Work
I’m a contract interactive storyteller so some of my posts are about my work
Colbert & Kielburger
Nov 19th
When we heard about this last week I wasn’t sure how well it would go over. Apparently my boss was contacted by some peeps over at the Colbert Report and asked to come on the show to talk about Child Labor. See, the thing about Stevie Colbert is that he lives in a giant pool of ridiculousness and sometimes not everyone understands that the entire show is basically an act. Well, I think after the PR team at my work prepped the boss man he was really prepared.
Click here to watch the clip. Comedy Central won’t let me embed cause More >
Like “This Close” to the Jonas Brothers
Oct 7th
Key kids and giant group of screaming teenage girls. (I only say that because if my SEO is good enough you’ll have searched “Jonas Brothers” this morning and stumbled upon this)
So Monday out here in Toronto was We Day. For those of you in Vancouver reading this, you’ll remember the name because it was all over the papers and the news last week. The Dalai Lama (sorry if I just butchered the name) showed up with some folks like Sarah Mclachlan, Mia Farrow and Jason Mratz and helped promote youth empowerment to all of the kiddies. Well Toronto didn’t carry all of the More >
Shameless Promotion – FTC and MTW Launched!!!
Oct 1st
Hey kids,
Okay, I should be very clear up front with this – seeing as I came into Free the Children only 3 weeks ago, I really didn’t have anything to do with the latest website we launched last weekend. But on the other hand, I take a lot of pride in what was accomplished in the 2 weeks leading up to the big launch. I’ve been moved into Web Team that is only now starting to realize their potential as a group and seeing them struggle through and eventually accomplish something this big (2 Major site launches on the same weekend) More >
Recapping The First Week in Toronto
Sep 20th
Brace yourselves kids, this is going to be interesting.
So after the difficult goodbyes with everyone last Saturday I arrived in Toronto quite late in the afternoon only to be greeted with the news of Air Canada forgetting over 70 bags in Vancouver. After a plethora of complaints from angry over-aged men with their trophy wives, the representative seemed to get fed up and went on the loud speaker. He told everyone that our bags would be arriving on the very next flight from Vancouver, but that flight wouldn’t land for another 3 hours. Brilliant. So, without anything other than my lap top More >
So I Went To This Thing Called “Work” Today…
Sep 14th
Ah yes, my inevitable return to the dark side… Alright, so it’s not that bad – in fact it isn’t bad at all after the first day. After last night’s jitters I was almost certain I was going to make the biggest fool of myself out here. You’ve heard the story (I’m pretty sure someone like Ryan Reynolds has played this in a movie or something), small city kid moves across the country to the bigs only to realize he never should have left, only to then realize that he is becoming a man… blah blah blah. But I don’t think More >
First Day Jitters Already
Sep 13th
So I just landed in TO (okay it was really like a few hours ago, but I’m only now finally settled after a day of travel Hell), and I’m already nervous about the first day of work tomorrow. Call it what you will, but I don’t think I’ll ever be able to shake the nerves of a first… something. I’ve kind of always been this way with things like the first day of school, the first time meeting someone, blah blah blah, but I figured at 27 I’d be able to shake some of it off. To no avail as More >
Farewell Vancouver
Sep 11th
Hey Penguin Pack,
Big news to share that probably won’t be changing the production of this blog. I’ll be moving across the country this weekend and the next time you read a post from the Bloated Penguin it will be from Toronto and no longer Vancouver. I’m saying farewell to the only city I’ve ever called home and with it, many people I’ve grown up with, places I’ve grown to love and very specific “things,” that I never knew meant so much to me.
Sure it has been difficult saying goodbye to all of my friends and family, but one of the things that More >
Copywriting With Borders
Aug 26th
It’s strange how you begin to appreciate the finer things in life when a lot of the freedoms you are used are stripped away by conventions. I’m speaking of course of creative writing within the confines of a specific number of characters. Working in content development and creative writing has really tought me to wear a couple of different hats at all times. On one hand I’ve got to look at things like SEO, find ability, ease of read and the scan ability with pretty much everything. Rope all of that in with a low character limit and you might More >
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