Matt Garrison, i still respect your love for Rum Raisin ice cream, because i tried it last semester in williamsburg at the Haagen Dazs. after ordering though, the one and only KJ informed me that there was a Bailey's Irish Cream flavor of ice cream there. amazed, but not willing to buy two things of ice cream, i stored that in the back of my head. tonight, after leaving DC and giving up on Cold Stone, we went to Safeway to find some ice cream to take back to Karla's house to eat while playing Trivial Pursuit. i was thinking about ben and jerry's but then moved on to rum raisin, and then as i became frustrated at not finding it, i spotted a pint of Haagen Dazs labelled "limited edition". the immediate thought was "no, could it be the Bailey's flavor?" and immediately i could see from afar (ok so, not that far, but play along with the romanticized version, it would look better in the film) that upon the side of the carton was the design for the label of that wonderous irish cream. abruptly stopping in the middle of the sentence i was saying and practically jumping through the glass door with ninja-quick reaction time, i snatched the pint of Bailey's Irish Cream flavored special edition ice cream and declared "YAHTZEE" as i displayed my discovery victoriously in the aisle of the supermarket. what a great day.

my brain is already planning scenes for this as is becomes a commercial. either for Haagen Dazs or for something else. i am thinking that the whole scenario could be adapted to fit just about anything. how about for life insurance? no one would see that coming. it would be a flash-back but no one would know until the end of the commercial. well, short film. not commercial. the fact that it was being used to sell a product doesnt change the fact that it will be a cinematography production. multiple shots of a man coming home from work. a long day. very long day. he is exhausted. he comes home to his pregnant wife and she is exhausted and cranky and tells him to go get her some ice cream. p.s. i think this would be so much more powerful if it was silent. i mean, no words. just action and mood music as the score in the background. long day, comes home, gets a load of crap from the wife, she wants ice cream, but it has to be the right flavor. he goes. looks fervently for the flavor, multiple shots from different angles. very distressed look on his face. opening and closing doors. looking at other brands, wondering if she will know the difference. but giving up. staring at the frozen case sadly and drops his head and begins to walk out. but then, out of the corner of his eye, he spots another row that he didnt even see. they were hiding. and it is the flavor he needs to get. music rises triumphantly. he grabs it and stares at it, cradles it. the ice cream becomes the baby as his life is fast-forwarded through the life of the child. all the joy and happiness of having a child stemming from that single moment at the supermarket where he conquered and found the ice cream to make his wife happy and feel better. then maybe ending with an intimate, close-up shot of him touching his wife's leg or back as the waves roll in on the beach on their family vacation. the touch comes as he is trying to get her attention to look at their son playing out in the waves and is the stimulus that has caused this flashback. the voice comes in and says something about, "so you can spend your time thinking about other things. no need to worry, like a good neighbor, State Farm is there..." or something like that. depends on who you are pitching the commercial to. anyways. and with that my brain needs to rest.

my report on the quality of the ice cream..........unfathomable. so amazing. if i could say it purely in reference to ice cream and not be dirty or crude, it truly is orgasmic. incredible. i dont know what Haagen Dazs is thinking when they say that they are only having this flavor for a limited time. this is good enough to start a business on. it could be a menu item at a restaurant that people would hear about from across the country and go there just to get this ice cream. Haagen Dazs would be really stupid to ever take this off the shelves. it is incredible. i ate the whole pint without flinching. not rushing it, just never wanting to stop eating it. so good. highly recommended.


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