Ad Society

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I've decided to update all you lovelies on what's going on in AdSoc this year. I know most of you have probably checked out our new website:

http://grove.ufl.edu/~adsoc/index.html (Check the blog, I just posted about Wizards!)

Definitely check out the director bios and the calendar and you'll get a good idea about how this semester is going. It's been really fun so far! Minus you-know-who being an even bigger pain in the ass, everything's been running smoothly.

Ad Council is this week (and Corwin's coming to recruit for Ogilvy-yay!) We just had a huge Halloween Party at 101 downtown and made $500 off of the cover. We opened it to everyone and had over 75 non-Ad Soc members. We have a bonfire party and CFF kickoff and banquet coming up... Annnnd we're coming to NYC very soon! YAY!!!!

Miss you all and wish you woulda been here to see some of the stuff that's done down this semester that I shouldn't necessarily publicly blog post about. Check the pictures on FB. =) See some of you very soon!

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Some of the more notable names that took out ads in the guide for Advertising Week V. Some of them are good, some aren't. There were a couple others that I could have maybe scanned, but they weren't really that good or for anyone anyone's ever heard of. One of them (that I didn't scan) introduced me to this fun little site called Yearbook Yourself (which Karina has now informed me is old news and I'm way behind...oh well).

Enjoy!

Listen folks...

Can you WOW members use some photos in your posts? I'm losing it here with all this text on an awful background (seriously... has anyone noticed that there is way too much Sean?).

On to work. Life is really cushy doing this sweet archive project. Basically we are in the basement of Ogilvy basements, cleaning out all the old excess campaign materials. Since Ogilvy has been around a small while, this is no small project BUT my co-workers and I are such awesome kids that we are banging this job out. In fact, we are doing such a good job that they send us home at 3:30 and I get Friday's off (Did I mention I still get paid salary?). Of course this dream will end but it is already priming me with some wonderful wisdom from Chuck, the Minster of the People. Chuck is our direct supervisor and a 38 year Ogilvy Veteran (he even knew Ogilvy (oooh ahhh)). In grandpa like fashion he spews wisdom (advertising and non-advertising).

For example, anybody remember the Rat Pack?


Most everybody recognizes Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sintra but whose this other guy? He's John F. Kennedy's brother-in-law, Peter Lawford. He's responsible for introducing Sinatra to JFK. It was because of Sinatra that Kennedy won Chicago during his election year (which was crucial win). So now JFK and Sinatra become buds and Sinatra is FLOORED by this- so excited that he builds an ENTIRE wing for JFK to come stay at his house. However as Sinatra's mob ties become more apparent to the world JFK decides to stay elsewhere on his visit to CA. What does this do? Completely pisses off Sinatra and he decides that he hates every member of the Kennedy family.

Makes you think, did Sinatra shoot JFK... At any rate, I just wanted to give you a taste of the wonderful stories I hear on a daily basis. And for good measure. The Professor Brothers, JFK. A must watch.



-Corwin.