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When David Ready, the Winemaker at Murphy-Goode, told me that he has been to over 175 Grateful Dead concerts, I knew I had to put the company motto into "Truckin'."
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JUNE 2009
This month's video is my application to Murphy-Goode's "A Really Goode Job." Shooting this video and recording the "Murphy-Goode Jingle" was a total blast. I really hope this video sets me apart as a real contender. If you haven't already, please favorite my video by clicking here.
I took this photo around July/August of last year. Since then, it has been displayed in offices, coffee shops, art festivals, homes, and even in the prominent River Conference Room in Redding City Hall!
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If Murphy-Goode is looking for a laidback person to fill the 'Wine Country Correspondent Position,' does it play to my advantage that I submitted my video just twelve hours before the deadline?
The truth is – I may be a sandal-wearing Californian native that enjoys days filled with nothing other than a good meal and a beach, but my approach to the "A Really Goode Job" application was far from ‘laidback.’
In the weeks before the June 19th deadline, I started to get nervous.
After all, fitting my entire life into sixty seconds of streaming video seemed like the type of challenge that I would see on some sort of twisted reality show.
As I sat in Northeastern’s library hour after hour weeding through the hours of footage I had collected in pursuit of chasing a seemingly intangible dream job, I half-expected Ashton Kutcher to show up at a key moment.
Now that the video is done, I can’t help but say all the laborious hours I spent married to a steady regimen of coffee and tea have paid off. A lot.
Not only was making my video a blast, but it seems that quite a few people liked it as well. Since the movie went online on Saturday evening, it has already accrued over 200 "Favorites" and continues to turn heads.
by Rocky Slaughter on June 25, 2009
Four hours after my application went online, I landed an interview with the Murphy-Goode team. I must have done something right.
In the end, I was extremely pleased at how my application turned out and have many of my friends to thank for their help.
Director’s Notes
The first part of my application was based on the game of Liar’s Dice. When I met the Murphy-Goode team at the Michael Jordan Steakhouse in Grand Central Station, one of the staff members mentioned that the game was a ‘morning tradition’ in the Goode-Lifestyle. After I learned how to play, the guys in purple gave me two dice cups with a Viking hat – Winemaker David Ready is from Minnesota – and I was on my way.
For those of you who don’t know, Liar’s Dice is a game of ‘one-upping.’ You start with two or more players. Each player has five special Liar’s dice. One side – normally where you would find the "1" - is wild.
To play, you bet and roll your dice. Looking at your dice (and your dice only...), you try to guess different numbers of dice that you both have based on probability.
The object is to keep one-upping your opponents until one of you is forced to tell a lie. If you sense that your opponent is lying, you call them a "Liar!" and they lose one of their die if they are caught. The ‘last man standing’ with dice at the end of the game is the winner.
As Liar’s Dice is one of Murphy-Goode’s most featured wines and the game is a morning staple, I decided I had to include it in my application. I determined that the ‘one-upping’ aspect of the game gave me a great gateway to express some of my skills and experiences.
Follow Rocky on his Journey to "A Really Goode Job"
> > June 26, 2009 - BIG ANNOUNCEMENT. Major updates to follow. Stay posted.
> > June 25th, 2009 - Almost there.
> > June 6th, 2009 - Continued site updates