Happy Halloween!

Alright so it's been 11 days since I last post, I'm sorry my fellow Blog fans. :) Lately has been quite busy to be honest, but everything is going quite well.  Remember that Ad campaign for planned parenthood...the one with the face on the penis. The higher ups found that and the slogan to be a bit racy, so now we have to come up with a whole new idea, we need one by November 2nd. x]

Luckily we were able to come up with one; i'll post it up later.

For the past 2 weeks I've had this idea...a plan. I'm thinking of creating a multimedia studio. I'm thinking of renting a loft downtown and building it into a place where I along with a few other people can do our work. I realize that this will require quite a bit of funds, however I'm not worried about that, it's not even a problem to be honest. However, I want to get this whole thing rolling as soon as possible but I realize that this will take a while...maybe a few years, but I' m willing.

MATTHEW FIGHTING!!

oh and Happy Halloween! :D

A small preview...

So I was asked to assist a photoshoot on Sunday, but to make a long story short, I ended up having a 30 minute photoshoot of my own. :]

Sssh, it's our secret ;)

And here they are...

Alright, so I said I would post pictures of a few of the campaigns I have worked on. Here are the concepts you've all been waiting for for so long! (I realized the reason why the quality was so bad was cause I left the mode in CMYK) Blah!

The concept above is for planned parenthood. Basically, we wanted to create an ad for young men telling them to use condoms. Because this was an ad for YOUNG MEN, we decided to play on something that young guys do that requires protection. So far we  we came up with the idea of skateboarding.  Don't mind the typo in the word "protect". This whole concept is a play on words and stuff, seems to have gotten good reviews so far

So this was another idea we have for Planned Parenthood once again, however this is for young men to get tested for STI's and HIV. So, a lot of people think that to get tested for STI's (Sexually transmitted infections) You have to get some blood work done. However, what many don't know is that all you can do to get tested is pee in a cup. Although this is not the case for HIV, it's just as easy since I believe all it takes is a small pin prick of blood and you can have results within a few months. 

This was the genius campaign a team of us created in August; we just finished filming the commercial a few days ago. I already explained this one in one of my previous posts, however I'll explain once more. So, this is supposed to be an anti-violence campaign, but instead of making it depressing and gory, we decided to make it a bit more light hearted and sarcastic. I'd say it's something refreshing.

Where's my golden watch?

So back in high school my friends started this "secret" group of pick up artists, I thought it seemed pretty cool and decided to join them. If you don't know, a pick up artist is someone who is skilled in the art of picking up girls. It was interesting to see the changes it made in the lives of my friends. They dressed better, they gained more confidence in themselves and they became much more social. It was definitely a fun ride with them.

I love having girl's numbers sprawled across my desk and I love having notebooks full of girl's Facebooks and emails. I love seeing a pretty girl on the street and instead of curling away, I can easily start a conversation with her and even meet with her for coffee afterwards. I met a lot of great girls and a couple of bad apples, but it's because of this that I don't think that girls are just a great big pile of drama and insecurities.

But as much as I love picking up girls and having this kind of social life, as my friend calls it "The playboy life", I have to concentrate on other things at the moment. As much as I love girls, I also love having a stable future LOL. So I'm going to retire from being a pick up artist, playboy, sex fiend or whatever it is you want to call it. It's very time consuming and honestly as exciting as it sounds to have so many women in your life, it does get tiring. (Not to mention the cost for bus tokens GEEZ LOUIS!)

So I'm writing this in order to confirm to myself that I'M RETIRED! :D
I had fun guys and I'll definitely contribute to your mansion in the near future. LOL
Make sure my room has a hot tub and soundproof walls haha
And as much as this may disappoint you all
I've been thinking that perhaps
Settling down with one girl
Wouldn't be all
That bad
Haha
x]

Take care.

And then she heard me say...

I love to workout. I wake up every morning at 5am or maybe a bit later, to run on the track by myself and around the block. Though now that it's getting colder, I should probably invest in a treadmill. After every workout I feel refreshed and overjoyed, as if I've just accomplished something, and I did! It's like a motivator for me to just not be lazy; if I can wake up every morning to exercise, make a good breakfast and look fresh, then I can surely put effort in to my design work and whatever else I need to do.

I even shaved my head the other night and as I entered the studio, I immediately got comments about how fresh I was. As one of the staff made a comment, I gave her a quirky and joking conceited response. She then replied "Oh boy, you sure have self confidence now don't ya?!"

I think that's what it is; Working out just gives me that self confidence to achieve greater things. I look great, I feel great, I think great, I am great and because of this I can do great things yet still hold a good level of humbleness. So what's your confidence builder?

The sounds of love

Alright, as many of my friends and family know, Me+Relationships=Undefined
I keep getting asked the same questions over and over as to why I refuse, yes refuse to be in a relationship with a girl. So here I will expose myself on my blog so that the next time somebody asks me, I'll just refer them to here. Yay for publicity!

First off, I'll say that guys want a relationship just as much as girls do. However, they don't express that around their guy friends unless they're totally comfortable with it or have just had enough. So yeah, this whole "Guys aren't as sensitive" and stuff, is total bull. Get up from under your rock.

