New Stoke

It's time for my first ever trip to New York. In fact it's my first ever plane journey too. I'll be stopping off to present my team's work on a brief for the Bandujo Donker & Brothers agency, as well as visiting Third Eye Design and no doubt many other places of photo worthy interest.

Should all be a great experience and hopefully I won't have a fit of panic on the plane.

Have a good week!

The scariest thing I've ever seen at the cinema

A bit of a different approach for Lynx. It's still the '15 year old boy's dream' message, but with a touch more class. It's already got people talking about it, but at the moment it's about how he'd pull out one of your lungs right from your chest, while still keeping that big grin on his face...

I need your attention, your comments and your motorcycle

Despite a whole advert showing you the wonderful activities and scenery available, it's obvious California realises its main draw is the chance to hunt celebrities.

I can't help but laugh when Arnold Schwarzenegger reveals the comedy quip at the end of the advert. I don't know if it's the cheesiness of the whole thing, or just the fact that a man who once played Danny DeVito's pregnant male friend is actually Governor of a State, but it's an advert I look forward to seeing every break.

Scrooge you guys, I'm going home...

Having held a deep burning resentment for anyone enjoying the Christmas spirit these past few weeks, I have now finally met my deadlines for Uni work, competitions and applications, so I can be merry with Christmas joy at last!

Walking through Hamley's toy store in London also helped...

One to tick off the advertising checklist...

It's been a struggle to blog (and sleep) recently, with a life crushing work load from uni, applications and competitions, but I felt it necessary to share my joy at today pulling off the dream presentation ending.

That's right, the novelty T-shirt revealed from behind a jacket finish!



Anyway, back to work...

101 reasons to talk about sandwich relish in your job application form. No.73

I managed to get to the first round of interviews for a Graduate Placement I applied for. It will be my first one ever, so I'm looking forward to the challenge and I'm sure it'll be a great learning experience, even if nothing else comes from it.

A few more years of this and I may actually begin to know my way around London.

Phone a friend

I know pay as you go is the phone payment choice of children and I should grow up, get a contract and shut up, but I didn't know just how much for kids it was until I heard the new voice of Vodafone.
Now, I'm all for making company phone lines seem more human, and I have had some good experiences with Virgin Media who have done that recently.

However, when I want to check my top-up balance, a lengthy chat with homecoming queen 'Vicky' is not really what I want. Her 'OKs' and 'oh, by the ways' make a process, which took too long in the first place, even longer.

Not only that, but they seem to have retained the same old robotic voice for the personal details, which makes it an even more jarring switch from the standard stuff than before.

A friendly tone of voice is fine, but not when all you want to hear is some numbers!