A few friends have told me about “this blog site, cVillain” before, and I love playing dumb. “You blog?” I’ll ask, in the way that they don’t know if I’m saying, “You blog?” or “You blog?” Either way, it’s embarrassing and they have to defend the site. Well DONE! I’ve also heard some rumors of who people think Thor and Lilith are, and honestly, it’s pretty cool that in the end, most people don’t want to know and enjoy the mystery. *Sigh of relief!*
But I’m totally missing out! When you guys talk about the site… umm… what do you talk about?
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When people mention cVillain, I usually look at them fleetingly, turn around and sprint for the nearest corner. I then proceed to cower with my hands over my knees and eventually end up in a fetal position. I play dead until they go away.
I’ll say something like “lilith tooootally has the hots for me”, then Oy’ll say “yeah but nay nay passed me a note in third period”, and then minty will add “you’re both wrong, they both like me and they told me so!”, but then Oy will have to go do his homework and minty’ll have leaves to rake, and my mom will call me in for dinner. but thats ok ’cause I’m not allowed up in the tree-house after dark…
We’re boys… we talk about girls.
Things that were not mentioned last night:
the pluses and minuses of joining a wine guild
the selection process for determining whether a president will someday grace US currency, or numismatics at all
disabled farm animals
… you get the point.
a healthy dose of trying to figure out who L and T are, but I didn’t say a word.
I am occasionally mistaken for Thor. Most of you women probably get the “you’re lilith, aren’t you”.
all in all, nothing too exciting.
Before the Zinc party, I spent some time trying to explain to a guy who was a self-proclaimed “know-it-all about Charlottesville” that it wasn’t the same thing as C’ville. He never did quite believe me, just correcting me. “Quit saying ‘c-villin’, dude. It’s just ‘C’ville’!”
I also spent a good bit of time a few weeks ago trying to tell my wife not to leave a dead squirrel on Floozy’s doorstep. She’s over it, I think.
i can get you a dead squirrel on the cheap. i know a guy.
I find myself recounting stories of what happened on Cvillain to my husband when I have no stories from my day at the office and he just stares at me with this look that screams “you know these people are just on the internet, right?” - it’s a bit embarrassing.
I talk about that stud-muffin’ Oy.
Lys that’s cute
Lys, I do the same thing! “What have you been up to?” generally leads to some boring answers from me, involving laundry or watching grass grow(summer)/playing with dust bunnies(winter). Eventually, I’ll just use the latest posting topics as springboards for discussion. Cvillain makes me a much more entertaining conversationalist! Even if it does leave me open for the “you talk to imaginary friends?” issue. Hey, I know you all exist. Um. Uh. You DO exist, right?
random note: in the issue of the hook, is the ad on page 19 *supposed* to be upside down?
I wonder if that was an accident. It doesn’t look like it, but the idea of having your ad printed upside down so people notice it certainly worked on me, if that was the goal.
whose ad?
Of course we exist, dear, now take your medicine.
Thanks, Smiley! I’m already drinking the Kool-Aide.
I’ve seen a few upside down ads in the hook in recent months. I think it has to be a sloppy misstake, but who knows?
that ad is upside down like half the time
i sell advertising (not for the hook), and i’ve got to say that when a client wants to do something loopy like running their ad upside down, it’s refreshing. to me it shows that they really care about the ad buy, and it makes them a lot more interesting to work with.
my inner tyler durden just threw up a little bit in his mouth.
Not working too well if this is the first time you noticed it
It’s an old car dealer’s trick. And by old I mean at least 40 years old. Usually accompanied by a cheesy line such as “You’ll Flip Over Our Low Prices.” The theory (quite sound, as Chad Day’s response indicated) is that it is essentially impossible to ignore. Brown’s ran one back in ‘96 (complete with cheesy line) and then back in 2000 a mortgage company started advertising in the Real Estate Weekly using the technique. The wording of the ad made it fairly obvious it was intentional, but the publisher was deluged with phone calls and harrangued by Realtors who were indignant on the mortgage company’s behalf. So subseqent runs of the ad had a small disclaimer (printed “right side up”), “orientation per advertiser’s request.” Other advertisers picked up on it and started using the technique in other local publications, as often as not complete with an identical disclaimer. There: A succint history of the use of the Upside Down Print AD in and around C’ville VA, 1996 to the Present . . .” Woner if I can put it on my vita? More than you ever wanted to know, I’m sure. Oh, and “hello.”
“Not working too well if this is the first time you noticed it”
That’s one of the reasons why I don’t like print advertising in general. You need to do it repeatedly to even get noticed, a 1-2 week run doesn’t cut it.
Chad, you’re right about print (and, for that matter, mail). You DO need frequency to be effective. I once read a quote from a direct mail guru that summed it up quite well: “You’re not talking to an audience, you’re talking to a parade.” If you’re willing to commit to frequency, print and mail can be effective, and the total cost can be much less than, say TV or radio.
In my experience I’d disagree with a radio campaign being more expensive than print, but I’m sure there are ways to make it so (time, frequency, yadda yadda).
things that were mentioned last night: how cool and clever everyone is, the dedication it takes to become a regular poster, the perils of using your real email address, and clues to the mystery identities which some (not I) wish to uncover. Also, we may have talked about cupcakes and beer.
Now that you mention it, I really don’t have any experience with either radio or TV, but I assumed that, in general, they cost more . . . but I stand corrected.
Maude: also, werewolves.
WEREWOLVES, oh god, yeah! Can cvillains identify a possible zombie werewolf who lurks downtown? full moon this weekend, watch out.
[insert requisite “so you know my husband” joke here]
i dont talk -
they do
the ad is supposed to be upside down…not a mistake…and it seems to be working well if you are noticing
yeah, can’t argue with it. pretty much the only ad i noticed when i flipped through the issue, it’s so easy to tune them out.