So its about 11:30, and after a couple hours of Olympic watching, I have retreated to my computer to pen this new entry. The last couple weeks have been quite busy on the design front. Logging forty hours last week and expected to log another forty this week, I have been programming my heart out while Chelsea is working at Paula's shop. I will drop her off in the morning then come home and work till I am pulling my hair out in frustration. Sometimes flash can be a fidgety program, and well just doesn't work the way you want. The last I penned was that I was working on the menu book for Indulge, but since then I have had to put that on hold to work on there website. While both are scheduled to be completed at the same time, Becca wanted to get the website done first. So I was off, and I have to admit I am quite sick of this design. Each piece that I create must stay within the same vein of style as the last but hopefully be a little fresh and different. It is a little taxing to say the least, especially after working on the same design for the past year really (maybe not that long).
It becomes even more frustrating for me myself, when you try to get acknowledgment of a job well done, and well most of the hardest stuff that was completed is unseen in a website - it is code, hidden behind the pictures, making them do what they do. Its sort of hard to explain that even though you see one picture, there are so many other things going on in the background. Its already calling up your next move, before you make it. Its actually quite amazing. I am also glad that I never became a programmer. Not only do I not like the 3am/late-night work sessions that I used to pull, I don't see the satisfaction. I love when someone else thinks my work is good. Well I'll settle for an ok(well maybe not, it better be the best - damnit, I didn't get a proper ed-ja-ma-cation for nothing. - Woot! "In the Heights") But really the only way I can tell if I'm any good at this thing they call design, is if someone else tells me. Because personally, like the cliche artist, I am my worst critic. Looking at earlier work, I will start analyzing, then comes criticizing, which leads to hating it. Hell, I think I already hate this post (stupid post). I have run off on a tangent that I have no idea where it leads, nor where it ends. What am I doing? Where is this going?
So in other news, this week has been quite exciting for us. Its a week packed full of events. Monday: (I totally made a boom sound effect when I typed the colon, just for the record. So you should read it as such.) Becca brought her dog Greer over to meet Lola. Now we have stated before that Lola, not very fond of dogs. But she did awesome. They played around, and even though she drooled like crazy, she didn't attack anything. Greer is just mellow and I don't even think knew Lola was there. I believe Monday night we got together with Andrea and Dave and video chatted online for a bit. It was hilarious and after some technical difficulties we got it working and was actually quite fun. Tuesday: Paige came to Savannah! So after her internship in New York, Paige and her boyfriend Blake came to Savannah. The Indulge crew got together at Carlitos for a fiesta. At which time I found out they had $1 taco Tuesday (you heard me right friends, 1 taco = 1 dollar, amazing.) But wait there's more! You can get a Margarita for $2! I order three tacos, Chelsea got her usual bean burrito, Blake threw down 6 tacos. Damn they were good. I could probably live off of tacos and bacon cheeseburgers. It wouldn't be a long life mind you - considering the health factors involved, but it would be great. From the taco shop, Chelsea and I walked down Broughton to Leopold's and got ourselves some ice cream. It was just amazing outside. But as we were walking the rain ceased for the night and we just enjoyed a cool stroll downtown. When it rains around here, the temperature literally drops 20 degrees. You are left with light jacket weather and windows rolled down, listening to tunes. On our way home we saw Sam from The Format chilling outside Marshall House smoking a cigarette. How cool is that!? If you don't know of The Format, go check them out! They are from Arizona. Wednesday: We just chilled around the house and watched Season 2, Episodes 1 and 2 of Rome. Damn I can't believe they killed Caesar! I mean I know it was going to happen, but still, I thought he was awesome. And for whats to come and we are excited for: Thursday: We are going to dinner at Blaine and Ginger's house. They just got their house repainted a deep blue and it looks really cool. Hopefully, the trim will be complete now and we will be able to see the finished house. Not to mention, catch up with Patches and Vincent (the coolest cat around, that gives headbutts). Saturday: I believe we are going on a double-date with Martha and Andrew to go see Batman! Which for all accounts should be grand as well. Martha and Andrew are very nice and cool, plus it's Batman! You can never go wrong with Batman! POW! Sunday: Nancy, from Chelsea's work has invited us to go on her boat, so I believe we are going to take her up on the offer. I will probably need a life-vest for this one. Anything happens, I'm a goner people. Not sure if I can doggie-paddle my way back to shore. Michael Phelps I am not.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Monday, August 4, 2008
showin off..
