Jezebel Olympics Day 9: Have You Seen All These Katy Perry Lyrics Hidden in Blogs?
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“Firework,” wrote Team Gawker’s Ashley Feinberg in Slack, the office group chat program, after being reminded about an Olympic challenge she had forgotten to participate in.
On Monday, August 8, the first day of the Jezebel Olympic games, I sent an email instructing our competitors to begin quietly incorporating Katy Perry (singer of the official Olympic song, “Rise”) lyrics into their blogs, with the note that at the end of the two week period, whoever had the most would be the winner. Every few days I would drop into the Olympic slack to remind the competitors of the long game.
Ultimately, there was a stark division in dedication to the task—teams either completely forgot, or, in Team Celebrity’s case, conscientiously objected to the event (they forgot), or competed capably and aggressively. Here are the results:
Team Gawker:
Forgot.
Team Deadmodo:
Forgot.
Team Celebrity:
Conscientious objectors. (Forgot.)
Team Fashion
Tweeting About the Olympics Got Leslie Jones a Trip to Rio and a New Gig by Kate Dries
“Though it’s unclear in what capacity Jones will be contributing to the broadcast, victory is indeed in her veins.”
Last Night’s Real Housewives of Orange County Turned Into ‘Real Housewives of Orange Cunty’ by Madeleine Davies
“They’ve been on TV for a full decade and—boom boom boom, even brighter than the moon moon moon—never once have they gotten boring or let us down.”
Those Swedes Jack Won His Titanic Tickets from Must Have Been Really Happy to be Losers by Madeleine Davies
“You could travel the world, but nothing comes close… to not dying on the Titanic.”
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