I did the AIDS Walk Los Angeles today. It was the first time in awhile. I was supposed to go with a friend, but in the end she didn't register. I decided to go anyways, since I'd signed up via my church group. Even though I hadn't gone for awhile, some things were still the same. I always find it amazing when the walk starts how there is this sea of people both in front and back. And then on La Cienaga there was the Christian group that is all into hell and brimstone. Somethings never change except this time a bus driver decided to drive his/her bus right in front of the protesters. I quickly left my church group behind as I wanted to speed walk through the 10K. It was a tough 10K to speed walk through. The prior two times I'd done the walk, it was overcast. This time around it was hot. It must have been around 80 degrees. Towards the end, I was feeling it. There was a photographer ahead of me. I caught up with her and passed her by. Then with about 100 yards left I looked up and there she was ahead of me. I was slowly down. Anyways, I did the walk in 1 hour and 45 minutes. Even now, I'm a bit dehydrated, but hopefully I'll be able to get my friend out next year so that we can speed walk through the AIDS Walk together.
A couple corporate t-shirts of note:
Hustler Staff. Relax. It's just sex.
Okay, someone doesn't need to even be into porn to know that Hustler is known for explicit images. I don't know about that t-shirt, especially with so many kids doing the AIDS walk.
Fresh and Easy. Coming soon to a neighborhood near you.
I know corporations do these sort of events to gain publicity, but this one just seemed over the top. I looked up their website and I know that this is their logo, but it seemed so much like an advertisement that it seemed contrary to the very reason why everyone was doing the AIDS Walk. To me, instead of emphasizing the desire to find a cure, the t-shirt was focused on drumming up profits for Fresh and Easy.
Notes from Vivace
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