It's Friday, about pancaking time too

[Kool]

All you, Smart & dumb state living, Dissed at the interview, Perfect file seeking, Bawl drinking, Baited & switched, Exposed to ABBA, Snacking, Boozing, Poked by Morea, Tiny fish snagging, Laughing at the worst art direction from a client, hands down, Office culture hating, Baby getting, Pregnant getting, House getting, Problems solved by Unc, Ready to vomit, Graphic Designers!!!

Have a great weekend!!! http://home.comcast.net/~rnick9/eatdrink042.gif

Congrats to Tyger on the birth of his son,
Congrats to Gman on buying his first home
Congrats to petchy, who is pregnant and due in Feb 06
Thanks again A

"last call" for entries in the June Photography contest "self portrait" - entries due Sunday 6/26


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Should I market myself to print shops or ad agencies or go directly to some business or all three? Should I direct mail them, call them, knock on their doors, invite myself over for dinner? Put an ad in the personals section of the paper? Spam the entire www? Post flyers on telephone polls? Shout from a moving car through a megaphone? Write my web address on money? Spray paint my graffiti tag on freeway overpasses? I'd like to hear some good techniques from some experienced freelancers here.

If I were you, I'd go with inviting yourself over to potential clinets house's for dinner. Just remember to bring a jello mold with your business card floating in the middle of it.


Someone where I used to work got direction that was almost as bad. They had to find a stock photo of a person in their fifties (no problem) that was talking to a doctor (fine, that's doable), and (here's the kicker) they had to look like they were thinking about diabetes.


Can you hear the photographer now?

"Ok, show me 'thinking about a colonoscopy'... good! GOOD! That's it... now, 'thinking about your prostate'... YES! Excellent! And now 'thinking about diabetes'... that's it! Perfect!"


We just need to add "Professional" in front of our titles whatever they are. That way we take the power. I fish, but I'm not a Professional Fisherperson. I play basketball (well sort of), but I can't call myself a profession basketball player. I doubt the family member got paid, and that's what makes up professionals. And I guess we know what we're doing.

[morea]

LMAO Kool, "poked by morea"? ha! http://www.spacespider.net/emo/common056.gif

hooray for Fridays! It *is* about pancaking time! Nothing exciting planned for this weekend, just recuperating from the work week. Might also build a bookcase.

What's everybody else up to?

[chalsema]

Woo! Friday!!!

[Mynock]

Made the quote list for the second time in a row! w00t! Everyone do their "It's Friday!" Dance!

[G-Man79]

Thanks Kool! I really owe the whole purchase to the GDF mojo contribution. Gracias to everyone! Morea you really should stop poking people. Or at least find a better object than a stick. Like a coat rack or pool cue.

It's Friday. I'm only @ work until noon. Then camping for the whole weekend.

This is the definition of happiness. :) Peace out!

[Drorain]

Yeah Its Friday Baby I Love It

[morea]

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♪♫ IT'S FRIDAY! ♫ ♪

[DeleteYourself]

Happy, friggin, Friday ya'll. It's been one of those weeks. Can't wait to get home, sit on the couch with one hand in my pants and the other holding a cold brew.

[vtwin_gary]

today is my official LAST day of working for the man but i really haven't done any work all week long. i gonna not do anything for a week or so then.... i'm going to break into the world of freelance. i'm sure you will see more and more of me in the weeks to come. thanks in advance for all the advice i'm going to get.

[Tyger]

happy friday all! man time is flying by but at least i have 1 more week of holidays to get some rest. enjoy all!

[morea]

hooray for you, vtwin gary! Congratulations on your new endeavor! (And please share your experience for those of us who are aspiring freelancers!)

[D-Zine]

Happy Friday everyone!! THANK GOODNESS!!

can't wait to leave the office and I've only been here a lil over an hour.

No plans for the weekend for once so it should be decent!

