Pitch Perfect Advertising

I saw this video tonight watching the World Series. It's about a guy who decided he was going to win $1 million by learning to play a video game and win a content to pitch a simulated perfect game. It's a pretty long ad in TV terms-- about two minutes--and it aired during the world series, so I'm sure it cost a pretty penny, but I have to so that it was spot on. Google has been making some great ads lately. The one where the dad sets up a gmail account to email his daughter from birth? Brought tears to my eyes.

I don't know who's doing their advertising now (and if you google it, you get a bunch of results about "adwords"--coincidence? I think not), but the ads are well done. The question becomes: does google--whose consumer services are free to use--need to advertise? Are they losing market share or is this a tactical move to protect it?

Either way, I think they're good. Check out tonight's ad here--and GO CARDINALS!:

  

Making an Event of Sunday Night

Not pictured: Gummy bears and
gummy worms that I already ate.

Am I the only one wondering what to watch when tonight? The Colts play on Sunday Night Football. The Cardinals are in the World Series. Boardwalk Empire is starting to head up and last week's episode of The Walking Dead was a cliffhanger. Oh, and I almost forgot that Dexter is back too. What to do?

I only wish there were actually some shows on Monday night that I cared to watch because that would help alleviate our cramped Sunday night schedule. But I guess that's why DVRs were invented. Actually, I bet they were invented to make someone a tidy profit (which I hope they have) but you get what I mean.

Anyway, Chef had the great idea last week of making our TV watching more of an event. We have a great TV and a good sound set up, so TV viewing  in our house is better than going to the movies (although we've been doing that a lot more in LA too). So, instead of me sitting with my phone on my lap checking other sports scores or Facebook, we turn out the lights, grab some movie theater candy and watch our most engrossing shows. Clearly we don't do this every night because my waistline couldn't take it. But Sunday nights and Thursday nights (for a taped episode of American Horror Story).

The picture was evidence from our latest Ralph's expedition. It's our candy stash. I'm hoping it will last all week, but there were a bag of gummy worms and a bag of gummy bears that are now in my tummy. Mmmm. Sugar highs are nice. I think Chef was on to something . . .

A Little Down Today for No Good Reason

Bagels and bread look
like porn to me right now.
Not a good sign.

I had a case of the Mondays today, but not in that dread kind of way. I'm just a little depressed, but I've tried to figure out why and I can't seem to put my finger out it. Have you ever had one of those things where you are a little blue for no good reason and then feel bad about it?

I feel bad because it feels like I'm not grateful for things that are going well and I am--really, I am. I just feel moody. Not particularly driven to excel these last couple of days. It's taken all I can do to get through my workouts. I'm having a hard time caring about what I put in my body. I feel the need to eat loads of carbohydrates, particularly of the bagel or baked good variety, which is almost ALWAYS a sign of me wanting to mood-eat.

It's not the crappy season for the Colts so far or the Cardinals blowing game 1. There's nothing unusual going on with Chef. We're doing great. My job just got finished with a jam-packed period but seems to be back to normal now. I'm being productive in my personal life. What the hell is it? Maybe I just miss my friends a lot :(