, “man, they’re trying to make us buy stuff.”
and just as the logo shows up on the top of the glass, my husband says “i just wish i knew what!”.

Current Mood: un-fooled!