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Quote of the Week
Quote that made my week. Courtesy of Magnumpeon and posted on the YouTube video about CRISS ANGEL Believe:
“Is this egomaniac ever not narcissistic or completely phony? Even his Cirque du Soleil website is something stolen from Marcelo Gellert’s website that you can find on MySpace. Check it out and you can see the obvious rip off.”
Things I Learned
So yesterday was basically the most horrific day of my life. Okay, I’m exaggerating. It was the 4th worst day of my entire life. But, you might as well learn something, even on the worst days, so here it is:
- Everyone should adopt my email signature style – all contact information, including office and cell phone numbers, in every email. This includes replies and messages sent via Blackberry.
- The beauty of saving every email. Even the ones you think aren’t worth saving. You never know when things will come back to bite you in the a$$.
- Don’t assume ANYTHING. People, in general, are disorganized morons.
- Test everything BEFORE going live. Forget the fear about keeping visuals, etc. secret and test, test, test. And oh yeah, test again; the WHOLE process, beginning to end.
I Heart AdRants
Some days, I think AdRants is the sole thing that keeps me sane.
Things that made me die laughing / smile today, courtesy of AdRants:
Shave and Get Laid.
You Wish… too tired to figure out if this is something Microsoft actually did or a spoof, but either way it’s funny as hell:
Are You Kidding
Allow me to, once again, be boogled…Scenerio: Press Release, etc. is scheduled for 5:35 am the next day…
- Logo is revoked at 6:30 pm night before. It is decided we will go out tomorrow with NO visual. Are you f’ing kidding me?!?
- 5:35 am press release. Seriously?! Who chose that time. Again, what the f*ck?
- Ticketing page has completely wrong visual, show name and show times. Why didn’t anybody notice until I saw it at 6:30 pm aka too late for anyone to change it as everyone has gone home.?!?
- Head designer is on vaca. Who approved that??? Our designer went home at 4 since she had worked 8 hours, “I’ll just finish the page tomorrow.” ARE YOU KIDDING?!
It is behind mind boggling that four parties who have been through this more times than can be counted are sooooo disorganized / have no clue what to do.
Welcome to my world or as I like to call it, my personal hell.
Geroge Carlin's View on Aging
Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we’re kids? If you’re less than 10 years old, you’re so excited about aging that you think in fractions. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m four and a half!’ You’re never thirty-six and a half. You’re four and a half, going on five! That’s the key.
You get into your teens, now they can’t hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead. ‘How old are you?’ ‘I’m gonna be 16!’ You could be 13, but hey, you’re gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life … You become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!
But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There’s no fun now, you’re just a sour-dumpling. What’s wrong? What’s changed? You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you’re PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it’s all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.
But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn’t think you would! So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60. You’ve built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it’s a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!
You get into your 80′s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30 ; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn’t end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; ‘I was JUST 92.’ Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. ‘I’m 100 and a half!’ May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!
Flashback to '80s TV
Remember She-ra, Surfs, Fraggle Rock, Gummi Bears and Fruit Strip Gum?
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What's Ahead
Right Media-esque products/publishers… changing the way advertisers do display media buying. It’ll be interesting to watch who comes out on top and who flounders…
Un-freakin-believable
More things my tiny brain just can’t comprehend:
- How can you be gainfully employed as a “Copywriter” and SUCK at writing copy, let alone proof reading and using spell check?? Our front line slot staff writes better copy than some of the copywriters I know. It’s a sad day when you write the advertising copy vs. having your ad agency write it for you. Sad, sad day.
- How can you not spell check / proof read your work before sending it off to a client?? Is it laziness or do you really not notice all the errors?
- If you are guilty of #1 and #2 how can you still claim to be a reputable agency and have clients?
And the one that still gets me… NOT submitting for major advertising awards because everyone “forgot” and/or “got too lazy”. Are you f’ing kidding me?! If it were that simple, I’d fire you on the spot.
Themocracy