UGH.

[apocalypsos]

Is anybody else annoyed by that Nutrisystem commercial where Jillian Barberie is like, "Okay, I know I'm not your average girl, I loooooove sports"? And then she catches a football and says, "Now how many girls do you know who can do that"?

Dude, pretty much EVERY woman I know likes some kind of sport. Watching, playing, whatever. And how many women do I know who can catch a football tossed to them from about ten feet away? Uh, most of them? It's not exactly like it's brain surgery,

Next up: Watch Jillian Barberie show you how she can even do math! And that's HARD for girls, don't you know.

*headdesk*

EDIT: This is exactly how I want my hair to look when I go into the salon the next time I get a chance (which theoretically I can do tomorrow if I wanted, I have just enough in my bank account to go):



I really do have to bring that picture because honestly, the most important part of me bringing them that picture is the stylist seeing how short it is in the front. Everytime I go they're all, "Are you sure you want it that short?" GOD. YES. When I want short, I want it ALL off, including my bangs. ARGH.

Comments

[tarzanic.livejournal.com]

YES! My mom could do that and she admits she has no depth perception.

[allthelivesofme.livejournal.com]

Well, average girls are too busy manicuring their nails and watching chick-flicks to do cool stuff like sports!

Ew. I think a couple of brain cells died while I typed that.

[callmesyd.livejournal.com]

I know I'm not your average girl.

I reeeeally wish Jillian Barberie had a set of nuts for me to kick.

[foenix.livejournal.com]

And I'm the opposite. The guy who HATES sports, and can't catch a ball to save his life. ;)

[laurelin-kit.livejournal.com]

Is anybody else annoyed by that Nutrisystem commercial where Jillian Barberie is like, "Okay, I know I'm not your average girl, I loooooove sports"? And then she catches a football and says, "Now how many girls do you know who can do that"?

That makes my blood boil every time it pops up on the TV. HAAAAAAAAATE. I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW MUCH I HAAAATE IT.

[wyldkyss.livejournal.com]

Hah! I have a red headed friend who looks like that woman, with that same hair cut. I thought it WAS her for a moment. heh.

[smashingstars.livejournal.com]

She doesn't even catch it with any kind of panache. The way she catches it is the way anyone can catch the ball, and yes, I suspect most of us "girls" can do the same.

But Nutrisystem commercials have been bugging me for months now.

[dargie.livejournal.com]

That commercial makes me froth at the mouth, not only because of the "how many girls..." question but because it's so damn obvious that she's one of those people who put on weight because she stopped being active, not because she was eating badly. She even says that she got back into her favorite bikini. Dude, if that's her favorite, how long was she fat? Like six months? And she "tried every diet?" Puh-leeze. You want to impress me, show me someone who took off 200 lbs after a lifetime of fighting fat, and kept it off for years. Then I'll say "Okay maybe this works."

Cute haircut, btw.

[squirrelarmy.livejournal.com]

WOAH NOW. Girls play sports? I thought we stomped that out when we got rid of that crazy "Title 9" talk back in the '70s. Seriously, though, what's wrong with these advertisers? "Hey! Outdated generalize stereotype! PERFECT."

That haircut looks lovely, too.

[elyssadc.livejournal.com]

ALLLLL the nutrisystem commercials make me livid. The one talking about how guys don't have time or patience or whatever to count points and just want to eat MAN food makes me want to bust my television with a baseball bat. They are so offensive. To men AND women. I don't understand what kind of knuckle-dragging moron they are trying to market themselves to.

[elbiesee.livejournal.com]

Not only can I catch a football, I can throw it. Yup, with perfect spin. Suck it, Barberie.

And I think that hairstyle is adorable. Not so much on me (my face is too square), but I think you'd look like a rockstar pixie. \m/

[darqstar.livejournal.com]

Yes, I abhor that commercial. She acts like she's so special when I know plenty of woman who love football and are good at sports.

If that ad is supposed to remind us of how awesome we are once we lose weight, I'd like to point out that chances are even when she was overweight she loved football.

[geeklite.livejournal.com]

Sadly, I probably couldn't catch a football thrown at me from even 1 foot away, but that is due to my extreme lack of hand/eye co-ordination and depth perception and not due to some uber-femininity.

I actually had my hair like that (perhaps a little shorter in back) for a few years. It was awesome and I loved it a lot. When I finally get sick of having my hair long, like it is now, I'll be going back to it.

[mayatawi.livejournal.com]

Is that Lori Petty, or just her long-lost doppelganger?

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

She just looks a lot like her, I guess. She started out with this long brilliant red curly hair and the challenge was to give the clients a short cut. Everybody else was doing all these cute little bobs and whatnot and Charlie, the guy who did hers, talked into a Mia Farrow-esque pixie thing. I was watching him cut it going, "YES. THAT. I WOULD LIKE THAT."

[shadow-phoenix2.livejournal.com]

Nice hair. ^_^

And those commercials sound sooooo degrading/stupid.

[ciara-belle.livejournal.com]

Ummmm....most of the girls I know can catch a football, actually, thanks Jillian. But the Nutrisystem commercials are pretty awful usually, so it doesn't surprise me. The food is terrible, too. My parents tried it, but my dad just refused to eat the stuff.

[wiliqueen.livejournal.com]

OMGYES. I want to take the football and nail her with right between the eyes and say "How many girls do you know who can do that??"

MADE OF FAIL.

[scary-being-me.livejournal.com]

You should keep your hair longer than that.

[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

I don't like keeping my hair much longer than that. It's naturally wavy, so when it's too short I get these stupid little wing-things on the side of my face I can't straighten, and when it gets long enough to style it takes a half-hour to forty-five minutes every other day (once it gets long I can have to wash it every other day to keep it from getting either too dry or too oily) to style with two curling irons, at least three hair clips, and way too much anti-frizz stuff. That style looks cute on me AND it only takes thirty seconds to style. :)