miami ad school gets a face lift.

so many from home have often wondered if i 'dreamed up' this miami ad school that i would have thought of, [and lets be serious, i wouldve come up with a better name than 'miami ad school'] i finally have proof that our school does exist.

so while our school spends our tuition money on many beneficial things like kegs, Heineken soccer sunday prizes, just to name a few. the new addition to miami ad includes numerous flat screen tvs to 'showcase' our work instead of hanging it on the old boards. all in a movement to 'go green.'

the lobby: [points of interest: clocks from all miami ad locations, giant giant screen for soccer posters.]


work space in the gallery: [points of interest: seven televisions not including the two mounted to the side with the Xbox 3 and Wii]


gallery/stage for guestspeaker: [points of interest: orange foam seats.]


so there you have it. it's real. and congrats to miami ad for going paperless to be green. let me know how much CO2 those new tv's emit with all the new electricity needed.

next picasso.

to try and unlock some creativity and showcase other creative talents on my portfolio website, i've decided to get back into painting. starting with water color
beef would be so proud.

dun dada daaa, dun dada, dun dada daaa, dun dada da daa!

in light of the indian jones movie coming out tomorrow, or in 14hrs, 44mins, and 46 secs according to the beautifully crafted flash site, i thought i would share a very insightful someecard.com [an obvious current obsession. but hey, nothing makes you feel better than some glorious cynical saracastic humor. at least me anyway.]
just a little something to ponder. funny part about it, i don't even like indiana jones. or burger king. so i guess the fact that im blogging about it is the power of advertising.


what i DO like however is sex and the city and all the new advertisements and trailers for the release of the movie are getting me excited. [just about the movie] thank you hugo for rescheduling another glorious radio class from 6-9 on the night it opens. because this isn't a movie you can just see. this is monumental to a lot of people. i think a cosmo, manolo blahniks and about 3 girlfriends is required for entrance.



so while i may not one to be a girly girl, this is one day/event i'm all about it. cheers girls.

sinking.

this may be the first post where i actually rant a little. sorry i havent posted in awhile, i've been too busy spending ours of my time doing fruitless labor. i'm just so frustrated at this point in the quarter. this time last quarter i was finishing up a few solid campaigns and feeling really good about the quarter. that was only q2. here i am in q3 where we're supposed to get the most stuff for our book and i see potential in one maybe two things, when i ended up with 5 campaigns from last quarter. all ones im excited about.

i keep trying to make excuses like 'im so uninspired by this brief. and this wont go in my book anyway. or we arent supposed to have nonprofits.' but maybe i just suck and got lucky the first quarter. i got all of my good ideas out the second quarter and im washed up. it really shows me how working with a good partner can make or break you and even still, if they're a good partner and they don't inspire/motivate you through your brainstorming, the ideas will never come. or maybe it was just the partner that did all the good work and i suck all together.

the thing that has been getting me recently is im starting to feel like all of my ideas are being used up on other peoples projects. not projects i'm working with them on, that i could then in turn use in my book as well, cause thats one thing. but people run things by me and im like oh what about this or this, and then it completes their campaign and makes it a really good one. now don't get me wrong, i dont want credit, i just wish i could get some reciprocation. or maybe i'm just finding another excuse for why i suck. i feel put in the hours, hours and hours of hours, and still nothing.

i just don't understand what was working for me last quarter that isn't this quarter. one, i took more vacations. i had so many visitors and people coming i prioritized. maybe i'm putting in too many hours. but if you dont crack something you cant just give up on it. and when you have four days to do three full briefs actually being presented to the client, there isnt time to take a picnic and relax. maybe it was less pressure, because i really only had one demanding class and it wasn't demanding, i just made it so. or maybe it was i had a partner that i knew i worked good with, but after this quarter, i didnt realize just how well.

regardless, i need to figure out what it is or stop wasting my time and money in ad school. and some people may say 'well you had something presented to the client', but really that doesn't mean much. because while what i've been producing is 'smart' or 'strategic' its not creative. i may as well go to the account side.

so with that said, i'm going to keep some words of advice from our friends as someecards.com in mind:

dreams.

so i dreamt last night that i had really bad cancer and less than a year to live. creepy. so while having my coffee this morning i decide to use a dream interpreter to see what it meant. i think our mind is too complex for dreams to be completely random. dreams themselves are so sophisticated that i really believe there's some meaning in at least some of our dreams.

so this is what it said:
Cancer - Dreaming of cancer is not necessarily a negative thing and does not mean that you have or will have cancer at any time. However, to dream of cancer often indicates an unfortunate condition in your life that has been consuming you physically, mentally, or emotionally for too long.

hmm... wonder whats been consuming me for too long? because i obviously need to get rid of it. theres numerous possibilities. input or ideas welcome.

shameless indulgences of the day.

one thing occurred to me tonight as i sat drinking a glass of wine, watching an educational lecture from a french buddhist monk on TED about what it means to be happy. my freshman-year version of myself would think i am so lame and make fun of my ass hardcore.

but i love it. it's indulgences like these that get my through the 12 hour days of work. that and the duck hunt i just downloaded to my igoogle homepage. along with a 'fishtank' with five fish that i spent ten minutes watching swim around and i feed about fifty times. i like these fish because i know i wont kill them. and if i happen to, i dont have to flush them. basically its win, win. in honor of coke and diet coke back home, thats what i'm going to name two of them. but three fish are still nameless. opinions welcome.

congrats kids.

d&ad finalist were released today. congrats to branden, jan, brig, tara, jermey, and everyone else who got short listed that i don't know about. so exciting. while awards may not mean but to some people, everyone has to admit it brightens their day a little and being shortlisted for d&ad is definitely something to be proud of.

in other news, the one show was this past thursday. congrats to everyone who received awards in that too. brent, olle [or karl, whichever you prefer] and i finished up with a merit. while its only merit, i'm still very satisfied with it. especially with only being a second quarter at the time. we've got at least one more shot at it before we're done with miami ad. i have to admit it was super exciting to see our work and our names on the one show website.

to check out our stuff on the site go to: http://www.oneclub.org/os/osc/showcase/?year=2008&id=7303

or to see the full site and all the videos go to:
http://www.olandnorthshore.com/doritos/

ok. enough patting myself on the back. time to do real work. because despite all the effort and endless hours of work this quarter, i feel like it just hasn't been paying off. it's time to mend that, because we've got our sights set on future lions now.

star struck?

ok, so if you know me at all you know i'm not one to keep up on celebrity gossip or get super excited because so and so is in town or will be here, etc. but i have to admit im a little, just little, excited that justin timberlake is working out at my gym [i work there] this month.

apparently he's in town because he's opening a new club with his friend or may or may not live in my building. :) and justin may or may not be staying with this so called friend in my building. i believe times like this exceptions may be made and being a creeper is allowed.

i just think its kinda sweet that i can say he's staying where i live. oh and jennifer aniston and owen wilson were at the marlins game i was at this saturday filming for their new movie. so when 'marley and me' comes out, look in the crowd at the baseball game, i may be there.

anyway, i have to go, just got the text he's there. i think the gym would appreciate me coming to work an hour early. just trying to be a good worker. that's all.