Fiat 500 'The Motherhood'

Just a few days back I was complaining about car adverts- how they are all so generic.

Woo...there's a car driving about on a pretty mountain hill, oh it's so swift and pretty and...boring.

Fiat 500 have done something a little different.

Interesting target audience- definitely an unsaturated one in the car industry.
So I have to say, bravo Fiat 500.
But no,  I don't think your car is pretty.

Dumb Ways to Die

Viral ad created for Metro: Be Safe Around Trains

This easily has to be one of my favourite viral ad at the moment. Apart from getting your attention on a subject that usually uses shock tactics, it's horrifically catchy, to the point I dare you to not sing it for the rest of the day after watching it.

Enjoy

That Facebook Status That Made Me Realise I Need a Blog: Facebook Information Rant

OK, let's get one thing straight. 

The moment you upload a picture to the internet, no matter what your 'privacy settings' are, you have lost all rights to that photo. Everyone hyping up about Instagram being able to sell your photos, and Facebook sharing information that YOU uploaded to the internet and attempting a 'revolution' is being ridiculous. Do you pay to use Facebook? Yes- you pay with the information you provide which is then sold onto secondary parties that is clearly displayed in the terms and conditions. If you don't want your information being shared, copied or sold on...don't upload it in the first place. It's really simple.

And no, posting a status filled with unrecognisable 'legal' jargon won't protect your information...now that bandwagon was just idiotic. 

Randi Zuckerberg recently tweeted about an incident involving a photo she uploaded to Facebook. A friend of a friend could view this photo and copied it to Twitter. The founder of Facebook's sister wasn't happy. 

Randi Zuckerberg is also head of marketing communications for Facebook 

Randi Zuckerberg KNOWS FIRST-HAND the way Facebook makes profits. 

And yet, Randi Zuckerberg still jumped on the "These are my photo's I posted to a social media site and therefore I still own them even though I've made them accessible to the public and they are able to simply right-hand click, save picture as..."


Yeah you can see why I need a blog. This Facebook status is way too long, and honestly? People from my old high school probably really couldn't give a shit. 

Guilt-Free Shepard's Pie Recipe

You're lucky you're reading this...you very narrowly escaped a social media rant. But hey, it's boxing day and food is on the brain, so let's start with erasing all those chocolates I ate and Baileys I drank over the last 4 days.

Introducing Guilt-Free Shepard's Pie.

I improvised this recipe in Uni with a flatmate. Us uni students have to improvise quite a lot with food, especially when you can't usually afford it. 

I love a good guilt-free meal, but I also need TASTE. So here it is- The traditional, rich, British recipe with a health twist. 

Ingredients 

Quorn Mince (be open minded)

Sweet Potatoes 

Leeks 

Peas 

Mushrooms 

Any veg you like 

Gravy granules

1. Peel, cut up, and boil sweet potato until soft 

2. Fry (with Fry Light or equivalent) Quorn in a pan, adding salt and pepper accordingly 

3. One browned, add veg to the quorn mix 

4. Once cooked, add gravy mixture to the pan and stir 

5. Place in an oven proof dish 

6. Mash sweet potato mash on top of the mince, gravy mix 

7. Sprinkle cheddar cheese 

8. Cook at 200c for twenty minutes 

BOOM. 

I'll post something deep, advertising related tomorrow, maybe. Us advertising folk apparently tend to be unpredictable. 

Until then, enjoy the rest of your holidays. 

Hi, I'm Kate.

I'm a Bournemouth University student living in the Advertising and Marketing Communications industry- sort of. More like the humble bubble of university life, filled with interest free overdrafts and people who drink too much.

I love politics, law and debating about really awkward subjects like religion.

But I'm not all boring. I'm also a lover of clean food (and not-so-clean food), Desperate Housewives, and Yoga.

I'm also a self-confessed chocoholic. Like, I genuinely think I have a problem. If anyone knows of any chocolate rehab centres...

And of course, I love the evil world of advertising- it's way cooler to play the villain than the hero. Of course, I'm still learning but I think my evil levels are going up with every lecture I attend.

Just kidding, we don't bite...all the time.

That's the short version.

The long version? Read on.
Because you're worth it.