Spotlight Session: Ben Gillin

Hey bloggies! It pleases me to be able to do a Spotlight Session on this guy, Ben Gillin. I first ran into Ben because I saw my twitter handle had been @ replied, and I wanted to see where the link led me. I ended up finding awesome!

"I don't really try to hide it but as soon as I come home from work, I take off my pants."

Ben runs a site called Twetches. Now if you couldn’t figure out why, Twetches is the place “Where Twitter Meets Sketching”. Searching for inspiration one day, he went on a search on Twitter for “Ninja Turtles”. What he found was a tweet from me.

“I want to watch old school teenage mutant ninja turtles cartoons right NOW! #GottaGivePropsTo me!”

What he sketched got me so excited I instantly wanted it on a tee shirt. This is what I saw when I got to Twetches. Now if you click on that picture you can see the tweet I originally put out, as well as the details of the sketch Ben pumped out in what seemed like a matter of minutes. Now unless this is your first time on my blog, you should know that I <3 anything ninja related! I grew up punch drunk on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, so this made me squeal like a school girl. I think the man is a freaking beast of an artist and I do hope to get this on a shirt one day, but until then let me stop teasing and take you right to the interview with the awesome, Ben Gillin!

Dear Mr. Old Spice

It has come to my attention that now you are doing personalized videos for people on Twitter and Facebook. I would like to make a special request. I would like one commercial in which you explain to the world that ninjas rock, and theres no arguing about it. I will now begin stalking you on Twitter until I see a video with my username tagged in it or I get tired of trying. I am @ninjasteeze, so please be on the lookout for me. Thanks.

P.S. Seriously, ninjas rock socks right off of feet with 2 pairs of shoes on. That’s magical!

Update: The run is over. No more need to stalk him. My chances are gone. My spirits are broken. But oh well, time to go back to my normal nonsense. Rock on Mr. Old Spice!

About The Spotlight Sessions

The first spotlight went sick, if I do say so myself. Both Lotus B. and I interviewed each other and I believe it’s the first time for us both. It was definitely a cool experience and I feel its a pretty cool way to get to know some of the people you talk to every day but don’t really know much about .

The interview itself gives you a chance to showcase yourself. Think about it as that “moment” in life. It’s like getting to be a brand new car for a day. You get to be in the middle of the floor. Everyone watching you, er, reading you. You’re a book. Or a magazine perhaps. Not the dirty kind that people lick their hands and j… you know what I mean.

Anyway, I plan on having a lot more Spotlight Sessions from some of my favorite people in the blogging world. This will include people on twitter as well, so if I follow you on twitter and you keep me entertained, you might be next!

To check out the first interviews:

• Me interviewing Lotus B.
• Lotus B. interviewing me

Stay tuned and subscribe for more, kids!