Thursday, September 13, 2012

The Windy City and Uncle Leo

I have been in Chicago for over three months now. So I'm basically a local, right? This is a fascinating city. The architecture still has me looking up and the food makes me feel like I've finally found that place my stomach has been rumbling for my whole life. It's been great and I am happy I am here. My Ladygirl and I are loving it even if we are poor and don't really know how to be adults yet. What does a 401K do exactly?

On August 27th I started as a Junior Copywriter at Leo Burnett. After a 10-week internship I was offered a job to start working on the Allstate Team. This has all been so unreal. I still can't believe it's happening. I have been working for three weeks and I am still waiting for someone to walk up and tell me to get out of their desk.

For any of you who don't know about Leo Burnett feel free to check out a previous post I did when I was offered the internship about their work. I am extremely lucky to get my foot in the door of this industry through such an amazing agency. So far, it's been a lot of hard work. I have one campaign done and under my belt. It's a local campaign so you probably won't see any of it (Yes, it really does exist. I'm not just saying that to cover up that it isn't real). But, I am working hard on some great projects, and who knows, maybe they'll take one of the weird ideas that comes out of this Manboy's head and turn it into a commercial or something. Crazier things have happened... right?

Well, hope you enjoyed this quick update on Manboy. Stay tuned for new posts coming soon. Here is a little hint at what my next post will be about. What's yellow, goes about 85 mph at all times, and smells like the hybrid of cheap car air fresheners and extreme BO? Yep, you guessed. Taxis!