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(With Today's High Prices)
Yesterday was devoted to fleshing out ideas for JB's logo - actually reworking some earlier ideas using some of her feedback. When I need to set a frenetic workpace, I listen to The Jam. Even their R&B-inspired stuff (foreshadowing The Style Council) tweaks me into a productive frenzy. I always double-loop "Funeral Pyre", my favorite Jam song. ( Read more... ) -
Microsoft am teh dumb3rs
Ok, I have to do a little Microsoft hating here. drubear tried to install the latest EVE update last night (and this morning), and evidently because it now supports Vista, it insists on copying everything to the C: drive, and his C: drive is full. Both of us built our PCs so that we separate our OSs onto their own (small) partition in case we have to re- ( Read more... ) -
Sometimes on a Monday
Hah! Grades were posted overnight, and I still eked out an A in the class. It was the lowest A I've received so far in this coursework, but, hey - to debate it further would be petty and unproductive. It's done, and I have three blissful weeks until my last semester begins ( Read more... ) -
This is the House
Our next door neighbor's mother is torturing her granddaughter early this morning. I swear that everything the woman says to the little girl sounds hateful (it's all in Hindi, so she could be saying something really sweet and nice to the kid - dunno). Whenever the grandparents visit, the little girl cries a lot. She's not the unhappy kid, either; ( Read more... ) -
Hearth Holds Hope
I just have to post my presentation for the class, and I'm DONE for the semester! Three weeks off!! I'd dance for joy, but my coordination is notoriously nonfunctioning until around 10am, so I'll give it a miss.
When drubear got home, we discussed more ideas/thoughts about the Scholars Guild. I see where Chris is going, and I think his ideas, while ( Read more... ) -
Welcome to Chicago Style Yoga
Father's Day being right around the corner, I'm still trying to think of what to get Dad. I'm thinking another boxed set of DVDs from a show he might like (he loved Mail Call), but I'd love to get him something with the Kerry WoW Factor. Damn, that woman has Gift Fu, like drubear. Heidi and I find him impossible to shop for. Kerry meanwhile has something ( Read more... ) -
Spirals Project
Working on some new personal stuff using hand-drawn, primitive shapes in circles. Here's one of the first - I'll be using it as a background element for a photo collage, but liked it well enough to let it stand on its own as well.
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Why is he famous again? Remind me...
I hate advertising. Hate it. Hate, hate, hate. I don't like being 'sold to', and most ads are just awful lately. We have two competing local companies (Luna and Empire) who plaster the TV screen with bad acting and (choke) jingles. Folks, jingles went out with Darrin Stevens, so please stop. Getting your cousin and her friends to sing a song ( Read more... ) -
Tell us a story, Mr. Shibumi! - no, wait...
I don't profess to understanding the Japanese "art" of storytelling - at all. I know some of the basics of anime (a tear next to the head = frustration, big eyes = innocence), but the storytelling aspect of it has always escaped me.
Case in point, drubear and I watched "Final Fantasy VII - Advent Children" last night, and by the end of it both our heads ( Read more... )
