Just Like The Movies

Recently many of you have been asking about the new job - what's it like? how do I like it? what exactly do I do? In the interest of a thorough answer, I generally launch into some 3-minute run-down and people walk away knowing a smidgen more but still not being able to say what exactly it is I do. So I've found a better way...

Advertising, or at least advertising at good agencies, is a lot like the movies.
(if you're in advertising and your life isn't this way, you're at a shitty agency)

- we work in glamourous offices
- we have glamourous clients
- we're generally above-average attractive, with a few absolute stunners
- we're loud
- we're alcoholics
- we (or at least most of us) are also addicted to at least one other substance
- we have shitty diets - generally of diet coke and vending machine nonsense
- we get a ton of stuff for free
- we rarely pay for a meal
- we have alcohol free-flowing around the office
- we have agency-sponsored alcohol-based events as often as possible (like once, twice a day at least)
- we're workaholics
- we're insomniacs
- we're terrible in relationships (just ask Ken, and yes, I'm sorry love)
- we're overly-social
- we swear
- we make up words
- we're completely out of touch with normal society (despite that it's what we study compulsively)
- we drive fast
- we talk fast
- we think fast
- we're elitists
- we're confident
- we're last minute
- we're demanding
- we're cool
- we're hot
- we're sexy
- we're flirtatious
- we're creative
- we're inspired
- we're everything you want us to be