New Employee Orientation

A year after I joined my agency, I finally got to go to my new employee orientation. This is not because the company was slacking . . . it was because I've been so incredibly busy.

Any way I got to go to Vegas and see the office. It's seriously an Art Directors Disneyland. There is stuff everywhere and it's all awesome. The orientation was really helpful too. Yes, it would have been really helpful when I started but it was really nice to put faces to people I had been working so closely with for a while. There was more of a purpose for me being there and it felt incredibly productive. I also left feeling re-excited to work for my agency.

We all got our photos taken for lovely RFPs, so we all got our hair and make up did! We all had a blast. Check out our 15 minutes of fame below!

First Solar Video Shoot Part 2

Part two of our First Solar Video shoot took us to San Luis Obispo, CA.

We flew into LA and worked out of our LA office then drove the three hours up to SLO. The town is cute and old.

There are a bunch of shops and restaurants. Kim and I stopped in a place called the Sock Drawer that only sells socks. We went a bit crazy. I bought Ana three pairs of socks for covering my work load while I was out of the office. Kim bought her assistant bacon socks, which I heard he immediately put on when he opened them.

The next morning we were picked up by our guide. The great thing about this second portion of our journey was we got to see all of the construction. Kim and I had to put on all of the OSHA required gear and we thought we looked rather good.

While I can't share anything about what we did on the construction site, I can share some of the things Kim and I experienced. Or things that Kim did that kept me entertained.

1. I saw Kim fall out of a truck. Like fall backwards on her bum, no face plant but it was funny none the less. 
2. Kim was trying to walk out of the trailer and her dress like safety vest got caught on a push pin and she almost fell down. It was more like a dog that ran out of leash and got pulled backward. 
3. I used her ability to persuade men to do almost anything to get who and what I wanted on film. 
4. Our gas light came on an hour outside of civilization. Luckily we got filled up before being completely stranded in BFE. 
5. On our drive back to LA, ants started crawling out of our air vents and biting us. Apparently they liked our cool moist Chevy Sonic and crawled on in. It was gross.  

We are still continuing to complete the First Solar promo video but once we finish it I will share it.

Read Part 1.

First Solar Video Shoot Part 1

Part 1 of this journey begins in Detroit, Michigan. Kim and I flew in on Sunday and drove down to Perrysburg, OH the next morning. We spent two days in the First Solar Manufacturing Plant taking video for their corporate promotional video.

I can't share anything about what we saw in the plant, but will share the video once it's finished. I can however share some of the entertaining things that happened during the time Kim and I spent together.

Kim and I work together and before this trip we weren't friends, just colleagues. Though this trip had us spending 140 straight hours together. You get to know someone really quick that way.

Sunday our plane got delayed and we weren't going to get into Detroit until midnight. Kim used her skills making a joke about two girls in Detroit at midnight. That got us on an earlier flight.

This is my AE, Kim. She's working away on her phone and always had to sit next to the window. 

We made a pit stop in St. Louis

15 hours on a plane and this is all we had to eat. 

We got to our hotel and went into the restaurant where United stranded a bunch of people. We met a lovely couple who had just dropped their daughter off at ASU and were trying to get home.

We had to share a hotel room on this trip and Kim debuted hot pink/black plaid pajamas. I didn't know how to react. 

On our way to Perrysburg, Kim almost got us lost . . . twice. 

Notice we aren't on the part of the road we are supposed to be on.

We were in Downtown Detroit and had the chance to go to a Tigers/Twins game where we met four new friends.

I spot a typo!

We were on ESPN. Wheeee!

This is Adam. He got us on TV.

Read Part 2.