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Saturday, July 30th

Where Creativity Happens...

Jon
07.30.05 @ 11:55 PM CST
listening to: SNL in the background...still.
feeling: Fine, I guess.

I recently read an interview with Art Chantry, who, for a long time I had thought to be a complete ASS. Now, of course, I am older (than YOU, Nicole) and wiser, and I know a lot more about Mr. Chantry's career, and I now see why he was a bitter ass who proclaimed that he had invented the HotRod Flame. Anyway, if Art ever Googles himself and finds this...Dude. As much as I want to be a designer who is credited for inventing an aesthetic...I SO do not want to be you. Thing is, I think I am. So, consider this an apology for all the times that I sullied your name...not that you care.

ANYWAY.

So, I read this interview in which he describes his creative process. He's of the "take a nap, take a shower, take some pills, drink some booze," school of creativity, because he believes that creativity happens while you are thinking of something else...or not thinking at all. I am calling this the "depressive" method of creative induction.


 

Whippersnappers...

Jon
07.30.05 @ 10:45 PM CST
listening to: SNL in the background.
feeling: Okay, I guess.

Uh, my 21 year old sister posted about getting old, and I think she needs to SHUT THE FUCK UP.

Wednesday, July 27th

getting old

Nicole
07.27.05 @ 11:22 AM CST
listening to: radio
feeling: happy

okay there are good things and bad things about getting older.

Good

experience, discovering truths, being able to laugh at yourself for all the stupid things you did when you were younger, beating records (even your own personal records), discovering yourself (hopefully good), and falling in and out of love enough times to learn what you really want

Bad

injuries, injuries that never heal (or atleast feel that way), have to work harder to lose weight, having more responsiblities, and getting hurt (not physicallY)

As I am only 21 people would say that I can't really understand what this all means of feels like but after the pains of water skiing this past weekend I've got most of the list under control.

Tuesday, July 26th

Medicine Head

Jocelyn
07.26.05 @ 10:11 AM CST
listening to: XPN
feeling: Tingly, Hot, Cold, Fuzzy

How am I suppose to know how I feel? I had a headache last night, took advil. Didn't cut it. This morning, headache again, so I took a different remedy, sinus medicine. Keith asked how I was feeling because my voice sounds funny. I am tingly, hot, sweaty but feel cold all at the same time. Is this from the medicine? Really, how am I suppose to figure out whats bothering me. I hear that medicine masks symptoms but should it add it them? I think not.


Friday, July 22nd

BIG decisions

Nicole
07.22.05 @ 11:31 AM CST
listening to: none
feeling: tense

Last night when I was talking to Kevin we duscussing that which makes a family. Currently his family is in argueing because of money and issues with his mom. To make a long story short he was deciding on when have you put up with enough to say that is it I'm done we are no longer family. I think that this would be a bad move because I know that he loves them but his mom is driving him nuts. As of last night only a few hand selected members of both family will be invited to a super secret wedding in a topic secret location not even revealed to me. I hope this all goes away before there are any marriage plans in the works but you never know what tomorrow might bring. blush

Thursday, July 21st

My first "real" project

Nicole
07.21.05 @ 11:25 AM CST
listening to: the radio
feeling: okay

So yesterday afternoon I finished my first "real" project. I was working with Mr. Taylor on an 8-Car garage, or Carriage House as the call them now. (that's a different topic) But after I completed the design I pitched 2 ideas to Mr. Taylor, the one he asked for and the one I thought turned out better. And oh yeah he picked the better one. So something that I designed might get built, that is if the client likes it. But we'll have to wait to read more about that later.

Wednesday, July 20th

Another essay I need to write...

Jon
07.20.05 @ 08:18 PM CST
listening to: Law & Order in the background
feeling: Fine, I guess

Remind me to write this one later too:

Why did I become a designer?
When I was in high school, my art teacher gave this speech at the beginning of the school year about how an artist touches almost everything we interact with on a daily basis. Problem with that is, they don't. Artists touch art...so unless you deal with art on a day to day basis, it simply isn't true.

