LAUNCH PARTY FLYER

TEAM MILLENNIA

The other night RJ and I visited Team Millennia, one of the dance teams performing at our launch party on October 9.  We only planned to make a quick announcement, but ended up staying for their entire practice, mildly nostalgic for the days when he and I used to dance.

It’s gonna be a big year for TM, and not just because they have the biggest team they’ve ever had (over 40).  They’re also going to be auditioning again for the next season of America’s Best Dance Crew, and they have a really good chance.  If you watched last season, they made it to the televised audition, but unfortunately (because of the talent and uniqueness of the teams in the West division) they were cut on the first episode by the judges.  But if that didn’t happen, they would’ve made it far.

Count on it this year.  If you could bet on ABDC, I’d put good money on TM because their experience already puts them ahead of the competition.  Now, they have 2 seasons of ABDC to study and know what kinds of teams make it far and how they can differentiate themselves.  And lastly, what happened last year is fresh in their minds, so they’ve got hunger and humility.  A dangerous combination.

CIAO, ITALY!

We’ve been getting a ton of users and traffic from Italy, so I wanted to give y’all a proper welcome.

STATE OF THE UNION

That’s a cheesy ass title, but I wanted to let you know how things are going, because we’re absolutely ecstatic about the response we’ve been getting so far. Aside from the new designs and new users we’ve been getting, we’ve been working on three things:

• Planning our launch party
• Manufacturing the designs that have won so far
• Redesigning the web site for launch

And everything’s on track.  The launch party is going to be a big deal.  It’s taking place at Element Hollywood on Thursday, 10/09/08 @ 9:30PM, and we hope you can make it.

• 18 and over
• Dance performances by Team Millennia and VENT
• Raffle for custom painted fitted caps by Dino Mayorga (myspace.com/dinomayorga)
• Go-go dancers with nothing but FTZN stickers on their unmentionables
• Lots of giveaways
• More info TBA

As for the redesign of the web site, here’s a clue: it’s black.

Okay, here’s one more: the voting system is completely different.

So, are you going to be at the launch party or what?!

Honorary Fitizen: Super Mario

In honor of 2nd winning design, this week’s Honorary Fitizen is the first video game character most of us have ever come to love and appreciate. “To Plumb or Not To Plumb” will go on sale on Oct. 9th with the Grand Opening of our brand new online store, so be on the lookout for that.

Congratulations to you, Mario. Our childhoods would have sucked fireballs without you.

F-DOT SPOTTING

We’ve found our logo in a few different places:

1) Google Chrome
If you’ve downloaded the new internet browser by Google called Chrome, you may have noticed a rotated F-DOT on the bottom right corner of text fields.

2) CNET’s Loaded
If you watch Natali Del Conte’s online tech news show “Loaded”, you may notice an F-DOT on one of the skyscrapers on her backdrop.

3) Rich’s office
Our friend Rich sent us this pic after he noticed that his boss inadvertently placed their board magnets into an F-DOT.

GOING PUBLIC

Sorry for the lack of updates on the blog recently. We’ve been hard at work preparing for our official launch.
We created the flyer below to spread the word, beginning our company’s gradual emergence from secrecy.
You may notice that we’ve upped the prize from $250 to $1000 for this month and beyond.

So stay close. We’re doing big things this month, and we want you to come along for the ride.

(Click either to enlarge.)