#BachelorBoycott is a real thing

I haven’t watched the Bachelor since the producers were so sinister towards Bachelor Peter. What they did on his date with Victoria F. was so uncool. Actually, uncool isn’t even a strong enough word. It was just dirty. Here’s a recap if you missed it.

For a show that claims they want folks to find love, they have a funny way of helping. Now, I’ll admit this isn’t the first time they’ve orchestrated events just for the sake of causing drama. I mean, in the reality TV world drama often equals ratings and at the end of the day ratings are all that matter. I was in television for over 10 years and as exciting as it can be, the most important numbers were ratings. Nothing else mattered.

This show is no different, no matter how they promote it. I think it became more obvious when Chris Harrison started using his all-too-familiar phrase, “The most dramatic season ever.” Drama equals ratings. Love does not. No one really wants to watch a real relationship form. Why? Because unless you’re in that relationship, it can be boring to watch. But fights, lying, throwing people under the bus, champagne exploding in someone’s face… that’s what keeps viewers coming back.

I guess if the producers would simply stop pretending they care about an actual, real relationship developing and call it was it is… maybe people would be less upset when they script drama on a show that’s supposed to be unscripted.

For now, let’s join the #BachelorBoycott …who’s with me??

-Out of the Wilderness

J-Hope “Ego” music video: the clothes, the car, and the clock!

Boasting 24 million views in only a few days on YouTube, this video is a gigantic hit from an extremely popular group… BTS. I don’t understand most of what J-Hope sings in this song, or the text in the video, but I’ll do my best to bring you some interesting bits and pieces from this video! Thanks for stopping by!


The “RS” sweater J-Hope is wearing at the beginning of the video (0:37) is made by Raf Simons. This type of outwear from RS will set you back hundreds of US dollars, and can be found online here.

His next shirt (below) is Human Made brand. These types of shirts retail around $100.

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The red car he’s driving is a 1973 Mercedes 450SL. These can sell around $6,000 or up to $20,000.

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The license plate on the car says, “BTS 13613” which represents their debut… in the US we’d write it like this: 61313… June 13, 2013.

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The clock he walks by is a Skilcraft, which most likely retains around $20.

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All the brands in the store window (pictured below) were “established in 1994” …this is purposefully done, as J-Hope was born in 1994. His Korean name is Jung, so J’s Tailor is most likely a nod to that.

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Lastly, here’s a behind the scenes video from the video shoot.


Thanks for stopping by!

-Out of the Wilderness

Biden out, Bloomberg in? New TV ad from Bloomberg after Iowa fiasco

This week something really interesting happened. I was jogging on the treadmill at Planet Fitness (because who wants to run outdoors when it’s 40 degrees and rainy??) and looked up to the row of TVs to see, surprising no one, an ad for Michael Bloomberg. But it wasn’t the familiar ads we’ve seen recently.

This campaign ad featured Bloomberg’s relationship with former President Barack Obama. Take a look.


The timing is what’s very interesting about this ad. A few days ago the Iowa caucuses took place started and, while final votes are still being counted days later, Biden looks to be well behind the leader of the Democrat nomination process. If Biden was banking on support from the Obama camp, and clearly he was, that will all but disappear after his dreadful numbers in Iowa. So the day after the Iowa caucus, Bloomberg airs an advertisement touting his relationship with Obama. It’s very clever and strategic to do this as support for Biden is most likely going to disintegrate and those folks will need another nominee on whom to cling.

In the commercial, Obama spoke praises of Bloomberg, so Bloomberg is clearly trying to rally everyone who loves Obama onto the Bloomberg bandwagon.

What do you think about the timing of this ad? Will it help Bloomberg? It’ll be interesting to see if Obama officially vocalizes support for any of the nominees, as he hasn’t so far.

-Out of the Wilderness

Troop Zero (Amazon Prime)… a review WITHOUT spoilers

This Amazon Prime movie very well might be the cutest film I’ll see all year. The young actress, Mckenna Grace, is simply adorable and the entire cast did an amazing job. There were times I laughed, cried, cringed, and cheered. Be warned, although I’d consider the movie family friendly, there are a few moments of adult language (the ‘a’ word), which is mostly why it gets a PG rating. There is some smoking of the cigarettes and drinking of the beers, but overall it’s tame and if you’re OK with the ‘a’ word being used a few times by the adult characters, you’ll be fine with this movie.


One part I loved was watching two characters start off as mortal enemies but by the end, they’ve put differences aside to connect as friends. I won’t give away anything, but this relationship transformation doesn’t just happen with the kiddos in the movie. I also thought Jim Gaffigan was a perfect choice for Christmas’s dad, Ramsey Flint. Plus, any movie with Mike Epps in it automatically gets my attention.

This movie is a story about the strength of perseverance, believing in yourself, not giving up, and celebrating your uniqueness. Check it out and let me know what you think about it in the comments below!

-Out of the Wilderness

Reaction and stats, Pres. Trump’s State of the Union

I was away from home working but made it back just before President Trump started speaking and in total, he spoke 1 hour, 18 minutes, and 1 second. In this speech, he had a few surprises– giving out the highest civilian medal, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to Rush Limbaugh. Not long after he was part of a surprise reunion of a military member and his family. As someone who knows how it feels to be reunited with their dad after he was off at war (although it wasn’t a surprise for us when he returned), that moment in the Capitol was a sweet one. 

As for the coverage, I was watching on ABC and noticed something a bit peculiar. They had a small box on the left with a live shot of the Capitol building exterior. Is that a thing broadcasts do? I don’t ever remember seeing a locked off shot like that so I wondered if they knew something I didn’t. Like some sort of attack was coming! (Nothing bad happened, so I must just be a conspiracy theorist 🙂 ).  

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Anyway, the State of the Union routine was somewhat predictable. The President’s party standing in applause very often, and the opposing side sitting with arms folded. I’ll give credit to the Dems though… they did stand up at least once when Trump mentioned the Family Leave Act. Far be it from me to say it seems typical that a Democrat would cheer at the mention of getting money for NOT working, but well, they did. They half-heartedly applauded a few others times, except for that one gentleman who was clearly sleeping. Oopsy!

Whether you’re a Democrat or a Republican, I hope we can all agree on something that needs to change. This whole “I only support ideas in the speech if they come from a President from my party” has got to end. President Trump said some great things and yet half the room stayed seated. I listened intently to hear if the things he was saying leaned right, and there were quite a few thoughts that were simply good, true, humane, thoughtful, and kind towards people. Yet Democrats were determined to show their opposition. I know it would be the same if it was a Democrat President, so Republicans and Democrats alike need to grow up and support America, not just their own party. A good idea is a good idea no matter who says it. I’m sick of “politics” as we know it. It’s time we get back to working together, compromise, and quit with the hatred between parties. OK, I’ll get off this little soap box 🙂

The Democratic response came from Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and was clocked at 10 minutes and 39 seconds. I liked her approach. Instead of battling back against Trump, she spoke positively about what Democrats are doing in our country. Do I agree with her on many things? Probably not. No, no… definitely not. But she kept her hatred for Trump at bay so that was refreshing. 

Now all we gotta do is figure out who Nancy Pelosi’s invisible friend was that she talked to throughout the entire speech and we’ll be cookin’ with gas. 

Did anything from the SOTU stand out to you? If so, comment below! 

-Out of the Wilderness