What kind of freelance work do you do? It might be best to send a personal letter or email to the CD. Let them know you*re not just looking for any old work, you want to work for THEM. That said, I*d find the name of the CD for the mailing. And check your local library for the Red Book. It*s a listing of all the agencies in the US. You can also try www.agencycompile.com. Best of luck.

That you can throw some chicken and veggies in some aluminum foil, wrap it up and bake it, and it tastes good. My husband was very impressed, until I told him where I saw it.

I was watching the Muppet Show on DVD the other week. In one of the special features they talk about how a concerned viewer wrote in to let them know the Swedish Chef was not actually speaking Swedish. Nor any other language that was spoken in Sweden.

Partly to play devil*s advocate, but I think it*s good MM is thinking ahead. I*ve read lots of posts from aspiring juniors who want both jobs and think they can be a little team within themselves. It*s refreshing to hear someone who*s taking the choice seriously. Plus I decided to be a copywriter for a silly reason. I was working with a partner during an internship I got purely out of dumb luck. And for some reason I ended up being the one to flip through the font book when we were executing an ad. It bored the crap out of me. I decided right then I would be a CW. And honestly, I think if I had tried to *tough it out* to be an AD, I*d be working at a mortgage processing center right now. But keep in mind, while being a CW isn*t as technical, there are still lots of little details. Like MM keeps typing "alot". I*ve seen interns get fired for making lesser mistakes. It*s "a lot". I*m the kind of person who*s like, oh yeah, well, you get my drift. But as a writer you have to get into the craft of writing. Of sentence stucture and even boring spelling. Anyway, this is a fun thread. Glad this all got started.