Kohl’s Back-to-School Ad featuring a song from 1967, and a bearded actor!

Kohl’s has been known to have great commercials (like this one for the holidays or this one for spring sales) and they are back at it for the 2021 school year. Check out this back-to-chool ad: 

The music. The song playing as the soundtrack to this ad is almost 45 years old! It’s called “This Will Be Our Year” by The Zombies. Here is the full track…

The song has been covered from bands like OK Go and the Foo Fighters, and played live by The Avett Brothers, among many others.

The actor. The actor playing the role as ‘father’ in this ad is Benjamin Chavarria, a man who wears many hats including actor, pastor, and realtor. See more of his stuff on his Instagram here. 

Ben has a brother that’s been in films and on TV, Gabriel Chavarria.

Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

I used to be a super talented drawer!

Hello and thanks for stopping by! If you’ve been following along lately, you know I’ve been doing a major purge in my house (click here for more), so recently I came across a stack of drawings from my childhood and teenager years. I used to LOVE drawing, and I was good! That is, up to about middle school.

Do you ever think you’re really good at something but then years later you realize… um, nope, you weren’t that good?

Yeah, that’s me with drawing. My talent plateaued probably in elementary school. But I sure had fun doing it, even through college. Here are a few rare, original drawings created by yours truly. One of a kind, special, and value is through the roof with these amazing images! 😉

So there it is. My talent summed up in a few images. I guess there was a tad bit of marketing, too, with the “BW Mowing” picture. Also, yes I was obsessed with Nike! What a weirdo!

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-Out of the Wilderness

TikTok’s baby hippo ad is ruining the cuteness of baby hippos

I can’t find the TikTok ad anywhere but if you’ve seen it, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It seems to pop up a lot when I open up a YouTube video. Here is a screengrab.

It’s a short spot for TikTok and all it shows is a cute baby hippo. That’s great, but something else is totally ruining the cuteness of baby hippos for me.

How cute is that baby hippo!? Where TikTok ruins these cute “little” guys for me is the music. Of course, the above video is NOT the ad, which I can’t seem to find anywhere and I am determined not to get on TikTok to find it. But maybe I will.

The music they use is so annoying. The first couple of times was fine but as soon as I hear the first note now, I immediately tune it out.

Have you seen the ad when you’re about to watching something on YouTube? What do you think about it? Is the music annoying or am I just crazy?

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-Out of the Wilderness

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-Out of the Wilderness

Another ultimate wasp battle!

The other day I wrote about something I did twice. It was a new door handle that I bought at an estate sale, months later dropped off at a thrift store, then a week later realized I needed it and had to buy it back. I’m not the only who has done this right? RIGHT??? Well, there is another double double that happened recently. And again, I was on the losing end. 

I was determined to kill a wasp flying around in my carport. Which is against my nature, really. Just read this from another wasp encounter a couple of years ago. My advice based on experience: don’t use a broom. I slapped the wasp with the broom which, because the broom isn’t firm, just made the wasp made. Next thing I know the wasp is diving towards me and it stung me right on the forehead. As I turned to run, it dove down again and stung me on my lower back. 

My head hurt for maybe an hour, but my back pain lasted for days! It became tight and sore. 

That little rascal was winning 2-0, however it cost him his life. When he was stinging my back I was able to smack him with my hand just out of reaction from the pain. He spiraled to the ground where I could finish him off. But for the rest of time the final score will be wasp – 2… and me – 1. 

GOSH I HATE LOSING.

I lost twice, of course. Once to the door handle, and then to the wasp. What’s next, I’m not going to be drafted by the Tennessee Titans??

-Out of the Wilderness

Hobbies that have been on the back burner

Every day I think about a couple of activities I enjoy but haven’t had the chance to do in a while. I have written about one of them a lot… and the other has made it on the blog a few times (I think?). Any guesses on what I might be talking about?

The two hobbies I enjoy are…. photography and playing a trumpet!

One of my favorite photographs lately, find more here!

Other priorities (like… work, for instance) have required me to shuffle photos and music to the back burner, unfortunately. I understand that things like that have to happen sometimes, but I am eager to get back to photography especially. If I’m being totally honest, I miss that a lot more than I miss the trumpet. I think it’s because my skills with the trumpet are pretty low! It’s fun to play, but frustrating when I can’t get a particular note.

Photo by Kendall Hoopes on Pexels.com

I’m sure I’ll get back to both in the near future, as soon as things slow down a bit. Like I said in previous posts, I’ve been on a major purge in my house, getting rid of all kinds of things from childhood stuffed animals and college 8mm video tapes to couches and chairs. It’s been crazy the last couple of weeks. Isn’t it weird to find things in the attic you haven’t laid eyes on in over a decade? That’s a good sign it’s time to get rid of that particular thing, don’t you think?

Do you have hobbies you miss taking part in? If so, what are they? Let me know in the comments below!

-Out of the Wilderness