jackshoegazer | The fimlographer of my life doesn't use diffused light.

Greetings!

Most of the day, I have been glued to the computer with three graphic projects. I got a good start on the front of the flyer for the next big hotel/resort rave. More of the same, crowds, bikinis, pop-art graphics. It's not done yet, but it's the close. The first one was a huge success apparently, the flyer and the party.

I also made a quick quarter-page thing for a tiny show in Oshkosh. I actually kind of like it. They really didn't care what I did for the deal I gave them.

The last project I was working on was an invite for a wedding shower/engagement party. This was a favor for friends, so no charge and it didn't take that long once I got the idea in my head. Not a very original idea, I bet, photoshopping the future bride & groom onto a cake, but I'm betting this is the first time the bride & groom were dressed up like the Monarch and Dr. Girlfriend from The Venture Bros. Actually, I'm still waiting to hear back if this gets the OK, so all my work may have been for naught. Either way, *I* like it.

I got to spend some time with

kiwikat this evening which is always pleasant. Although, my coffee-high wore off right around dinner time and I got awfully sleepy. Before the crash, she took me on a tour the campus of her new employer which is überpimp. I really should have brought my camera, but I was thinking they'd be all NO! ESPIONAGE! but apparently not. Which means I will have to go back, armed to the teeth.

Jacquelyn is in Minneapolis this weekend, six floors underground in a crazy research facility where they clone human-alien hybrids, I mean scan cores of lake mud.

Last week, I finished Stephen King's On Writing, then I quickly burned through the sequel to Knife of Never Letting Go, which was great - arguably better than the first one. I'm now curious about King's writing (I've read The Stand and some short stories) so I've started reading It which is pretty effin' creepy already. The movie scared me to death when I was younger, so I'm really curious how it holds up.

Once this semester is over (I have two more accelerated courses starting Monday), I am going to sit down and get some writing-for-me done. I know I've said it before, but by Jove, I mean it.

Have a nice self-portrait while you're here.