so im addicted to the photobooth program. like ridiculously addicted!
how silly is this?! i love it. i sent a whole bunch to my mother, who was totally not impressed. and definitely didnt think it was as funny as me either. oh well!
im still in need of a few lessons. its taking a wee bit of getting used to. im so used to a PC (we've had them since i was in third grade) but gosh this thing is so cool. thank god i had rylan, cause the only decision i really had to make was "white or black" and "nano ipod or itouch"
ok back to more silly pictures!
Sunday, August 3, 2008
A trip to the town of Charles
We were day trippers today...Our adventure took us up the I-95 to the I-17 to Charleston to see what we could see. It took us a bit of time to park but we were able to find a spot right on King St. And for those out of the know, King St. is the hub of Charleston shopping. It has all the big name stores including the one previously mentioned by Chelsea in her last post. We walked the streets and while a bit warm, a cool breeze made it a wonderful day. Upon arriving into the fair city, we were both quite hungry. We decided to walk around King St. until we found a place we thought sounded delicious. We passed by J. Crew in search of food as Chelsea eyed the window clothes, but my hunger prevailed and we trekked on. We were originally going to eat at a restaurant we recalled from our previous journey, but alas it was closed. Their sign had mentioned 'The Best Gyro' or something of the sort. So we were lost to find someplace new. We were walking down to the Mellow Mushroom when I spotted a different place. Not sure what it was all about we went over and took a look. It turned out it was a little cafe that named all their menu items after movies. It sounded decent so we ate there. I had the 'Good Burger' (Was that an actual movie or just from that TV show All That? Chelsea got breakfast with the 'Oridinary People.' Translating that comes out to a Bacon Cheeseburger (surprise, surprise) and Eggs, Bacon, and Toast. The place also shows movies while you eat and August Rush was playing. Having already seen that movie we stayed downstairs and ate our meals in peace. Happy and full we traveled down King St. back to the J. Crew. Along the way we found that since our last journey, an Apple store opened on King St. - so already this trip was better for me with the geek shopping. Chelsea went into J. Crew but found nothing that interested her. WAIT. SHE FOUND NOTHING THAT INTERESTED HER. SHE LEFT WITH NO BAG IN TOW. Record this day. Oh, by this point we had already been hatching another plan of sorts...But more about that later! (Dramatic Pause placed here)
And we continue...Having no bags and still quite a bit of day left, we walked down to Market Street to mingle the vendors and well, just walk. It was good to be out and just vacationing without any real vacation. We didn't have any place to go or anything to do, just chill and enjoy the town. Passing through Market Street, we landed upon the water. There is a huge fountain here, and children were having the grandest time playing in it. Hell, even some adults were out in their suits jumping through the fountain. I suppose its the big hang out spot. You can see said fountain in our earlier pictures of Charleston. This area is like a mini pier also, but no real shopping involved. Just some fishing, benches, and swing chairs. We threw our bodies down in a swing chair and just relaxed for about twenty minutes. Taking in the view of the river and enjoying the breeze...good times. When we got up we decided to put our plan into motion. But first we were parched and needed a cool drink to soothe my palette.
On our food search earlier in the day we came across a tea shoppe that sold premium tea. We went in in search of a cool drink of ice tea. I have to say this place was awesome. Just a whole bunch of different tea flavors. Chelsea picked an orange flavored tea that was sweetened with German Rock Sugar (whatever that means). I went with gunpowder green tea. Once we chose our tea they had this contraption that brewed it for us and then strained it right into our iced cup (crazy awesome). We went to the back of the store where they have a little zen garden to sit and drink your tea. This is where we called Chelsea's dad and explained the plan. He was all for the idea and now we were both excited. We were planning on doing this, but not for a while. But I think today was probably the best day to go through with it. So we walked down to the big white buidling and waited in line...
