Commercials

So as we all know it's currently the Olympics and there have been so many ads and I thought I'd share my thoughts on a few of them with you.

Firstly I'll started with the provincial ads from B.C., Ontario, and Quebec. I like the "You gotta be here" ad. I thought it was well done. Simple, gorgeous pictures and the celebrities they got were good. I didn't like the Ontario ad. I think they were trying to hard and jammed to much into it. Not to mention I really don't like the song they're singing. The ad for Quebec (and I can't find the ad online) is good. It focuses on the wintery things to do in Quebec. The part that cracks me up though is the final screen: Quebec, Creating emotions since 1534. Whenever I see this I think, "and usually not good ones either."

Next, the Chevrolet ads. I wonder how much money Chevy has poured into this because they have at least 5 or 6 different ads. Some are okay, some not and some are good. My favorite has been the one where they talk about the Men's Hockey Team.

Now for McDonalds and this will be a bit of a rant. Why on earth would CANOC, VANOC or whoever is in charge of these things allow MCDONALDS to be the official restaurant of the Olympic Games? How irresponsible is that. I won't bore you with stats about how unhealthy McDonalds is. We all know that. But why would we encourage people to eat at McDonalds when we're trying to get this country of ours to eat healthier. And all the athletes that did the ads...well apparently MONEY talks.

So what's been your favorite ad so far?

Listisized and Excellerized

Lately I find myself living by lists and Excel spread sheets. It seems that I have a list or spread sheet for everything: groceries, cleaning, what to eat at supper, budget, savings, spending, goals, things to do, so on and so forth. I'd be bothered by this but it seems to be working.

There's no dithering about what to have for supper. The house is starting to get clean and stay that way since I implemented a cleaning schedule. There is no longer a pile up of dishes on the kitchen counters. My savings are going up and spending is starting to come down.

I still need to get to the gym regularly but it's a start right?

Other randoms:

Olympics! I love it! GO CANADA!

I don't think I'm going to have a particular focus for this blog. I think I'd feel limited by that. My goal is to try to post once a week. I've had some great ideas but lost them because I didn't bother to write them down at all. Silly me.