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IKEA’s ad featuring stuffed, and buffed animals is one you won’t forget soon. Take a look then scroll down for the details!
The Music. Backing the ad is Sampa the Great’s “Final Form”. You can listen to the whole song below.
The buff bears. The bears in the ad got a lot of attention because of their muscular nature. I can’t find the bears for sale anywhere online, but I have a feeling if IKEA were to manufacture a few of them, they’d sell out pretty quickly.
The blinds. The only product they specifically list in the ad is the blackout blinds for $159/each. You can find the Fyrtur blinds on IKEA’s website here.
Do you like the stuffed and buffed bears? How about the music? Comment below and thanks for dropping in!
Hello and thanks for hopping aboard this photo tour of Alexander Springs Recreational Area. I’ve been on a mini camping tour around central Florida, the first pit stop was in Gainesville (click here) then I was in Juniper Springs State Park for four days (click here). Without a whole lot of set up, I’d describe this spring with these three words: clean, clear, quiet. I suppose that could be said of most state parks that include a spring-fed body of water, but it definitely holds true for this one. OK, on to the pictures!
Oh, I’ll also include a link to my FineArtAmerica.com page where you can find (and purchase) a few of these photographs.
If you have a story to share about camping or this park specifically, comment below.
Hello and thanks for checking out this post covering Amazon’s recent ad. More posts about popular TV commercials can be found on my TV Commercials page. Check it out for great ads and great music in those ads. Additionally, if you’re curious about Amazon Prime’s Napoleon commercial, click here.
Amazon Prime promotes the speed and necessity of their service in this ad featuring Greek goddess (some call her a monster) Medusa. Below is the 30-second ad, then scroll down for the details.
The Actress. Playing the part of Medusa is Jesi Le Rae. She’s best known for her roles in television shows and some movies. You can follow her on various social platforms here: Instagram and Twitter.
The Music. The song used in this ad is Nicki Minaj’s “Chun-Li”. Warning: Lots of cussing and foul language in this music video.
The Message. There are two messages in this ad. One is that Amazon has everything you need almost virtually when you need it. We’ve all heard that from Amazon, it’s not really breaking news to anyone. The other message, kind of like this Rapunzel ad also by Amazon, is that men basically suck. If a man so much as winks at a woman, he shall be put to death (as displayed by Medusa turning the bartender guy to stone). It would be no wonder that some women learn to hate men because they are taught (by ads like this and other popular influences) that when a man thinks they are attractive and expresses that to them, the man is a misogynist pig.
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Hi there! Thanks for stopping by to check out my blogs. I write about all kinds of things but this particular series covers my mini tour around central Florida. You can catch up by clicking these links:
After a great time exploring Juniper Springs, I moved on to the Ormond Beach area (north of Daytona Beach), this time staying in a real RV park. This is my first RV park ever. Between the two camping experiences, I stopped by Publix and Walmart to stock up on food and few other things. Then I made my grand entrance to the RV park. Hello everyone, I’m here!
Well as it turns out, no one really cared that I had arrived. The audacity.
They all had their own stuff going on and get this, no one high-fived me. NOT. EVEN. ONE. The audacity.
First thoughts: Crowded. NASCAR people. This doesn’t seem like my style.
I guess coming from a state park where there were such few campers (who also didn’t high-five me, to be totally honest), this all seemed kind of overwhelming. Add to that: my site wasn’t level, my trailer area was a super tight fit, and because of the unlevel ground, I had to return to Walmart to get some leveling blocks and more chocks. I was a little stressed and annoyed.
But everything settled down once I got back and got it sorted out. Now the camper is level, the truck is parked safely, so the dogs and I head out for a walk. I’m RV-parking it for four days so I want to get a lay of the land, if you will. We scout out the main office area with the pool and bathrooms/showers, and discover the dog park.
Sometimes it felt like an expensive vacation just to have a water, power, AND cable! The lap of luxury, I tell ya.
Some of the differences…
Water. At the state park, I used it sparingly and went to the restroom, shower, or dishwashing station as much as possible to conserve water in the camper. At the RV park you can pretty much forget monitoring everything because it’s all part of the amenities, generally speaking.
Power. Same thing here, state park power usage was rationed – only necessary lights, short use of the water pump, etc. By the end of the 4 days at the state park, I was nearly all out of juice. In the days before that, I turned on the generator sometimes just for the purpose of charging the battery. In the RV park, no such rationing was needed.
The grid. The state park gave me the feeling that I was off the grid. Weak Internet, conserving resources, it was fun each day to manage that stuff. In the RV park, one doesn’t need to think about those things and therefore is able to go sing karaoke or swim in the pool, play bingo or hang out with RV neighbors.
Wrap up. When you’re new (like me) and deciding between an RV park or a state/national park, I’d say try both to help you zero in on what it is you enjoy most. For my preferences, clearly the best spot was a quiet, secluded one. I don’t think there’s a right or wrong. Actually I take that back, read some reviews of any park you choose to know if the parks are safe, clean, etc. Some of them might be a very wrong choice.
Thanks for reading this far. If you’re on the fence about RV park or state park, take a leap…one will fit right with your adventurous spirit and then you’ll have your answer. One good thing about this coastal RV park is that the beach was close by. So what did my dogs and I do? Of course, we grabbed our bikinis and hit the beach! Click here for all that beagle beachness.
For most of January I’ve been doing a little tour around the central Florida area. It’s been a blast, with only a few hiccups. Mostly just getting called out by a lifeguard for having my dogs on a beach where they aren’t welcome, as well as staying at an RV park (my first ever) that seemed less than ideal. More on that later but I really want to show you pictures I took at that dog-forbidden-beach at Ponce Inlet, Florida… a beautiful spot for photos. The dogs were safely tucked away so I took my Sony A6600 (with a 70-350mm lens and a prime 24mm lens) to the shore. I hope you enjoy looking at these as much as I enjoyed capturing them. Also be sure to scout out some of these in my portfolio on FineArtAmerica.com. My photography in your home? Sounds like a win/win 🙂
Out of the Wilderness 