[defjoe]

I like fridays! they are tasty

[Neballer]

Seriously, who can turn down jello. :D
Nice work as always kool - SUBMIT YOUR SELF PORTRAITS

Thank jeebus it's Friday! After work today I get to do more work! YA! I'm starting a freelance project for a homebuilder (who happens to be my dad). I get to go into rich peoples homes and take pictures of stuff to put on the web. And tomorrow there will be merriment and song at my friends graduation party. Also gin & tonics.

HAPPY FRIDAY

[Jason Fraker]

I didn't get home from MacDesign until about 12:45 this am, but I still came to work. Still no G5!!! It's supposed to arrive today, but I doubt it. I've thought that before! Oh well, I guess I'll probably just rest this weekend, because the 12-14 hours a day of learning about Adobe CS2 have melted a portion of my brain.

Happy Friday!

[vtwin_gary]

hooray for you, vtwin gary! Congratulations on your new endeavor! (And please share your experience for those of us who are aspiring freelancers!)


thanks morea. all it takes is the co. you're working for to go belly up & the desire to stay at home & work in your under garments. oh & the most important thing... a wife that makes enough to support you if you fail.

[morea]

so *that's* the secret... where do I get me a good wife? Mail order bride?

Actually, I don't know if NY would recognize that type of marriage.

[D-Frag]

hahaha, great quotes guys and gals, funny stuff!

have a good weekend everyone, I will be self indulged in Battlefield 2 this weekend, then on sunday..... DIGABLE PLANETS!!!!! I can't wait to see them :)

[vtwin_gary]

well maybe i should have said marriage partner; a husband or wife. you know better half, breadwinner, companion, consort, front office, headache, headquarters, helpmate, little woman, main man, mate, old lady, old man, partner, roommate, slave driver.

[morea]

oh, I get it! :p

[Patrick Shannon]

Hehehe, my last friggin day here. I'm gonna be a little scare today since I'm training somone, but I brought in my laptop and Airport Express and I'll be able to visit here today that way :D

[morea]

Happy Last Day Patrick! I'll have a drink in your honor tonight!

[Patrick Shannon]

Hehe, thanks. I'm going to be torching my KK shirt in effigy tomorrow night at a BBQ (it was supposed to be tonight). Anyway, I have some free time now, it's so nice to have someone doing all your work for you. ;)

One of my clients (one who isn't happy until ten more revisions) came in insisting that he needed something today, it felt great telling him that I no longer work here (talk to the new designer). Now if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna play some Quake ;)

[morea]

Ah, Quake. I envy you. I am having a terrible craving for some Neverwinter Nights... but alas, it is not to be. (At least until I get home...)

Did everybody sneak out early because it is Friday? You bums! You're supposed to sneak ME out too! :p

[chalsema]

I'm still here Morea... :(

40 minutes til lunch, then 3 more hours after lunch.

[rickself]

Friday! The human was made for Fridays...or is it the other way around? Oh well. Parteee.:D
Gonna install an AC in the top floor of the house...tough job cuz our house is like a W on it's side-3-story 5 level. Once the AC is in, we get a visit from the paranormal group to give us the report on the findings from their investigation on our haunted house. Seems they got some EVP's and possible video!!:eek:
Play with the new kitten:p
Avoid the 3-on-3 basketball downtown and the Ironman cross the Idaho border...kick back and watch other people sweat!:cool:
Have a good weekend all!

Rick

[morea]

Let's see... I've got lunch in about 20 minutes followed by 3 hours and 15 minutes of monotony. Ah, c'est la vie. Perhaps some nice people will come by and entertain us this afternoon... <sigh>

[morea]

Once the AC is in, we get a visit from the paranormal group to give us the report on the findings from their investigation on our haunted house. Seems they got some EVP's and possible video!!

That is legitimately disturbing! :eek:

Play with the new kitten:p

Aw, congrats! How many do you have?

[rickself]

That is legitimately disturbing! :eek:

The ghosts are seen in our bedroom on the top level and in the family room and the voices we hear all ove the house!!

Aw, congrats! How many do you have?

