6 posts tagged “aside”

Take That.
Brit Pop, circa 1993.
Rock.

5 things on today's to-do list:
1. Errands
2. Personal trainer appt
3. Read over the creative brief
4. OTC in house procedure book
5. Date night!

5 snacks I enjoy:
1. pitas + hummus
2. Chex Mix
3. Gelato
4. Carrots & Celery + ranch (for real)
5. Corn Nuts (I know, I know.. random)

5 things I would do if I suddenly became a billionaire:

1. TRAVEL, travel, travel.
2. Buy a mediteranean  style house on the water in Tempe
3. Buy office & studio space for OTC... one here in town, one in Flagstaff.
4. Get out of debt
5. New wardrobe / shopping spree

5 places I've lived:
1. Montreal, Canada
2. Pierrefonds, Quebec
3. Pincourt, Quebec
4. Chandler, AZ
5. Tempe, AZ

5 jobs I've held:
1. Pontiac, Buick, GMC - office assistant
2. Serendipity/West48 - Owner, Editor in Chief, Writer, Advertising, etc
3. Labelhorde Fashion Magazine- Editor / AZ Fashion Foundation - Founding member, web design, writer
4. New York Times -Teen Fashion Columnist
5. Outside the Cube Marketing - Owner, Art Director, Designer, Sales, Marketing

5 things (most) people don't know about me:
1. I have the worst memory
2. I haven't seen my best friend in 9 years
3. I used to sing on stage, and at birthday parties while I was in high school.
4. I have a pink Centro
5. I don't run Windows or MAC OS.. I run Linux on my PC.

1. Be Likeable, Excited and Enthusiastic

   I have met some really talented people who I would never want to work with, simply because I didn’t really like them. The people who are going to hire you are … well, people. And like any other people, they are going to like someone who is nice, friendly, warm, interested in them and interested in their project.

   It’s often the little things that make a big difference in this area. Cyan likes to tell a story about a photographer she knows who takes cups of coffee with him to photo shoots for his clients, and has noted that a few times this has been the deciding factor in winning him future jobs. A friendly tone in emails, a genuine interest in people, enthusiasm about work, it all helps!

More: http://freelanceswitch.com/designer/the-secret-to-getting-a-lot-of-web-design-work/

*and this does NOT only apply to web work!!

(03:56:47 PM) Cee: sup
(03:57:09 PM) Ry: upgrading an oral surgeon's software
(03:57:10 PM) Ry: you?
(03:57:22 PM) Cee: work work and eating an orange
(04:00:04 PM) Cee: which is THE most unsexiest thing in the world, for reals
(04:00:35 PM) Cee: it's all white and peel-y, and theres seeds you have to spit out and the juice gets all over the place, and you get all sticky
(04:00:56 PM) Cee: I fail to see why evolution chose to put such deliciousness in such an atrocious package
(04:01:19 PM) Ry: lol

I never realize that I do this, although I'm sure I do it more than I think I do, now that I've noticed. I tend to set myself up in situations that are right out of movies. And not the big, dramatic moments, the moments that are in the films that help define a character.
Okay, okay, for example:
I'm working on a PR project for a photographer, with a cup of Earl Grey, in a t-shirt, jeans and Chucks, with a rainstorm going on outside and the window cracked just enough to hear the sound of the rain over my quiet but oh-so-there Coldplay streaming from my speakers, at just about 2 in the afternoon.
Is it just me, or is that somewhat theatrical?
I believe so, and I believe that all that this is proof of is that I watch farrrr to many romantic comedies in which the leading lady is career obsessed and kinda boring (notice the lack of vodka in above mentioned tea), and that she feels all creative when it rains.Replace my Tempe suburbia with LA or NYC, and I might even have the beginnings of a plot.