May 2013
33 posts
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getting moved off one crappy account only to be...
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when finishing a difficult project requires some...
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when I'm trying to sneak some of the client...
This gif came to me by way of Brien Grant, an esteemed gentleman.
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when my creative partner and I rock a presentation
This gif came from Hunter Grove. He didn’t know how to explain it (his words).
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leaving the final client presentation for a...
A cool gal by name of Alejandra Monroy sent me this gif. My immediate reaction was laughter, followed by deep unsettlement because dogs look creepy when they walk on their hind legs.
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how I feel after being stuck on banners for a...
My thanks to the ever-chuckly Grace Yu for finding this gif for me. She has just gone on and on about this episode of Mad Men.
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when the global creative lead is visiting our...
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how I feel when I'm getting pestered to attend an...
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this is essentially my brain on days where I don't...
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when I probably shouldn't leave for lunch but all...
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when someone leaves a meeting and everyone else...
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when someone in the agency tries to fill a role...
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when the jr tries to forge ahead without getting...
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how I picture the account bros/ladybros reacting...
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the much needed happy hour after a long week
turnerstokens asked: How do you celebrate firing a client? >:3
amsplendor asked: I work in advertising (media analytics, the sexist ad job. /<sarcasm>) and I love love love this blog. Helps keep me sane!
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when I ask my creative director what he's working...
stfumikep asked: as an ad student, you glorify both the positives and negatives of what i'm hoping to work in one day. and it is glorious.
thacalvinator asked: Hi! :) I love your blog! I literally just laugh out loud whenever I see winner headlines. :)) Anyway, I'm about to start as an intern at an ad agency soon, and I'd love to hear a more personal account about the work. For starters, are you a copywriter or an art director? How does a day usually go? :)
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when I'm looking over a competitor's amazing pitch...
Thank you, Bernard (who is a coder, y’all), for sending me this brow-furrowing gif. I like it much.
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when the design intern wants to change a headline...
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getting up from my desk after not moving from it...
Also, every guy on a hot summer’s day.
Also, what is this? A gif for ants?
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when the distant possibility of a promotion is...
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when I hear someone a few desks down mention my...
Another from the gif-prolific Meghan.
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how I feel 30 minutes after my morning coffee
A gif from Meeeeghan Pruitt.
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when I'm put on a type of project I've never done...
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when my CD asks if I came up with any good ideas...
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when I stop everything because the most amazing...
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when the current subject of office drama has no...
This gif came from a mysterious individual who I know only as “Molson”.
dailybestiary asked: Re: your post today. What is this..."downtime"?
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when I get slammed after a few days of downtime
Another gif from the rad Meghan Pruitt.
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when I'm writing a formal email to a client and...
Gif thanks goes to a cool dame by name of Meghan Pruitt.
April 2013
45 posts
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when a jr is paired up with a sr for the first...
Thanks again, John MacRitchie. Thanks much.
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when I'm try to escape the office before the topic...
Thank you, John MacRitchie, for being you.
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as I come to the realization that I'm late for a...
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when your idea is stolen and you get left hanging
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when I'm suddenly inundated with a crazy amount of...
Gif provided by a one Travis Bye.
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when a higher up swoops in to take credit for my...
This gif comes courtesy of the venerable Alex Kim.
matstijmes asked: In all your years must've been fed to the lions, zebra's, black sheep and who knows what. What is it that keeps you alive?
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my reaction when the young creatives talk about...
Not that I’m really all that old, really, maybe.
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when I catch myself dozing off in a meeting
For those of you perhaps unfamiliar with the phrase “dozing off”, it essentially means drifting off into sleep.
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when the new designer tries to use Papyrus in an...
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obligatory "it's been a year" post
I just realized literally an hour ago that I started this dang blog a year ago today. So, in celebration, here are a few bits of TAL trivia you can employ at your next party or social event if you want to break the ice and subsequently freeze it right back over.
I started the blog due to relentless encouragement from my coworker and bro (broworker), Michael. I had been finding gifs, pairing them...
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when the whole team is in sync when we wrap up a...
Submission credit goes to a fellow by name of Brenden. That’s all I know about him.
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when the client hates both the primary and alt...
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when I find myself surrounded by awkward people at...
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starting work on a project before getting the...
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when the person who talks with their hands thinks...
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quitting time on Friday after a particularly...
