That's my voice on the attached Monk-e-mail. It's Friday. This is hilarious. Everyone please send your friends some Monk-e-mail.

I like this campaign for Oregon Lottery, it is clean, simple & quirky. The Sushi one is my favourite. Directed by Reginald Pike's Brian Lee Hughes. Agency: Borders Perrin Norrander, Portland.

The 5th film in the Adicolor series is a brief history of the color red by Roman Coppola & Andy Bruntel. It's so much fun to watch---with time travel and a rock n' roll lobster in the mix, how could it not be. It also illustrates the creation of the best logo design in the history in the world, the Japanese Flag. There are just two films remaining in the series by directors Neill Blomkamp & Saiman Chow.

New from DDB Toronto. It's generating some interesting discussion on Advertising/Design Goodness.

This is the the Monster Box Project by Chicago graffiti artist TEWZ ONE and IKIL. It took them over a month to create and release these modified plastic publication boxes which were placed at key locations throughout Chicago last Thursday night. Some were instantly monster-napped but the word is many still remain.

My first impression of this product, a cola-coffee hybrid, is "ew". If I want a caffeine fix I usually crave a coffee or a cola, not both at once & not in the same glass. Coca-Cola Blak is just that, but described more eloquently as "Coke effervescence with coffee essence" on the product website. Speaking of the latter, is it just me or is the music and the VO on the site a little...um...cheesy?

I have loved Nagi Noda since the first time I saw her A Cup of Love spot for retailer Franc Franc. This is her first non-Japanese spot, via Mother London,  and it has been was well worth the wait. For more infomation on Nagi Noda & this spot, read this article on Shots.

Director Yael Staav has a wonderful way of making the simplest of things beautiful -- almost melodic. A prime example is one of her latest spots, Tubs, for Clorox out of DDB San Francisco. Who knew bathtub cleaner could be so dreamy.