Oh I forgot to mention that earlier in the day while we were walking back to the tea place. We found this really cool alley called Philadelphia Alley. It was very calm and shady.
Ok back to the story at hand. We were waiting in line and I have to say the people there were probably the nicest people we have ever met. After a short wait we were in and being helped by a very kind man. He took us through all the paperwork. Chatted us up a bit and called Chelsea a Sundevil to which she rejected and said she was a Wildcat. It was quick. It was easy. And then we were done. So after the last few years of Chelsea putting up with a broke down computer, she got a new one. And dude, she got a Mac. This past weekend was tax-free weekend on select purchases in South Carolina and Georgia. One of those purchases would be a computer. So not only did she not get taxed, she got a student discount, a free printer, and a free iPod. And wouldn't you know, being the coolest, most awesomeness girlfriend ever, she threw me a bone and gave me the new iPod (how's that for badass, Taylor?). So while she didn't pick up anything at J. Crew, we did do quite a bit of damage in the new Apple Store. And lugging around all this equipment sort of ended our trip to Charleston (Because once you get a thing like a Mac, you want to go home and play with it).
For the rest of the night Chelsea sat on the couch and played with Photobooth - making crazy pictures on her webcam. While I updated and played with my iPod (Go Go App Store!). So all in all, it was a great trip - relaxing. We got to do what we wanted which was nothing at all really (except for maybe Chelsea's J. Crew adventure). And we ended up with something extra. I can't wait to go back there at the end of the month. BUt until then, I say good night.
And we continue...Having no bags and still quite a bit of day left, we walked down to Market Street to mingle the vendors and well, just walk. It was good to be out and just vacationing without any real vacation. We didn't have any place to go or anything to do, just chill and enjoy the town. Passing through Market Street, we landed upon the water. There is a huge fountain here, and children were having the grandest time playing in it. Hell, even some adults were out in their suits jumping through the fountain. I suppose its the big hang out spot. You can see said fountain in our earlier pictures of Charleston. This area is like a mini pier also, but no real shopping involved. Just some fishing, benches, and swing chairs. We threw our bodies down in a swing chair and just relaxed for about twenty minutes. Taking in the view of the river and enjoying the breeze...good times. When we got up we decided to put our plan into motion. But first we were parched and needed a cool drink to soothe my palette.
On our food search earlier in the day we came across a tea shoppe that sold premium tea. We went in in search of a cool drink of ice tea. I have to say this place was awesome. Just a whole bunch of different tea flavors. Chelsea picked an orange flavored tea that was sweetened with German Rock Sugar (whatever that means). I went with gunpowder green tea. Once we chose our tea they had this contraption that brewed it for us and then strained it right into our iced cup (crazy awesome). We went to the back of the store where they have a little zen garden to sit and drink your tea. This is where we called Chelsea's dad and explained the plan. He was all for the idea and now we were both excited. We were planning on doing this, but not for a while. But I think today was probably the best day to go through with it. So we walked down to the big white buidling and waited in line...
Oh I forgot to mention that earlier in the day while we were walking back to the tea place. We found this really cool alley called Philadelphia Alley. It was very calm and shady.
Ok back to the story at hand. We were waiting in line and I have to say the people there were probably the nicest people we have ever met. After a short wait we were in and being helped by a very kind man. He took us through all the paperwork. Chatted us up a bit and called Chelsea a Sundevil to which she rejected and said she was a Wildcat. It was quick. It was easy. And then we were done. So after the last few years of Chelsea putting up with a broke down computer, she got a new one. And dude, she got a Mac. This past weekend was tax-free weekend on select purchases in South Carolina and Georgia. One of those purchases would be a computer. So not only did she not get taxed, she got a student discount, a free printer, and a free iPod. And wouldn't you know, being the coolest, most awesomeness girlfriend ever, she threw me a bone and gave me the new iPod (how's that for badass, Taylor?). So while she didn't pick up anything at J. Crew, we did do quite a bit of damage in the new Apple Store. And lugging around all this equipment sort of ended our trip to Charleston (Because once you get a thing like a Mac, you want to go home and play with it).
