Christmas #22: The Hot Wheels lunchbox ornament, or why Xmas is postmodern
Image by kevin dooley
Postmodernism is the blending of the real and the unreal. It defines our modern Christmas.
Consider the ornament above. We take a real thing (car) and make it unreal (a Hot Wheel car design). We shrink that unreal design and make it into a toy (real). The toy then gets translated into something virtual (a marketing design) and gets stamped on something real (a lunchbox and thermos). The thermos and lunchbox are then shrunk to unreal proportions and made into something real, a Xmas ornament.
You wonder why we're so confused about what is real and what is not?
BOSS Military Spouses Appreciation Day - Free Vehicle Inspection - U.S. Army Garrison Humphreys, South Korea - 11 May 2012
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U.S. Army photos by Cpl. Han, Jae Ho and Dean Herrera
By Cpl. Han, Jae-ho
USAG Humphreys Public Affairs
CAMP HUMPHREYS — Members of the Better Opportunities for Single Soldiers program conducted free vehicle inspections here, May 11-12, as part of Military Spouse Appreciation Day.
About 10 BOSS volunteers with vehicle maintenance knowledge provided the inspections in the main Exchange parking lot.
Specialist Christopher Dant, a BOSS representative with the 348th Quartermaster Company, said, “We are here to offer free services and raise awareness, and also let people know that we take care of each other here at Camp Humphreys.”
Dant and others checked fluid levels, lights, wipers, belts and tires. The service was meant to show spouses that their contributions are recognized and appreciated, according to Spc. Kareen Medeiros, president and Area III coordinator for the BOSS program.
“Military spouses are deserving of our recognition and this is our way of giving back,” she said.
While the main focus was on spouses, Medeiros said others were given the service as well.
“We have had senior enlisted Soldiers and civilians asking if we can check their cars and we have provided inspections to them,” she said.
“And it won’t just be a one-time deal,” Medeiros added. “We plan to hold this event every quarter to show appreciation for military spouses.”
After the inspections, spouses were given vehicle inspection sheets outlining any deficiencies found and encouraged to take their vehicles to the Auto Skills Center to make any repairs. Spouses were also given free car wash tokens.
Flames
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By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions. Feel free to download and use these as a background for commercial or noncommercial projects. If you decide to use them, please let me know how it goes by sending a link or an image. Enjoy!
Flames
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By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions. Feel free to download and use these as a background for commercial or noncommercial projects. If you decide to use them, please let me know how it goes by sending a link or an image. Enjoy!
Blurred Lights: Road in Motion
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By Sherrie Thai of ShaireProductions. Feel free to download and use these as a background for commercial or noncommercial projects. If you decide to use them, please let me know how it goes by sending a link or an image. Enjoy!
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