Andi Narvaez: Re-learning PR

My friend told me about this because she new I posted about the same topic earlier.

A friend was at a club and was approached by the proud owner of an iPhone who asked her what her favorite flower was and disappeared after she answered “lilies”. He returned moments later with a sketch of a lily he drew using an application I think might be Sketchinz but I’m not completely sure.

These were his words, “Here is a lily, let me get your e-mail and I’ll send it to you.”

The new pick-up line

The Friday after Thanksgiving a few friends and I went to Mantus Lounge, a very posh club in Dallas that, regretfully, people seem to frequent more for its poshness than for the DJ/owner’s unmatched (according to me at least) ability to mix songs seamlessly and almost effortlessly. 

It was while scoping out the dance floor that I witnessed one way in which new media and technology have changed ways in which people interact with each other, even face-to-face. 

Recently, my old high school history teacher and I became friends on Facebook.

Welcome to the age of social media – where that sort of thing isn’t odd anymore. 

I read his profile and gave him a bit of grief over some of the things he listed under interests and favorite quotes and he in turn gave me grief over my listing Justin Timberlake under the music I listen to. A true fan, I did not adjust my profile following his comment and thank goodness… on Saturday night, Justin Timberlake gave me (and many many more according to the hits on YouTube, which as of 8p.m. today are at over 300,000) something to be proud of.

I went to Google to search “most stressful month” and found conflicting results just on the first page. According to an article in the Chicago-Tribune, January, June and September are most stressful because of deaths, divorce, school and summer vacations. Two of those things are on my list of favorite things ever and September happens to be the month when I celebrate my birth so I remain skeptical. I also happen to think – and starting to feel – that October not only shakes all the leaves off the trees but is also the beginning of the end in terms of one’s mental wellbeing. You have holiday celebrations to prepare for, family reunions creeping up on you, work gatherings and end-of-year reports to put together….. but my specific case in point – Halloween.