February 2010
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January 2010
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Congratulations, Ainara!
A lil post and BIG CONGRATULATIONS for my favorite mamasita, Ainara! She got her very first full-time art director gig in Madrid this morning (and starts MONDAY). She is en fuego (how painfully obvious is it right now that I never took Spanish) and deserves this so super much!!!!
I could not be happier for her—despite my recent, uhm, we’ll call it “situational depression.”...
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How to Suck at Facebook →
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Working Women Say Their Marriage Is Richer For It →
Interesting…
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Junior: Celebrating Life at the Bottom →
via @kendallmarie
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A Very Valuable Lesson.
The lesson I learned today: Sometimes having no shame and a lot of free time pays off.
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Making Up Crap.
Sometimes I think my official job title should be Junior Maker Up of Crap. I considered Junior Bullshitter, but putting a swear word in your job title is very unprofessional.
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WatchAwesome. Awesome. Awesome. Done by the agency, Mono.
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“I always get so excited…sorry, I can’t help it. I prefer that to...”
– Brad Ash (when he says stuff like this, it just makes me friggin adore him even more)
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The Official Alice in Wonderland Movie Website is... →
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Transitioning to an Agency Gig →
Do you like watching the ads during the Super Bowl more than the game itself? Do you get inspired by seeing great, creative advertising? Curious about the ad world but have no experience in any kind of agency, boutique or studio? This article is definitely something you should read, then (or at least skim through). It’s does a pretty good at informing non-ad people how to become ad-people....
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Googling Creepy Anne Geddes Photos
Ashley: HAHAHAHAHA, do you like how i just google-imaged anne geddes?
Elyse: Good work, you've reached a whole new plateau of boredom
Ashley: I just started laughing out loud and Laura (the co-worker that's my age and I really like) was like...yes??? So, I just had to go explain to her what I was doing.
Elyse: Hahahaha, nice. Now you're bored AND creepy.
Ashley: Awesome.
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Now THIS is a Manifesto →
Granted this reads way better in the video on Diesel’s home page—with the bold all-caps sans serif type treatment that has a problem with authority and the edgy, awesome, angsty music. But it works on its own without the bells and whistles, too. Loving the look. Loving the message. Diesel website win.
Be Stupid.
Like balloons, we are filled with hopes and dreams.
But over time, a single sentence...
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My Coworkers Are Awesome.
Elyse: Where are you?
Courtney: New York, girl!
Elyse: Oh.
Courtney: You need me?
Elyse: No, I was just curious since you weren't at your desk and now here you are online...I thought you might have bought an invisibility cloak.
Courtney: Oooh, maybe they sell those here.
Elyse: Pick up a Prada one up for me, will ya?
Courtney: I'll ask a street vendor.
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WatchOk, this clip is not even close to being the funniest part of Aziz Ansari’s special on Comedy Central. I was CRYING AND DROOLING all over myself like a friggin infant. That’s how funny it was. No exaggeration.
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Mark Fenske's 14 Anti-Laws of Advertising →
Click download a PDF to see Mark Fenske’s Anti-Laws of Advertising. Good stuff in there.
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Sweet Liberty.
Not to be a Debbie Downer but this weekend started off about as sucky as all of last week, and when I heard our friends Matt and Natalia couldn’t come with us to roller girls anymore, I was even MORE bummed. So Brad and I made an executive decision—we would pass on roller derby (this time) and would make reservations for a delicious, romantic dinner date in Clarnedon. Best. decision....
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“This is what’s amazing about almost all the good creative people...”
– James P. Othmer in his new, awesome book Adland
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Hell Week.
Everyone I’ve talked to this week knows it’s been a rough one for me. Lots of new projects at work. Lots of stress. Lots of late nights. Lots of headaches. Very little down time. I’m using this dreadful, stressful, exhaustingful (totally made that up) week as the perfect excuse to be lazy and write in bullet-form…
Brad is officially awesome. Even though this was never in doubt, just thought...
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It's Official!
Relax, relax, relax. It’s not THAT kind of official news (I’ve learned over the last few months when you live with your boyfriend, it’s not usually a good way to start off conversations if you’re not going to quickly follow it up with a “We’re Getting Married!” or “We’re Having a Baby!”)
Anywho…neither of those things are...
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He Knows Me Better Than I Thought He Did...
Brad: What are we doing for dinner?
Me: No idea
Brad: Pasta of some sort?
Elyse: Yummers. Want me to stop off at giant and get some ingredients and skinny cow treats?
Brad: I'll go to the store on my way home.
Me: Are you sure? I can do it.
Brad: No, cause i will have to start on dinner before you get home otherwise you get cranky...
Elyse: Hahahahaha--you know me so well...
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Happiness Vending Machine →
Done by W+K. Totally rad.
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Holy Haiti...
Poor Haiti…as if they didn’t have enough crap to deal with already.
The very small silver lining is that it’s never been easier to donate money to causes thanks to technology. For example, I donated $10 via TEXT MESSAGE to the American Red Cross! It was so super awesome and easy.
All I had to do was text “Haiti” to 90999 and it automatically donated $10 to The...
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On a Scale of 1 to 10, How Weird Are You? →
Great interview with Chief Executive of Zappos,Tony Hsieh. What a cool-sounding work culture!
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You Go, Conan
People of Earth:
In the last few days, I’ve been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I’ve been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I’ve been absurdly lucky. That said, I’ve been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an...
