Monday, April 21, 2008

Be Careful What You Put on Facebook!

So I recently stumbled onto LAgonedirty.com, a blog that takes photos from students at UCLA and USC and adds quirky captions.  Not only was I intrigued (to see if my photos had been used among other things), one thing that caught my eye was the author's "pen name", which is Lance Lohan.

Naturally, this got me thinking about class, and a sense of "guilty by association" that can be said of celebrity.  Whoever Lance Lohan is has borrowed from Perez Hilton by giving himself a memorable name and doing essentially the same thing, yet with our photos, not the paps.  While this is a simple task given the lucidity of the internet, Lance has associated himself with bloggers like Perez who poke fun, draw on, and expose photos of the stars.  He has asserted himself beyond other bloggers simply by borrowing from those successful before him.

Take a look at the site, and don't be surprised if you see yourself or someone you know...and be sure to make those photo albums private!

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