We here at Spartz Media grew up during the Pokémon era. I took it very seriously and actually believed my destiny was to catch ‘em all. My dad would go on business trips to Japan, and my brothers and I would put in requests for cards so that we could have the originals to show off at school. Thanks to my dad we were the coolest kids at Chapman Elementary (this was probably just in my head, there is no proof).

The Pokémon obsession was not just specific to me. When talking about Pokémon today at the office, Gaby was able to rap the entire Pokémon rap, and sing along to all the other songs that most Pokémon fanatics haven’t even heard of. That’s impressive.

WOW

All this Pokémon talk brings me to the WEEKLY FAVORITE! This week’s comes from our new Six Billion Secrets’ illustrated secrets.

Not only is this secret awesome, but the illustration done by MightyBoy7 brings the secret to life. New illustrated secrets will be coming out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Keep and eye out for them and let us know what you think. You can see the first week of illustrated secrets here.

Now for my secret: I still pretend I am a Pokémon trainer, but now, I’m catching shoes and purses. GOTTA CATCH ‘EM (or buy ‘em) ALL!

-Eliscia

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I’m all about people being happy!

My last name is Filice, which is a variation of the Italian word felice, which in English means happy! How could I not be the #1 advocator of happiness with a last name like that?

Also, Today is my birthday (yay)! And, since I love being happy, and I love when others are happy, I’m going to give all of you a birthday gift that is sure to make you happy!

My Weekly Favorite post is my birthday gift to you! This week’s post comes from DailyViral. I find it appropriate that the DailyViral video on my birthday is all about being nice, which in return makes people happy.

By now you’re probably annoyed by how many times I’ve said happy, so you should definitely get to watching my Weekly Favorite post. The video is Say Something Nice by Improv Everywhere. Click on the image below to watch!

Today my coworkers here at Spartz were more than just nice and decorated my desk for my birthday to make me happy! They GMH!

So today, say something nice, or do something nice to make someone happy!

Spread the happiness,

-Eliscia

What happens when the internet goes down at an online entertainment company? We color!

Andrew Parnell…

brought in a Star Wars coloring book for all of us to enjoy. Like many others here at Spartz Media, Parnell went to the University of Notre Dame where in one of his innovation classes he learned that coloring at work could be beneficial to company culture. Coloring relieves stress and promotes critical thinking. Who would have thought that using crayons at work could actually improve your quality of work?

Besides using coloring as a tool to relieve stress, coloring pushes you to think outside the “box.” Although we all color inside the lines, our sites are all created by the talented people of Spartz Media who think outside of the “box.” Being creative and unique is something we are all urged to be everyday.

So when the internet was down for a bit last week we pulled out the coloring book and got to work.

Gaby went all out with this Pop Art version of Admiral Ackbar

Jose also enjoys all the wonderful colors of crayons that can be found in one box.

Mike went the challenging route and helped Ben Quadinaros through this tough maze to find his Pod

Andrew Weber did an excellent job of coloring these really big fishes. Very life like.

I went the more classic although darker route and drew Emperor Palpatine. No crayons needed.

And, Andrew Parnell, who some say might be the king of coloring, went a very true to movie route with this impeccable coloring of an angry (possibly excited) Chewbacca.

And with that I leave you with a little reminder:

Paint with all the colors of the wind!

-Eliscia

Prepare to be mind blown. 3…2…1…

Crazy right? That caption is awesome. So awesome I can taste it, and it kind of tastes awesome.

Sorry,where was I? Crazy right? How great of a picture, and how great of a caption does that post have? It’s great! That is why this post took the spot of my weekly favorite. This post was a product of our new Caption Contest. I’m a little bit obsessed with our new contest on Taste of Awesome. All the re-captions on the images are hilarious. I had so many different posts from Taste Of Awesome in the running this week it was hard to choose which one was the most awesome. I’m sure you will be seeing a lot more Taste Of Awesome as my Weekly Favorites.

If you have yet to check out our new Caption Contest well, you’re missing out and need to start re-captioning and voting immediately. If you already love the new Caption Contest, I love you. And, if you want to learn more about the Caption Contest check out this old blog post: http://bit.ly/pY5wCn

Let us know what you think of the Caption Contest!

-Eliscia

P.S. Just for fun, here is the cutest Harry Potter I’ve ever seen!