Anyways, I'm personally not a fan of relationships. Why? Because everyone makes too much of a big deal out of it, and in the wrong way. Everyone these days wants to be in a relationship, they want to find that special someone as soon as they can no matter what, and usually hope for a storybook ending. I find it...humiliating to be honest with you. We all speak of having and cherishing our independence, but once the subject of love comes up, we'd trade in our independence right there. This is wrong on so many levels and you'd be surprised as to how easily a relationship can deteriorate because of this.

People have become so fixed on looking for love so much that we don't even enjoy the time we have being single. It's no longer become "I want to be in a relationship" but more so that "I need to be in a relationship." And once they get into that relationship they've been looking for for so long, that independence is lost, and they depend on the other person to fulfill their needs in order to make them happy, to complete that"puzzle," which does nothing but put stress on the partner and the relationship. The point I'm trying to make is, if you can't be happy in your life being single, then how the hell are you going to be happy in a relationship without your partner having to fulfill your needs.

Enjoy the single life you have now, fulfill what you can at this moment. Make the single life you have the best you can ever make it and be able to provide your own happiness without relying on anyone else to do it for you. Make your life so interesting that people will come to you without any reason except for that you're a really interesting person. And when you believe your life can't get any better than it is, then choose as to whether or not you WANT (not need) someone in your life to make the Best life you have even better. It's the path of independence and the path of maturity.

I believe that I do lead an interesting life, I'm a graphic designer, a photographer and am currently creating my own clothing line. I have very nice clothes, I live in a very nice house, I have a body to die for (So I've been told) and I'm surrounded by beautiful women every week who I talk to and even take out to lunch sometimes. My life is great and I love it, so why am I not in a relationship? Because even though I believe my life to be awesome, I still believe I can achieve higher than this, however you never know; someone may just pop up and take my breath away.

A feeling of nostalgia

I went to Montreal a few days ago for the ThanksGiving weekend, and gosh was I thankful. I needed that refresher even if it was just for the long weekend, it feels nice to have a new change of scenery every once in a while. But not only that, I just feel really connected to Montreal, maybe cause my relatives live there, or perhaps because it's my hometown, but I find Montreal has something that Toronto lacks. I can't seem to put my finger on it just yet, but I feel it every time I go there; maybe it's the community, the pride, the actual history? I'm not sure, but there's some sort of charm to it that Toronto doesn't have.

Well anyways, the Thanksgiving dinner was awesome; lots of jokes over the dinner table. I wish my grandpa made the turkey though, this was the second year in a row that we didn't have turkey. :( Hopefully for Christmas there''ll be a giant juicy one in the oven...ah shit, gotta watch the calorieeees.

Throughout the whole weekend though, I ended up playing cupid for my cousin. He wouldn't stop texting this one girl throughout the whole 6 hr trip and for the first 2 days we were there. I'm not sure if he actually likes this girl or if he's just being the player that he is (I taught him well _tear) but I lent him my magic and lo' and behold he has a date with this girl in a few days. Too bad it was near Valentine's day. x]

Also, my uncle who's a copywriter ended up getting me a small prt in some avdertising show. Basically Toronto holds some huuuuge advertising thing like the Grammy's, however, this is specifically for car commercials. I find it very cool. So he's writing the script for the whole show I believe, and he wants me to pull a Kanye west Vs. Taylor swift thing on stage LOL. So when they announce the award to whoever, I have to run up on stage and do my whole "I'm sorry and I'mma let you finish but so and so had the best video of ALL TIME!" I can't wait. :)

Other than that, I feel very motivated to get things rolling a little smoother now. I have a T3 meeting tomorrow and a whole other line up of the things for the week. Let's get started!

And she said like...No wai!

Ah, so many things going on lately it's incredible. And here I thought that my year would be pretty...uneventful. :P

Today the Michelle, my client for the Protect your sex ad campaign came in and gave us feedback on the my ad concepts. SHE LOVED IT! So, I'm finally done with that, well not exactly. But I'll be taking a week's break from that before I start touching it up and getting what I need for the Ad. I'd post up my concepts, but Blogger really lowers the quality of pictures, so I'll create a photobucket account and start linking to there.

I've been really interested in fashion photography lately. I joined a photography program yesterday and it was really fun... I never knew had such hidden talent. x] 

I'll post up my pics later.

The days have been pretty short lately, or it feels like it at least. Not only that, but it's also been really windy, it was actually snowing outside the studio at about noon. (I jumped for joy)

This month I've just been thinking about Montreal, I don't know why, I probably just miss it. I'm going there on Friday though for the thanksgiving weekend, I don't plan on holding back! :)

Dear Mr.Romantic...

A friend of mine asked me what I thought being "Romantic" meant. It was pretty out of the blue, but I've honestly never thought about what it would mean. I've thought about the meaning of love and what it means to other people but the word Romantic never hit me lol. The things that come to mind for Romantic would be roses, cuddling, kisses and such...But I guess if you look past the physical aspects of it, it would be something like...

Appreciate the person for who they are, to be able to not overlook their flaws but instead accept them. To be romantic is to change yourself for the person you're with, not because they want you to change but because you want to become a better person for them. In a romantic relationship, there's always something to learn and there's always something new.