For the rest of the night Chelsea sat on the couch and played with Photobooth - making crazy pictures on her webcam. While I updated and played with my iPod (Go Go App Store!). So all in all, it was a great trip - relaxing. We got to do what we wanted which was nothing at all really (except for maybe Chelsea's J. Crew adventure). And we ended up with something extra. I can't wait to go back there at the end of the month. BUt until then, I say good night.
day tripping
we're taking a day trip to charleston! i'm in love with this city ALMOST as much as i'm in love with the sav. they are just beautiful and well preserved and well... there's a jcrew! haha
ok, everyone wish us safe travels (it's not far- kind of like driving to tucson)
chels
p.s. i spent 13 hours reading yesterday. i had the worst headache EVER and i didn't even finish the darned book. i got close though! 550, and there's 758 pages total. i'll finish tonight or tomorrow. ok, pulling out the big nerd card here with a random question: does anyone else hate finishing good books? it just makes me sad almost, ya know? i find myself procrastinating when i get close to the end of a book. my bookcase is filled with books i couldn't finish. im such a lame-o!! haha
ok, everyone wish us safe travels (it's not far- kind of like driving to tucson)
chels
p.s. i spent 13 hours reading yesterday. i had the worst headache EVER and i didn't even finish the darned book. i got close though! 550, and there's 758 pages total. i'll finish tonight or tomorrow. ok, pulling out the big nerd card here with a random question: does anyone else hate finishing good books? it just makes me sad almost, ya know? i find myself procrastinating when i get close to the end of a book. my bookcase is filled with books i couldn't finish. im such a lame-o!! haha
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
A long post about well everything in my mind at this very moment
So its been a while since I last penned a blog entry on here. I suppose I can relay my adventures of the last couple weeks - well what I can remember anyway. I guess I can start off by saying I finished my Creative Copywriting class. I really enjoyed the class and learned alot. If anyone is a SCAD student check out Art Novak's classes - good advertising teacher. I posted one of my projects earlier for the Spaldeen ball which I think turned out pretty well. I suppose I should post the completed comp for my final project. It was actually an ad campaign that we split between my partner and I. Our job was to settle on a local organization and create a poster, billboard, tv spot, and radio spot that solved a need they had. Our organization was the Savannah St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee. And for those of you that don't know but are keeping track - Savannah has a huge St. Patrick's day parade (like 3rd largest in the country). Therefore, we need our own committee to plan it. The need that we were solving was just to get people to come to the parade. But as a team we decided to not focus on the drunken bash and the people that idea attracts, but to focus on the other people. We chose a stance that was more focused on the history of the parade, a parade that has been part of the city for over 150 years. So all of our projects revolved around that idea. My completed comp for the poster: 
for anyone that actually cares, the entire poster is done in photoshop. I took a couple pictures of some bricks outside my house...duped them a bunch and then found a picture of some clovers. The copy is original (hence a copywriting class). And logo is pulled from their website (don't bother with that, not very good). You might have to download it to get a decent view at the copy, for some reason I thought there used to be a full size display button in picasa. Well thats that. Hope you like it.
So that ended my class and I am back on the summer vacation. Which so far has entailed a boat load of work (heh boat load). I have been working with another designer, Brei Smith on a digital booklet/menu for Indulge Catering. She works with me and Indulge and is good designer and friend (check out her site: www.breismith.com). Basically my plan is to hand the menu out to different people instead of an actual menu. We can save money on printing menus and only make CDs for the people we want to give it to. I am using the CD holder template I created that fits on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper (love it) as the carrying case for it. And for those that saw the original designs for menu stuff you the style. One cool note about this is we actually had a professional photographer come in and shoot pictures for us. It took up a good bit of a day but I think we got some wonderful stuff to work with (always nice to have some good shots). Anyways everyone can check out a work in progress of the book at: Book
It might take a while to load because this is meant for a disc and not the web. The pictures are not processed for the web. I am using the book turn flash thing I have to create it then exporting as an exe in flash. Pretty cool stuff. Anyways you get the idea. Oh btw I would like to thank Dave for letting me host some test stuff on his site - if I haven't plugged his site enough check his site out at: Dave's Site and support his film Meet Dave with Eddie Murphy (skip the movie and just wait till the credits to see Dave's name woot!) I think that's rather awesome - having your name in the credits of a big screen. Alright where was I. Besides the menu I have been creating other stuff for Indulge also - menu cards, business cards, box lunch labels, and pretty much everything under the sun. Hopefully when I am through it will make a good corporate identity portfolio piece. I will try and post more stuff as I get it done for them.
