I recently took a field trip for Copy Concepts to the Museum of Jurassic Technology and later that day, Royal T. Both were located on the ultra-hip tip of Culver City aka as part of the “West Side” of Los Angeles. Yes kiddies, even when you’re on the Wesside, there is still a ‘West Side’.

The Museum of Jurassic Technology is a faux museum, meaning that everything on display is fake. That’s right kiddies–FAKE! Nothing is real. Going in there, one wouldn’t think so given that the entire place is littered with intricate biographies, video and descriptions on each display. There are a few creepy parts, as the museum can take on a sort of super-natural or paranormal feel. But have no fear.

Royal T is a hip Japanese cafe / art collection nearby. It features some work from Murakami (the owner is a BIG fan) and other works. Inside, you’ll find a hip cafe where all the waitresses are dressed Harajuku. I have a friend that would LOOOOOOOOOOVE to come here. The collections are rad and the food and service kicks.

I had uber fun hanging out with my class and roaming ‘See-City’ like tourists. Here’s are some of the picts I snapped along the way.

Here’s a clip from a little known advertising movie entitled Crazy People and probably my first instance of running into advertising that I could remember. The premise of the film is that an advertising exec, played by Dudley Moore, hits his breaking point when he actually uses honesty in the client’s advertising. He’s admitted into a mental institution in which all the patients help him to concept even greater advertising. He falls in love along the way, yada yada and advertising saves the world once again. How the ad campaigns got by without the clients approval I can’t remember, but it’s a funny movie anyway. Plus, it’s quite funny to me that as misleading all ads seem to be–good ads are quite honest. Another thing about this movie that I appreciate is the idea that advertisers are somewhat crazy, which is true. How else do you think we come up with those brilliant ideas? Okay, maybe this movie goes WAAAAAAY off the edge with the ideas, but you gotta know how far you can go before you know how close you can come. Anyway, still makes a funny movie. There’s a classic line that I’ll always remember in a pitch to Sony in the movie which goes something like this,”Sony. Bony.”

Check out the clip for yourself and rent it for the best night of Dudley Moore since Arthur II.

Just saw this and laughed out loud. Had to post!

So what, PCs still suck balls! More of this on PC World article posted today. Here’s the jump:

http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/007780.html

So I’m looking for sites on mixtapes, anything that can be download-able. I’m sure there are hundreds of sites that I can choose from…

So I google up “mixtapes” and am presented with circus wealth of mixtape websites on the latest in crunk-and-bump hip hop. Not bad, but not my flavor. I prefer the boom-bap of rap. I like my shit MIXED, and not shouting over the lyrics like you were CB-1, or something. Anyway, I didn’t find much, but I’ll keep looking…

Daylight.

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To the both of you that subscribe to this blog…PARTY!

Stereo August 22, 2008

Found out that the chair to my Ad department helped bring this commercial to life. So funny…

Here are some more from all over the world. High-larious! Enjoy.

Okay, well I feel better now–that’s the good news. The bad news is that I’m going to have to dig deep and get shit done in less than 24 hours. I know I can do this; I’ve done it before. For now, I’m glad I came to grips with the fact that I was lacking a maturity in my work ethic. I finally took a good look in the mirror and realized what I’m doing this all for. How ironic that at the same time, eureka struck once again and I was inspired with the theme I was looking for. I hope it’s not too late. See you on the flip side.

Oh and by the way, I changed the header to the new logo. Gangsta.

FINALS SUCK BIG BALLS!!!

I cried for the first time today because I realized how much I SUCK as a student and how much I SUCKED as an Art Director. I just let it out and asked God to help me with strength, patience, and perseverance. This prayer is for me and anyone at school who needs a little help from a higher source.

I going to FAIL HARD just to realize what I’m made of, and how much I need to learn in order to ENDURE…