Waiting for my dream girl

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I never got into "Star Wars." It was several years before my time and when interest picked up again in the late 90's I felt "too old" for it. The first time I ever saw it was in 1997. The 20th anniversary. With my girlfriend. Good make out movie...

Although I thought Darth Vader was awesome. The best line in the movie is when Harrison Ford says "It's WORSE..." A line I've "borrowed" many times.

But Princess Leia! I had no idea.

(RIP Carrie Fisher 1956-2016 )

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Maybe she could teach me?

(I thought I recognized her from somewhere. Don't know her name but she plays a doctor on Grey's Anatomy. My wife loves that show and I'm probably in enough trouble as it is... )

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Other schools’ mascots: Alabama “Big Al.” Penn State “Nittany Lion.” Duke “Blue Devil.” Michigan State “Spartan.” UCLA “Bruin.” I had a chance to play at “State.” Should have stayed in Michigan. See last picture.

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Schools like Purdue have a tough time compared to schools like Alabama or Duke. Money and recruiting is a large part of it. It's big business. The only two in the “Big 10” that are even close typically are Michigan and Ohio State. My dad said it used to be known as the “Big 2 and the Little 8.” That was many years ago. Purdue has never won a National Championship in football although it produces some very good players and some exceptional Quarterbacks: Drew Brees, Bob Griese, and Len Dawson come to mind.

Alabama has 17 National Championships in football. Purdue has 0. So Pete will just have to hang in there… Sorry dude.

(UCLA, Alabama, Clemson, Duke, etc. also have cheerleading squads that rival some pro teams. The UCLA cheerleader shown is my “future wife” and has been featured in other posts. However the NFL and NBA can get away with much more… Perhaps none is better known than the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders. The last picture is the Chicago Bulls dance team. Why do you think every guy my age wanted to “be like Mike?” )

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Part of my “academic” job includes helping “coach” our National Ad Competition Team. Along with the Chair of the Marketing Department, we assist a group of students to prepare for the annual competition. Typically it is held in a major city like New York or Los Angeles. Colleges and Universities from all over the United States participate. There are three rounds. My primary role is in helping our students with the research and data analysis (which is basically my other career as a consultant to business through my market research company). The “creativity” behind the ad I leave to them… I don’t usually go along except for the year it was held in Detroit. All students enrolled in the class must be seniors and “over 21.”

This is our entry from a couple years ago. It was part of an overall ad campaign we developed for “Snapple.” The model pictured is from “stock footage” but sometimes we go through an agency and use professional models and photographers. All are verified as “18 or older” and of course we wanted this ad to target “college age students.”

The “tagline” for this ad is “Your passion is calling. Can you feel the beat?” I feel something. I swear to God I didn’t think that up or select the model or “pose.” The students (both male and female) wanted her to wear shorts (or show a little "tummy") or a tight shiny exercise leotard. Ask me if I love my work? But that idea was nixed by the Marketing professor in charge.

Anyway, the bottom line is, we WON! Out of several hundred schools. The only “recognition” we got was that we were featured in the “Indiana Business Journal” and “Business Week.”

Hope you enjoyed the story and the ad featuring my very flexible and athletic “future wife.”

(I’ve never even tried “Snapple” but I bet I would if she asked me to... )

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Tonight’s workout featured another infomercial from my friend Chalene. Much better than "Dr. Ho" again.

Of course she was promoting PiYo. I didn’t mind taking a break and watching as she was on a lot talking about it and demonstrating the exercises herself. I know a little bit about “working out” and training for sports myself and one of the things I noticed this time is that most of the exercises in PiYo can be done at a very “easy” beginner level with assistance. Which is important so that one sticks with it. Eventually they will make it to a more advanced level and see results. Many other exercise programs assume everyone can do whatever from the start and most people give up soon after trying and failing. PiYo also avoids weights which, while great for building strength and mass for sports can be dangerous when done alone. So yes I would recommend it.

Chalene is 50 according to what I read (she was born in 1969) but looks to be in her 20’s or 30’s. I also like her positive attitude. Some guys might find it annoying. But I like it. I would definitely go out with her if ever she would want to date a "younger man." Too bad we’re both married.

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Well, I found out who she is. Her name is MaCall and she is now a Los Angeles Rams cheerleader. It’s a good thing Purdue never played UCLA. 1) We’d probably have gotten killed. 2) I for sure would have ended up running into a goalpost not looking where I was going…

Here’s what one site had to say about her:

“A nationally ranked dancer, writer, actress and former Junior Olympic gymnast, MaCall Manor is truly a Renaissance girl. She has guest starred on TV shows (acting the young Faith Hill at the MTV Country Music Awards and little Amanda in “Ugly Betty”) and in televised commercials. She has also been honored at Carnegie Hall twice for her writing, winning a Scholastic silver medal in 2009 and a gold medal in 2010 for her novels. After watching bookstores declare bankruptcy and noticing the demise of reading among her peers, MaCall founded Moonman Reviews, a book review website that re-ignites children’s love of reading.”