A few weeks ago before the coke thing, I went looking for a Halloween costume for my wife at the local magic trick and costume store. As I was walking in I noticed that the outside sign had faded over the years from the weather, I looked around and since I had the supplies in my car and it would only take a matter of minutes to repair I offered to fix their sign in exchange for a costume. I've done things like this before where for free or for in exchange for food I've fixed a sign that looks rundown and ugly. I don't believe advertising or decoration is necessarily wrong I do however make a distinction between a barter exchange for the sign of Mom and Pop independently owned costume store that i actually go to and buy magic tricks from and a big fat paycheck for just another out of place billboard advertisement for a corporation that I don't like that advertises so much it has become an eyesore. Just so everyone is clear. I also make no judgments on people in advertising unless they use their talents to advertise something evil (like consumerism, greed, lust, dissatisfaction, unthankfulness, alcohol, degradation of women or anything else that makes up 90% of advertising).
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A few weeks ago before the coke thing, I went looking for a Halloween costume for my wife at the local magic trick and costume store. As I was walking in I noticed that the outside sign had faded over the years from the weather, I looked around and since I had the supplies in my car and it would only take a matter of minutes to repair I offered to fix their sign in exchange for a costume. I've done things like this before where for free or for in exchange for food I've fixed a sign that looks rundown and ugly. I don't believe advertising or decoration is necessarily wrong I do however make a distinction between a barter exchange for the sign of Mom and Pop independently owned costume store that i actually go to and buy magic tricks from and a big fat paycheck for just another out of place billboard advertisement for a corporation that I don't like that advertises so much it has become an eyesore. Just so everyone is clear. I also make no judgments on people in advertising unless they use their talents to advertise something evil (like consumerism, greed, lust, dissatisfaction, unthankfulness, alcohol, degradation of women or anything else that makes up 90% of advertising).
This message brought to you by overwhelming reader response (2) and Tinkerbell.
3 comments:
Heh. Nicely done. You stated your position and offered some tongue-in-cheek comments about my job at the same time. Amusing. ;)
I'm still not sure I like being the anti-Battle but such is my chosen profession and I'm proud of it...
Cool costume Tara! You look great!
Jamie, you're far from being anti-Battle... it's the insulting ones who are.
No but honestly I don't think working for pepsi is wrong. I think there could be a better use of your time, talent and apptitude than making sure pepsi drinkers are not confused when they try and sign up for promotional give-a-ways. Like singing, or making sure people aren't confused when they try to donate to a charitable organization! But providing for your new family and for your future family is a noble cause, ain't nothing wrong with that. Surely you remember when I was living in your basement with no money applying for jobs some of which weren't uplifting to the world at large like stapling paper and organizing files. Just so I could provide for my family. Thankfully I wasn't qualified enough to sell erasers and pencils professionally and God hooked me up with a sweet job helping people overcome drug and alcohol addictions. Plus they have about an hour a day where I have to sit quietly in a room and make sure nobody talks (can anybody say sketching time).
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