Portfolio for Elizabeth Phillips, Copywriter
Acela Michael Schwabb Poster
This is a video about a kid named David who is high as hell after a trip to the dentist. It’s a must see.
Yes, you read that right. Google is bringing Gmail offline. You basically type your emails as usual. And your inbox gets stored on your PC. And as soon as the software you need to download detects a network connection boom! Your email(s) gets sent.
Are you going to try Gmail offline? I think I might give it go. I already downloaded Google Chrome and so far, I kind of dig it.
I hate myself–for being so weak. I am not being paid anywhere near what I should be. And I understand the economy is in the shitter and I should be lucky to have a job. But this has been going on a for a long time.
For some reason, and it’s probably fear, I can not bring myself to ask for more money. Even before this economic crisis happened and salaries were frozen, I couldn’t ask and it bothers me.
A lot of my comrades say you gotta leave if you’re chasing dollars. But why? If I leave, they’ll hire someone to replace me and they’ll make a whole lot more than I’m asking.
It’s so weird that our livelihoods depend on money and yet, I can’t or rather, won’t fight for it.
Maybe I feel like it would be too awkward. Maybe I wouldn’t be able to counter his argument. Maybe I’m afraid he’ll fire me. Maybe I feel that he feels that I owe him. I know, I know.
I remember when I was in high school and I thought about the future, I thought how exciting it would be to make $35,000 a year. (I grew up in a very small town obviously). And I can’t believe that’s how little I expected. I guess I didn’t value myself. I still don’t apparently.
Every industry is different. Tell me about yours. Are you getting what you’re worth. If not, how come?
I wish I could fly around like this. Talk about mad skillz.
Sol Sender's logo for Obama
The Obama logo was really quite amazing. Simple. Patriotic. Moving. The iconic logo was created by designer Sol Sender. A few months ago, he gave an interview to The New Times about the logo, the process and how he was given the project. Check out Sol Sender’s interview here.
On a side note, doesn’t it kind of look like the Amtrak medallion logo influenced the “O”bama logo?
Amtrak Medallion logo
Amtrak Northeast Regional
Check out this amazing satellite image Geoeye took of the inauguration.
Satellite image of President Obama's Inauguration
I am over 30 and yet whenever I see someone beatboxing and they’re good–or better yet, crazy sick–it makes me happy. Long live beatboxing!
OMG! This pho sucks. As an Asian and someone who has eaten pho regularly for 14 years, this pho is so blech! We went to Pho 234 in Manassas this past weekend. Big mistake! First of all, the staff was super pushy. When was asked for a minute, the lady asked us to look over the appetizers and waited a minute. Like we needed to pick one right then and there. When I received the pho tai nam, I was so disappointed. The broth had a nutmug flavor that was overpowering. And the noodles–were just plain freaking sad. Clumped together and then they broke into a million tiny pieces. Obviously, they overcooked the noodles. In my 14 years of eating pho very regularly, I have never ever seen noodes that poor. For crying out loud, even when I had pho in Reno during my trip on Amtrak’s California Zephyr, the pho noodles were so much better. Anyway, if you’re Asian or you what good pho is, I suggest you eat it somewhere else.
pho 234 manassas
euphoria meets holy crap meets badass 
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