February 2009
66 posts
This is what it’s all about right here.
January 2009
149 posts
Motive got featured in a horribly written news... →
I can’t really tell if I’m happy we’re in it, or sad because it’s so poorly written that I have no idea what it’s really about.
Office Etiquette
Where I work, it doesn’t exist. By all accounts the latest Girl Talk record is about as obscene as most music gets, and yet it is on very loud here at Motive. I just heard the words fuck, shit, pussy and dick in the span of twenty seconds, and everywhere I look all I see are bobbing heads. Even our AE on a client call talking budgets is chair-dancing along. Good shit. TGIF.
So this one girl was like
She was like, “orange-vod-juice-ka time y’alls!” And I was all like “oh hell yeah!”
“[Y]ou can sweat almost anything down to this basic biological truth: Culture is...”
– Nick Sylvester
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Did you know I'm on Twitter? →
“I know what I’m doin’ brother. I’m the smartest player in the...”
– Shaquille O’Neal, in an ESPN interview with Stephen A Smith
After 10pm, on any given night, everything I do is against my better judgment.
I love days like today, when everything seems to click and I have no reason to doubt myself or where I’m going.
I'm a hypocrite.
But excessive profanity isn’t all that necessary. Granted, fuck and shit are likely the most versatile words in the english language, but it’s a matter of respect. What if there are kids around? There are other words you can use that are just as vulgar—the trick is getting acquainted with the ones most idiots don’t actually recognize as profanity.
Now, if you’ll...
“I’m no longer young or dumb…so how am I supposed to fall in love?”
– Chris Reinhard
When conversation and copywriting collide.
Writing copy for the web has its ups and its downs. Ups, for example, include knowing that my medium isn’t going anywhere for at least a while, and I’ll have the opportunity to evolve and learn along with its own evolution.
The downs, or at least the most significant down, is having moments when I fall short of communicating my point online. Most often this happens in social...
Kids.
A girl I used to know in high school recently sent me an invitation on Facebook. It was to rent out her condo in Playa del Carmen, a quaint little place that looked really nice, and could possibly be a decent joint for me to check out sometime. But this entry isn’t at all about Playa or renting condos or anything like that at all. It’s about kids.
The first sentence in the Facebook...
Baldwin Fun Machine
This morning I put an offer in for a Baldwin Fun Machine organ so that I can continue adding things to my music room. I do believe that if I am able to pick it up from the seller for less than $50, I will be starting a silly band very soon.
What is quite peculiar...
Is that amidst my absence I have begun to lose followers on Tumblr. Now, I’ve not been one to dabble in the science of Tumblr politics, but this finds me quite perplexed. Is it the lack of content that made those users decide to cut ties? Or worse, is the diminished following a result of someone going back, reading my earlier work, and recognizing for themselves that it’s not the kind...
Viral Campaigns - What Can You Share?
I’m putting together a list of amazing viral campaigns—think Whopper Virgins and VW’s Routan Babymaker—and I’m looking for help from anybody out there who may be reading along.
Shoot me some comments with your favorite viral campaigns from the last couple months.
Thanks in advance!
Winter X Highlights
The Youngins
Doug: Travis is the pinnacle of chivalry. Adam: Yeah, not many guys will pick up a 19 year old chick at a bar, then walk her home—across the street from the bar—and finger her in the hotel lobby.
The Producer
Producer: Hey man, we’re totally cool aright? Were you pissed? Chicken Fat: What? No, not really man. Producer: You were pissed, I could tell. It’s...
X Games night one.
Travis: I banged on the door for like an hour last night and none of you fucking woke up to open it.
Adam: Well what did you do then?
Travis: I had the police escort me to another hotel.
Chris: You got another hotel? Wait, this isn't a joke?
Dane: No, dude, he's not joking.
Travis: Yeah, it was four hundred dollars too. You should come check it out, it has a pretty nice pool.
Heh.
Chris: Yeah, strange. It's not like I'm any different now than I was a year ago. Not different enough to change all this, at least.
Jody: "God put our mouth on our head for a reason....NO NO NO NO"
Chris: Hahahahaha
Chris: If God was a city planner
Chris: He would not put
Chris: A playground
Chris: Next to a sewage system
Jody: ahahahahah
Chris: WE'RE TRYING TO FUCK
Chris: BUT WE'RE NOT HAVING ANY FUN FUCKING
Chris: AND IT CAUSES ANXIETY
Chris: FUCKING ANXIETY
Jody: lol ahahah
Chris: Wow, that song was Nsync.
Chris: Not even Backstreet Boys.
Jody: lol
Chris: I posted the conversation on Tumblr and somebody totally served me.
Jody: Wait...the one right now?
Chris: The one I played before.
Chris: IT'S TEARIN' UP MY HEART
More goodness.
Chris: Wow Backstreet Boys just came on my iTunes.
Jody: ahahahaha
Chris: Not even changing it.
Chris: IT'S TEARIN UP MY HEART
Jody: I had one of their songs stuck in my head all yesterday.
Chris: Hahaha
Jody: That's it....thats the song.
Are we joking about liking Nickelback?
Jody: Some of this stuff I've been listening to on these sites is really close to being put on my iPod...but not quite there.
Jody: They need to add a little Chad Kroeger.
Jody: And it would be good.
Chris: Yeah, I feel that way about most music that's not Nickelback.
Jody: Chad Kroeger should be the only guy in history with no side projects.
Jody: Just 30 million mains.
