What would you do for a Klondyke bar?

*coughs/clears throat*
Attention please.
 *slams hand down on front desk* and yells at top of his longs, "PAY ATTENTION TO MY SPEECH!!!"

Everywhere you look in your lives you are the subject of targeted marketing, research and advertising. Walk through the lunchroom and several advertisements are staring at your eyes, waiting for their chance to captivate your subconscious and earn your consumer dollars.

Where are these signs you may ask? Right now there are 13 billboards in this room advertising products, 17 products themselves advertising to you, and your ages, birthdays and spending habits are already being tracked by mega corporations so that when you are older they will know what junk mail to send you and where you will most likely pay attention to their posters.

Slogans and attention getters like me banging on the desk and yelling are similar to how newspapers were once sold on street corners with children yelling, "Extra! Extra! Read all about it!" In todays advertising world corporations have gone to marketing directly on products, with logos and branding. This creates armies of walking billboards for companies like Hollister, Abercrombie and Fitch, Aeropostale, PacSun, Old Navy, Sony, Nike, Vizio, Pepsi, Coke, and Zumiez. Look around you, think about a place you go that you do not see logos and branding on clothing and beverages?

*Holds up various logos such as Hollister's bird and the Nike swoosh*

How often do you see TV commercials for Hollister? What about Nike? Rarely and yet we know their brand better than most....

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This was the introduction and beginning of my speech I gave on Mass Marketing this morning in English 9. I think I did well, the class seemed relatively interested. However my visual aid was boring compared to some of the people. one girl in my class had sandwiches for everyone! How fair is that!!!

Anyways, hopefully i do well on this project because I have a C in the class and an A on this will prolly get me an overall B for the end of School! Wish me luck!

TMC snitches!

Poll Results: What is your preferred gaming console?

Playstation (1,2 or 3)	5 (25%)
Xbox (Reg or 360)	5 (25%)
Nintendo (NES through N64)	0 (0%)
Nintendo (Gamecube and Wii)	0 (0%)
Sega (All Sega systems)	0 (0%)
PC	8 (40%)
Atari	0 (0%)
Arcade Machines	0 (0%)
Handhelds (Gameboys, DS, PSP ect.)	0 (0%)
Other	2 (10%)

I find it very interesting that PC won, as the traditional gaming consoles like Nintendo and Xbox get much more publicity as far as gaming goes!

So anyways... like usual I have a new poll up, so check it out! 

Also, if you have any ideas for future polls, shoot me an email at Tanman2005@gmail.com

Id love some help thinking of them! hehe

PEACE 

TMC

Easter Egg to Follow...

(Press A button, Right C button, R Trigger three times and hit x while simultaneousnessly singing and giving birth to a live chicken to activate hidden nude photo of me)

Tuesday Tomatoes 2

So today was pretty uneventful. Talked with nolan extensively today and we decided for sure we would like to become an official couple, exclusive and what not, but he is gonna talk to his mom first. He had alot of drama involved with him being out and interested in some boy in middle school and it caused problems and a fight and aparently that is why they moved here. So I guess he wants to make sure im approved. hehe

She loves me tho so it should be fine! In other news, my father and I got in a huge fight tonight over me not properly emptying the trash cans around the house when all he told me to do was take out the trash this morning while he was pointing at the one in the kitchen! How was I supposed to know he meant all of them? lol

So lots of yelling and threats and hate and venom spewing and ugh... its stressin just talking about it

I think I am gonna end up going all nuts on his ass someday!

Peace and have good wednes-daYs!

TMC

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Peaces and pieces of Puzzles!

TMC

Saturday Morning

Saturday was magical. Friday night was normal, two teens just hanging out. We crashed early and slept good, when I woke up I was, as always, quite erected. Hard as a rock there lying on the floor, Nolan slept on my bed. So I want to, as I always do when I wake up, take care of business but I also wanted to make sure I wasn’t seen. Mind you it’s not because I do not want him to see my penis, it was because of what I look at.

