With Thanksgiving comes the start of the holiday sales rush where, let's face
it, almost every single retailer out there relies on this short 4 week span to make enough money to last them till the same time next year. But it seems like the day after Thanksgiving (traditionally called 'Black Friday') is starting earlier than normal. The deals are first "leaked" out so people can prepare their shopping days but now some retailers are offering the specials now! So will it become called "Black Week" or "Black November" if this trend continues? Will the deals start as soon as Halloween is over? Some of the deals are pretty crazy that are they actually making any money? I know the point is to get them into the store but if you start offering them online (which is another new trend) then consumers don't need to stop by anything else or see those impulse buys at the cash register. It is a bit ... nutty.Weekly Update:
Had a semi-eventful week ... let me see ... what did I do? Let me go backwards, on Saturday I did some film shooting for a promo for a TV show in the works and then that same evening I had a meeting with a friend and James Hong on some projects which I guess they want me involved in. Not sure how that happened but it was interesting to be a part of the meeting. Friday I drove James to the Burbank Nickelodeon studios so he can do some looping (recording his voice) for the upcoming animated series, "Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness" as he reprises his role as Po's father, Mr. Ping. That was both fun and funny to watch him do that. Right after that I watched him do some voice over work for this feature he is in that ... well, I don't see it doing very well personally but who knows. Thursday I was back in Santa Monica for a little going away party and caught up with a bunch of friends. I think that was the gist of it that I can remember but right now I am just sleepy!
At the movies:NO surprise at the box office this weekend as the kids we have watched grow up in movies while learning wizardry take the box office crown by a HUGE margin. At #1 is Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part I earns an expected 125.1 million for its debut and will no doubt stay #1 for the upcoming holiday break. Slight drop down to #2 is "Megamind" with another 16.2 mil and has just surpassed the 100 mil cume mark. Another drop down to #3 is "Unstoppable" with an additional 13.1 mil and will probably stop soon. Down to #4 is "Due Date" with another 9.2 mil as it struggles to possibly hit 100 mil cume but uncertain as more holiday films release. Rounding out the top 5 is The Next Three Days with only 6.8 for it's debut and looks like it won't see another three days.
Quote of the week:
"Progress might have been alright once, but it has gone on too long." - Ogden Nash
Other News:
Top 5 dirtiest cities in America! This list comes from Forbes.com and its pretty interesting and not surprising at all! This list is based mostly on air quality and the pollution within these cities. Starting at #5: Hanford-Corcoran, CA - No idea where this is but population: 150,000 and has an ozone pollution rank of 6 (not sure what that necessarily means). Cause is due to hundreds of aircraft based at the Naval Air Station in nearby Lemoore ... ok, this is weird because I know where Lemoore is and that is deep inside mid-California and it's a Navy Station?? #4: Visalia-Porterville, CA - Population: 430,000 and ozone pollution rank 3. Not sure as to the cause of the pollution. #3: Fresno-Madera, CA - Population 1.1 million and pollution rank of 4. Too many gas guzzling cars along with a lot of agriculture equipment makes the brown haze over the valley year round! #2: Los Angeles, CA - Population 17.8 million and population rank of 1. Tons of people, cars and everything else. Keep in mind the recorded population of Australia is around 21 million and just the city of LA is 17.8! And the #1 dirtiest city in America is .... Bakersfield, CA - Population of 800,000 and pollution rank of 2. Hot, dusty and surrounded by oil fields which is all in a valley. Considered the worst air in the nation! Way to go California, we're #1, we're #1 ... and 2, 3, 4 and 5!
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posted by McDuck @ 00:16
1 Comments:
Interesting that all the dirty cities in California are either off the 5 or the 99. BTW Hanford/Corcoran is in the central valley somewhere and on a side note, I think Charles Manson is/was in Corcoran
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