Archive for October, 2011

Day 31 – Hallo-when?

Waking up to the smell of pumpkin this morning, I thought to myself, “what’s that smell?” However, not wishing to spend hours in deep olfactory-related confusion, I decided to shrug it off and carry on with the day.

It wasn’t until a ten-year-old vampire ran into my legs that the penny finally dropped – oh yeh! It’s Halloween! I’d wondered why I wasn’t getting the normal wide-eyed reaction from people, but as the little vampire standing at my feet pointed out, it seemed I’d inadvertently dressed up like Harry Potter.

After playing a very scary game of badminton (note – it was in no way scary), I got a text from Ed asking how many sweets I’d managed to get trick-or-treating. Apparently Ed had also worked out he could pass as a wizard.

Trick or Treat bro!

Day 31 – Buy My Face Promotional Video

One month into Buy My Face! So what should we do? Well it’s obvious isn’t it? We have no choice but to shoot a tasteful video thoroughly explaining what we’re doing in a succinct, easy to understand way.

So, for your viewing pleasure, please enjoy a film we’ve named “Attack of the Giant Killer Turnips”…

Day 30 – Two’s a Company, Three’s a Crowd, Five is Just Plain Awesome

Today a social networking site for gay guys bought our faces, and our friends leapt at the opportunity to give helpful suggestions for what we could paint on our faces… bless their cotton socks!

Needless to say, we ignored their suggestions, deciding we should stick with what we were asked to paint, which was still pretty funny this morning when explaining to my granddad why I had “ManScout” written on the side of my face. Leaving my granddad with that impression, it was time to depart from Cornwall and head to Bath to see my girlfriend, where I was the gay best friend in her house full of girls for the evening. Meanwhile, Ross was holding the fort in Center Parcs (see photos)

Pyjamas Part-A

Day 30 – Photos

Day 29 – A weekend break

Me in my onesie

Ross: So what time do we need to leave here to get to your cousin’s wedding on time?

Ed: Erm, thing is man… you’re not invited.

Ross: Oh, ok. No worries. I’ll go hang out with my family for a bit instead.

Ed: Look Ross, I’m really sorry. It’s a small wedding and I tried to get you invited.

Ross: Seriously, it’s ok. My family is actually going to Center Parcs this weekend, so I’ll just tag along with them.

Ed: Shhhhhhh! I know you’re upset with me right now, but the pain will pass. I’ll see you in a few days, I promise… I’m so sorry Ross.

Ross: …Are you ok?

After shaking off the weird feeling Ed left me with, I jumped in the car and headed off to Center Parcs. It’s awesome here! Today we went Go-Karting, and before that, we managed to fit in a bit of ice-skating. Anyway, after all that fun, I’d briefly forgotten about my absent business partner until I got a text saying, “How you holding up? Ed xxx.”

Once again, I’m now a bit confused.

Day 29 – Photos

Munch Ado About Nothing

Today we were interviewed by Cambridge University TV (we’ll post it soon). From what we gather, CUTV is an academic channel dedicated go discussing the relative merits of fighting an army of duck-sized horses vs. fighting one horse-sized duck. We debated until the sun went down – all in aid of promoting Cafe Munch.

Once the CUTV interview was over, it was time plan for the next few days. It’s been four solid weeks now that Ross and I have been spending every hour of every day together. We’ve woken to paint one another, crashed each other’s dates, and tucked the other in at night… BUT NO MORE!… for 2 days…

I’m on the train on the way to my cousin’s wedding, and seeing as it’s strictly a family affair, Ross can’t come. As you can imagine, he’s devastated, so to cheer him up a bit, he’s going to Center Parcs with his family and girlfriend. Tragedy avoided.

Day 28 – I’ll have a Lantomi. Shaken, not stirred.

We'll drink these for money

Sometimes people miss the point when it comes to Buy My Face. They think a face-ad lasts just one day and depends on who we meet/how many people we can talk to in person. This is a fallacy!