We just lost our 9 month old kitty to birth defects so this little guy is our only.

Thanks!

[morea]

aw, that's a shame. My condolences.

[Neballer]

The ghosts are seen in our bedroom on the top level and in the family room and the voices we hear all ove the house!!


Whoops, sorry about that - I end up in some strange places when I drink Jagermiester. :D

Seriously though - spirits? Are they good spirits, like Casper or Bill Cosby in Ghost Dad?

[morea]

lol @ Ghost Dad!

[rickself]

Whoops, sorry about that - I end up in some strange places when I drink Jagermiester. :D

Seriously though - spirits? Are they good spirits, like Casper or Bill Cosby in Ghost Dad?

It's mostly just un-nerving. You get up in the morning and the chairs in the living room are tipped over frontwards (heavy chairs). Or all the kitchen cabinet doors are wide open. Or our grandson's picture is missing off the mantle and we find it downstairs in the family room. Or all the bottles of shampoo and conditioner type stuff is off the shelf in the shower and lined up on the bottom...UPSIDE DOWN ON THEIR TOPS!!

Just weird shtuff that when you see it, your heart misses a beat or two.

My wife and 2 older daughters see ghosts standing in our windows from time to time.

Fun stuff, Maynard!

[chalsema]

That's creepy. Atleast it sounds like they have a sense of humor though... like they just want to play. :P

[Neballer]

I've heard about that kind of stuff happening to people - but have never seen it myself. I'm still convinced that if I ever see a spirit it will be my grandma - she used to talk to me all the time about spirits and ghost etc.

How old is your house?

[rickself]

That's creepy. Atleast it sounds like they have a sense of humor though... like they just want to play. :P
Twice while I've been at work, my wife has called and said it sounds like a foot race in our bedroom right above the living room. Both times the bedroom had been trashed...stuffed animals thrown all about, pictures knocked off the dresser, bedding all messed up. Thats scary.:eek:
On the other hand, we used to have a little 5 yr old girl ghost that loved to sing play while my wife was baking cookies, she'd play with balloons (I have video of this!!) and there was even a window in a closed off area of the house that she had done finger drawings in the glass and tried to write her name (have photos of this too). She was released when the psychic came in to rid us of the nasty guy who trashed our bedroom. She felt it was ok to leave. That was the humorous side.:p

[rickself]

I've heard about that kind of stuff happening to people - but have never seen it myself. I'm still convinced that if I ever see a spirit it will be my grandma - she used to talk to me all the time about spirits and ghost etc.

How old is your house?
About 80 years old.
The psychic found one guy in the family room by the bar and the pool table. There was about 10 of us and the psychic laughed loudly. Guess the guy was backed up to the wall and asked the psychic "Why's evergody staring at me??" He must have been a barkeep cuz he told her his rules..."No beer on the pool table and if you're gonna sit at the bar and not have a beer, go find a table!!" I grabbed a beer REAL FAST!!
What a kool ghost. I'm not sure if he's still around or not. We still have prolly 5 or 6.

[rickself]

Guess I better get back to work. I've got enough material to write a book soon.
I'll check in Monday and let y'all know what the findings are.
Have a good weekend!!

[wienerdog]

I can't wait for this weekend! It's going to be a hot, humid weekend in Philly! And next week, the firm I'm temping at is closed at 3pm Weds through Monday, the 4th. I don't get paid for the vacation time, which sucks, but I'm still looking forward to time off.

[MD]

It's mostly just un-nerving. You get up in the morning and the chairs in the living room are tipped over frontwards (heavy chairs). Or all the kitchen cabinet doors are wide open. Or our grandson's picture is missing off the mantle and we find it downstairs in the family room. Or all the bottles of shampoo and conditioner type stuff is off the shelf in the shower and lined up on the bottom...UPSIDE DOWN ON THEIR TOPS!!

Just weird shtuff that when you see it, your heart misses a beat or two.

My wife and 2 older daughters see ghosts standing in our windows from time to time.