While doing that I have also been working the catering gigs also. Tomorrow we have a 12 hour day of catering. I am bummed because Chelsea has the day off and I am working the entire time. It seems like this last week we have had opposite schedules. Although yesterday we were able to hang out and go down to Jalapenos (yum and awesome) then watch Lost Boys 2 - as she previously mentioned. Cut the review short on it, it was cheesy and felt like a made for video movie (cause it was). I suppose this weekend we will probably be doing some mall shopping considering the tax free weekend). Not that I particularly like the mall, I do enjoy hanging out with my girl. I digg her. I mean seriously, this blog wouldn't be so grand without her. Her book comes out this weekend (its like her equivalent to Harry Potter for you Harry Potter fans) and I hope its everything she hoped for. Just like Dark Knight was everything I hoped for. Yay for Dark Knight - go see it, now!
I don't think we ever mentioned what we did on 4th of July (yeah I have alot of catching up to do) - hopefully this isn't too long. On the 3rd of July we headed over to Blaine and Ginger's house for a party they had. They picked up some great outside furniture for World Market and really made a great outdoor living area. Blaine was at the grill and I downed a few burgers and hotdogs (my favorite, if you couldn't guess.) They had a keg for the beer drinkers and wine for the wine drinkers. The party was mostly SCAD workers but we got to hang out with all the Hansens and just have a good time. We hadn't seen Nicky and Jim for a while so it, well it was awesome. Of course the party couldn't be complete without a hand selected 4th of July themed ipod play list courtesy of Blaine. To top the night off, fireworks were shot off from the park just a block away. So really we celebrated our 4th on the 3rd - thanks to Blaine and Ginger and their great party hosting skills.
Oh also, Richard's site finally went live last month. I had completed his site uh before I left for Savannah and its finally up and live (slow slow man). Richard's site. He was looking for a simple and clean site. His style is mostly modern so I tried to stay in that vein. I made all the animations moved fairly fast and didn't have any extras. Almost a bare essential type of site. It is also very easy for him to edit, so when he actually gets his pictures processed, he can put them straight to the web. This gallery programming is basically what I have been working on since my first site with The Metal Garden. The scripting has been beefed up to help with people that have no idea how to program a website. I have tried making it as easy as possible. Its the stuff you don't see on the site, the backbone that has changed really. Its actually funny because Jon from the Metal Garden has contacted me to hopefully redo his site. Sort of a full circle in web design for me. I have always wanted to redo the site because being my first site, its not very good. The Metal Garden. Check it out for yourself.
So yeah, I can't remember what else I was going to talk about. Not that this post isn't already long enough. I mean I even threw shout outs to pretty much everyone. Well not everyone. Andrea and Taylor! What Up, we miss you! Deedee, congrats on finally getting a computer. Anyone else I fail to mention, sorry - maybe in the next book, right after when Dumbledore dies (sorry to ruin it for you)! Good night.
for anyone that actually cares, the entire poster is done in photoshop. I took a couple pictures of some bricks outside my house...duped them a bunch and then found a picture of some clovers. The copy is original (hence a copywriting class). And logo is pulled from their website (don't bother with that, not very good). You might have to download it to get a decent view at the copy, for some reason I thought there used to be a full size display button in picasa. Well thats that. Hope you like it.
