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WATCHING YOU

There’s a lot of live entertainment here. Betty started Kindergarten in a pandemic, so she had both parents sitting with her, taking pictures of her reactions... We backed off for her first real class session.

Madeline Vega

Madeline Vega

Meanwhile, Percy, one of our indoor cats, had his eye on a squirrel that decided it was going to loudly get into the bag of bird feed. The squirrel did nothing short of giving Percy the finger.

I don’t have a problem with the squirrel. Whatever’s digging up the grass needs to stop. Luis says it was the raccoon. He saw something bigger than a cat, smaller than a person on the driveway before the holes appeared. —MV

Madeline Vega

TREND SPOTTER

The toy aisle is Luis’ obsession at Walmart, but right across from empty toy aisles is the empty men’s undershirt aisles. I want one 6-pack of large v-necks. There are some 3-packs of triple extra large and literally one pack of three small crew collar shirts, but no large v-necks from any brand. I have checked on each of my visits for a month. The white T-shirt seems to be a staple in every man’s quarantine wardrobe. The J Crew picture I found on Google is on clearance for $9.50, but, come on, who needs bright white shirts in the bubble? Luis says, “Even though those shirts have been my go-to during wfh, I’d rather have Walmart stock the toy aisle so I can get an AEW Jericho and Cody figure.” —MV

J. Crew advertising the wfh staple

J. Crew

REAL CLASSY

I might have laughed out loud when I saw this Facebook post that isn't sharing properly on mobile, but I was more excited to know I wasn’t the only one completely taken by the Breyer’s commercial for this “ice cream lasagna.” While smooth jazz plays in the background of this shiny black table setting, the classic male voice over tells us, “Breyer’s has created a spectacular dessert called Viennetta.” Unseen guests are scooping the “premium” ice cream out of glass dishes as fast as they can before all coming back for that last slice on a silver server. As the voice over says, “One slice is never enough...”

Somehow Luis had no feelings about this food. I don’t actually even remember eating it—I just remember seeing the commercials and believing that was what rich people ate.

Madeline Vega

SURPRISE PROMOTIONS

Walmart is full of surprises these days. Once there was an endcap full of baby Yoda toys. Then they were all gone. I was going to get a picture of Lucky Charms mixed with Frosted Flakes, but all those boxes were gone and baby Yoda was there instead. Then there was a Wonder Woman 1984 between electronics and shoes. It seemed to only have old Wonder Woman (and Harley Quinn) merchandise on it. “WW84 was set to be released in July. It’s been pushed to October, but I’m skeptical of that date,” Luis says. It could have gone to DC Universe but all their original content is being funneled to HBO Max—maybe the final home of WW84? “My one suggestion would be to have it premiere on the Max at a premium price of $19.99.”

Madeline Vega