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The Week Ahead: Monday, May 18th

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The Week Ahead: April 27th, 2009

• Kai gets a new lease on life, then loses it.
• Nate makes his first appearance on the Daily Show.
• A new member of Portal A comes aboard.

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Sans Nate

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The Week Ahead (4/13)

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The Week Ahead (3/30)

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Behind The Scenes: How To Cast Girls In Viral Videos

We’re supposed to shoot our video today, but we’re running a little behind schedule. One of the problems we’re facing is recreating Mel Kiper Jr’s hair. If you look at it, it’s very helmet like. It has a lot of volume. Yesterday we went to a wig shop but got very little help, and none of the wigs came even close to what we’re looking for. If you have any suggestions, please let us know. We’re desperate.

Life in the office right now is pretty horrible. Nate has been practicing his best Mel Kiper for a couple hours and he’s screaming at his computer right now about some draft pick.  Even turning the music up in my headphones doesn’t seem to work.

It’ll actually be interesting to see if this video is successful. There are a number of variables that we’re juggling, including Mel’s hair, a location we haven’t found yet, and Nate’s performance. Here’s a look at the real Mel Kiper jr so you know what we’re dealing with:

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Shooting Day?

“What will you do for the video” became one of our mottos while traveling through Asia. The slogan is comfort for me now, but to be honest, if I would have known beforehand that I was going to eat pavement, I’d probably have suggested that we not shoot this video.

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Christopher’s Promise – Behind the Scenes Pt. 2

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Furnishing Apartments

Over the last four months reasonable people have told me that starting a business right now “must be tough” and “is unfortunate due to the economic climate”. At the same time, similarly reasonable people have said to me that “this is the right time to start a company” and “you’re at an advantage with the economy the way it is”. This causes confusion. And for me, confusion causes anxiety.

The number of people I know that have been laid off – smart, talented, young people, a trend – is growing at an alarming rate. The company I used to work at, my first foray into the corporate lifestyle and my only new social circle post-college, is knocking people out left and right. I’m not 100% sure that unemployment is all that bad right now(it’s a case by case thing), but witnessing it all, well, it causes anxiety.

Rent: $900; Health Insurance: $300; Car Insurance $140; Taxes? I haven’t figured that part out yet. Anxiety.

NewTeeVee, can you make up your mind: Is internet video screwed or not? Oh, it’s totally screwed? Right. Anxiety.

With that said, all this recession stuff has given us Unemploymentality, a blog by a couple people I used to work with. I’m not technically unemployed, but it’s relieved quite a bit of my stress.

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Anxiety? It’s Cause And Effect