So that ended my class and I am back on the summer vacation. Which so far has entailed a boat load of work (heh boat load). I have been working with another designer, Brei Smith on a digital booklet/menu for Indulge Catering. She works with me and Indulge and is good designer and friend (check out her site: www.breismith.com). Basically my plan is to hand the menu out to different people instead of an actual menu. We can save money on printing menus and only make CDs for the people we want to give it to. I am using the CD holder template I created that fits on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of paper (love it) as the carrying case for it. And for those that saw the original designs for menu stuff you the style. One cool note about this is we actually had a professional photographer come in and shoot pictures for us. It took up a good bit of a day but I think we got some wonderful stuff to work with (always nice to have some good shots). Anyways everyone can check out a work in progress of the book at: Book
It might take a while to load because this is meant for a disc and not the web. The pictures are not processed for the web. I am using the book turn flash thing I have to create it then exporting as an exe in flash. Pretty cool stuff. Anyways you get the idea. Oh btw I would like to thank Dave for letting me host some test stuff on his site - if I haven't plugged his site enough check his site out at: Dave's Site and support his film Meet Dave with Eddie Murphy (skip the movie and just wait till the credits to see Dave's name woot!) I think that's rather awesome - having your name in the credits of a big screen. Alright where was I. Besides the menu I have been creating other stuff for Indulge also - menu cards, business cards, box lunch labels, and pretty much everything under the sun. Hopefully when I am through it will make a good corporate identity portfolio piece. I will try and post more stuff as I get it done for them.
While doing that I have also been working the catering gigs also. Tomorrow we have a 12 hour day of catering. I am bummed because Chelsea has the day off and I am working the entire time. It seems like this last week we have had opposite schedules. Although yesterday we were able to hang out and go down to Jalapenos (yum and awesome) then watch Lost Boys 2 - as she previously mentioned. Cut the review short on it, it was cheesy and felt like a made for video movie (cause it was). I suppose this weekend we will probably be doing some mall shopping considering the tax free weekend). Not that I particularly like the mall, I do enjoy hanging out with my girl. I digg her. I mean seriously, this blog wouldn't be so grand without her. Her book comes out this weekend (its like her equivalent to Harry Potter for you Harry Potter fans) and I hope its everything she hoped for. Just like Dark Knight was everything I hoped for. Yay for Dark Knight - go see it, now!
I don't think we ever mentioned what we did on 4th of July (yeah I have alot of catching up to do) - hopefully this isn't too long. On the 3rd of July we headed over to Blaine and Ginger's house for a party they had. They picked up some great outside furniture for World Market and really made a great outdoor living area. Blaine was at the grill and I downed a few burgers and hotdogs (my favorite, if you couldn't guess.) They had a keg for the beer drinkers and wine for the wine drinkers. The party was mostly SCAD workers but we got to hang out with all the Hansens and just have a good time. We hadn't seen Nicky and Jim for a while so it, well it was awesome. Of course the party couldn't be complete without a hand selected 4th of July themed ipod play list courtesy of Blaine. To top the night off, fireworks were shot off from the park just a block away. So really we celebrated our 4th on the 3rd - thanks to Blaine and Ginger and their great party hosting skills.
Oh also, Richard's site finally went live last month. I had completed his site uh before I left for Savannah and its finally up and live (slow slow man). Richard's site. He was looking for a simple and clean site. His style is mostly modern so I tried to stay in that vein. I made all the animations moved fairly fast and didn't have any extras. Almost a bare essential type of site. It is also very easy for him to edit, so when he actually gets his pictures processed, he can put them straight to the web. This gallery programming is basically what I have been working on since my first site with The Metal Garden. The scripting has been beefed up to help with people that have no idea how to program a website. I have tried making it as easy as possible. Its the stuff you don't see on the site, the backbone that has changed really. Its actually funny because Jon from the Metal Garden has contacted me to hopefully redo his site. Sort of a full circle in web design for me. I have always wanted to redo the site because being my first site, its not very good. The Metal Garden. Check it out for yourself.
