A couple nights ago, I met a recent Columbia graduate. Going through the usual niceties, he asked what I was studying.
Me: Advertising
Him: Oh! Advertising. Cool.
Me: I want to be a copywriter.
Him: Oh like copyright law?
Me: No. Copywriting.
Him: Copyright law?
Me: No. Not copyright. Copywriting? Like, writing ads?
Him: I don't...
Me: Any words in an ad is copywriting. Taglines, body copy, small print. That's copywriting.
Him: Aha I see. Okay.
Me: What did you study?
Him: Molecular biology. So--
Me: [turning my back and chugging my drink]
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2 comments:
haha sorry to hear that molecular biologists bore you. actually, i don't really like talking to molecular bio majors either... no sense of humor.
LOL!!!!
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