Designers touch almost everything that we interact with on a day-to-day basis. Your bed, your toothbrush, your clothes, your car, your computer, your note pad, the packaging on your lunch, the road signs, your TV, your lawnmower manual, newspaper, and alarm clock. Designers touch everything you do. Artists don't have much of an opportunity to affect the world around them...but it's what designer's do all day every day.

That's why I am a designer.

 

Another one bites the dust

Nicole
07.20.05 @ 11:35 AM CST
listening to: radio
feeling: not bad

Okay so at weight watchers last night I learned a few things. 1- my scale at home is dead on accurate. 2 - I'm getting skinny, as my grand total is now 11.8 lbs. 3 - That it's okay to pick the program back up if I can't keep the weight off in Rome, after all about half of the members are returning memebers.

So another lbs. bit the dust over this past week. razz

 

Photo linking from Flickr

Jon
07.20.05 @ 09:07 AM CST
listening to: Nothing, yet
feeling: Fine, I suppose

me, doing a backflipOkay, so if this works okay, then I think I can use photos from Flickr in this blog pretty easily.

Not as easily as I could if I was using a more modern blogging system, but I gotta tell ya, I like greymatter. It doesn't use PHP or MySQL, and my host only lets me have ONE database, so I don't feel like messing with it for this.

Anyway, enjoy this shot of me, doing a back flip. Woo hoo.

Tuesday, July 19th

Just to let you know

Nicole
07.19.05 @ 12:06 PM CST
listening to: radio
feeling: surprisingly chubby

This weekend, Mom,Dad, Kevin and I will be heading to deep creek lake. Kevin and I will be returning to work on Tuesday afternoon while mom and dad will be taking the entire week off.

Kevin's family is currently in termoil and I don't know what to do. Kevin said he just needs me to listen but I feel so helpless. sad

Dad is currently fighting off a cold/cough.

Mom is driving me crazy with her lack of computer knowledge.

Mom and Dad still aren't checking this website. Mom says she doesn't appreciate that language used and has no desire to spread out knowledge of her personal life over the internet. I don't know why dad doesn't use the page.

That's all for now.

 

Fare thee well, Comcast, you fuckers!

Jon
07.19.05 @ 09:37 AM CST
listening to: The hum of my wife's wireless laptop as I enter this...
feeling: Fan-fucking-tastic

We got our MCI DSL modem this weekend. I just set it up. I am using it right now. I can now cancel Comcast's piss-poor service.

Bastards. See? I will not stay with you because you offer me a discount on my cable TV. We're going to save $600 this year on internet service, and it's going to be more reliable...which really, is what I care about now. 6 Mbs can suck my dick if I only get it 10% of the time and the rest is slower than dial-up from WV. Dicks.

Rejoice, consumers of america. There is an alternative. DSL through MCI! It's wicked Badass!

Monday, July 18th

Feeling good

Nicole
07.18.05 @ 11:36 AM CST
listening to: radio
feeling: duh - feeling good

Okay so this summer has been interesting. I got to see Jon and Joc, which rocked. I've lost over 10 lbs. and all of my recent clothes are big and some of my old clothes fit again. Kevin and I are doing awesome. We have found a way to be with each other even when we are so far apart. And last but not least I'm reading books!! I know it sounds like I'm sick but I'm a reading fiend.

Sunday, July 17th

Interface for new wesite...

Jon
07.17.05 @ 08:55 AM CST
listening to: The sounds of people sleeping...
feeling: Overall, good.

I have this idea, and I need to jot it down beofre I forget it.

Okay, so there is a plane. Actually two. One is coming AT the viewer, like it's a floor. The other is perpendicular to the viewer's line if site...so it's like a wall. Both are white.

Laying on the floor in front of the viewer, at your metiphorical feet, are 7 white boxes, and when you move your mouse over them, they change to one of the 7 rainow colors (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet) and a label. When you click on them, the content for that page scrolls into view on the "wall" in front of you.

