Archive for September, 2008

Actually I surpassed it.
So I knew I needed a bike ride today because my heart has been discontent for over a week now. There were a lot of other causes of discontentment, but one was just that I’ve had so much work to do that I haven’t even moved other than from chair to car [...]


This isn’t true anymore, but when I was in high school-ish, getting compliments actually brought me down. I mean, yes, I brought them onto myself, obviously, because I was a perfectionist. But my perfectionism was a bad thing when it was coupled with awful self-esteem. Because every time I was complimented, I was reminded of [...]



You can always tell well-written copy when you design it typographically and you don’t have to force awkward line breaks.
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When you design typographically and you don’t have to force awkward line breaks, the copy generally reads well.
There’s an easy reason for this.  It’s poetic writing.  Strings of thoughts and lines of phrases flow more or [...]


Understand that I don’t need a work/life balance.
I might as well have written that.
What I don’t understand is why I have to keep saying that.