1. a sword fight i cut this week turned out really well and will make your head explode
2. baby shower’s for my baby’s mama
3. a painting i’m doing is finally nearing completion
4. pregnancy boobs
5. Getting this via IM: “just thought I’d let you know, some of your work from PNFF was used as an example for experimental typography gone right in my 200 level typography class.”
1. Having my father drive the three and a half hours that separate us on a whim to spend the weekend with me
2. spending hours upon hours in the darkroom to realize that the last print you have time for before you fall over, dead asleep just so happens to be the best print you’ve ever made
3. Actually enjoying writing a paper on a German philosopher dead over 50 years
4. Getting 6 hours of sleep last night (as opposed to my normal 4)
5. Sitting in my 200 level typography class and seeing work from PNFF, and thinking, “I know that guy!”
1. Having my current employer counter offer with a raise and promotion based on what I was gonna get from a new job I had lined up
2. Seeing Wicked with the wife and really enjoying the set design and the show it self
3. Finding out it was actually going to rain in LA today
4. The new Thai spot I took a chance on, Sunset Thai on Sunset & Gardner
5. The realization that ‘if you can imagine it, it will come true’ does hold some weight
[...] I decided to organize my bookcase this afternoon, color coding my books after reading Blankenship’s post (fun idea, try it). What started out as a casual, yet borderline OCD, activity quickly turned into a two hour treasure hunt/trip down memory lane when I discovered a key I thought was lost in the move. The key, housed inside a hollowed out Treasure Island book belongs to my firesafe which holds the remains of my once large collection of sports trading cards. I quickly hastily searched the garage, found the safe and cracked it open. [...]
About The Author
I'm a graphic designer and sometimes writer living in Anderson, South Carolina. I serve as the Design Director for NewSpring Church. I love Jesus, my wife, Levi's Jeans, good Tex-Mex, and 8oz glass bottle Coca-Cola Classic. On good days I love them roughly in that order. Email me.
Five Pleasant Surprises This Week
Fri 09/21/07
1. The outpouring of gushy awesome encouragement, job offers, freelance requests, and contract work from friends, family, dotcomrades, and total strangers.The friends and family sort of have to – it’s in their contract, but everyone else, you’re just going above and beyond.
2. Davis Square in Somerville, MA
3. Hearing the theme from 70′s TV show S.W.A.T. on the radio while simultaneously watching four teenage Hassidic Jewish kids in full garb cross the street, hats in various stages of askewness, Kosher bagged lunched in hand.
4. Arranging your home book library by book spine color is visually amazing.
5. Getting this via IM: “just thought I’d let you know, some of your work from PNFF was used as an example for experimental typography gone right in my 200 level typography class.”