The Last 6 Months...

What started as a personal desire to organize my favorite websites into one place for a more efficient web surfing experience has now become my journal, the kind that anyone in the world can read.

So first a 6-month update in 7 sentences: After a life-changing 4 months in the Middle East, I returned to Redondo Beach, CA and set up shop with Jeff and Dianne (my parents). Just in time for the warm summer months I spent much of May and June riding beach cruisers, playing volleyball at sunset and, oh yeah, scouring the internet for a job in my major, Advertising. While Jerusalem made me wish I had studied Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies in college, I was fully equipped for a job in advertising so I decided to go for it. I wanted the best, a big agency with a strong reputation, and I got it: TBWA\Chiat\Day in Playa Del Rey, CA.

Owners of the Apple account (yes, they produced the famed 1984 commercial) and other big names like Nissan, Infiniti, Visa and Energizer, I was excited just to get an interview and then I found out I would be interviewing for the newly acquired Gatorade account--I was thrilled. The last 3.5 months at Chiat have been filled with lots of learning, patience, free dinners, late nights (my record is 2:30AM), talented people and even a trip to New York. I am definitely never threatened by boredom and just can't wait until January when our 09 campaign will finally begin.