Badass, right?
Anyway, I will work out the kinks when I sit down to design it...but I needed to record it before it escaped into the ether again. Thanks for listenning.

Thursday, July 14th

I haven't decided what to write about...

Jon
07.14.05 @ 11:25 AM CST
listening to: Don & Mike
feeling: Fine, I guess

…but I need to make an entry.

There are so many things going on, but nothing really going on at all.

1) I need work. Bad. I am about to lose my mind with my lack of work. The only thing that is helping right now is that Nancy has me working on some stuff for them right now, which is good. I mean, with Jocelyn and I both being in the position to make our own money, anything I can do to help them make money will bring money into our house in the long run...but I WANT MY OWN WORK!

It just sucks so bad. I had more work lined up than I could handle when I started this, but a lot of it evaporated or got delayed. It's absolutely confounding.

Luckily, Nancy is letting me be fucking brilliant, so at least I'll get a portfolio piece out of it.

2) Don Geronimo(my favorite DJ)'s wife, Freda Sorce, was killed in a car accident over the weekend, and I'm sad about it. I don't know these people...but I have a long history with that show. I've listened to them since I was 11. They were on WAVA in DC, and I listened to them every day, until the station changed format and I discovered WHFS. I used to time my drives to Philly to see Jocelyn around Don & Mike; bouncing from station to station as I drove so that I could listen on the three hour journey. They're on in Dallas in the middle of the God forsaken night, and I record them on my computer and replay them in the morning instead of Stern. They (Freda and Don) had a really cool relationship, and it's a sad, sad thing that she's gone. I can't even imagine how Don and Bart will deal with it, and I can't imagine the show without her.

It's had me thinking a fair amount about my own mortality, and my marriage, and life in general.

3) My internet connection SUCKS. Comcast blows goats. You hear me, fuckers? YOU SUCK! You're fucking it all up. I call the customer support, as a customer, mind you, and I tell them about an issue that I am having and what I have done in an attempt to remedy it, and they tell me to do a bunch of random crap instead of addressing my issue. So, I quit. I am getting DSL from MCI. Hopefully it'll be better. Being that I am typing this while not connected to the internet, hoping that the connection comes back before I forget and close the window or quit Firefox.

Friday, July 8th

Bowling

Jocelyn
07.08.05 @ 12:50 PM CST
listening to: XPN
feeling: Swell

Bowling League. I started out sucking hard. Now, every week Jon and I are making steady improvements. Jon started off learning very quick. I came into it slowly and am now making consistent and large leaps. Last night I bowled a 132! I get a patch for bowling 75 pins over my average. It's time for bowling outfits.

Wednesday, July 6th

Sad News

Nicole
07.06.05 @ 11:17 AM CST
listening to: hammering co-workers
feeling: still hungry

After this long weekend, Kevin went home to some bad news. His grandparents and father told him that his great-grandmother is not expected to make it through the week. The doctors said that they can't go through with her leg surgery because she wouldn't make it through, and they would rather let her die "naturally". Although his family understand that she has had a long and enjoyable life they are all sad to watch her slowly pass.

Tuesday, July 5th

What a little color can do

Jocelyn
07.05.05 @ 12:10 PM CST
listening to: XPN
feeling: Satisfied

This three day weekend was put to good use (says me) becuase Jon and I painted. We painted our family room, reading room and hallway. Talk about a transformation of a house. Within one weekend it went from drab old beige to shades of brown and blue. We were inspired to paint after we got nice furniture and rug. The room begs for people to relax in it now. Everything looks better because of the new paint colors. The main long walls are a coffee with a good amount of creamer. Two smaller walls are painted and glazed a deep chocolate color. When you get to the reading room, its a pale pale blue, there is already a darker blue below the chair molding. We carried the blue into the hallway. Once we get things in place again we'll do a photo shoot and I'm sure post the pictures on the blog.

 

where is everybody

Nicole
07.05.05 @ 11:00 AM CST
listening to: david grey
feeling: not to bad

Where did everyone go? No one is blogging but me crying