April 13th is National Blame Someone Else Day.
You might be thinking to yourself, "Well, isn't that everyday?" But don't blame us. We didn't come up with it. However, in honor of this special day, Ad Camp Creative will take responsibility for something you did.
So please, point your fingers, wag your tongues, blind carbon copy your boss in a scathing e-mail about how it's our fault. We're thick-skinned advertising people. We can take it.
Submit a blame by filling in the following blanks.
And for a limited time, Ad Camp Creative is also opening our reference library of excuses to you. Use any of the following excuses. We guarantee* they'll work.
*Ad Camp Creative is not responsible for the effectiveness of the following excuses. In independent studies, these excuses have elicited desirable outcomes, however we cannot ensure the efficacy of said excuse for each individual user. These excuses have been tested in a closed course with professional blamestormers. Results aren't typical and may vary.
Blame it on...
- your genes
- your jeans
- your mother
- your father
- your mother-in-law
- low blood sugar
- high blood sugar
- your hard drive crashing
- too much caffeine
- too little caffeine
- roads were icy
- roads were snowy
- roads were wet
- roads were filled with cars
- alarm didn't go off
- alarm was set for P.M.
- somebody turned your alarm off
- your alarm clock model number has been recalled
- the instructions were wrong
- the instructions were in Spanish
- there weren't any instructions
- the message was cut off
- you didn't get the message
- the message ended up in your spam folder
- they must not have your correct e-mail address
- your cell phone didn't work
- you were out of cell range
- you washed your cell phone
- your car wouldn't start
- your car broke down
- somebody stole your car
- the Fed
- global warming
- the economy
- the rain
- the Bossa Nova.
4 07 09 | Spring cleaning
Now, while both Ad Campers live in the Rocky Mountain West where spring often takes its sweet time to arrive, we'd like to pay homage to a natural spring ritual of our native Midwest. That is of course, the mating ritual of the Greater Prairie Chicken. Male G.P.C.s catch the attention of the ladies by stomping their feet, shaking their feathers and "booming"—a sound made by inflating the colorful air sacks on either side of their neck.
So what is it about leaves budding and earth thawing that makes us humans want to cut off our hair, shave that beard or finally organize the garage? Spring makes us do crazy things too, but instead of parading our plumage or shedding our winter fur to appear more attractive to a potential mate, we paint our bathrooms, take off our snow tires and wash our dust ruffles.
We swear, there is a natural correlation in there somewhere.
At Ad Camp Creative, we've taken the vernal overhaul to a virtual level. Tired of the same old html, we've spruced up our website and have added a couple features we hope make us more appealing to potential clients—one of them being this little blog feature here where we'll keep you up-to-date with our comings and goings. Also, check out our new client survey. We hope you'll fill it out so we can get to know you a little better. Tour the whole site, stay awhile, get comfortable. You may think we're coming on a little strong, but it's just that time of year. Just be happy we don't have feathers.
4 01 09 | New Project
Pepi Ginsberg combines peppy melodies with dark, moody lyrics in her music. Last fall Daytrotter.com asked us to design a poster for her first headlining tour.
