Tuesday, December 30, 2008
TV and its Influence
I remember when I was younger (like in 7th or 8th grade) and I was watching the show Friends with a bunch of people and Phoebe was talking about massage and what massage can do for you and your body and mind. I always kind of thought massages were kind of dumb but after watching that show I started to appreciate all the people who went to massage therapy school more instead of laughing at them. To be honest it really doesn't matter if it's dumb or not because if people are doing it (enough to stay in business) it must have been a smart move. And after watching it on TV and my friends getting them, I actually do go once in a while to get a massage.
It's funny how things you see on TV really catch on in real life. You see someone getting a massage or a manicure on TV and you want to be pampered just like them. Or you see a haircut on a famous person (which you have probably walked past several normal people and seen) and you decide to go out and get one just like it. I remember the Jennifer Aniston hair craze. In junior high and high school everyone wanted hair like hers. Or when celebrities or someone on your favorite TV show that you like is wearing something like a pair of boots, you really want to go out and get them.
It seems like most of the styles and ideas and even the things we do we get the ideas for them on TV or in the movies or from friends or family members who saw them on TV or the movies. Or when we are looking through magazines for style tips too. Sometimes I wonder what it was like before TV and movies and magazines. Where were people getting their fashion sense from or ideas to go out and do certain things? I remember watching a movie in high school where there were best friends and every Wednesday that had a girl's night. My friends and I thought it was a good idea and we started to do that. Now that we are older and go to different schools and are working during the summer we barely get a chance to all see each other at once, except for that great idea from the movie when we meet once a week on Wednesday to catch up.
Mike @ 11:17 AM