Fork and Ribs

(That amazing image you see as my blog picture is my portfolio cover for my advertising program application at BYU. Let's just say it took me way longer than I thought possible, yet I loved every minute of it).

The only thing I needed in order to obtain happiness this sunday afternoon was a plate full of ribs and a fork. My uncle knows how to make ribs that literally fell off the bone. I'm not kiddin'. When I grabbed the ribs off the grill they kept falling back on the grill.

My sincerest of apologies for not writing more frequently.

As school approaches, I have thought back on this summer and realized, it was no ordinary summer. It was full of a lot of firsts for me.

1. Got a pass at Gold's Gym
2. Started enjoying running.
1. I am not going to lie, i have wanted to like running my entire life, and finally it happened. After 2 months of running every morning, I finally got to the point where I didn't hate myself for waking up early to go running.
3. Ran a half marathon (13.1)
1. The longest I had ever run before running the half marathon was 7 miles. So it was a big step for me. The longest I had ever run before this was a 5K at the 4th of July celebration in Huntsville this year.
2. I ran the Moonlight Half Marathon in Mapleton, Utah. It took me 2 hours and 6 minutes (roughtly 9.5 minute miles). The goal is to cross at midnight, and I just missed it by two minutes. (12:02).
4. Kayaked the South Fork and Provo river.
1. Definitely something I never thought I'd do.
5. Rode the famous Slick Rock trail at Moab.
1. I usually have taken my 1974 motorcycle down there, but it went down on the first trail, so I hopped on another fourwheeler and finished the trip.
6. Bought an iPad 2
1. where did that come from? Mainly peer pressure. I had a roommate with one, and if any of you have had that experience, it is hard to get by. So I bought one just so I would feel more comfortable living with him.
2. but I haven't regretted it for a second. It is a great tool for scripture study. I bet the church paid Apple to start making them so that you could click on scripture links throughout the ensign articles. 
7. Bought a Mac Book Pro
1. a lot of people reading this may freak out. I haven't gone public with it yet because I usually get a lot of hassle before making the purchase, but this time i didn't allow for it and just picked it up on my way home from the library on campus.
2. there was actually a lot of thought that went into this. I have been working on applying for the Advertising Program at BYU and got so frustrated that the library had such funky hours in the summer and I couldn't take it anymore, so I bought my mac book pro 15" and the Adobe Creative Suite. Now nothing will hold me back. I've never felt so FREE!
8. Filmed and edited a video
1. this is actually the first time I have ever created a film and edited it.
2. granted, it is only 60 seconds long, yet it still somehow managed to take 16 hours of my life and throw them into the media lab at BYU.
1. I had no idea video edited could be such a headache. I have a much better appreciated for film producers now. 
3. The video is part of my application for the Advertising Program, it's a decent video and can be seen at Clint'sGoingToGetInDotCom 

Thus, this summer has been absolutely spectacular. I hope to be sending more photos your way through this blog, so expect those in the year future.

thanks for reading!

Clint

Wait a minute...ya...I just had an idea...

In order to get my creative juices pumping, I did what any successful person would do...I popped in Ocean's 11. While watching, I had the greatest idea for my Advertising Application Video. It is ingenious. It is clever in my lever for whatever. It is going to get me into the Advertising Program!

I will start out sitting on a chair in a large empty room wearing plain colored clothes. The room will have the appearance of a prison. You know...walls made of concrete and terrible lighting. It will be a kind of exit interview from prison. Only it won't be prison, it will be "normal life". The purpose of the interview is to see if I am ready to leave "normal life" and go out into the "creative world".

Throughout this scene I will be answering a series of questions that will determine if I am ready, and what I plan to do.

"What do you plan on doing with yourself once you're out there?" says the interrogator. "I don't know...possibly clone myself and pull crazy stunts..." after two seconds of silence the split rapidly switches to a scene of two very similar cars (our white hondas) parked fifteen feet apart in a barren parking lot. I get out of my car, throw a tennis ball hard on the ground and get back in my car. Corey will then get out of his car...catch the ball...and get back in the car. The camera will be placed on a stand and will not budge. Thus rendering the scene completely impossible without extreme editing skills or an actual clone. The camera will then go back to the parking garage where further questions will be answered.

Another possible scene would be me answering a question concerning what my physical appearance would be like. The camera would then rotate and it would show Me (That would of course be Corey standing in a rather still position wearing creative apparel). "as seen in the creative world" will appear on the screen. Corey will be wearing my Red Bull soccer Jersey, purple Jordan basketball shorts, pink indoor soccer shoes and a crazy stylin' hat.

At the end of the questioning, I reach out and shake Corey's hand, because he was the person interviewing me, and the camera reveals just enough of his face to show that he is my twin.

It's perfect. It's witty, gitty and in the end it will be pretty.

Now I just have to write the script.

(I hereby copyright this idea, so don't go copying it).

Steezy C can't make no moviee

I have been stressed beyond contemplation about this dang advertising video that I have to do in order to apply for the advertising program at BYU. Why does it have to be so hard? My brother applied for one of the most prestigious business colleges in America, that being the Marriot School of Business at BYU, and all he had to do was write a letter of intent... Ya... that was a tough one. Heaven forbid he forgot to save and he'd have to write his paper again. ha ha. (Not tryin' to lay the hates on ya Corkles, just on how easy you have it).

Let me explain how tough it is to apply for the advertising program.

First...you must take all of the pre-requisites. Not too big of a deal, it's normal.

Second...you must take a test. A test that is purely on advertising. You don't have to ace it, you just have to show that you know advertising. It actually wasn't too bad. Not counting the endless nights during the semester I spent studying for the class tests, I studied about 5-7 hours for the test and did decent enough on it.

Third...you have to build a portfolio. This portfolio can't be a standard portfolio. It has to be creative and show the head hanchos that they cannot no longer live without you. Difficult...but do-able. I'm pretty good with photoshop and have confidence in that.

Fourth...you must create a video about yourself. Now I have taken tough classes. I have passed really tough tests. And I have written a few papers about myself, but I have never, not in a million years, come up with a video about myself. I am usually pretty confident in what I do and how I do it, but I am really struggling coming up with a dynamite idea.

So far my idea is to just film myself struggling to come up with an idea. I think it's a good idea, but that's the idea right...to have an idea...and somehow put it on tape. I feel like it's been done before, and in order for it to be good...it's going to have to be really good.

Though these will be some fairly long days, I'm going to come up with something, and when I do, you'll be aware. The video is going to be baller and everyone is going to love it. The Advertising program won't be able to turn me away. Though I would love to turn away from this whole process.