Buy My Face is online. It’s about people visiting the site to see what we look like, and exploring the online calendar to track our progress. Now, if a company comes to us saying, “guy’s we want to take you skydiving”, we’re obviously going to say “hell yes” and then produce a hilarious promotional video – that’s a given. The point is, we want to spend this year doing fun, interesting things, and pay off our student debt at the same time… Is that so much to ask?

Anyway, today was exactly right. After nurturing BuyMyFace.com like a new born baby, the Supreme Chancellor, the Executive Titan, and the Tech Engine put on pants (take that however you want) and headed into town for some cocktails, courtesy of Lantomi pharmaceuticals.

Ok, everyone look sexy.

Day 28 – Photos

Day 26 – Director’s Cut

Snip!

Should we? Shouldn’t we? SHOULD WE?!? SHOULDN’T WE?!??! For most people there is little to contemplate when getting a haircut. This is not the case for us. Whilst a haircut means a larger canvas to paint on, would that same haircut jeopardize the sex appeal and therefore future success of BuyMyFace.com?

After a three hour long board meeting, the decision was unanimous that with valuable face space shrinking by the day, it was time for Ross to bite the bullet and get a haircut. Fortunately it turned out pretty well, but these high pressure decisions are unforgiving, so in the evening we took some time off to see a play that our friend Josh was acting in.

Day 26 – Photos

Day 25 – Hyper Lashi

Score!

This is a dangerous game! Today we were supposed to do the shopping, respond to all our emails, write a press release, drink a smoothie, and then I was going to get a haircut. Instead, we’ve just spent the whole day playing Hyper Hashi. Seriously, if my fringe wasn’t in the way, you’d see two square eyes with bags under them!

Anyway, at around 9:45pm, I thought enough was enough and said to Ed, “Look, this is ridiculous. We’ve been playing this game all day… do you want to go to the pub and play it there?”

So we did, hence the pun for today’s title. I love this job!!

Day 25 – Photos

Hyper Hashi

Day 24 – We’re On TV… Stu-pendous!

Stu-tastic

We learned a few things about ITV reporter Stu today:

1. He doesn’t like puns – which is why we dedicated our blog title to him.

2. He doesn’t like vox pops – they’re contrived, the people you’re interviewing just don’t know, and most of all, rejection hurts!

3. He does like

Day 24 – Photos

Day 23 – What are the odds?

Woooooo!

Today was Derby Day, and as such, Paddy Power thought it might be fun to send us down to Old Trafford… with betting odds on our faces. And so, after having my lips painted like a transvestite leprechaun, and drinking my mandatory morning red bull, we set off to one of the most iconic landmarks in sport.

As always, the face paint worked its charm, with all the pre-match cameras swiveling on their tripods at the very sight of us. We managed to get our Paddy Powered faces onto ESPN Brazil and an Australian TV channel, so if you’re in Brazil or Australia, keep an eye out for us!

Standing outside the stadium, there was a buzz in the air and everyone looked as if they knew they were part of something big. I was having a great time, until we inadvertently wandered into a group of die-hard Manchester United fans and realized that Ed had the words, “Man City Win” across his face… we decided it was time to leave.

Fearing for our safety, we climbed into our little green car, and got the hell out of there, but not before getting a picture with none other than Wayne Rooney – he was bigger than I expected.

'Sup Wayne

Day 23 – Photos

Day 22 – Good News!

Yes... we're animals

Our mate Russell Howard (or Russ-man to us) got in touch:

Russell: Dudes, waddup! It’s been too long*.

Ross & Ed (in unison): I dunno man – we’re pretty busy these days.

Russell: C’mon! People are talking about your faces. Won’t you do old Russ a favour?

Ross & Ed: Look, seeing as it’s you, we’ll bump some things around to fit it in… but you owe us – big time!

Russell: yea, ok. Put it on my tab.

*by “too long” we mean never. We haven’t met Russell Howard – this conversation is completely made up, but some secret video footage of us will be on his show. We are delighted!