Web Site Compositions

Featuring two compositions that I have been working up. The first is for my Prof and Tech writing project. The second a fun idea for a blog template for legally brunette. I would love to hear any feedback from you. Granted you can't really read the content, but just tell me if you like anything on the layout (if you so desire).

I really wanted to do some more raving as well about how the world is just cracked, but I'll hold off for now in favor of completing homework:P. Enjoy your day! Here in UT the sun is shining and it does improve my inner calibrations.

Blah

I am feeling increasingly Blah-like lately. I am sure this is the lingering influence of January, but I also know that it is the slightly bored blahs, the I-don't-want-to-work blahs, the I-fell-lame-about-myself blahs because I have nothing else to think about.

Blah.

Have you ever run into people (they don't even qualify for the cool term "peeps") that you knew in what seems like a previous life? People you once had a semi-emotional connection to that you had completely forgotten about? People who now seem to need to give you a wide berth because there is that immediate insecurity being around them (them being around me, me being around them)?

In my Blah Assessment I feel as though I am bringing down the value of their personal real estate. I'm serious. It's like because I try to be religious I am not cool enough for them. I find that these are generally not my newer friends, because those friends see me more as a person instead of the reflection of their own past-life insecurities. My desires to adhere to a different personal code, however, seem to initiate severe anxiety in these other people. I am stereotyped, generalized, and not taken seriously. I am "one of those".

Well, that is all I have to say, for now. Thank you for tuning into today's Blah Assessment. Hopefully next post will be slightly more cheery with a perfume of the day. TTFN.

Reading Outside the Box

It used to be that comics didn't interest me in the least. I read Calvin & Hobbs, which were excellent, a few The Far Side cartoons, and some Garfield, but nothing else ever appealed. That was before I learned about the world that is Graphic Novels.

To the left is the cover of Hatter Madigan, a character derived from the Mad Hatter in Alice in Wonderland. This fantastic graphic novel is a spin-off from a series titled The Looking Glass Wars by Frank Beddor. Love it, love it, love it.

Here is a series introduced to me by Leilani: Fables. Continued stories of fairy tale characters who have had to take refuge in modern day NYC.

I'm sure you've all heard of that film The Watchman that came out a while ago. Well, this graphic novel is what it is based on. Truthfully I bought it for someone a few years ago, intending to borrow it. Alas that copy is now unreachable. So I managed to find a copy in clearance (I have the shopping karma, it's true), and am now mid-read.

And last, but certainly not least is the comic book starring Tim Gunn, Fashion Hero. I'm not sure when this one is being released, but count me in!

Epitaph

A few words for a friend who has recently experienced another death in her circle. Granted they aren't entirely appropriate for this particular situation, but interesting none-the-less:

The Body of

B. Franklin,

Printer:

Like the Cover of an old Book,

Its contents torn out,

And stript of its Lettering and Gilding,

Lies here, Food for Worms,

But the Work shall not be wholly lost:

For it will, as he believ'd, appear once more,

In a new & more perfect Edition,

Corrected and amended

By the Author.

This is Ben Franklin's epitaph, written in something like 1771.

The quote comes from a book called "The Founders on Religion; a book of quotations". Why, you may ask, am I reading this? Well, I made a pact with the devil, so to speak. My old man, the wilde karrde, and I made a deal to exchange books with each other and this is the first book he has given me. He believes I never do anything practical or religious and that I am lacking in any moral foundations. If only we could all see ourselves honestly. It might lead to some interesting realizations.

I did, however, enjoy BF's referral to his body as an old book and his mention of the Afterlife, for that is something I firmly believe in. Friends take heart in the face of death.

Fashion Stylings

Love

Love

Love

Love

Rough Drafts and Comps and Work, Oh My!

Above is a "comp" or mock-up for a website I am designing. Technically it is just a suggested format that showcases "copy" that I am writing for my Professional and Technical Writing class. My peers seemed to like it and I love the fuchsia, of course. I see some things I want to really tweak - the advantage of having a few days to look it over. My professor also suggested I consider creating a real web page for my final project. Something perhaps titled "Opera Advocate". How cool does that sound! I was thrilled by the idea.

Otherwise I:

-washed the delicates

-attempted to install new sun visors in F1REFLY to replace broken ones - a partially FAILED attempt might I ad - the screws seem to need to go in exactly at one angle and that angle could be found on only one screw. hmmmm. I'll just find me some buddies...

-took the mom to a chick flic - Leap Year really not too bad - Amy Adams' wardrobe was immaculate - couldn't believe how amazing she looked

-straightened the room

-cleaned sister's goop off the mirror (that's right - who leans on the mirror to apply makeup, etc?)

-job searched

-and homeworked on the photoshop for what seemed like hours.

All in all, a productive day. I am looking forward to Shostakovitch's 10th on Saturday at the Symphony. It will be conducted by the new music director Thierry Fischer. Should be an excellent performance. I am thinking about black velvet...

Perfume today: Gucci

Sculpta-Plastic Comet Tail

Had to try and capture this ultra - amazing sculpture hanging in the Jewett Building on campus.

The color is a bit pumped up here but I think it looks amazing! Bit like the tail of a comet I imagine...

And it's really all just plastic cups.