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When Lukasz came to visit us he taught us a bunch of polish!! Here is some of what we learned from the man himself- in Krakow!!

(that impossible to read type says “Meanwhile someone else had their own vacation”)

This week is special to me because it is my 1st anniversary with OrangeYouGlad!! It just so happen to coincide with the about us section being updated to include me!! Looks like they like me enough to keep me

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Someone was jealous

SHE DANCES!

I know it’s not Christmas yet, but it IS CHRISTMAS! You know how I know? This guy wore all red today. I don’t think he knew, per se, that he would embody the Christmas spirit this morning when he rolled out of bed, but IT HAPPENED. Also, how does this happen? Matt Schoch is a Christmas angel baby.

Orange you glad is loving up all the creative mornings! This time around it was with Yancey Strickler, who was a charmer and clearly an experienced public speaker. He was one of the cofounders of Kickstarter! Some of the great things he said were about the philosophy of his company and also about what leads people to give strangers money.

Kickstarter is a website where people maintain a site that attempts to raise money for a personal creative project. It’s purpose is fund raising but what convinces a stranger to give, is a story. Those who can best express their passions and reasons for their fundraising allow for others to connect and share interest. This also banks on people’s desire to help save or be a part of something that has a low chance of being real. In this way, the stranger becomes a part of the story itself. With a compensation aspect to each fundraiser, often times the stranger can literally be included into the project. Yancey mentioned how often times, the main reason why a kickstarter fails is due to a lack of story. When someone is far more business oriented than passion driven, the stranger is less likely to be engaged and willing to support. Kickstarter creates a way for creativity to flourish without the ever persistent issue that inhibits and stifles almost any passionate endeavor, money.

Moral of the story for me, be honest and passionate and you will find help! It’s truly amazing that Yancey and his cofounders have found a way to tap into a small but great part of humanity and give it a method to make the world a little better. YAY!!

Ji Lee, who is famous for his bubble project, spoke today as part of the Creative Mornings series. Orange You Glad went and loved it! One thing that stuck with me the most was his list of the top 5 things he’s learned in life and design. Without any further ado:

1 It’s all about having fun. If it’s fun, I’ll always find time for it.
2 Personal and Professional projects compliment each other
3 Never put all my eggs into one basket
4 Ideas are nothing. Doing is everything
5 Ship Ship Ship (which I interpret as, get it out there fast and often)
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6 Make work a game

Think about them. Awesome right?

Every once and a while a client will offer us a surprise perk, so when we got the email from Charlie (Friar and Executive Director of the Friars Club Film Festival) asking if Veronica and I wanted to attend the Friars Club Roast of Quentin Tarantino we both gave a resounding hell yes we want to go! response.

We met up with our friends at the New York Hilton to get our tickets and after party bracelets then made our way to our table. A couple of folks joined Veronica and I at the table but we had no idea who was really supposed to be there. Just as I learned that the guy across from me was Bill Plympton, Eric, one of the Friars Club Film Festival senior programmers, joined our table and had the unpleasant job of telling Mr. Plympton and two other filmmakers that they were relegated to a table way up on the balcony. As a big animation fan, I was sad to see Mr. Plympton go.

The actual roast was quite raunchy – no gender or race was spared. I knew that the roasts were supposed to be racy but I think I covered my face and uttered oh my god far too many times! I didn’t realize that any one on the main dais was an open target. I just assumed all of the roasters just picked on Quentin Tarantino, but no, they went after each other. The main butt of the non-Quentin Tarantino jokes were Rob Schneider and Kathy Griffin although John Travolta got quite a lot of jokes directed at him even though he wasn’t there to dish it back.

The celebrity roasters mostly did a good job at making us laugh throughout the event. We all agreed the best ones were Whitney Cummings (I had never heard of her before but she was hilarious), Rob Schneider and Eli Roth. We really did enjoy Michael Madsen’s roast I think mostly because we weren’t sure what to make of it! He rambled a bit, would tell some bad jokes and then end up laughing like he had told the best joke ever. I had no idea what he was on – maybe it was just the wine – but he definitely entertained us!

Afterwards, we went to the party at the Friars Club. As we proceeded to enter the club, TMZ was busy asking Steve Buscemi some questions. Eric thought that Veronica and I might be visible on the TMZ broadcast. Who knows? I don’t even know when TMZ airs. Anyway, Mr. Buscemi followed us into the club and I pretty much had to restrain myself from squealing with excitement.

I really wanted to take a bunch of photos during the roast and and at the party but I completely forgot about my camera until Michael Madsen showed up. I just had to have a photo with him – wish I had combed my hair before the photo was taken!

Mr. Blonde!

After the party a bunch of us went to Beauty Bar where I had far too much to drink and stayed out way too late and was pretty much a zombie at the Nickelodeon meeting the next day. It’s a good thing Tammy is an excellent presenter at our client meetings!