Some hard times through the Steve Miller camp. I'm a little stressed out about my financial situation. I mean there is rent, bills, student loans, food, gas. Where did all these obligations come from?
I didn't used to have to worry about this stuff. Rent: Used to be covered by the folks, then Uncle Same, now me. Bills: Same. Student Loans: Uncle Sam. Food: Folks & Uncle Sam. Gas: I've always had that...it came from the food and now the stress of all this.
Through all this, the music has kept me going (and my friends, but that's expected). My new favorite song is "Ruby" by the Kaiser Chiefs. Sounds like some old Tears for Fears or Duran, Duran maybe. Also, my coworker introduced me to Manu Chao. Great sounding latin/funk/reggae. And those are genres I don't usually listen to. Check out "Me Gustas Tu." Ahorra! Andale!
3.06.2007
Buffalo Exchange 2, Stv Mllr 1
It's come to the point where I've squeezed every penny I can out of Buffalo Exchange with my current wardrobe. Here's how I came to that conclusion:
-LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO: My sister and I each lugged in a garbage bag full of old clothes into the Hawthorne store. In the end, we split $30 in store credit. She bought a handbag, I picked up a pair of hardly worn shoes, they made $8 out of the deal, and we made two generous deposits to their donation bin.
-LAST WEEK: I haul a mesh laundry bag full of more rags into the Burnside store. I was confident that the buyer at this store wouldn't be picky with my treasures. She must've been the manager, and yes, she was picky. She probably snatched no more than five articles and returned to me the burden of these faded fashions. On a good note, I made about $50 in store credit, with which I purchased a retro Adidas track jacket and a couple shirts, and I walked out with eight bucks! ADVANTAGE: BUFFALO EXCHANGE
-TODAY: There was still a mesh bag almost full of clothes in the backseat of my car. So I thought I'd take them back to the Hawthorne store, which hadn't seen these selections yet. ADVANTAGE: STEVE
Things felt good when I walked in. The buyer was a dude, who I thought would surely appreciate my offerings. As he looked through my garments, he sorted them in two piles. The stuff I expected him to take went in to one pile, and the crap went into the other. But once he examined the last piece of clothing, he put it in the "NO" pile, and then like a magician, he consolidated the two piles and shoved it all back into my bag. "I didn't see anything we need, but thanks for stopping in," he said. I walked out with the same feeling of rejection that's overcome me recently after every random job interview and personality test. ADVANTAGE: BUFFALO EXCHANGE
-LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AGO: My sister and I each lugged in a garbage bag full of old clothes into the Hawthorne store. In the end, we split $30 in store credit. She bought a handbag, I picked up a pair of hardly worn shoes, they made $8 out of the deal, and we made two generous deposits to their donation bin.
-LAST WEEK: I haul a mesh laundry bag full of more rags into the Burnside store. I was confident that the buyer at this store wouldn't be picky with my treasures. She must've been the manager, and yes, she was picky. She probably snatched no more than five articles and returned to me the burden of these faded fashions. On a good note, I made about $50 in store credit, with which I purchased a retro Adidas track jacket and a couple shirts, and I walked out with eight bucks! ADVANTAGE: BUFFALO EXCHANGE
-TODAY: There was still a mesh bag almost full of clothes in the backseat of my car. So I thought I'd take them back to the Hawthorne store, which hadn't seen these selections yet. ADVANTAGE: STEVE
Things felt good when I walked in. The buyer was a dude, who I thought would surely appreciate my offerings. As he looked through my garments, he sorted them in two piles. The stuff I expected him to take went in to one pile, and the crap went into the other. But once he examined the last piece of clothing, he put it in the "NO" pile, and then like a magician, he consolidated the two piles and shoved it all back into my bag. "I didn't see anything we need, but thanks for stopping in," he said. I walked out with the same feeling of rejection that's overcome me recently after every random job interview and personality test. ADVANTAGE: BUFFALO EXCHANGE
2.27.2007
My apologies...
Sorry for all the posts accompanied by videos. I'm supposed to be a copywriter, but I'm copping out with all these embed YouTube files. I'll get back to displaying those original thoughts of mine shortly.
Duh! Moment: The 2007 Academy Awards
I tuned in to the second half of the Oscars last weekend, and I'm glad I did. Ellen proved to be a funny host and Martin Scorcese finally got his trophy. But I was distracted by these little tidbits of artistic genius. Unfortunately, this was the only example I could find, but when I saw it, I almost stopped breathing. I thought it was incredible. This act for The Departed was very impressive, and the one for The Devil Wears Prada wasn't bad either. It was just one of those things that made me hit my forehead very hard with an open palm.
Patent pending
This is proof that a quick trip to YouTube country provides a rewarding destination for wholesome entertainment. (I just ordered a kit to retrofit my mini-fridge.)
2.21.2007
Ad Crush: Domino's Pizza
This ad seems to keep me very entertained every time it airs, but I can't pinpoint why. I guess it's just because of how funny their exaggerated features look. I've always kicked around the idea of the human body, maybe a specific part, evolving because of a product. In this case, four different guys have different, yet abnormally large, sense-receptors. However, they never truly connect the pizza to the increased size of their eyes/ears/mouth/nose. I do remember a print ad for Verizon Wireless on the topic of text messaging that showed a hand with the tip of every digit being a small hand. I just ressurected an idea that I helped develop in Portfolio class for HybridCenter.org. I need to go write it down and see if I can use it for something.
2.15.2007
Java art
Mike and I grabbed a cup of joe at Coffee Time on "trendy first" last night. A fairly productive evening unfolded as we brainstormed for a new campaign and a new product, Lucky Tiger. The most creative thing that spawned from that night was captured in the picture. Our barista guy took an extra five seconds of effort to transform a dash of whipped cream into what you see above. So while the brewmaster created a portfolio-worthy work of art in my mocha, Mike and I are still throwing mediocre ideas into a black hole. Maybe I should get intoxicated instead of wired tonight.2.12.2007
Hopefully those stalkers won't come a'knockin'
Tonight marks the one week anniversary of me moving in to my new place, even though it's only temporary. Those are the street signs. That is not the apartment. More to come.2.07.2007
Thrift Store Discrimination
I went in to look for a sofa. Found one without a price. Asked the lady, who asked the manager. The Manager asked, "I this for you." I said, "Yeah." Then she put a $95 price tag on it. All the other couches were $55 or $60. I think the price was determined by college sweatshirt I was wearing. To that I say, "Hey lady, I may have gone to Oregon, I may have graduated from Oregon, but I make slightly less than Phil Knight, so cut me some slack!"
1.30.2007
Ad Crush: Rolling Rock
I stumbled across this fairly current campaign for Rolling Rock beer while I was searching for a billboard that I saw on the freeway. I have no idea what the billboard says, but it looked funny (I am going to try to take a picture of it). I think these spots are part of the same campaign.The Man Thong ad:
The Apology:
There is more stuff about the man thong on this website, including a Map of Man Thong Tolerance (genius!) and another round of ads featuring a Beer Ape.
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