What are we trying to say here?

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Ok, Have you seen this commercial? It is advertising a new fancy car that I am sure is wonderful and dependable and will get 35 miles to the gallon. It will make your life a bit more simple with its stylish design and modern day options.

But it makes me mad.. not the product, but how it is presented. The kid is cute. I will say that, but whoever wrote the scrip was not so cute. Hi, were the dork family.. Really!

Have we come to such a society where even small children demand a very fancy car? Will they feel ashamed when their mothers come and pick them up in a Griswald mini-van. I hope not! How many mothers actually pick up their children now days.

What bugs me is that we, as a consumeristic society, are luring our children in a deeper trap of instant, feel good, look good right now, is all that matters. Where family sing-alongs are viewed as lame. My heart aches by the sound of this. I don't have children, nor will I be the first to say what is best for ones family. But I will say that when I was a child we didn't have much, and that was fine. I remember my dad having an old El Camino and now I have such a soft spot in my heart for such a unique looking car. What will this new generation cherish when they look back on their childhood?

I guess all I am really trying to say is this commercial saddens me, for where are we going in todays modern world. I am not sure I like how "things" will establish people as more awesome. How if something is old we must rush out and trade it in for new.. and well mostly I wanted to use the power of the interweb to voice my unworthy opinion of how this product makes me feel. Forgive me for my rant, but well you get my idea.

A dog..

There once was a sweet dog.. She was left alone to fend for herself on the streets of Memphis.

As you can see, she was a tattered young pup with no place to go. Thankfully a sweet friend found her a home.

The sweet dog had a stump of a nose and kinda snorts when she is looking for her toys.. Her skin was pink with tiny prickly hairs.. all in all she looked like a pig with big floppy ears.

The dog named Pig, that is what she will be! And I brought her home for love and she gives the best company. She runs around and chases things, but I couldn't ask for a better friend.. When It comes to dogs named Pig, she could be the best little pup I have ever seen.

As you can tell, I adopted a dog.. Her name is Pig.

When I tell people that my dog is named Pig, they laugh a bit. Children are the best, they look at me like why in the world? You cant have a dog named Pig! So I thought I would be grand to write a children's book about... you guessed it, A Dog named Pig. I feel as if it has a certain ring to it. Now if only I could do something about that mouse in my house..