On The Up and Up!

I'm not sure if that's the correct phrase, but whatever.  I've had a couple of (random) dollar-creating opportunities these days.  Like the day I spent on the 56th floor of the Prudential Building downtown, overlooking Millennium Park and everything around it! Gorgeous! If I could figure out how to upload pictures from my lame camera phone, I'd put one up!  

It wasn't such a bad gig because I got unlimited soda and an hour lunch to bask in the sunshine.  I would totally answer the phone a few times for free soda. I LOVE soda.  I think it has something to do with my childhood soda deprivation.  I had so much caffeine, I don't think I fell asleep until well after 2 AM. 

I visited a dear friend at her office downtown recently as well, to discuss the lives of copy writers, and got a peek into the offices of DraftFCB.  Not only are the employees allowed to wear jeans, but some of them even bring their dogs to work! Plus they have a coffee bar that donates all proceeds to charity. I am beyond impressed! (Oh year, I also really am impressed by the work they've done as an ad agency!)

These opportunities are great for me, because I'm saving up for my Summer Camp Festival ticket, which isn't too cheap, and quickly approaching! It goes down May 22-24. 

Finally, I want to mention the AWESOME cover band I saw Saturday night at Fifth Avenue in Royal Oak, MI. I ventured home for my darling girlfriend Erin's birthday. Anyways, this particular Saturday featured 80's Inc., which originally, someone insisted was 80's techno. It wasn't.  

It was a GREAT 80's cover band.  Their outfits alone did it for me.  One guy wore a red nylon jumpsuit, another the most colorful vest I've ever seen.  At least 4 people commented on it to me, alone.  AND they had a costume change during set-break where all five members donned mullet or metal wigs.  I love the 80's and I can't deny it. They started out with a little Duran Duran, went into some Journey and finished with a banging bit of Whitesnake.  AND they had a Keytar!!! The 80's deserve so many exclamation points. 

The catch was- the dance floor was broken, so dancing wasn't allowed.  Seriously, if you jumped up and down, or even just danced aggressively, you could feel the floor sinking beneath your feet.  It was pretty intense. A few friends chose not to dance only because they feared for their safety. Security was also on hand to calm down people as things began to heat up- for the floors sake.  

The night was an overall great reunion of old friends and I can't not put in a birthday shout-out to Erin.