<목욜정모> August 28th, 2008 Thursday meeting's Topic

[Scarlet]

WoW !!!

It's unbelievable!!!

It sounds something wrong to buy a friend with money!~

Why people care about the popularity !~

But we should admit that it's one of the most important factos

for checking out our social score.

Ok!~ then Let's have fun.!~

ur Scarlet ~

Who Says Money Can't Buy Friends? =================================
"It looks like some users of popular networking sites such as MySpace and
Facebook have stooped so low as to actually pay real money for friends. These friends aren't even real believe it or not. You can apparently choose from a selection of 'models' to leave you customized comments to look like you have friends and are popular online. This is unbelievable!"

The following is the AD of a website in which you can buy good friends:

FakeYourSpace is an exciting new service that enables normal everyday people like me and you to have Hot friends on popular social networking sites such as MySpace and FaceBook. Not only will you be able to see these Gorgeous friends on your friends list, but FakeYourSpace enables you to create customized messages and comments for our Models to leave you on your comment wall. FakeYourSpace makes it easy for any regular person to make it seem like they have a Model for a friend. It doesn't stop there however. Maybe you want to appear as if you have a Model for a lover. FakeYourSpace can make this happen! The possibilities are endless. You can have our Models leave you any type of customized message you may wish. Want to make an ex-girlfriend or ex-boyfriend jealous? No problem. Have one of our Models personally flirt with you on your comment wall. Are you interested in being one of the most popular people on MySpace or FaceBook? Then FakeYourSpace is just what you need. You never need to worry about people finding out about your fake friends because all of our Models profiles are set to private. You may be asking yourself why should you pay for something like this? Our answer to you is because it's dirt cheap. Our basic plan starts at only $.99 This will give you 2 messages per week for 4 weeks. So for only $.99 you will receive 8 messages that will be there forever, not to mention our Models picture which will show up on your friends list. A pretty small price to pay for online popularity don't you think?
 

Questions =========================================================
Q1. Are you having your own BLOG, such as cyworld mini home page?
      If yes, how often do you update your BLOG? And do you enjoy it?
Q2. How do you feel when you have no messages on your guestbook for a long time?
      Have you ever felt like you have been forgotten by your friends?
Q3. This social networking is like another society, formed in the cyber space. 
      What do you think of the phenomena? Does it have only good functions?
Q4. Do you know Internet real-name system? Are you in positive side, or negative one?

Cosmetic surgery goes in and out of the closet =================================

When Krystal Schwegel got a nose job last November, she kept her surgery on the down low. “I only told about three people,” says the 25-year-old publicist from Burnsville, Minn. “I did it during winter when people kind of hibernate and I didn’t go out or do anything with my friends for a month or two. Only the people immediately around me knew.”
But when David Quinta got surgery on his schnozz in January, he chose a different route — YouTube. The 21-year-old posted a series of videos about his plastic surgery and recovery process, which altogether have garnered more than 35,000 views.
“I just thought it would be fun to post a video about it,” says the full-time psychology major from Fair Lawn, N.J. “I know some people might say, ‘Oh, it’s fake, you’re being plastic’ or whatever, but I decided to bring it out into the open. I’m not shy about it.”
These two twenty somethings — one firmly ensconced in the cosmetic closet, the other out and proud — are fairly representative of our society’s complex and conflicted feelings over the “work” we do. While many celebrities, CEOs and private citizens like Schwegel are careful to keep their nips and tucks under wraps, others proudly wear their surgical tape on their sleeves — “coming out” at post-surgery soirees, broadcasting breast enhancements on reality TV, popping by the Botox booth with their BFFs while shopping at the mall.
Having work done has become so accepted, so seemingly commonplace, it’s spawned both a children’s book, "My Beautiful Mommy," which explains plastic surgery to the Play-Doh set, and a new line of celebratory greetings cards aptly titled Lift Me Up (the breast enhancement card offers a hearty “Congratulations on the twins!”).
“The stigma is definitely disappearing,” says Camie Dunbar, the 40-year-old Ft. Worth, Texas-based founder of Lift Me Up. “People just talk about plastic surgery more now. My friends are saying, ‘I just had my boobs done, do you want to see?’ They’re so open about it. The topic is just out there.”
Plastic surgery is so out there that Americans underwent nearly 12 million cosmetic procedures — and spent more than $13 billion on them — in 2007, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery. A survey released by the group earlier this year found that 56 percent of women and 57 percent of men give cosmetic surgery a big thumb’s up.
What’s more, the same survey found that 78 percent of women and 79 percent of men “would not be embarrassed” if others knew they had cosmetic surgery.
But for the rest, stealth is still key.

Questions =========================================================
Q1. How often do you see a mirror per day? Are you satisfied with your appearance?
Q2. Have you ever considered to do plastic operation? If so, which part? And why?
Q3.If you had plastic operation, will you tell others the truth?

[Dan)도언~]

ㅎㅎ 둘다 잼나겠다.. 특히 첫번째 토픽은 완전 쇼킹인데요~ ㅋ 그런데 이번주 학회라 못가요.. ㅠㅠ

[Anthony.C]

수고하셨습니다

[Serena]

스칼렛언니, 매주 이렇게 수고해줘서 정말 너무 고마워요~ 토픽 공부 많이 하고 내일은 늦지 않게 가보도록 할께요~^^

[주영이]

언니 상큐~~오늘은 꼭 가야지~~ㅋㅋ