Ooooooo… Ryan Hale‘s portfolio of tasty paintings is now online. I just love Ryan’s sense of color. Mason Poe delivers the goods in a nicely packaged site that shows off the work quite well.

I’m old. I’m tired. I WILL NOT PUT UP WITH OR ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS THAN REVOLUTIONARY ASPIRATIONS!
Tom Peters

I’m not old (yet) but I am tired. And I love Tom Peters and 98% of what he has to say about work and business and doing cool stuff and changing the world. Fired up.

I have an issue with follow through. It’s a shame I wasn’t born a passive, goal-less human. If that were the case, my lack of follow through wouldn’t bother me and I could simply enjoy a blissfully ignorant pointless life on into my 30′s eating Cheetos in my parent’s basement, playing video games, and working at Blockbuster for free rentals. That simply won’t do, though. I have to change the world. EVERYDAY I have to change the world.

Problem is, my dreams are too big for me. This is a good thing. It forces me to look outside me to find help. However, whatever that part of the brain is that connects the everydayness with the big dreams is disconnected in me. Chalk it up to whatever you want, but I struggle because I can see the big picture (as much as my limited view of “big” is) but i’m seemingly unable to get from point A to Point B. I’m not doing the work, i’m not baby steppin’. But I want, I want, I need, I need.

This plays out in all manner of situations and relationships, some big and some small, but deceptively important. I leave things undone, my “Yes” sometimes means “Yes” and sometimes means “Yes, I acknowledge that you are in the same room as me, but I have chosen to selectively filter everything you just said into a dark recess of my mind that will only come out in therapy… when i’m 50.” I become a senior citizen and an avalanche of undone to-do lists items will haunt me.

All that to say… i’m working on it. My friends have been encouraging, and i’ve enlisted a few of them in varying roles of holding me accountable and helping me get more organized. Hopefully this is going to decrease the amount of things that get lost in piles of paper and promises I make in passing. Step 1 was to rearrange my office to reflect my newfound sense of “I MUST GET THINGS DONE.” A small thing, yes. But important nonetheless. Step 2… yesterday I finally gave the girls their prize for winning the Public Goatee Humiliation contest (from JULY)… a set of 36 prints.

I want to be a man of my word. I want to communicate to people (with my actions) that they are important to me. I want to have a reputation for being a dependable man of integrity. Slow and steady.

Learn how to design a good rap Cd cover. It’s funny because it’s true. Also, Lee Gilmore redesigned Lantern Waste Company. I basically admit to coveting his Polaroid collection.

It’s official… HRTWRK is a business. I opened a business account today. Does this mean i’m a grown-up? I hope not.

I took a bit of my evening last night and rearranged my office. Why? Because i’m a PROCRASTINATOR and I had lots of WORK TO DO. Also, because things need to be in some state of change in my immediate environment or I start to feel like a hamster running my way to an early death. So… new office set-up. I can actually see people when they walk in my door now… perhaps this will do away with the odd look of surprise on my face when people stop by.

But most likely not.

Cameron and his hott javascript redesigned his blog. I’m definitely digging the collapsable tabs layout and i’m sure I will be forced to rip it off at some point in the near future.

This is one of those weeks where sleep just isn’t going to be an option. Off the top of my head… finishing up the initial comps of Mcd and Candice‘s wedding invitations, sorting through the hundreds of bridal portraits I took of Candice last weekend in Atlanta at Eleven50, a complete identity for New Spring‘s upcoming 5th year anniversary services at the Civic Center, two or three pieces of print work and a volunteer t-shirt to go along with that identity, some various collateral work, an eVite, a newspaper wrap… and launching hrtwrk.com in less than a week.

Hmm. It’s a good thing i’m an introvert… socializing doesn’t look promising anytime soon.

I know you still want to watch all the Super Bowl ads.

Happy Monday. Ryan Sims is still alive.

Awhile back I promised a list of links to the current crop of photoblogs I enjoy, admire, and visit on a semi-regular basis. So for those about to rock… I salute you:

Absenter
Daily Dose of Imagery
The Snowsuit Effort
Apparently Nothing
Rion
Heather Champ
Chromogenic
LaLaLand
EXP
Manipulation
Ephemera
The Brilliant Hum

If you have any you dig, please show and tell in the comments section.

There are quite a few options for getting your digital photos printed, but if you’re new to the game, you might want to check out Wink Flash. I just placed an order with them, so i’m still unaware of the quality of their printing, but they’re running an enticing 36-prints-for-free offer right now… so you only end up paying 99¢ for shipping. Hard to turn down. The coupon code is HY64EKCX.

• Lanna: How’s not having a car working out for you?
• Me: It’s not fun. I don’t like having to depend on people for rides. I feel 12. I feel like a little boy. It’s completely EMASTICATED me.
• Lanna: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

I feel like I deserve something for watching the whole video… Joanna Newsom. She plays the harp… which is somehow almost cool. But the vocals are a bit too “Hi… i’m six and now it’s SONG TIME! Aren’t you SO EXCITED?” for me.

Naming your website after yourself is back! I Am Josh Boston is good stuff.

I spent some of yesterday/night learning the wonder/torture of how to make an HTML email for New Spring. (I can see the potential for HTML emails to be well-done… Scott‘s always look great… but I wonder how many people actually have their email set-up so that it doesn’t Heisman the pretty?) Figuring out the how-to process and then thinking forward in terms of how to best mail my little creation to 1000+ recipients was less than stellar.

To the rescue… iMailist. A handy, dandy (free) HTML mass-email list app that works like a champ. I’ve already set up four different mailing lists, and I can see how this will be useful for work and WRK. I dig products that make my workflow better.

I just sat through a 45 minute meeting with an “internet consultant” from WSI. Some of the various thoughts that occupied my otherwise uninterested brain during this title bout of sleep deprivation endurance were:

1. I think my deodorant has ceased to de-odor today.

2. This guy must be German… every time he says something about a website launch it sounds like “weebsite lawunch.” I MUST NOT LAUGH.

3. Someone please put me out of my misery and hit me with a blunt object. Like a bowling pin. Or my desk. Or a Harlem Globetrotter.

4. Listen Mr. Fancy Pants, you may be onto something with your laundry list of internet consultantry no-no’s in regards to our site… but your company’s site is UGLY.

5. I think Frodo’s Pizza must put sugar in their food… because lunch still tastes remarkably sweet. Like candy indigestion.

6. My deodorant definitely sucks.

The other 44 minutes of the meeting were even more hellish.

I’ve been up for about 30 hours. I wouldn’t recommend it. I should take my own advice. I feel like i’m walking around in someone else’s drug-induced coma. You know… hypothetically.