The Holidaze

I can tell that we're still in the holiday mentality.

An imagined conversation in the cafe at work:

Guy: "What's this?"
Me: "Oranges"
Guy: "Are they made of chocolate?"
Me: "No. They are natural. They came off a tree."
Guy: "Do they have nougat in them?"
Me: "Dude, it's fruit."
Guy: "How about caramel or peanuts?"

Silence.

I go back upstairs.

ShopDropping

During the crazy holiday season, you may have encountered strange things in retail stores. Shopdropping has become a more popular activity in recent years. I remember reading things about it back in '02 and '03, mostly on anti-advertising blogs and in art magazines. It is becoming mainstream.

Shopdropping.net is a great place to learn and share information on this popular form of culture jamming. If you are an artist, this may be an important and useful method of getting your message out there.

Here's a New York Times article about it from Times Daily.com.