Monday, April 17, 2017

Advertsing at its "finest"

You know what's annoying? Ads you can't close, Ads that freeze and Ads that you've seen so many times that you can act them out (if they are video ads)/they make you want to tear your eyes out. Okay, that might be a little extreme but I've gotten so tired of advertisements that mean nothing to me. I like to pin photography tips on Pinterest and sometimes they involve how to photograph toddlers and infants and for a time when I was building up my photography board I was getting promoted posts about cribs, baby cloths and strollers. I wished there was a button proclaiming that I wasn't pregnant but I was just pinning for (hopefully) future business ventures. I kept hiding the promoted posts and saying I wasn't interested and I guess Pinterest doesn't have an equivalent to the 'do not call list' called the 'don't show me this again' list with my name on it. Semi long story short, I keep getting them. Its annoying.
When I'm on mobile I'm mostly browsing my social media and watching Youtube videos. I usually use Facebook to check up on family (no matter how annoying they are) and getting my news. I follow NewsChannel4 on Facebook and that's where I get my morning news, weather updates and breaking news for the state. I will click the link to read the news "article" which is full of ads and sometimes I'll get full page ads that obscure the article and the X to close it is tiny and I just give up. Sometimes the ads on that page will freeze the page and I can't do anything.
I can be checking my email and the web page will wait for the ads to load before loading my messages.

Ads are annoying, they could be a part of my job, but no one really likes them. Especially if they aren't done right.

Monday, April 10, 2017

Who wants Panda?

Remember advocates and influencers? I am not getting paid for this but I just love Panda Express. I would give my non existent first born child for a life time supply of orange chicken. I have to drive an hour from the college to Shawnee, just for a decent Chinese/American cuisine; and I'm not talking just Panda Express because that isn't really Chinese food. I also miss Maple Gardens, which is a great little place in a strip mall by Auto Zone and where the old laundry mat used to be. That Maple Gardens is sooooo good, and if your lucky they might throw in a free entree then the night is made. That and they don't judge if you have a large take out order, at least they haven't mentioned it to my face.
So if you haven't noticed, I love food. Especially Chinese/American. I would kill for a bowl of fried rice and orange chicken with some sweet and sour sauce. I might actually get some this weekend when I pop into Shawnee for work.

Anyone else convinced?

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