Jacksons Pepsi Commercial (nostalgia)

Incidentally at the time this commercial was made, Jackson sightings were just like that: Few and far between, charged with lots of excitement and very brief. Before you knew it, they were waving goodbye and running away and you weren’t quite sure it actually happened when it was over. For all the trouble the Pepsi commercials brought into the life of the Jacksons, I don’t recall them  getting a whole lot of rotation on tv but maybe I watched a lot less tv in the 1980s, or maybe they didn’t blitz commercials over free tv at the time as they do in today’s cable and satellite tv packages. As a Jackson fan I loved the commercial of course, and I thought Alfonso Ribeiro was the cuteness. I didn’t recognize Siggy at the time (Jackie’s son) – he’s the tall kid wearing yellow. But I have to say, it didn’t make me want to drink Pepsi.

Filed under: Music, Michael Jackon, Pepsi Commercial, The Jacksons

Oh lady of little faith

Placed an order with a cosmetic ingredient supplier for some fragrance oils last night. This a.m. I get an email from the seller saying they couldn’t process the order coz my credit card number wasn’t recognized. It was a while before I even noticed the email so I was a bit perturbed because I assumed the order already went through and was in processing. I logged in to my account to see if everything was in order. I swear I paid on time, and there’s barely a balance. There was no reason for the card not to go through unless they shut me down for no reason without notifying me. Everything was fine. So I call the seller and tell her it might have been a typo (and computer glitches do happen). She said something like – “yeah right”. Huh?? I gave the lady my card info and the transaction went through in an instant. Oh lady of little faith – you don’t even know me, can’t see me and you automatically assume my credit’s no good?? SMH.

Filed under: Thoughts