Fun stuff, Maynard!

Just call the Scooby-Doo Detective Agency! Chances are you have something valuable hidden in your house and someone is trying to scare you away so they can claim it. The next time someone comes to your house - try and pull their face off, it is usually a mask. Also NEVER bend down around Fred, you may get an unpleasant surprise....

[MD]

Oh and BTW Happy Friday All! I have a whole lot of nothing planned for this weekend, Play some basketball, some NES (I found Maniac Mansion last night for $2.99 :D) and spend the rest of it drinking and smoking too much.

Next week - 4 days of work followed by 11 days of vacation :) Just in time for Summerfest (http://www.summerfest.com/)

edit: the new GDF logo....how long have I overlooked it?

[Neballer]

Summerfest eh MD? You've got to check out the Cool Waters Band (http://www.coolwatersband.com/) they absolutely rock the house.

edit: At Summerfest (http://www.summerfest.com/music/artist.php?id=2462)

[morea]

could this week possibly drag out any longer? My God, this is ridiculous. ARGH!

*pulls hair out in chunks**

[Patrick Shannon]

Maniac Mansion, eh? Just don't put the hampster in the microwave, tuna head ;)

[Neballer]

>>picks morea's hair off the ground and offers some glue<<

You should take a nap. That usually kills time pretty fast. 1 second it's 1:44 and the next - 5pm and time to go. :D

[morea]

a nap, eh? I'll give it a shot. <sigh>

[MD]

I was checking them out on iTunes and they sound pretty good. The only problem is they are playing at noon on a Thursday - thats kinda early for me anyways (I usually wake up at 10:30) maybe I can find some friends to play hooky from work to go with.

[Neballer]

Trust me - it will be totally worth it.

Last time I saw the CWB (http://hadabear.blogspot.com/2005/04/nova.html) << some video clips.

[Tyger]

humdinger, pencil neck geek, Moe is after me and Homer is naked!

[Ulysses]

Somebody wake morea up ... I think she's still taking Neballer's fabulous nap advice [pokes morea with her own stick]. Is she moving? [wink]

[Patrick Shannon]

Well folks, my day is not quite over yet, but I have to unplug my Airport Express now. This is the last time I write to this forum from this dreadful place...have a great weekend, all ;)

[morea]

whu? woozah? I'm up! :o

[Tyger]

i know how to wake her up...first i'll take her "downtown" ;)

then go for some cheesecake!

http://www.cheesecake.com/images/slice.jpg

[morea]

hot dayumm... lookie that! :p I'M UP!!! I'M UP!!!

Tyger, you know me a little *too* well. ;)

[Tyger]

that's not such a bad thing:)

i had some cheesecake the other day, new york style....mmmmmmm....

[morea]

I have pretty much everything new york style... but that's just cause I live in NY. ;)

[Neballer]

have you ever had a New Yorker - cheesecake style?

[morea]

hell, I would have *anything* cheesecake style! :p

[Tyger]

nah, but i've had a few Torontonians and some Montrealers:)

[Neballer]

lol - you guys are too much. :D

[morea]

:D Happy Friday, yo!

[Patrick Shannon]

Whoa, what a surreal day. Aside from having pizza for me today, mein fuhrer just compensated me for all my unused vacation days (about ten total). :eek:

Weird...weird. But I guess I feel kinda good about going out with my head held high. Oh well, enough talk about that....no where to look but to the road ahead! :D

[reuber1]

FRIDAY!!! YES!!! I have the weekend off work (which is usually reason enough to celebrate), and it's going to be awesome. It will be so awesome, that my awesome weekend should rub off into more awesome weekends from here on out! It's been exactly one year since I've started my running program, and I have gone from 220 lbs. to 174 lbs. as of today and I'm in rockin' shape, although I think some of the beverages I'm going to consume these next couple of days may bring it back up a little... :)

[Russian girl]

I have holidays, so it's Friday for me every day, be jealous, people:)