Shawn Peters: No Pun Intended

Cheating on Myself

Forgive me "No Pun Intended"... but I have been unfaithful.

Of course, I was paid to do it.   

A few months ago, my company, Viewpoint Creative, started a blog with weekly posts rotating throughout the company. My turn came up, and while I had to blog about something related to the advertising and promotion industry... I "kept it real."

Take a look, words and images by yours truly. I promise it's not anywhere close to a dry industry blog post... heck, I might even get in trouble for it. 

Oh, and yeah... every pun intended on this one.

http://blog.viewpointcreative.com/

The Culturally Inaccurate Kid

I have to admit, I am 99% stoked to go see the remake of one of the seminal movies of my youth, "The Karate Kid." But that remaining one percent is really bugging me. 

Let's set the stage, and while we're at it, set the way back machine for 1984.

As a skinny kid who moved from the East Coast to   California about five years before and was handed his share of bullying and embarrassments courtesy of his accent and uncool ways, the original flick starring Pat Morita, Ralph Macchio and pre-"Leaving Las Vegas" beauty, Elisabeth Shue was pretty much my own fantasy brought to film. Oh, and did I mention that the pre-pubescent version of yours truly also studied martial arts for several years (three years of Judo, one year of Tae Kwon Do) and used to frequent the specific water slide/arcade where Macchio and Shue had their first date.

None of the sequels had the same effect on me as I grew older (but Macchio never seemed to). By the time Mr. Miyagi was training Hillary Swank, there was no more mojo left in the dojo.

Ego and the Oracle on Radio

Jim's Big Ego did a set today on WERS (Emerson's Radio Station)   and a portion of it was spent plugging the show and giving the on-air host a customized answer to her question. Click below to listen... and in advance, I apologize for desecrating the airwaves with my nasal twang. (oh, and you can see the whole show Thursday, 8:30 PM at the Lizard Lounge in Cambridge... be there or be their.)

Live on WERS 4-13-2010

TrekHop... The Final Promotional Frontier

I like to think I get to do a lot of fun work at my day job at Viewpoint Creative... but I don't share it all. This one, though, is something I've been waiting to share for months because of three things.

1) It came out really well.

2) It's fun and part of pop culture.

3) I still can't believe the client chose it and let us run with it.

CBS Distribution Star Trek Trekhop from Viewpoint Creative on Vimeo.

Buying One for the Team

Just so you know, the Red Sox are going to win the World Series this year, and it has nothing to do with the fact that they won an impressive, emotional Opening Night game against the Yankees on Sunday.

In truth, the reason for my certainty stems from a small, seemingly insignificant purchase made ninety minutes before the first pitch was thrown.  

You see... I bought a hat.