OMG … Laziness!
Good Lord. How lazy am I?
Been laying somewhat low for the past week or so. I was feeling pretty weighed down by all the negativity (from both sides) surrounding our Amendment One vote. As predicted, neighbor got pitted against neighbor and there was lots of nastiness and name calling going on. It seems easy to say that North Carolina is just another "Bible Belt" state, but I suspect voters in almost all states would pass this sort of thing. After all, look at California. It really does suck that people can't live and let live.
Still loving the new Macbook Pro. I hadn't realized just how horrifically slow the old one had become. Plus, this unibody design is sweet. No more pesky button to have to push to get this thing open. The new high resolution screen (1680 x 1050) is taking some getting used to. All the type is way smaller ... and I have got old eyes.
New Toy!!!
Take a wild guess who has been playing with their shiny, new Macbook Pro. *drool*
Part One, Part the Other
I have been a semi-busy bee here. And I have been semi-lazy as well.
The theater season has kicked off, so I am on the go with designs for them.
In the last month and half I have kicked out the following:
Two Newsletters
Two Posters (A third is underway)
Lots of Newspaper Ads
Website Updates
Facebook Updates
Plus, I have started work on Fundraising Materials for a project HART hopes to get off the ground.
And, I have work to do for the Waynesville Public Arts Commission, Green Mountain International and the Fines Creek Blue Grass Jam.
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In other big news, I finally got off my ass and ordered myself a new Macbook Pro! This poor machine I am working on is so old and slow now. And the keyboard is slowly starting to fall apart. If you notice any "w's" missing from this post, it's because that key is on it's way out. Hopefully the new Mac will arrive tomorrow!
Design Time: WPAC Cookbook
Here's a cookbook cover I designed for the Waynesville Public Art Commission. It will be sold in conjunction with the unveiling of the next public art piece (sometime in July, if I am correct).
OOP Criterion Scores!
After months and months of trying to find the two out-of-print Criterion titles I wanted the most ... I found them! And in the space of about a month too. I am now the proud owner of their editions of "Ran" (new and still sealed) on DVD and "The Man Who Fell to Earth" on Blu-ray. I paid more for "Ran" than I really wanted to. But, I was surprised to find "The Man Who Fell to Earth" on half.com for under $50. It has been selling for upwards of $100+ for a used copies on eBay and even more for new copies on Amazon.
One of my daily routines had become checking various sites for cheap copies of these Criterion editions. With them now in my greedy, consumerist hands ... I gotta say that life has felt a little like it's lost some of it purpose. Now what can I hunt down and buy? Heh.
Eye Candy Break ["Justified" Edition]
We all know that Timothy Olyphant is the main eye candy draw for "Justified." But, there are a couple of other "Justified" fellas that warrant some eye candy kudos as well!
David Meunier as "Johnny Crowder."
Jacob Pitts as "Tim Gutterson."
Home Work
So, last year was a year of some changes ... the biggest one being that I now work from home and have been for a little over a year. You read that right. And it seems to be everybody's big dream. I have had countless people say to me, "Wow. I would love to work from home."
Yeah. .. it is kinda nice. This past winter (if you can call it that), it was nice to not have to go out and warm up the car and scrape frost off the windshield. On those super rainy days, it's nice to not have to get out in the mess and drive. And it also saves on gas (since I don't have to drive to an office anymore).
Conversely, it kinda sucks too. I do miss going to an office. It was nice to have to get up go to work instead of just walking into the other room. And there's a real "cocoon" mentality that has developed (for me anyway). My house is now pretty much my entire world for almost all of the week. I have found that on weekends, it's far easier to laze around the house than actually get the gumption up to plan things and go out and do them.
Sounds crazy, I know. It would be interesting to know if other "home workers" have similar issues with becoming more homebody-ish.