From boring to golden

Internet memes are a simple form of entertainment continuing to deliver for hours on end. However, there is one a mega meme almost always overlooked: The Google Doodle.

Google Doodles first originated in the late 90s when the founders of Google decided to commemorate their attendance of the Burning Man Festival (Which baffles me because who wants to celebrate their lack of hygiene for a month?) Since its inception, the doodles have enlighten millions of people. In recent years, they have begun marketing certain doodles to distinctive countries. Sure, the first doodles where dull and somewhat crude, but they had the characteristics of greatness that could come about from such an idea. Therefore, some of the more current doodles have even become interactive. The public can never really foretell what the clever nerdy geniuses at Google are stirring up for the next doodles.

Continuing, about a month ago there was a doodle for Pierre de Fermat (HAPPY BIRTHDAY!). Apparently, he had something to do with the conception of calculus, but really that is all I understood from the Wikipedia article. Don't tread on me, I'm an aspiring writer/editor/internet meme, so anything with numbers or symbols is usually out of my league. (Kind of like Emile Hirsh...SWOON) Nonetheless, here is the Google doodle for August 17,2011:



Furthermore, I have taken upon myself to go through the entire catalog of every single Google Doogle ever created and pick at the top five for your personal enjoyment. If at anytime you do not agree with this list, save your bitching.

5. December 23, 2010


Learning about other cultures is always fun.

4. March 20, 2009


Childhood nostalgia

3. January 28, 2009



Stare at it for a little bit.

2. June 9-10, 2011

http://www.google.com/logos/2011/lespaul.html

It's a guitar. You can record your greatest computer guitar song and share it with your friends. Awesome.

AND THE GREATEST GOOGLE DOODLE OF ALL TIME...(drum rollllllllllllllll)

1. May 21, 2010

Why?? Because Pacman is the shit and I am personally always looking for different ways to waste my time on the internet.

Honorable Mentions

January 4, 2006



August 30, 1998 (the world's first Google Doodle)



There you have it folks, the greatest Google Doodles to date.

Finally, this man needs no Google Doodle...PUTIN.

What's "cabs are here" in Italian??

Every generation as its selling points in pop culture. The pet rock, Barney the big purple dinosaur, Andy Warhol, etc. We all have our niche.

However, my parents lived in the golden age of television watching the likes of Johnny Carson, Lucille Ball and Bob Hope entertain the masses during the late night block. My generation is left with the ashes of Carson's cigarettes: the Jersey Shore. Please, don't get me wrong, I too enjoy witnessing the mess unfold on my screen, but how much is too much? When is it time to ring in the cash cow?

Here is the lowdown: The Jersey Shore is the brian child of MTV, a channel who's humble beginnings twenty years ago featured strictly music videos. Fast forward to present day, it's now opened towards a much more water down brand. The Shore features a group of twenty-somethings picked to live in a house and have their lives taped. Yes, the Jersey Shore is MTV's own homage to the Italian-American, but the already fragile generation should not be subjected to such dementia. (I have an aunt who is currently dealing with Alzheimer's, and let me tell you folks, it ain't pretty.)

Doesn't this sound all too familiar? Why, yes, good point. The Real World was MTV's first experiment with relatity telelvion, but how is differs is the changing of characters each seasons. The excitement continues, and the catharsis stays the same.

Let's look at the damage. The first season of the Jersey Shore had its qircks; the drunken brawls, the partying and hook-ups. Yadda yadda. Then the geniuses at the Music Television Network thought: "Hey, let's send these idiots somewhere else." Miami was clutch. Following, the second season preceded the first, however, with silly catchphrases that somehow leaked into the American lexicon. Next, the third season was a mess spiraling around the Atlantic coastline, ultimate trash. The two "star-crossed lovers" found themselves in the midst of heated battles over the same bloody thing. ROOOOOOONNNNNIIIIIIEEEEEE. Really, already three seasons of this?

The fourth season is now currently taking us across the pond to ITALY! YES, THE MOTHERLAND! With only one episode in I can already fore see a lot of complaining about how no one expect Vinny understands any of the language. Also, I see fights, lots of juice head fists pumping into each others heads. Is this getting old for only me? SNORE.

Remember children, you can't milk your fifteen minutes too long. (Spencer and Heidi Pratt who???)

God (or Putin), please, save my generation.