Before I go into what happened Saturday morning, I need to tell you that I chickened out Friday night. I wanted to tell him so much. When we changed into our pajamas he was buck naked right in front of me, I was too and for a second I started walking into the bathroom as I changed because I was starting to show my excitement. I pussied out.

He was asleep, well appeared asleep. So I got on my laptop and started perusing my supply of pics and a video. As I am looking at a particular picture I hear from behind me, “Hey, what are you doing over there?” I freaking froze. I had been going at it pretty hard and had no doubt given away my secret. He couldn’t see me, but of course he could see my laptop screen. I looked over at him and he was just staring at me, the screen and down at my hands.

I replied to him, “I’m just taking care of some business.” and smiled back at him. I was looking right in his eyes as he smiled back at me. Then he asked me if the pic was me. Looking at the picture it does look very much like me, but before you all get excited it’s not, I stole it from some pic blog. But on a side note, if you would like a picture of what my ass looks like, there you go… hehe.

So he asked if it was me and I said, “No, Im not that cute.” Lol then I froze again, I said ‘cute’! Total gayness! He just looked at me. The whole thing seemed like forever. Then he asked me if I thought that boy was cute, I said that I liked his ass. Then he said that mine was cuter. I know I blinked. I know I smiled bigger. The sound of his voice saying my butt was cute was so magical my day was perfect. No better way to wake up in the morning exists for me. He just kept looking at me.

So if what had happened already wasn’t enough to totally make me as hard as granite, what came next took me over my limits. He said that he bets the other side is even cuter and smiled and laughed, almost a giggle! I just gave up all my reserves. It seemed like this was it, this was the conversation I wanted to have since I met him and it came with no talk of being gay, no talk of sex. Just my cute butt and front and hours if not days, months and years of smiling crammed into 5 minutes.

I got up and walked over to the bed. No doubt he could see every inch of my fully raised tent in my boxer briefs and still he just stared at my eyes. I pulled back the covers and saw he was hard as well, I said, “I like you a lot.” He just smiled. he told me he liked me to and had since wed met. We just laid in bed together for the next hour or so. Cuddled up together we were in full embrace. Every part of our bodies touched together. Nothing further happened. We just laid there talking about our lives. I talked about my parents and Ashley. He told me about his problems with being out in middle school and why he transferred.

After we got up we ate breakfast. I told him id wee him tomorrow and we went outside. He was just going to walk home and so I kissed him on the cheek and we parted ways for the day. My dream come true day. I do not know what will happen with us, but I know that I have never felt so much love from another human being as I felt from Nolan when it was just us, together in a galaxy of stars. We were just laying there talking, but for some reason it fulfilled every dream I had about doing everything I could think of with him.

tHe bEst SaturDay of my eNTire life?

Friday night with Nolan was uneventful. The movie got canceled because neither of us wanted to see what the other one wanted and we almost saw Water For Elephants but decided to go to the arcade next door to the theatre instead. We played a bunch of games then got picked up and came home. We hung out, played xbox, we were talking about porn but we were tired and we ended up talking ourselves to sleep.


As I said, Friday night was uneventful. Saturday morning was not. :) No details yet.

TMC

New pic!

Just a pic my friend heather posted on her FB of me, cody and her!

First Friday Freaky Fun

So today is the first Friday of May, 2011 and I am going to have some freaky fun! Nolan (yay!) is spending the night and we are planning on a fun night of festivities and escapades! Lol actually we are planning on watching Fast Five or Thor and then coming back to my house and we have a project to work on for Earth Science. I really want to talk to him about my feelings and any potentially similar feelings he might have, but I also do not want to freak him out. I am so frazzled over the whole ordeal! ADVICE DESPERATELY NEEDED! lol

In addition to the planned fun for tonight, tomorrow Ashley and I are joining her parents in looking at cars for her. She is already 16 and aparently her parents told her they would get her a cheap car before summer break! So I get to help her pick it out!

