HOLY POOP MY HANDS ARE FAMOUS!
So I was bored of mailing packages at work one day (three hours after I was supposed to go home) and I made a little video of one of the books we have coming out that i LOOOOVE and then set it to one of my favorite 30's songs "Roll On, Mississippi, Roll On" by the Boswell Sisters...
That was a month ago and the book doesn't even go into stores for 8 months...but someone on some typography blog found it and within three days it's EXPLODED on the internet.
Today my hands are being featured on all myspace user homepages! New York Times just blogged about it! It's now in the top #123 overall books on Amazon (meaning not just in the kids section) and it doesn't even exist yet! So so crazy! I AM SO GOING TO BE DAVID DUCHOVNY IN ZOOLANDER! Who wants to buy me glass case for my arm? Anyone? Anyone?
(side note: OH MAN does it make me sad I cannot find an image of the glass hand case from Zoolander!)
I never sent anyone the link so these 100,000 people who have viewed this video found it entirely on their own. Those of you who know me and the horrible time I've been having at this job (which sucks ALL the creativeness out of me!) should totally check out the video, rate it, comment using no abbreviations or numbers within letters, or if you are feeling particularly excited..you can even buy the book. (Though if you wait 8 months or so you'll have a nice friend who might be able to get ya one. Eh? Eh?)
I'm hoping this might lead to me getting to do more fun stuff than just mailing packages. Click and help me start to be creative again!
Spread it like creamy peanut butter! (but not chunky, since that usually tears the bread and pisses me off.)
The odd thing is I got "internet famous" for a bit for my connect-the-dots leg tattoo, and now I'm getting internet famous a bit for my hands...what's next? Perhaps we should have a body parts poll. I'm hoping my left nostril finally gets the recognition it deserves soon....
Love,
Coll
PS totally have a new goal of posting once a week again at LEAST. Too many good stories to tell! For instance I am amazed I never told the "YOO-HOO IS MY SECOND FAVORITE TYPE OF BEER" pickup line story here. Isn't that what LJ is for???
That was a month ago and the book doesn't even go into stores for 8 months...but someone on some typography blog found it and within three days it's EXPLODED on the internet.
Today my hands are being featured on all myspace user homepages! New York Times just blogged about it! It's now in the top #123 overall books on Amazon (meaning not just in the kids section) and it doesn't even exist yet! So so crazy! I AM SO GOING TO BE DAVID DUCHOVNY IN ZOOLANDER! Who wants to buy me glass case for my arm? Anyone? Anyone?
(side note: OH MAN does it make me sad I cannot find an image of the glass hand case from Zoolander!)
I never sent anyone the link so these 100,000 people who have viewed this video found it entirely on their own. Those of you who know me and the horrible time I've been having at this job (which sucks ALL the creativeness out of me!) should totally check out the video, rate it, comment using no abbreviations or numbers within letters, or if you are feeling particularly excited..you can even buy the book. (Though if you wait 8 months or so you'll have a nice friend who might be able to get ya one. Eh? Eh?)
I'm hoping this might lead to me getting to do more fun stuff than just mailing packages. Click and help me start to be creative again!
Click to viewSpread it like creamy peanut butter! (but not chunky, since that usually tears the bread and pisses me off.)
The odd thing is I got "internet famous" for a bit for my connect-the-dots leg tattoo, and now I'm getting internet famous a bit for my hands...what's next? Perhaps we should have a body parts poll. I'm hoping my left nostril finally gets the recognition it deserves soon....
Love,
Coll
PS totally have a new goal of posting once a week again at LEAST. Too many good stories to tell! For instance I am amazed I never told the "YOO-HOO IS MY SECOND FAVORITE TYPE OF BEER" pickup line story here. Isn't that what LJ is for???