Today I made a quest to get Internet at home. Here is what happened:
1. I get a flier in the mail saying $35/month TV & Internet call this 1.800 number.
2. I call the 1.800 number and the guy tells me to go to comcast.com for the deal
-I tell him that the flier should say to go online and he told me it doesn't say that because he has to try to sell me more stuff.
3. I take the bus to Starbucks to get online and go to comcast.com The website does not have the deal. So instead I pick the cheapest Internet deal and the cheapest TV deal ($53/month). Then a LIVE chat agent says that I have to already be a current TV comcast customer to get the Internet deal. I tell the LIVE chat agent that I just want the $35/month deal for both.
The LIVE chat agent says that I have to go to my nearest comcast store in order to get that deal.
San Francisco
260 Potrero Ave
San Francisco , CA 94103
Phone: 800-945-2288
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00am-6:00pm. Sat 9:00am-4:00pm
So now I am off to Potrero. What an operation they run.
8/13/08
8/1/08
My school is Subjective.
It is near impossible to bullshit in ad school. You either did the work or you didn't. In college I would wait till the last minute and whip out a 15 page paper, write a 10 minute long speech or even cram an entire semesters worth of knowledge into a one night study-a-thon. With all this "effort" I still ended up with a good grade point average.
Grades don't matter in ad school. Like my friend at Parson's says "if you can't sew you wont get a job." In my case I need to know my Adobies (you know, Photoshop, Illustrator and yes, even Flash).
Like all my Adobe classes at school, the copywriters sit around and throw playful insults at each other while the art directors squeeze their brains to pump out one good execution. My Flash class has so far caused me two things; eternal frustration and sudden loss of sight.
The problem with many of my classes is we're all just expected to know how to do things and then present to the class the next week.
And so, we all learn by subjective critique from our peers.
This is so different for me. In my undergrad I was first taught the subject and then expected to write the paper, perform the speech or create the project. At my school now it is just the opposite. First we create the ad and then we talk about it. In my opinion, what was all the hard work up front for? Can anyone just flat out tell me what is expected of me before I spend all week creating it?!? Just a hint would be nice :)
ugh, the love of subjectivity.
Grades don't matter in ad school. Like my friend at Parson's says "if you can't sew you wont get a job." In my case I need to know my Adobies (you know, Photoshop, Illustrator and yes, even Flash).
Like all my Adobe classes at school, the copywriters sit around and throw playful insults at each other while the art directors squeeze their brains to pump out one good execution. My Flash class has so far caused me two things; eternal frustration and sudden loss of sight.
The problem with many of my classes is we're all just expected to know how to do things and then present to the class the next week.
And so, we all learn by subjective critique from our peers.
This is so different for me. In my undergrad I was first taught the subject and then expected to write the paper, perform the speech or create the project. At my school now it is just the opposite. First we create the ad and then we talk about it. In my opinion, what was all the hard work up front for? Can anyone just flat out tell me what is expected of me before I spend all week creating it?!? Just a hint would be nice :)
ugh, the love of subjectivity.
No Spend July Results
"My oh My, it's July" has come to an end. As predicted, I won! In the beginning I only ate Tina's burritos and $5 foot longs. Then I started to go to my local coffee shop more and more. It's amazing how little things add up. But I just love how Caffe Roma remembers my name when I order a coffee or share a bottle of red with Jessica. In the end I sold 40,000 frequent flier miles to Monica - ensuring my win ;)
Jessica brought up the idea of $100 August.
......oy
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