I hope everyone has a blast of a weekend and hats off to anyone new who is following me! I love all the new followers, thanks for your comments and your votes in the poll! And in response to the poll...

My favorite color is: PURPLE


The winner is not purple however, the most popular color (according to my readers anyways) is Blue (35% of the votes); second place is Green (23%) and third comes my Purple (17%). One of the 17 votes, selected 'Other' and thankfully none of my readers is colorblind! Look for a new poll up ASAP!


TMC


Peace!

HOTTie tHursday (BArely!)

So today was uneventful like most days. I woke up, ready for some action if you know what I mean, and naked. The naked thing is something I have been doing lately. Not sure if I will stick with it, but it def allows for a more comfortable sleep. I will have to remember not to do so when I have friends spend the night though! lol

As for any scoops in the gay scene, there are zero. I am building up the courage to ask Nolan about himself so any ideas, points of insight or what not about that would be greatly appreciated! I just wanted to also say that you guys are all so awesome. I was reading through my comments on the video and you guys calling me cute and fun and trendy and on other posts you are all so warm and friendly. It just really makes me feel good. I love seeing the comments and hopefully my writing is consistant enmough that you guys wont desert me!

As far as loving cheeseburgers and looking cute still... lol idk I guess I have that skinny phyisque thing going on. Maybe someday it will all catch up to me and I will no longer be thin and cute! But until then I will trasure every moment of it! Ughhhh... so anyways TANGENT OVER.... lol I woke up, finished business, went to school and sat there dreaming over Nolan at Lunch and then in Foods and Nutrition the boy I also like to look at whom I know is NOT gay wasn't there so there was absolutely no point in even being there... lol

Enjoy the pic... he looks like he has the same build as me! He is much cuter though :p

Peaces and Pieces

TAnManC's BUMpiN his rear!

A video boxer sent me of me and Cody bumping butts! Lol, I am pretty sure this was a response to a RANDOM DANCING event last summer! Thats me bumping on the left and then moving in for a hug from James! He was the defeated champion of the year before that, 2009 i think? lol. such a crazy bunch of nuts.

What group of straight boys plays games where they ram their butts against one another, seriously! Lol anyways, make sure you advertise my blog on yours if you feel like it, id love some more traffic and as always... there is a poll! Hope everyone has a great Thursday!

TMC (TannerMC)

Peace!

Tuesday Tomatoes

So I decided to go to school today even though my parents said I didn't have to. I figured that since I missed last week it probably wasn't good to miss again, especially since we only have a couple of weeks left until Summer break! Speaking of which, Nolan and his mom invited me to come camping with them this summer so that might prove interesting!

Also, I am having dinner at Ashley's house tonight! Peach cobbler, with some other food... yum! lol Hope everyone is having a good week so far.

So I though I would go over what my classes look like right now, even though I am almost done for the year. First hour I have Earth Science, then I have Gym, then Introduction to Art, then Lunch (the best time of the day except for maybe gym!), then I go to study hall, then Algebra, then Foods and Nutrition, and I end with English 9. It is a wonderful schedule, apart from Study hall which is incredibly boring! lol

Pic of my school (from the website so its crap! lol)

Peace out from the kid in Cheeseland, TnmnC Skillet

Poll Results and a quote

What do you think TanManC's Shoe Size is?

6	0 (0%)
7	3 (23%)
8	1 (7%)
9	2 (15%)
10	5 (38%)
I only care about other sizes...	2 (15%)

There was 13 votes overall so first of all a big thank you, because that means everyone participated! Hats off to you all! And now for the big answer. I contemplated what you all could have meant by "I only care about other sizes..." I of course have absolutely no idea what you could mean in the slightest, but if you want to know the size of something, feel free to ask in an email or on MSN! lol

 

The size of my shoe is as most of you predicted size 10! Good job. Now I do not want to hear anything about rumors related to the size of your shoe because they are most likely not true.

