‘John sinks James.’
‘Tearjerker takes down technology.’
‘Love kills the blue people.’
(Sorry…I couldn’t resist.)
Even I was stunned to see that “Dear John,” the latest weeper from Nicholas Sparks , had taken over “Avatar’s” seemingly permanent Number #1 position at the Box Office.
It actually makes sense. Most of “Avatar’s” target demographic was occupied with the pre-, pre-pre-, and pre-pre-pre-Super Bowl analysis, followed by the actual game and post, post-post, and post-post-post-game summaries.
And then, of course, there was the Super Bowl commercial viewing and analysis as well, both live and online.
The Super Bowl, if you do it right, can take a good three days.
Alas, “Avatar” was its victim…this weekend, anyway. I’m sure its box office sales will bounce back for the balance of this week.
But beware, little blue CGI folk: the Olympics are headed right your way.
And “Dear John” will be there, tear-stained tissue in hand, to pick up the pieces of your shattered audience.
Quack
While doing my morning Twitter check, an avatar caught my eye.
Not only was it someone I don’t usually follow — their post had been re-tweeted — but it was a yellow rubber duckie.
They’re cute and sunny and silly and playful. I kinda wished for a second that my avatar was a rubber duckie (instead of of an egg with a crooked grin).
Funny thing — I’ve never owned a rubber duckie. We all know Ernie on Sesame Street had one; he used to sing to it. And Queen Elizabeth II was rumored to have one in her bathroom that wore a crown. (A workman saw it when he was doing some painting and told a tabloid, of course.)
There’s even a Guinness World Record for Largest Rubber Duckie Collection — 2,583 unique rubber ducks, awarded to Charlotte Lee in 2007.
Greedy woman. She’s got my duck.
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