So yeah, I can't remember what else I was going to talk about. Not that this post isn't already long enough. I mean I even threw shout outs to pretty much everyone. Well not everyone. Andrea and Taylor! What Up, we miss you! Deedee, congrats on finally getting a computer. Anyone else I fail to mention, sorry - maybe in the next book, right after when Dumbledore dies (sorry to ruin it for you)! Good night.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
how awesome is GA?!
well let me tell ya just how rad this new state of mine is.
for the whole weekend (july 31- aug 3) there is no sales tax. yeah, i know, that sounds lame, but think of all the random money we spend every day because of tax. the odd couple bucks here and there, BUT it has to add up eventually! well this weekend, im taking myself shopping. and if i had any friends in this state, i'd take them too! haha
my mom swears its cause of back to school shopping. i don't really care why they are doing this, i just think its super awesome!! so im buying myself some sperry topsiders. they are boat shoes, and im pretty sure im not getting a boat anytime soon, but everyone around here wears them and they look spiffy... and im a local now! so it makes perfect sense to me :)
on a side note, we just watched "lost boys 2: the tribe". i had high hopes for this film, really, i did. i loved the first one when i was a kid (and thats saying a lot cause i am a big chicken about scary movies). this one was totally predictable. not one thing happened that was surprising or unexpected. the main bad guy is exactly who you think it's going to be (no, not rory's grampa). it was just pathetic. BUT the corey's were both in it, so really im not going to complain. but im also not going to recommend it.
on another side note, we've been watching "rome" which is really good. those romans sure are horny! haha
-chels
for the whole weekend (july 31- aug 3) there is no sales tax. yeah, i know, that sounds lame, but think of all the random money we spend every day because of tax. the odd couple bucks here and there, BUT it has to add up eventually! well this weekend, im taking myself shopping. and if i had any friends in this state, i'd take them too! haha
my mom swears its cause of back to school shopping. i don't really care why they are doing this, i just think its super awesome!! so im buying myself some sperry topsiders. they are boat shoes, and im pretty sure im not getting a boat anytime soon, but everyone around here wears them and they look spiffy... and im a local now! so it makes perfect sense to me :)
on a side note, we just watched "lost boys 2: the tribe". i had high hopes for this film, really, i did. i loved the first one when i was a kid (and thats saying a lot cause i am a big chicken about scary movies). this one was totally predictable. not one thing happened that was surprising or unexpected. the main bad guy is exactly who you think it's going to be (no, not rory's grampa). it was just pathetic. BUT the corey's were both in it, so really im not going to complain. but im also not going to recommend it.
on another side note, we've been watching "rome" which is really good. those romans sure are horny! haha
-chels
Sunday, July 6, 2008
An ad filled with Frustration
So two weeks ago I started my Creative Copywriting class. And after a bit of success on my first ad, We are on our second assignment. The class is all about the actual writing rather then the creation of the ad. So for the first assignment we didn't take it to completion. However this assignment he asked us to go a bit further and finish the ad. He gave us the product, the Spalding Hi-Bounce Ball. After a bit of research, we found it that its this famous ball that was discontinued in 1979 (that popular huh?) and has just recently been reintroduced. The main game this ball is used in is stick ball. I personally decided to center my ad around this sport and also the nostalgia of the ball. I started off coming off with headlines and was all over the place. The first one I really came up with was "The Original Urban Playground." - based off stick ball being played in big cities like New York. Then I started thinking about how this ball was popular in the 50s and 60s and moved to the popular cars of that day. I looked at old car ads and basically absorbed everything they had. I came across one ad that had the headline, "Straight out of Tomorrow." Which I thought was a great headline, so I took it and applied it to the ball which resulted in "Straight out of yesterday." I feel it worked. And compared to some of my other ideas felt well, right. I sort of had this vision for the ad as a picture of the downtown streets of a city. I really like the visual of stick ball in the city. I ran with that idea and a bit of copy about the history and came up with the comp of the ad.
As far as the frustration goes, it was all in the printing of the ad. For some reason, my printer decided to go crazy and actually rip my prints up. Then as I was trying to fix it, it ran out of ink. One printer down I moved on to Chelsea's printer, which in turn was also out of ink. So I was off to Walgreen's for a refill, and 45 minutes later I am told that the color cartridge cannot be refilled. So finally I am off to Wal-mart to buy a new color cartridge and to my luck, they only have the two cartridge package in stock, meaning I have to buy a black cartridge also. But it is printed out, on the semi-gloss side of my photo paper because it wasn't taking the black on the gloss side. But nonetheless, its done and not too shabby. Its bed time for me, so aidos and peace out.
BTW, this entry was written totally on the fly here so mistakes, grammar, and boring parts are left well enough alone.
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