Vital Stats: ButtNekkid
- Member for: 709 day(s)
- Gender: Male
- Location: Australia , Sydney
- Languages spoken: English, Cantonese, Mandarin
- Astrological Sign: Capricorn 12/22-1/19
About Me
Originating from the sandy shores of Sydney, Australia, Aiden is not your regular beach-bum, he is also an advertiser, all round freelance writer, radio presenter and karaoke singer.
I've been in the Advertising industry for 8 years and counting. I took my first step into the field at the ripe, impressionable age of 18. I was recruited as a copywriter, writing slogans for numerous companies including Qantas and Nestle, and jingles for some not so proud products such as "Polly Pocket", "My Little Pony" and "Buzz Ball - the freshest handball game in the playground!" (Is "freshest" even a word!?)
After months of brain-numbing childrens products and getting reprimanded for not being 'hip enough for the below 4 market'; I started work in radio - not exactly my thing, but I did learn how to do voice-acting and after hours of listening to radio pop songs, I have taken my karaoke skills to phenomenal levels - "Karaoke - Even your ugliest child can be a superstar!"
Anyway, a few script editting gigs later, I now write commercials for television, specialising in T&A and Athletics/Health products (inherent contradiction!).
Sounds a bit too much like a CV - maybe I should mention my good looks and irresistible charm (narcissistic? never). I like to travel, I constantly seek new things to do, in love with the beach, always game for adventure, have a knack for automatic weapons, martial arts is excellent, Bruce Lee is my hero, and Starbucks - what can I do without you!
I've been in the Advertising industry for 8 years and counting. I took my first step into the field at the ripe, impressionable age of 18. I was recruited as a copywriter, writing slogans for numerous companies including Qantas and Nestle, and jingles for some not so proud products such as "Polly Pocket", "My Little Pony" and "Buzz Ball - the freshest handball game in the playground!" (Is "freshest" even a word!?)
After months of brain-numbing childrens products and getting reprimanded for not being 'hip enough for the below 4 market'; I started work in radio - not exactly my thing, but I did learn how to do voice-acting and after hours of listening to radio pop songs, I have taken my karaoke skills to phenomenal levels - "Karaoke - Even your ugliest child can be a superstar!"
Anyway, a few script editting gigs later, I now write commercials for television, specialising in T&A and Athletics/Health products (inherent contradiction!).
Sounds a bit too much like a CV - maybe I should mention my good looks and irresistible charm (narcissistic? never). I like to travel, I constantly seek new things to do, in love with the beach, always game for adventure, have a knack for automatic weapons, martial arts is excellent, Bruce Lee is my hero, and Starbucks - what can I do without you!
Background
- Hometown: Born and bred in Australia - ABC
- Occupation: Advertising - which encompasses marketing campaigns, promotions, creative design, public relations and lots of writing.
- Hobbies and interests: Literature / Writing, Antiques / Collectibles, Water Sports, Nature Sports, Racing Sports, Winter Sports, Basketball, Baseball, American Football, Martial Arts, Music, Films / Movies, Television, Food / Cooking, Travelling, Singing, Languages
Favorites
- Favorite Music: Absolutely random, everything from Hard rock, trance/dance to jazz (don't do very well with pop at this age, although I can drop a boyband song at karaoke anytime)
- Favorite Movies: 300 (not the best dialogue, but cinematography is great), Speed 1, Love Actually (Its good, I can admit it), The Godfather Triology, Goodfellas, The Casino, Infernal Affair, Stephen Chow movies - too many to list!
- Favorite Tv Shows: Criminal Minds, Law and Order, Family Guy, That 70's Show, Frasier, 30 Rock.
- Favorite Books: All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, anything by Charles Bukowski or John Steinbeck, Microserfs by Douglas Copeland, Trainspotting and Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irvine Welsh, Disgrace by JM Coetzee, Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov, One Day in The Life of Ivan Denisovich by Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn by Henry Miller, The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, The Glass Canoe by David Ireland, Moneyball by Michael Lewis, The Quiet American by Graham Greene, Dispatches by Michael Herr and plenty of others, my place is like a library
- Favorite Faves: Vintage (1950's Ol Hollywood Glam, 1970's gangster style + retro), unique + authentic advertisements, comedy (need comedy in life)
