Archive for January, 2008
Branding change
The Obama camp has managed to brand their flavour of change. When I first saw their CHANGE signs, I had a basic gut reaction to it that I couldn’t explain. It made me think of pretty, sophisticated, smart … and that’s weird. Why did I think this? Well because they’re using a font that’s very [...]
Posted: January 28th, 2008 under Marketing.
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Samantha Bee’s Pregnancy Fabulist
This is for my pregnant and mommy friends. For those who don’t know her, Samantha Bee is the only woman correspondent for The A Daily Show (and she’s Canadian). Today I caught a portion of Steven and Chris (aka The Designer Guys’ new show on CBC), and saw Samantha Bee’s top 5 pregnancy list. It’s probably [...]
Posted: January 28th, 2008 under Fun.
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Cloverfield
I think I’m finally back to normal after seeing Cloverfield last night. I was so seasick that I think I only saw about 20 minutes of the movie. Most of the time my eyes were closed and I just listened, peeking once in a while to see what the commotion was about. The most that [...]
Posted: January 24th, 2008 under Movie Reviews.
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Heading home
The packers are here building box forts. We’ve booked a place to stay. And we’re heading up to Vancouver on Wednesday morning. Four years have passed so quickly (well this past year went by kinda slowly, but that’s okay). I’ll miss my friends here (and the Mexican food), but I’m sure I’ll see them again.
So now we’re [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
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I’m on Schmaps
Last month a photo from my trip to L.A. was short-listed for Schmaps Los Angeles guide. (Schmaps does online and downloadable travel guides for 200 destinations. ) Well it made the cut, and anyone who’s interested in the Brea Tar Pits can see the lovely photo. Maybe they picked it for my phenominal photography skills [...]
Posted: January 14th, 2008 under Photos.
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