You Can't Sit With Us #7

I decided to take a different route with my page options. I chose quotes from the movie Mean Girls and used them as titles and I’m very pleased with my choices. I know we’re not required to mention the intro page, but I liked the title so much I decided to briefly mention it anyway.

-Intro - You Can’t Sit With Us

One of the many famous one-liners from this film. What is to be said here will appear in my next blogpost.

-Army of Skanks

Here I will introduce to you the Plastics, in all their glory. Each member (and honorary member) will be briefly introduced, complete with photo and a few attributes. When I first introduced my project idea I promised Mean Girls media in other contexts. For the sake of keeping things organized I will limit these “other contexts” to one context - Harry Potter. So, side by side with the Plastics, I will introduce to you the members of Harry Potter’s “army of skanks” and honorary members. Members of Harry Potter will be given a Mean Girls alias.

I could be totally off by saying this, but I think this concept falls under the category of Modularity in the Manovich text. Modularity is the “fractal structure of new media.” New media objects can and are often put together into larger objects but they still maintain their individual identity (separate parts of a larger whole, if you will). “Every element can always be accessed on it’s own.” In placing Harry Potter characters into a Mean Girls setting, I believe I am achieving Modularity....in some sort of way.

-The Rules

On this page I will discuss the “rules” that are to be followed in order to be a initated into the army of skanks. Just in case any of you would like to be considered (I might even throw in an application for skankery on this page). And you should just know, that they don’t accept people very often so if you get accepted it’s like, a really huge deal.

In the Manovich text he also talks about Variability. Variability includes taking an image or text and adding variation to it. In this scenario, we are talking about memes. Any photograph can be manipulated into whatever anyone wants it to be. In this age of new media, everything can be customized. Manovich says, “New media also allow us to create versions of the same object that differ from each other in more substantial ways.” I will be using memes in some (if not all) of my pages.

-Burn Book

Here I will be transferring quotes from Mean Girls to situations in Harry Potter. I know you probably think I can’t possibly make an entire page of this, but you could be wrong. There are countless - countless I tell you! - scenarios that are easily transferable. A lot of these are memes so I’ll be using those but others I will write myself. I’ll give you one example.

Mean Girls Quote:

Let me tell you something about Janis Ian. We were best friends in middle school. I know, right? It's so embarrassing. I don't even...whatever. So then in eighth grade, I started going out with my first boyfriend, Kyle, who was totally gorgeous but then he moved to Indiana, and Janis was like, weirdly jealous of him. Like, if I would blow her off to hang out with Kyle, she'd be like, "Why didn't you call me back?" And I'd be like, "Why are you so obsessed with me?" So then, for my birthday party, which was an all-girls pool party, I was like, "Janis, I can't invite you, because I think you're lesbian." I mean I couldn't have a lesbian at my party. There were gonna be girls there in their *bathing suits*. I mean, right? She was a LESBIAN. So then her mom called my mom and started yelling at her, it was so retarded. And then she dropped out of school because no one would talk to her, and she came back in the fall for high school, all of her hair was cut off and she was totally weird, and now I guess she's on crack.

Transferred to Harry Potter:

Let me tell you something about Hermione Granger. We were best friends years one through five. I know, right? It’s so embarrassing. I don’t even...whatever. So then in my sixth year I started going out with my first girlfriend, Lavender, who was totally gorgeous but then she stopped talking to me. And Hermione was like, weirdly jealous of her. Like, if I would blow her off to hang out with Lavender, she'd be like, "Why didn't you call me back?" And I'd be like, "Why are you so obsessed with me?" So then, for the Quidditch party, which was an all Gryffindor common room party, I was like, "Hermione, I can't invite you, because I think you're into me." I mean I couldn't have a girl who was into me at the party. Lavender was going to be there. I mean, right? She was INTO ME. So then she conjured some birds to fly at my head, it was so retarded. And then I got injured playing Quidditch and when I woke up Lavender wasn’t talking to me and now I guess Hermione is my girlfriend.

Yes, I did write that. And you’re welcome.

-The Hot Gossip

Here I will include interview and up-to-date news on Mean Girls cast members as well as Harry Potter. I will also give you an update on their character’s lives (most likely made up by myself). This will include video footage of cast members. Transcoding is a great principle to be used here, seeing as it is like a transcript of an interview. Kind of.

For your entertainment: Here are more options for page titles. It took me quite some time to decide on just five.

Too Gay To Function

You’re Wearing Sweatpants

That Vest Was Disgusting

That Was One Time!

Half a Virgin

Fugly Slut

Do You Wanna Go to Taco Bell?

All-Carb Diet

The Projection Room Above the Auditorium

Hoop Earrings

She Asked Me How to Spell Orange

I Heart Aaron

Is Butter a Carb?

I’m a Mouse, Duh

I Have a Fifth Sense

Candycane Grams

Ugh, Lipgloss

A Cool Mom

Insured for $10,000

Weirdly Jealous

Why Are You So Obsessed With Me?

So Fetch

It’s October Third

A Regulation Hottie

Get In Loser, We’re Going Shopping

Personally Victimized

Your Face Smells Like Peppermint

Say Crack Again

We Should Totally Just Stab Ceasar

Brutus Is Just As Cute As Ceasar

She Doesn’t Even Go Here!

Wide-Set Vagina

Home-schooled Jungle Freak

Wednesdays = Pink
You Can Go Shave Your Back Now
Soak Up Each Other's Awesomeness
Boo, You Whore
Ohhh, Kevin G!
Damn Africa, What Happened?
You Smell Like A Baby Prostitute
I Wanna Lose Three Pounds
I Just Have A Lot Of Feelings
The Limit Does Not Exist
Whatever, I'm Getting Cheese Fries
Yeah, But He's My First Cousin