"Save yourself"... from what?

>_< This is the third freakin' time I've tried to post this... it was either my computer or FreeOpenDiary fritzing on me.
Anywho, ever noticed how today's advertising seems to be going a bit...
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You know what I mean, it's getting sloppier, stupider, harder to understand, and not making people buy whatever.

Case in point: Diesel jeans. So I'm bored at the airport two weeks back, and I pick up "Teen Vogue". Next to some of the most ridiculously priced hats I've ever seen ($500 bucks for a designer RIP-OFF!) I saw some pretty weird ads for Diesel, featuring wax-like people, and a little blurb at the bottom saying "Save yourself/Don't have sex"

Hmm. Selling jeans by protesting the procreation of mankind. Interesting. Original too.
Okay, so these "people" supposedly born in the 1800s, "Saved theirselves" by not having sex. They look all glassy eyed and perfect in their disel 80s-ish clothes, like a pair of Ken and Barbie dolls in the life-size.
So, me and the rest of my female friends are bewildered, and I take it upon myself to check out the site at saveyourselfforever.com. More weirdness, glassy eyed wax-dolls, and "Save yourself" tips and guides.

It doesn't stop at the protest of procreation, oh no, it says "Save yourself"...

Drink Urine/Avoid the Sun/Inhale Oxygen/Don't Breathe (Contradiction, anyone?)/Sleep... the list goes on and on. NO explanation, either, but there is an area where you can submit YOUR saving tips.

If anyone gets this so called ad-campaign, please tell me. I mean, what do wax-people and weird messages have to do with SELLING JEANS?!
*Sigh*

Ooh... fun! NOT!

Like everyone else, I'm not exactly bouncing off the walls and in a state of permanent GLEE about Back to School. I'm sure someone out there is.

Not me, though. But you wouldn't have known that, judging from my excited "yes!"es as I left my counselor's
office yesterday morning.

Why? Let's look at my class schedule, shall we?
1st period (7:30 AM) Ah, I couldn't care less about waking up that early. Hell, my mom wakes up at 5:30, even on days she doesn't work. She also leaves the house by 7AM, even though she doesn't start work till 9. It only takes her an hour to get to work by public transport. What a stickler for "overtime".

Ahem, anyway, the class is American Lit Honors. With my best bud, another girlfriend, and a trite annoying boy who couldn't stop groaning at the prospect of ME being in his class. Oh joy. Better than my last English teacher, at any rate. Ooh boy, could I have complained about HER!

2nd period is Chem. I feel really stupid when it comes to Science, because everyone else in my grade seems to already be in Physics. I'm thinking, "Why me?" I did great on my Science STAR 9 tests, had great science teachers in middle school (well, sorta... not the 6th grade one) and even won Honorable Mention at the citywide competition. I might end up in the same class as the "ones who need discipline" and shouldn't technically be in 11th grade- they should still be in 9th! I guess the admins want to just get rid of 'em faster. Geh. I could survive if one of my old friends from Bio last year is in it. She's cool.

3rd period is Math with (YAY!!) a new teacher. As all my friends know, my last math teacher was... well, a few lightbulbs short of a chandelier. Proud to be a Quaker, former teacher at San Quentin (the PRISON, not the school) and a graduate of Cornell. Also a starter of unoffcial-cut-days-to-go-to-rallies-far-away. Anywho, I didn't learn much, as one can tell from my shockingly low STAR 9 score, but who needs Advanced Trig in Journalism anyway? I wanna write!

4th period is AP US History, which is a college course. If anything, I'm freaked about the class, because NOW, in the last week, I'm doing the summer assignment. 100 pages of reading has never seemed so monstrous to me before. At least I'm in the class with my best bud (yet again) and have studied... a little bit.

5th period! Favorite class thus far! Had it for three years now (counting this one I'm just starting) same time, same place. It's JOURNALISM, so of course I love it. I'm the editor in chief, so this time, things will be DECENT for a change! Already checked the class, and we have 6 lovely PCs. That's the only class I can hardly wait for. ^^

6th period, last class of the day! YAY! I Haven't had only 6 classes since... two years ago! It's because, even though I made it into Advanced Vocal, the group I signed up for and got into is taught only during 5th, and well... I won't drop JLS for anything. Maybe I'll join the show choir afterschool or something, depending on the demand of the AP and Honors classes I have. Anywho, 6th is Japanese. ^^ Hope I can actually handle the workload... not to mention the people. Last year was a bit... WEIRD.

7th is empty, and I plan on using it for study hall in the library or something. Wait for my 7th period friends. That'll be a first. Hopefully (I say this now, I am not sure) I won't get ROTC, but then again, I think I could take the work if I did. 7 classes is no cup of tea, and a free period sounds so much better... but still, I kinda want a staff position. That's really the only perk, because it's still a class, with tests, drilling, waiting, uniforms... gekk. Then again, it knocks off one more year of elective. Not that I need it, Journalism is taking care of that. So... the cons really outweigh the pros in that one.
Besides, like I said before, it's study time for AP or Honors classes, work in Journalism, or time to sign up for afterschool clubs, like show choir.

Oh joy. I'm biting my nails and getting ready for Friday, the night of doom, when I won't be able to sleep, dreading the coming Monday...