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| Wednesday, August 10th, 2005 | | 3:04 pm |
My last day
Today I got an e-mail from Marti. She is head of the Youth Initiative, Toyota's little attract people under 40 pet. She asked me to do some research on the ****S in europe. I found some interesting blogs, and some fan pics... I gave them all to Marti. No one knew that it was my last day, and when they found out, they seemed disappointed. My boss said I was bright and a great worker, told me that he wanted to call me and talk about it later this week. with that I left, a little schwagg knowledge and experience richer. | | Tuesday, August 9th, 2005 | | 2:55 pm |
Then there was silence....
Now that all of my projects have been completed, I feel like an inmate waiting for the inevitable. I have just sit at my desk, reading blogs and walking slowly. -------------------- I was sought out because I "am the only one on this floor that can drive a stick." I was sent to another side of campus where I had to move a camry that was covered head to toe in "Mun2!" That was fun. | | Monday, August 8th, 2005 | | 2:48 pm |
And.... GO!
Today I gave my presentation. It was glorious. I was able to answer all of their questions and I kept "uhm's" to a minimum. Today's meeting was amazing! All of our districts were their, the USA (us) Europe, Japan, the pacific islands, Australia, Canada. All sitting around one table discussing a problem, working together. We even sang together. | | Saturday, August 6th, 2005 | | 1:24 pm |
Ume
Is the name of othe Top Japanese executive who we entertained yesterday, Friday.
First my old boss and I hoped into the company Sequia
and sped over to pick up 3 execs from Japan. They were perfect, as if
they steped out of a movie. One of them Matzu, was skinny and dorky
with an excitedly timid smile on his face, and the Michael Jackson
flood pants going. The other, his name escapes me (started with a K),
was older and mostly zenlike silent. They were waiting on the last one,
obviously the Alpha. He appeared in tight designer jeans and long,
extreemly well kept black hair. He had gentil, small, feminie features,
like a character from an anime film. That was Ume. They all had cameras around their necks. priceless.
First we went to Digital domain.
Possable the best reel I have ever seen. When I said this to a creative
we at lunch with, he said bitterly, "sure, when you can have the
titanic sinking, and Apollo 13 taking of and New York freezeing over in
your reel, it tends to impress."
I met the CEO, he said he worked for Goerge Lucas, but started his own
company because they had religious differences. ("Lucus thought he was
God, I didnt agree").
Then we had lunch at Napa Valley Grill, I had a raw fish sandwitch, that plegged me for the rest of the day.
We then went upstairs to Sway.
Another, smaller, CG house, no Titanics there. But they did have the
most amazing. wonderful. simple. breakthropugh. That is about to
seriously change both vido-games and car commercials. I wish I could
talk about it. WOW.
Then off to Universal Studios to watch some of the filming of "ageing"
the latest Tundra spot. Huddled around kraft services. Got tended to,
as the client. I like being the client, no wonder they act like this.
Then the VIP tour, I think they sent the most attractive guide they
could find. As trams full \of the unimportant slithered by, we got to
walk around the old sets, touch the walls and historic sets, and oogle
the plane crash scene from "War of the Worlds."
Then we ate at the BB King grill.I think they enjoyed themselves. And I even think they liked me. | | Friday, August 5th, 2005 | | 8:22 am |
An interns Pride
What an exciting day.
its the new Toyota.com.
What excites me about today is that, as an intern, my company wide
announcement is the first story on our intranet homepage. Its like 3
lines, but you cling to what you have. | | Thursday, August 4th, 2005 | | 4:23 pm |
Presentation ad confusum
Two things had me questioning
reality and my place in it today.
One was "this sentence
is false."
The other is how I am supposed to get to digital
domain tomorrow.
This Friday and following Monday are the climax of my internship, once it is
past, I will be only a shadow of an intern, with no real purpose. | | Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005 | | 4:55 pm |
Hai!
What if the way I stand during my presentation somehow makes
an inference that their mothers are promiscuous?
I am starting to get a little "Rob" about this
presentation. (the smallest things stress me out and I feel the need to point
out the obvious) Once more, the one person who can help me straight this out,
my supervisor, is on a Tacoma
shoot. (yet another I did not get invited to.
I have shown my A3 to numerous other people, and read a
little bit about presenting. All well and good.
