SHIT

A client of ours in Maine just received the brochures we designed... 2000 of them. And the inside front cover had the wrong image. And this is the second time we've printed this. And it very well might have been my fault. I feel like puking. That's $3 grand at least.

Fun times on the last work day before 2007 – an hour before I go home.

I should've gone to see Happy Feet.

Eragon is a bad movie.

Jeremy Irons is a good actor. The chick is hot. The dragon's voice was dumb. The costume director likes gay disco and teenage boys in tight low rise leather pants (not that there's anything wrong with that). The director had no sense of pacing. The cinematographer had no imagination. The set designer apparently thinks evil fantasy kings have a throne on a lava rock in a steamy garage painted black with glowing red stuff on the wall.




Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich... Malkovich? Malkovich!




Dragon = somewhat badass. Dude on dragon = not so much.




This is Sienna Guillory. She was the chick. She is hot. Her outfit in this picture is simultaneously incredibly sexy and completely hilarious. I think it is from Resident Evil 2, which is simultaneously incredibly badass and completely idiotic.


Really, it was hands down the worst movie I have ever seen.

Please do not go see this movie. (Like any of you are as dumb as I am.)

Melt Your Pennies

The copper in your penny is worth 1.4¢. No joke. And your nickel is worth 7¢.

Every time the US Mint makes a penny or a nickel it loses money. WHAT THE FUCK. Let's start melting the pennies down, folks. I don't know why I'm posting about this... it just seems so STRANGE.

NY Times

Pitt Trib

Barack Obama on MNF

Whatever your political leanings are... this shit is brilliant.

Slate has a good take on it here.

Good Morning / Ugly Picture

Morning, everyone. I though you might like to see a truly disgusting picture of me. This was one of several photos (not all of me) sent out with this year's ADDY call to entries. The ADDY's are sort of the Grammy's of advertising, but this was just for the local chapter... I've been getting phone calls and hearing horribly sarcastic "Hey Zac, nice picture..." or "I got the Addy thingy... um, yeah."

In the printed version, my tooth is silver, just to add to the fun.




In other news, it is gloomy outside, but I think BlackLamb (Ryann and Kate's interior design biz) is taking off, and I hope to be a big part. Their collateral is almost done being designed, and we just finished our first project. We took a basement full of duck patter wallpaper and disgustingness everywhere and turned it into a warm, modern hangout (complete with 53" plasma TV!!!) for a rich bachelor. I'll post pics when we have them taken.




Other than that, things are pretty dull. Par for the course.

East Hills Shop Hop

Tonight, all the shops in East Hills and East Fulton area are staying open till around 8 or 9 for shoppers. I'll be at my store, CooCoo (968 Cherry), and a lot of the stores serve wine, champagne, hors d'earousdecoives, etc. Free carriage rides, lots of good local shopping. Stop by.

Free Blockbuster Rentals

If you have Netflix (Clinton?), Blockbuster will give you a free rental for every Netflix envelope flap you bring in... click below for more.


Lifehacker

A Rousing Success

Last night was the first real party at the 411 aka the CONDOU. At first I was a little worried no one was coming, since 10 o'clock rolled around and it was me, Emily, and Jon Spalink. But then peeps showed up. The roster: Seth, Julia, T.D., Audi, Steve-O, Clinton, Jill, Moesker, Phil of the Future, Jon Spalink, Emily Struck, Adam, and our erstwhile friend, back from the wilds of nowhere, Justin the Assyrimenian.

The soundtrack of the evening was a collection of hip hop, which couldn't really be heard over the hilarity of conversations... the smell was spilled beer, a bottle and a half of Stoli, and cigarettes, which were smoked in my place throughout the night. It's so hot in my place we had the windows open and the fan on pulling the smoke out... no real bad smell to think of this morning. Highlights were... the Esquire cards, Phil spilling beer constantly, Audi's food (3 loaves of bread, 2 beef tenderloins, guac, salsa, cajun mayo... the bread's gone as is most of the beef!), the burning of the SunChips bag, and of course, Pilate's, with which we ended the night with Audi the Body leading us with the side something, the plank, and rolling around like a ball. Even Steve-O got into it.

Below are some pictures that are not indicative of the level of fun – just cause everyone looks bored and blurry DOES NOT mean that they ARE bored... I hope.




See, I told you everyone looks bored.




Can't say much here, except, Clinton.




Justin and Phil talked about martial arts and the need to fight and how attractive it would make them. All night long.




A game of war with Esquire cards – it didn't matter the number on the card... this picture was either during "Bang-ability" (in Moesker's words, "Oh, she's ready for it"), or "potential for Lesbian relationship with Aud."




Clinton Maynard Klamer. Geographer, Philosopher, Poet.




Steve-O wonders what the hell is wrong with you people.




Post exploding Sharpie. For some reason, I threw a Sharpie at the wall, which left a large black mark that I smudged with my fingers, then scrubbed so hard that you can now see the primer. Fun times. I seem, for some reason, proud of this.




Badazz.




The morning after... this is after I had already started cleaning up. Notice the two empty bottles of Stoli and empty bottle of Mohawk. Yeah.



Till next time...

WINTER!

Another weather post, cause I love weather.

Sweet radar pic:



I can hear the sleet/ice/rain hitting my window... here's the fun winter storm warning:

SLEET...FREEZING RAIN...AND SNOW WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW BY NOON. SNOW WILL BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES WITH SNOWFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR POSSIBLE. SOME THUNDERSNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL THEN GRADUALLY END LATE THIS AFTERNOON.

UP TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH OF ADDITIONAL ICE IS EXPECTED TO FALL THIS MORNING BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO SNOW. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 6 TO 9 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING.


Thundersnow, bitches. Now that's what I'm talking about.

Also, sledding tonight? WHO'S IN!?!??!?!