I saw this commercial for the first time on Monday. I wanted to write a post about it but all week I have not been feeling well. Sean left the hall light on when he left for school. I was sitting in my kitchen drinking my ginger water when I rolled into the living room to see something Kyle was saying on Good Morning Football when I saw the light. I made a mental note to turn the light off when I finished my water. Ginger water tastes absolutely disgusting warm so I wanted to drink it all while it was cold and just out of the refrigerator.
I finished my water and rolled to the hall to turn off the light. This commercial had just started but I was concentrating on keeping my feet elevated and off of the floor as I pushed myself to the hallway light switch. Doing this has become increasingly more difficult. I turned the light off and backed up just in time to see the tail end of this commercial. I heard the Arby’s guys say, “Gyro” and I laughed out loud!
I thought of my, “Heroes” Mini lesson that I taught my kids when I used to teach English, when I taught the novel, The Outsiders.
I had this really cool hand out that asked the students to write about their idea of a hero. It went along with the idea that Johnny Cade felt like a hero when he was saving the kids from the burning church. I prefaced the lesson with these two songs:
I really liked the Foo Fighters song (reminds me of high school and Varsity Blues) and just needed another song about heroes so it wasn’t so random that I played Foo Fighters for my students. It also illustrated the fact that everyone has different perceptions of heroes just like people have different tastes in music. I remembered having my kids vote and no one liked Foo Fighters, they all liked the Mariah Carey song.
I saw that Arby’s commercial many times on The Football Network as I watched Good Morning Football. I saw different versions all week! On Thursday, Sean picked us up some Arby’s for dinner. I got the turkey gyro (with no onions or tomatoes). It was really good! Sean also brought me a mint shake because he knows that I love mint chocolate chip! Nate wasn’t there all week on Good Morning Football. I missed him!