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Tuesday, June 28, 2005 AND THERE GOES JUNE... So once again I blinked.School ended. It rained. A LOT. And somehow June escaped me. Here's what we've been up to: IT'S A BOY! Meet the newest member of our family. Ty. He's a bearded dragon. Hopefully a strong, tough, resilliant bearded dragon. Ty likes to eat crickets, jump out of your hand and head for the hills, and lay down poops bigger than he is. Still, he's kinda cute.***um, that's him peeking through the log, case you can't see him***  BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Zoe was in a play. Beauty and the Beast, duh (didn't you read the section title?). She had a blast! This pic would be really really cute if not for the "scarey eyes" of the kids next to her. Seriously though, it was a great performance by all.  THE BIG GUNS Time to do something about the weeds. Obviously I would prefer grass, but the new lawnmower is fun. Too bad the kids have to stay inside the house for fear of the the beast becoming self aware and going after anything on two legs. Yes, that means I don't quite have the hang of the thing yet (as I take out a small tree).  ME AND KRIS Case you didn't already know Dan of PlanetDan is my brother. For our birthdays, he gave us these wonderful T's. We wandered all over town today with our Dan T's on. I love my Dan T. I wonder why people look at me weird though? Must be my red hair.  Look! Even Parker loves the Dan T. That's only a few snipets of June. There have also been piano lessons, rain, the invasion of a thousand flies upon our house thanks to the cow barn next door, rain, summer school, rain, swimming, rain, working...and rain. Enjoy summer everyone. We all know snow will be here in the blink of an eye! posted by me | 9:53 PM | 8 comments Saturday, June 11, 2005 perrito pobre My poor dog. This is what a Maltese should look like Parker does not like groomers. It takes them 3 hours, they have to muzzle him and sizzor cut him, to the point he looks rediculous. Then they charge me close to $100 because he was being "difficult". HELLO PET GROOMERS! Ever hear of a doggie tranqualizer?! Jeesh. So anyway, we have no choice anymore other than to pay $100 or shear him like a sheep  Poor Parker. posted by me | 9:04 PM | 8 comments Friday, June 03, 2005 WHAT THEY FORGOT TO TEACH YOU IN DESIGN SCHOOL PART I: Well, another school year comes to a close. For all you students graduating any type of design school, here are a few things they forgot to teach you:1. Paisley is not a color and I would somewhat disagree with the designers who call it a “texture”. It’s visual noise…and ugly. If you’re thinking about using it in any design related field, it’s been done before. There is nothing more you can do with the paisley. Other than laugh at the idea that there are goofballs out there who believe it’s the sign of the devil. Seriously. 2. Periwinkle, however, is a color. If someone says I want purply blue or bluish purple, they want periwinkle. And it’s fun to say. Periwinkle…see. 3. Taupe is also a color. The official definition is “a dark gray color tinged with brown". Which sounds disgusting. I’ve seen swatches of taupe that range from mauve to golden brown. Beware of the client who wants taupe. 4. “GOT MILK?” has been done. Please don’t try to copy it for your product or promotion. Designers can’t stand it, consumers can’t stand it, don’t do it. 5. Make sure the logo you’ve designed does not look like a penis. Or any other body part. Or people doin’ it. Before you present your ideas to a client, ask someone “do any of these look like a penis, body part or people doin’ it?” Because I guarantee if one of the ideas does look like a penis, body part or people doin’ it, that’s the logo they’ll pick. And they won’t even realize it looks like a penis, body part or people doin’ it. Their clients will. 6. When working with engineers, there is no such thing as asymmetrical. Do not use bright colors. Do not step outside the box. Get it through your head NOW that they will always provide you images for collateral material imbedded in Word and PowerPoint or downloaded from the Internet – which will most likely be copywrited. 7. Try not to work for engineers. 8. This will happen to you on a daily basis: Client: I wanted purple, yellow and pink  Sales person/Art director: Yes, they asked for purple, yellow and pink  Designer: But I gave them purple, yellow and pink!  9. Don’t dis’ other designers! If someone asks you your opinion about a design, find 2 good things to say for every “critique” you have. Come on people! We need to stick together! 10. This will also happen to you on every project: “This is o.k. for a first attempt. I ran it by some of my people with ‘design backgrounds’ (translation: obviously you have none) and here’s what we’re thinking…proceeded by long, drawn out, incomprehensible explanation of what they’re “thinking” which most likely includes the use of “paisley” be it color, texture, noise, ugly or the need to invoke the devil. CONGRATULATIONS on your GRADUATION! And Good luck to you all. posted by me | 6:53 PM | 4 comments Wednesday, June 01, 2005 FOR DAN AND STACY... ...and any other reader who have children under 5th grade.Guess what this is:  Do you really want me to tell you? Seriously? Are you sure? O.K. Then. It's the remnants of an eye of a cow that the 5th graders disected today. The teachers said they could bring them home....and keep them. Yay! Cow eye parts... Sorry Dan, but you know how I like to give you at least a quarterly dose of gross. Sorry Stacy, this is what you have to look forward to Michael bringing home. ...maybe they're good luck. posted by me | 5:22 PM | 9 comments |
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