lemonade movie

i recently lost my job in advertising. but i was so miserable that, despite the fact that i'm bringing in zero money, i'm happier than i've ever been. i have some exciting new prospects for projects that i actually WANT to work on, and i feel as though my vision looking forward is clearer than ever.

that's why i was excited when a friend pointed me to this trailer. notice that not a single person missed their former life. i think showing up at a job 5 days a week (or 6 or 7) is almost the easy way out. when you have to look around and find possibilities and opportunities for yourself, that's when the really good stuff starts happening.

i'm actually going to contact the writer and see if there is a way to get involved. in any case, please enjoy.

no. no. no. no.

argh. nightmares. enough said. part of me doesn't even want to post a picture because it's so disturbing. eeeesh.

subtle butt

i bag on orange county a lot. mostly because it sucks.

but one good thing has come out of the OC: subtle butt.

this little patch supposedly neutralizes fart odor. the video pretty much says it all better than i ever could.

slow cow

finally, a new drink that isn't supposed to make us EXTREME.

on the contrary, slow cow invites us to relax and take it easy.

on a personal note, may i just say i'm a little disturbed that i heard about this via my ad agency? they're usually so out of touch, that... now i just don't know what to think about myself.

NYT banners

i remarked on my facebook* today how dismayed i was by a scientology.org banner on the new york times's website. but that damned gawker beat me to it.

it also brings up this shingles ad which is prominently displayed today, and that is just completely nasty. whatever happened to escapism during hard times? sheesh.

i will say in my defense, however: i am on west coast time. check mate.

* also, note: i'm not sure what compelled me to link to my facebook. maybe because i have a vanity URL now. but i don't want to be your friend. i mean, really. yes, even you.

brooke shields's endorsement of LATISSE

advertising has done its share of creating problems in order to sell "solutions." in 1921, listerine advertisers invented the word "halitosis" to make bad breath sound more like a condition to be treated.

i guess it shouldn't surprise anyone anymore. but just as i thought it couldn't get any more ridiculous than "restless leg syndrome," along comes another miracle drug to make all your problems go away.

except this time, your problems are... your eyelashes?

A new FDA-approved drug called latisse is marketing itself as a solution for "eyelash hypotrichosis" -- "another name for having inadequate or not enough eyelashes."

REALLY?!?! we're in a global recession and there's a market for people with wimpy eyelashes who can't just buy a tube of mascara like the rest of us?

best of all, they've solicited brooke shields as their spokesperson. wait, why? is she a well-known case of eyelash hypotrichosis? i always thought she had a pretty successful modeling/acting career... featuring her eyelashes the whole way along.

weird.

i can't find the spot online, but you can watch brooke's video diary on the latisse website. this is the richest part:

Brooke is Ready for Her Closeup
HER VIDEO DIARY CHRONICLES THE LASH JOURNEY

She's one of the world's most recognizable faces — a legendary model and actress who's paved the way and continues to set trends. Her film, TV and Broadway roles have earned her critical acclaim and legions of fans, but it's her personal commitment to important causes that makes her real beauty.

i'm glad those important causes now include eyelash health. pffft.

my friends who won CLIOs

congratulations to my friend gabe gathmann for winning a CLIO for this sweet PSA.

and congratulations also to my friend madhu kalyanarman on his CLIO for this billboard for stop handgun violence: