notebook, november 07, soooo old! ( ♥ )

by the way guys, i'm offering art commissions and any custom stuff right now. $10-$20ish! i super need to save up money for university tuition this year. if anyone can help me out, or allow me to paint or make something for them right now, i'd be grateful <3

also, visit my shop! i'm having a sale! hearte.etsy.com

apple fritter from whole foods. cherries. and coffee with silk creamer.

Let me say first, I didn't have the world's best professor. We didn't learn printing history at all. To be honest, I didn't visit a printer until I had landed my first, out-of-college job. So do be gentle with me when I ask, can anyone tell me about this? ( Photo this way. )

insanely tired today and i don't even know why.
going to snuggle up on my couch, watch the the reader and probably fall asleep.

THIS? Is seriously hilarious.

Just The Facts

1. Supernatural is a horror show about two brothers, Sam and Dean Winchester
2. The show revolves around them traveling around what claims to be America, killing stuff.
3. It remains the only show on television in which the two lead characters have either attempted to kill or succeeded in killing each other with an ax.

I am currently taking a master's level typographic class and I've come to the conclusion that my peers are not doing nearly a thorough enough job of critiquing. In the world of design, typography is my worst piece and I absolutely must improve if I'm going to become any stronger in the field. Seeing as I love all the people in this community, I come with humility asking for some thorough (but gentle) advice on a project I'm doing.


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Hello my wonderful designers. Just few questions to ask...

1. What editorial/magazine fonts are in right now? For title and body especially.
2. What font would you use for a brochure? Would you stick to sans-serif or serif fonts?

Thanks!

EXACT CHANGE by winterweathered

Sam/Dean, NC-17, 31,580 words.
Sam is the physical embodiment of everything Dean has ever done right in his entire life.

But I made you eat your fucking vegetables, Sam. I read you bedtime stories with good morals in 'em and I taught you how to swim and I gave you my poker money so you could pay your college application fees and I took the training wheels off your bike." Dean's not sure when he started crying. It feels like he's been crying all year. Dean Winchester, all leather and engine oil and sawed-off shotguns, and he's crying like a thirteen year old every chance he gets. "I... Sam, damn it, I've known you since before you even existed. Sometimes I think I was born loving you, and you think you know how I feel?"

Long, angsty, hot and very well written. Definitely a must read.


A FOREIGN LAND by oxoniensis

Sam/Dean, pre-series, NC-17, 11,056 words.

Sam doesn't understand how you can care so much about someone – have wet dreams about them even, though that's a secret he's never telling – and still fight with them all the time. It's only gotten worse as they've gotten older, him and Dean, childish bickering progressing to cruel words that hurt more than either of them admit, Indian burns moving on to outright fights, words and fists flying hard and furious, leaving bruises and cuts as reminders. Afterwards, they trade wet towels and ice packs, still not speaking to each other.

Nothing seems to make sense any more.

This one is just beautiful. The writing is amazing and you feel like you're right in the middle of it throughout the entire story.

my extremities of moods leave me no space to transition to and from. this job's a fucking handful and i oscillate from bliss to agony in a matter of seconds, wholly dependent on my setting and activities. this weekend as a whole was wonderful, inspiring, and !fun!, yet folded in me and bobby arguing about (not even over) the last slice of pizza. he was mostly kidding, but i was fighting back tears. and simultaneously erupting in forceful chuckles because fuck it, we were fighting over pizza. it's the new spilled milk.

he became upset once realizing i was upset, and pressed me to talk about why i was upset full knowing that i hate expressing myself when i am feeling sour. before we knew it, twilight chased us as we sat on the stoop of a bolted door in the gentrified cement playground of northern liberties, cigarettes faithfully chained to our hands, our mouths struggling to compose broken sentences in our exhausted, frustrated delirium.

tangentially related, lauren and i realized that we share the common pattern of bipolar friends/acquaintances consistently telling us that we are moody.

this job is draining me; it's suppressing my curiosities, passions, and interests. i'm quitting once i muster up the courage. aside from compromised financial security i don't have much to lose. the time will be spent working on my photography, maybe heading back to the magazine office to do design work, reading books, flexing and curling my toes just because. hopefully the burden removed from my shoulders will lighten up a heavy heart.

Hope this type of post is allowed, I think this might dredge up some good information for the people in this community.

I've just drifted in today, and I'm so inspired by everyone's spaces, I'm quite sick with envy. I've been planning my own creative space for myself, but I prefer to not spend more than necessary, out of the principle of it all. So I'm here, being snoopy, and asking: how much have you all spent on your furniture, and where do you get it?

I can easily shop around for shelving, side tables, lamps, things like that. I've actually gotten some unfinished pine shelving that's perfect for my needs. But I'm looking for things like flat files and a drawing table, which all seem so expensive!

I also like the reduce/reuse/recycle thing. I've thought of going around to schools/universities/offices to see if they're getting rid of old furniture, since I absolutely adore old things, and 'lightly used' things. I don't know about all schools, but at least my old schools had gigantic, sturdy storage systems. I have found comparable ones in stores... but going for upwards of $800CAD each. Has anyone had any success finding things by asking around or just by luck?

Sorry for flooding your page with two posts in a row (and no i am not that problematic, only 2 out of clients i face are a little hard to please). As frickinmuck has suggested, i am posting one of my previous comment into a post since it seems worthy of discussion, here goes:

A client of mine always calls me at any time of the day, and demands changes to be made within the next 30 minutes. I am a student on summer break, and yes, this is a freelance project. So, the way he sees it is that it is vacation time, and therefore i have all the time in the world. Yes, i do have time on my hands, that is the reason why i accepted the project in the first place.

He calls round the clock. And i guess as most business types are, whenever he could slot in some time, he would review my work and call me at that instant. The problem is i don't want to work like this. I think it is rather stressful to pick up a call 10pm, and be expected to make changes immediately. If the changes are minor changes to him, he expects it in half an hour. They are "do-able" but definitely not "enjoyable".

I have been upfront, stating that i am unavailable but it isn't any better, as he would then just shift the timing a little, adding casually "alright, just work on it, and get back to me tonight, no matter how late it is". On several occasions he has even "allowed me to go get some rest" and "get up 8am latest tomorrow".

Like most freelancers, i suppose he presumes it is fine for us to work off office hours, clients may take it that we are more flexible like that, and leave the usual communication and working protocols aside. And like other part-time freelancer who is still attending college, i am guessing clients could get the wrong message that we are easy to take advantage of in respect to time.

I don't want to be so flexible to the extent of being a pushover. And although one of the benefits of freelancing is to work outside the usual 8-to-5, i do think it is rude of him to chase after changes with a snap of his fingers. I will feel better if i could at least have half a day to get back to him. Unless the changes are extremely extremely minor changes, of course.

He has two other projects that he would like me to take on for his business, but right now i am finding it quite draining to work with someone like that. Have any of you worked with people like this? Please do share your experiences and advice on this matter.

Thank you.

blueberry muffins. had to use up some old ones before opening the new pint of blueberries i bought recently.

join us! there will be cupcakes!

Woke up this morning and this was pretty much the first thing I saw:



I'm so in love with these guys ♥

I first stumbled upon the deliciousness that is the Goji berry through Snapple's Goji berry juice. I wish could begin to describe the flavor, but I'm still trying to figure it out myself. Now I have discovered that Yogi tea makes a green tea with Goji berry in it. If you are a berry fan, or simply looking for something unique, I highly recommend. It's not very strong tea, but the Goji berry adds a potent flavor to it. And if anyone knows of a loose leaf tea with Goji berry in it, I'd love to hear about it!