Oh yeah, I wanted to remind everyone that I freakin love chatting and do so almost every day! I have a small number of friends on there so far, but I would love to have you all! 

 

Add me on MSN: Tanman2005@gmail.com

 

New poll is up and I wanted to give you all this quote. It helps me get through September 11th each year...

  

“I mourn the loss of thousands of precious lives, but I will not rejoice in the death of one, not even an enemy. Returning hate for hate multiplies hate, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.” - Martin Luther King, Jr

 

To all my friends in blog land! I love you all! Have a wonderful Tuesday!

 

 

 

My Sunday

Ok so I know I have been absent for a while now. Those of you who have added me on MSN are aware of whats all been going on, but the rest here it is...

To start off, I went to a party at my friend Boxer's house on Saturday night as planned. What was not planned was all of us being drunk enough to be in the front yard yelling racial slurs at each other even though we are all white? Anyways, the neighbor called my dad and some of the other parents and we all got busted. My punishment was originally grounded for two weeks and no phone for one week. Well this was all well and good but it got worse.

My mom pulled me into our empty guest room upstairs after church and started to ask me questions. She wanted to know why I have not had any girlfriends. Well instantaneously lies filled my head and I was going to go to the predetermined course of action Ashley and I worked out, "Ashley is my girlfriend!" But before I could utter a single word my mom started in again... "And dont tell me your dating ashley because I know better." Well I lost it all, my composure, my mind, I was frightened and ravaged and sick to my stomach and wanted to just jump off of a bridge. I flipped out.

There was swearing and vulgarities, the 'F' word was mentioned, I think I might have called her the 'B' word and basically told her that my life with women was none of her business in the most non-peaceful way possible. The grounding immediately rose to 2 months and i forget how long without the phone but it was basically forever. It wasnt over.

She of course had to tell me dad part of what had happened and as the MSN guys pointed out, I should have realized that she pulled me away from my dad so she could talk about it in private but i freaked and it went totally the wrong direction! I told them i had to go to play practice and left. I went to Ashley's house. I chatted online with the msn guys and they urged me to apologize to my mother. At about 7 o clock i rode home, carefully put my bike away and walked back inside. I found my mother in the den and asked her if I could talk to her. She gave me a look, i dont know if it was me or her look but i fealt like I was being scanned, searched for something. She said yes.

Long story short, mainly because I am getting tired of typing, I apologized and she ungrounded all of it. All punishments were gone. She asked me if I am doing stuff with boys. I just stared at the ground the whole time. She told me that all the rules that had applied to girls apply to boys as well. She also went on to say that whenever she is involved that permission to hang out with other boys will come into question now as well. She told me she will never speak of this to my father and she will not be speaking of it to me from now on either. She walked out of the room and I just sat there. I was sobbing. I went up to my room and called Ashley.

Ashley told me it was ok. She also told me she was glad I had seen reason. See... earlier at her house I had a moment. I asked her if she would miss me. She of course asked what I meant, I said If i wasnt around anymore. She slapped me and told me that she never wanted to hear me speak of such nonsense ever again. I was contemplating a solution to my life's problems. A solution for my parents. A solution for my friends. I am glad I have the bestest friend in the entire world.

So in hindsight the party was an open door. I accomplished two things. I kissed Nolan while he was practically passed out drunk out on the deck and I came out to my mom in a very twisted and dark way. Ashley's friend says she thinks Nolan was gay at his old school before he moved here last summer. Not sure if its true but it is now my mission to find out. Hope everyone else had a great weekend.

And peace out!

Tanner C.

PS: Osama Bin Laden is dead huh? Well, its sad that he had to die and that so many people in this world had to die all in the name of terrorism. All the deaths will not make it right. His death doesn't bring anybody back, but at least he is done. It is all just sad and before anybody gets all bent out of shape that I am not a Osama Bin Laden hater or I do not have enough respect for 9/11. Anthony Randall C*****, Born July 22nd, 1975, Died September 11th, 2001... my only uncle. An office manager on floor 47 of the south tower.