Focus

Spoke with John Peed today. It was good to finally get some guidance and direction from a superior. He is a great boss and knows his business well. I am so fresh in this industry and it is filled with late nights, the pressure of performance, formulaic image manipulation, and feeding into the advertising game. On the other hand, I am getting paid (quite well for a junior designer) and will eventually be debt free, my co-workers are good people, I'm learning a butt-load, and I am very proximal to the beach and ocean.

Conversing with him reminded me that this is a real job. I can't let my feelings or creative juices get in the way of giving the client what they want. Most of the time, it is selling a something ridiculous or mundane, but that's why they pay me.

start with something real.

I am an American because I was born of this country. My country is run by the corporatocracy and funded by the hands of 3rd world workers at the expense of exhausting natural resources to extinction. The reason is the bottom line, the top dollar and cutting the middle man.

I was chastised for not having support for my country by a British gentleman when I was in Salzburg in o6. He was sick and tired of hearing Americans complaining about their country cause we have it so well off with freedom. I had nothing to say to him at that time, but I wish I could have explained that America isn't really free. We are free to live within the facade of what America has the potential to be. The majority of our foods, goods and services, jobs, and even news is bought and sold, then modified, condensed, and then regurgitated into a nice and sterile, safety-sanitized-for-your-protection, individual serving-size portion. In order to obtain real information, consumables and household items, one must go out of their immediate, convenient way to provide for themselves. So shop locally, buy used goods, trade for what you can and promote awareness in the face of adversity.

All is not lost or full of despair. The more we educate our peers, the more aware we will all be. Knowledge is power, and knowing is half the battle! Thanks G.I. Joe! See? We use the man, to bring himself down. Ha.

Start with some good links:

http://www.theyesmen.org

http://www.crimethinc.com

http://www.wwoof.org

Begins the Farm

It is late. I am going to sleep.