At least I know I am smart. | | Tuesday, August 2nd, 2005 | | 3:29 pm |
Bloging theory?
Today I read this. I always thought that equality is a false idol. since when has anything with "equals" been worth while.
My CGI paper is really starting to take shape, and I find myself again in limbo between writing and getting feedback. Nimowashi. | | 2:08 pm |
Are you relevant?
I try to remind myself of this everyday. And its not just for those who are selling something, its about being a person too. | | Monday, August 1st, 2005 | | 4:31 pm |
Playing God
Today I searched through various Off-roading groups/bloggers
to decide who is worthy of being invited to a special FJ Cruiser events.
I ran into Eugene Cole, obviously the king
of the FJ/ Land Cruiser blogesphere, and avid jew/
gun owner
I am learning to propagate my own brand image of knowing what is going on at
the moment, I have to admit it is putting quite a bit of pressure on me as old
folks come from left and right to see what is sexy right now online... I even
get invited to meetings where they ask me... and I often don't know.
I guess I should keep up my studies. | | Friday, July 29th, 2005 | | 3:16 pm |
Speaking of Sexy
This was the morning of vectors. I think I will add the term jobesk to Wikipedia. It was also another day of Offsites wherein I was able to visit the motorsports warehouse, and see our celebrity race cars, trucks and a funnycar. Ha Ha. I wrote the copy for a companywide announcement of our new W** ***e. I like our new W** ***e. | | Thursday, July 28th, 2005 | | 4:52 pm |
Day of the Widget
Today I mastered my PC widgets.
I think that Toyota should have a widget, be the second major company to see their appeal (beyond the novelty of apple).
But what would that Toyo widget do?
Show pictures like a picture frame? Play music games or videos? Will the Toyo Widget go the way of Clippy?
Today I also saw Top Secret cars, and let me just say, the future of
Toyota is bright, and Nissan might need to ramp up their sexy a little
more to keep their "sexy" lead. | | Wednesday, July 27th, 2005 | | 10:23 am |
Mystikel
Tonight I met Mrs. Stickell. I met the other SoCAL Stickells at her condo on Orange Grove in Pasadena. It was just as I had expected: all sorts of expensive and opulent design of the early part of the 70's, with the occasional LA Times heirloom carefully placed for viewing. She was so nice, so old money, and so happy to give us what she did. It was amazing. She made me promise to take a new picture for the intern brochure because my long hair was atrocious and I looked so "strapping" with short hair. | | Tuesday, July 26th, 2005 | | 4:55 pm |
When in Rome
I have been in Rome now for almost Ten weeks Now that I am just getting used to working here and dealing with my superiors and peers, I am forced to acknowledge that it is almost over. at least I can turn to http://www.overheardinnewyork.com/Other than that, it is time to use my PPT skills! | | Monday, July 25th, 2005 | | 4:16 pm |
| | 4:10 pm |
It's so hard being me
Time to slip into my own self centered world. This is where I talk to myself and say that my life is boring and I do not do anything worth while with my day. Will they really pay attention to this report? maybe. Is it telling them anything exciting? no. I should make it exciting. That will make my day different and theirs I need to find the story | | Friday, July 22nd, 2005 | | 4:04 pm |
| | Thursday, July 21st, 2005 | | 4:00 pm |
hard at work
Today I continue on my path toward presentation. Every once and a while, glance at my name on the agenda of the meeting... spooky Stop to read Gawker Stop to read Adrants Stop to read the superficial, laugh out loud play watchmechange continue on my presentation get feedback from saatchi stop to read adjab presentation CGI house reel stop to read agendainc presentation get some coffee stop to read defamer presentation cinamatic | | Wednesday, July 20th, 2005 | | 4:08 pm |
A fun day at Viewpoint
Today I visited some minor idols of mine at Viewpoint. They do all sorts of cool stuff including pioneering video in banners. I talked to the CGI guys, had a good lunch and joked about politics. All and all, today was a good day. | | Tuesday, July 19th, 2005 | | 1:14 pm |
In Between
Today is a day in between trying to figure out who uses CG from CAD (yesterday) and the guy who has all the answers (my new friend at Viewpoint). Mostly, this amounts to me doing half assed research knowing that I will soon be enlightened, or at least hope I will be enlightened. Maybe I should not assume… |
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