Summer Lovin

Another summer comes to an end, and what an end this summer has come to.
So it's September 27, a beautifully warm sunny day, with a mild wind in the air. My new cat Sherpa is sitting next to me. She's a bitchy pretty cat. You know the type. Incredibly majestic looking, stunning cream and mocha coat, piercing blue eyes, and claws sharp as blades. She has the cutest face you've ever seen. Like those white fluffy cats you see in toilet paper commercials.

Sherpa has taken a liking to cuddling up to me. She curls up right under my left arm while i'm typing, and rolls over for a stretch. She allows me to rub her white little belly, and puts her plump chocolate coloured paw on my leg, like she's trying to pet me. Then she quickly flips over, and thrashes at me as if I just tried to kill her. Her demeanor abruptly changes and she begins to get aggressive and almost psychotic. Oh the joys of getting used to a cat.

I guess your wondering what my cat has to do with this blog. Well its all a part of my new life. My new living situation, which at this point isn't all that new. It's been 7 months since Sherps and the man moved in. Lucky me, I scored my self a boyfriend, and a cute cat. Exactly what every girl wants. I'm the evny of every single Jewish gall in town. I have to say. I am very luclky! Last week was the Jewish New Year, and I think this year has a lot of fun exciting things in store for me.

The summer started off all up in the air. I could have been hired by Saatchi and Saatchi, but I wasn't. I was pretty upset about it until my older, wiser, and super successful indusrty professional cousin from California said. Their work was shit, and I could do better. I have to giggle when I think about him saying it. I had put so much pressure on myself for this job, and I ended up doing pretty ok in the end. So he was right, I did do better, and I did it on my terms.

I finished my internship. Worked my butt off. Selling advertising is a great way to understand the industy. I ended up getting hired to handle some of the corporate clients, and even bagged my own account. Sweet-

I've also spend a ton of time working on some charity projects as well. The Nanny Angel Network is launching in October. I spent all summer working on brochures, and marketing material for the hospitals. What an interesting experience that was. The co-ordinater and I seemed to speak different languages, everything thing took as long as humanly possible, and had to be done over and over again. Technology is a great tool, but when your working with people who are out of date, you have to learn to work backwards, and have serious patience. Once I got the hang of working with her, I just let go, and by the end of August I was in the clear. The clients are very happy with the brochures, and I'm thrilled, to be done, and obviously that they were hapy with the outcome.

I've also been invited to sit on a committee for Sunnybrook Hospital. I was invited to join the New Leaders of Sunnybrook. We a group of young professionals contributing our time, energy and creativity to raise money and awareness for the hospital. So far I've been working on an event called Muse: Grey Matters. It's the 10th annual art auction for New Leaders. Not only have I curated the art in the auction, i've helped brand the event, with help from my amazingly talented designer sister Courtney. I've also been involved in every aspect of planning and exicuting the event. I'm so excited for the 22nd. Althought there is still tons of work to be done before then. www.muse09.com

I like working for myself, although there seems to be no end to donating, and working for free, I see it all as a blessing. This is a great way to get my name out there, and network. I'm also very passionate about giving back. I feel like you have to do good things to recieve good things. You know. In that respect my parents definelty did good. My grandparents, and parent are all very generous and have always instilled those qualities in my sister and I. Plus for all the shit that I talk I could use the good karma.