Man Down a.k.a The #1 Job Slaying Saying →
OneRiot post by Chris Reinhard
"Single Ladies"
…is playing everywhere in the world.
Foodzie. It's like Etsy, but for food. →
True story: I am the “hot sauce expert” for Foodzie. And their site is won. der. ful.
(link via littleorphanammo)
Oh, but I also must say...
The past few weeks have been incredibly empowering offline. I’ve trained myself over the past year or so to be incredibly visceral; and while living life to the fullest has all the benefits in the world, it also has its inherent setbacks. I stopped doing as much thinking as I did as a youngster. Not the debilitating kind of thought—well, sometimes—but more the wistful kind of...
I admit.
I come off as a pretty pissy bitch a lot of the time. I’m better at writing about the negatives, and I’m told that’s typical of most writers who haven’t had a lifetime of varied experiences to write about yet; but I recognize that when I try to be funny it sometimes comes off as condescending rather than contemplative. Sometimes I even make jokes that target individuals or...
The problem with having great friends.
For the past week I’ve been trying to focus on my screenplay every day after work. Yet despite my best efforts to become a veritable hermit, I have friends stopping by to hang out and play video games every night. Tonight, however, I am going to put my hoof down and get some god damn work done.
Unless, of course, anybody really believes they can beat me at FIFA. No, seriously. You can be...
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The Twilight Singers
The Killer (via this is music.)
I think we’re lost, don’t worry
I’ve been here before
I’m sure I thought I knew the way
Out of here yesterday
Dove cuesto, mi dolce?
Your driver called, it’s time to go-
Your driver’s waiting for you
And I caught a fever
A holy fire-
Til I was crawling on the ceiling
Come out of your hole
I know you know
You know I...
I wish they all could be...
supinternets:
jamesygirl:
walpaper:
chrisreinhard says, “Dude, what were the Beach Boys smoking? California girls are atypically unintelligent because they speak with a vernacular that is neither grammatically correct or seductively poignant. They dress almost exclusively in one of two types of costumes: bleach-blonde hair and orange skin draped in beatnik sundresses and unnecessary Ugg...
You know what really gets to me?
When people use superlatives for like, everything they describe. Do you know what I’m talking about? Well, here are some examples.
- Man, that was the WORST sandwich I’ve EVER had.
- You know, Kanye West is like, the BEST rapper EVER.
- Obama will be the BIGGEST disappointment in PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY.
- I’ve NEVER been in worse traffic than I was today.
You do realize that...
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Denver Tumblrs:
Leave a comment on this post with links to your Tumblr and I’ll follow you. Might even ask you what’s going on some Saturday night.
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Hef Wins Again →
Another OneRiot post by Christopher Reinhard.
Sheesh.
I’ll have to keep in mind that when I post to Tumblr and people reblog it, their followers are unlikely to see any follow up entries I might write afterward. So, I’m not going to post silly articles in which I joke about making broad generalizations or poking fun at certain groups of people…even if I don’t mean it.
Thanks for the lashings, followers. I now realize that...
Yikes!
I always forget that Tumblr is a forum for blatant, and not subtle, sarcasm. I swear, the post about Californians is a complete and utter joke, and if I were serious about that I’d deserve a bit of a lynching. Sorry to offend you! Especially crostic and lieslieslies. Totally kidding, y’all!
By the way.
That was an exercise in narrow-mindedness. I’m well aware.
I wish they all could be...
Dude, what were the Beach Boys smoking? California girls are atypically unintelligent because they speak with a vernacular that is neither grammatically correct or seductively poignant. They dress almost exclusively in one of two types of costumes: bleach-blonde hair and orange skin draped in beatnik sundresses and unnecessary Ugg boots; or tight black jeans (but NOT the way they looked on Audrey...
Metacritic's List of Upcoming Releases →
This list always cheers me up.
Without fail.
One song or another from Mark Ronson’s 2007 debut Version is playing when I walk into Chipotle. Every. Single. Time.
Without fail.
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Obama's 10 Most Awesome Inauguration Speech Quotes →
OneRiot post.
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I kinda liked Bush
drned:
did anyone else ever see Journeys With George? it was shot on the 2000 campaign trail. it shows him as a bumbling yet very charismatic normal guy.
and thats how i’m gonna remember him. i’m 8000% sure he was a figurehead for Cheney/Rove. Bush got the short end of the deal. he was a pretty down to earth Southern dude who, as i’m sure we all would, when someone at some point in some room...
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Zachary's mom makes killer tacos. →
Another OneRiot post.
Funny about Tumblr.
Tumblr has begun to look more and more like a micro-trend portal for everyone involved. There is a whole ménage of taste makers within its walls, and as soon as they deem something interesting it spreads like wildfire. Truth be told, Tumblr is almost as viable as Twitter for its uniquely rapid ability to share tidbits of news and information faster than the most commonly accepted sources for news...
Goal.
I am not going to venture out for social interaction all this week, until Friday. It might be detrimental to my already smudgy reputation, but I want to be productive. I’m going to get up every day, go to work and get things done, then come home and dedicate my time to myself and putting my future within reach. I realized recently that in this environment, things could potentially get bad...
Everything reminds me.
That Elliot Smith had his shit together. I mean, he didn’t; but he totally had the songwriting thing down. It almost doesn’t matter which record of his you decide to play, because immediately—when you listen closely—you’ll be taken to a specific place in your memory, when everyone felt unimportant or everything inside of you feels incapable.
I think the fact that I...