STANANDLOU MARKETING/ADVERTISING

My Life As an Intern:

As summer draws to an end, so does my summer internship at StanandLou. Over the last few days I have been reflecting upon the afternoons I spent with the employees of this Houston Ad Agency. I have come to the conclusion that I was fortunate enough to have worked with some of the funniest, creative and talented people in the industry, no matter how goofy or nutty they may act.

From Rhea’s hand gestures and facial expressions while she is on he phone to her random shouting outbursts ( to no one in particular) the cheers from the foosball table room, Jennifer’s desk ( or the search for Jenn’s desk under the piles and piles of paper) to Lou’s infamous flip-flop and shorts fashion fiasco, the employees and principals of StanandLou never ceased to amaze me, and have provided me with so many memories that this blog does not do them all justice.

Having just completed my freshman year of college, at TCU in Fort Worth (GO FROGS!), I am a definite newbie to the industry, and was terrified that I was going to be completely out of my element. I just want to say a huge Thank You to every single person at StanandLou for not only teaching me the ropes, but being patient with me when I was not understanding something or having trouble with the new phone system. ( I have it down now btw).

I truly will miss sitting at the front desk, watching every single one of yall walk by either going to lunch, meetings, or most often the bathroom (or in Rhea’s case sometimes sprinting to the restroom). And Lou I will definitely miss our front desk conversations whenever you would be walking by the front desk or just walking to the printer.

I’ll miss you guys!! Keep In Touch!

Love,

Shayna Fawcett

P.S. Bob and Justin I am sorry for my lack of foosball skills…and Lou we all know you’ve worn high heels before don’t deny it.

So I have become a bit of a nerd. I am obsessed with The Economist. Whenever I get spare time, I read it. It is really a good magazine that comes out once a week. I usually can’t keep up, but then again, there are times when I can get through most of one issue in a day or two.

My first encounter with The Economist was in Santander, Spain. I met with an ophthalmologist twice a week so he could keep up his English and we talked about all kinds of stuff: travel, economics, technology… He told me about the magazine and lent me one of his issues. I kept up reading it as much as I could between living la vida espanola and traveling around Europe.

When I came back, Michelle let me start reading her subscription, and so now I have a steady flow of great political, economic, and social commentary in my life. I usually read about 2 articles a morning for breakfast. Since I love the magazine so much, I decided to share some of the interesting things I learn.

Today’s facts:

• There are allegations that Lech Walesa (the trade union’s leader who greatly contributed to the fall of communism in Poland) was a secret police informant in the early 70s. He denies the allegations and the writer thinks that it is the opposition party’s attack on the Civic Platform, who won the recent elections.
• Chile is 2nd only to Norway in salmon exports. Last year the industry brought $2.2 million dollars into the country. The farms are mostly located in the south.

One of the many perks of working at Houston ad agency, STANANDLOU, are FREE tickets. Thanks to one of our media vendors we were able to score some nice seat to the circus.

I guess every parent wonders if/when their child will stop laughing at clowns and start fearing them. A condition known as Coulrophobia. This weekend the Ringling Brothers Circus was in town and we decided to try our luck.

Luckily we didn’t experience any meltdowns or psychological scarring but my daughter wasn’t to thrilled with being asked to stand eight feet away from the man-eating tigers.

All in all we had a great time. The show was a lot more entertaining this year and she was able to follow the “plot.” (clown falls in love with beautiful acrobatess)

This is just a test thing to get you started. You can upload photos then, by clicking on the “flush left” button above, wrap the text around the photo. Kind of like I’m doing now.

You can flush right photos like this…

or just stick in the middle!

THE STANANDLOU FLICKR SITE!

Michelle and I went to Beavers after work and met up with some old friends. Of course I reacted to the sight of old friends like any other person would; I asked them to pose in Just Ask! t-shirts. beautiful night on the patio. Wonderful colors in the sky. William Hughes, the smartest person I know, joined us for a cigar and refreshments. William is the one with no hair! And this is our link to more info about STANANDLOU!

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The STANANDLOU putt-putt team proved the nay-sayers wrong and earned a good deal of respect in the Houston Putt-Putt/Advertising community with a strong third place finish in the first annual Ad2 Houston’s “Who’s Your Caddy” Putt-Putt Golf Tournament.

The STANANDLOU team, led by high-scoring captain Tiffany Morris, braved blistering humidity, unkempt greens, and sabotaged holes to garner an average score of 61.5.

“We really gelled as a team today,” remarked team member Scott Brinkmeyer. “I did

well on the first nine, but I was disappointed with my back end performance.” When asked about Scott’s back-end, other teams members were unavailable for comment.

“I enjoyed popping Crepe Myrtle buds and admiring the debris in the waterfall,” noted Matt Walsh, whose score of 43 is close to a national record, he thinks.

Although Team STANANDLOU did bring in one hole-in-one by ringer Justin Bantuelle, it was not enough to earn the coveted second or first place trophies, all of which were hand-crafted by local trophy artisan Crystal Land.

There was some confusion concerning the scoring of the event, with the winning team earning an average score of 26. Being the mathematically savvy programmer he is, Bantuelle complained, “That’s freakin’ impossible. They would have to each get 10 holes in one, and then par 2 for the remainder of the holes.’ No formal challenge was submitted, however, since team captain Morris’ early departure from the award ceremony left team STANANDLOU without an official representative.

“That’s total crap,” muttered Bantuelle, as he chucked his trophy across the parking lot, “We’ll show them next year. I’m getting a season pass here. That’s for damn sure.”

There were only four teams.

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