Me
May 9, 2006
Apparently I haven’t been posting enough recently for some people, so in the spirit of “use it or lose it,” I’m writing just to recap what I’ve been doing recently in all the time I haven’t spent writing about, I don’t know, tv commercials or whatever.
The business is keeping me very busy, with my main client providing a fertile ground for new design. In the past few weeks, some of what I’ve done is arguably the best work I’ve ever done. Needless to say, I’m pretty excited about that, and just hope it keeps getting better.
Working from home is amazing. While I loved working with the people back in the office, waking up at 7:00 and starting work at 7:07 is a great feeling. My family probably wishes that I’d shower more often, but for the most part I think we’re all happy that I’m able to spend more time at home.
I’ve been taking pictures of myself for Moustache May and feeling awestruck at the amount of moustached, talented photographers participating. My peach fuzz and amateur hand are no match for most of them, but it’s a great deal of fun to participate all the same. The concept just works because of how downright cool everyone participating really is.
I bought my mom a Mac mini and have been monopolizing it for now while I patiently wait for Intel-based Power Macs (or Mac Pros, or Pro Macs, or whatever they’ll be called now that we’re stripping the word “Power” out of everything at Apple). I’d never considered a Mac mini before, but I feel like if I had an Intel-native copy of Photoshop, this thing could actually be my primary work machine. I’ve also spent way too much of my free time playing The Sims 2 (yes, I linked to the Mac version; take that) now that I have a system capable of running it. The Intel GMA 950 video chip in the Mac mini sucks for 3D games, yes, but for the kind of thing that keeps me glued to the screen, it does just great (and it plays 1080p QuickTime
, which is something else I’ve never seen before … particularly not on a screen as nice as my Cinema HD Display).
I’m enjoying being in Alabama again and spending time with the family. As much as I swore I’d never come back here when I left for college, the longer I’m back the more I can see myself calling Alabama home for a long time to come. It gets a bad rap, but for the most part it’s got everything and more you could want from a state like, say, Maryland. Without the scary scary scary crime.
So, that’s about it. The past two weeks, in a nutshell. More later, when, or if, I actually do anything.
I imagine that Alabama will look even better the first time you look at buying a house.
That’s no lie. When I think of what I could have purchased in Louisiana for what I paid for my shitty little townhouse in Maryland I sob uncontrollably.
look at johnny reb over here having a love fest with the dirty south.
Whereabouts in MD?
Also, don’t sell yourself short. Your Moustache May shots are always among my favorites.
Awesome site, too.