take a look at the gallery, and send me an email to let me know which prints you'd like, with your address. shipping will run you $5, to cover the special bend-resistant envelope and postage; i'm not charging handling.... if there's a particular piece of mine you've seen before, that's not up in the gallery, but you'd still like a print of, just let me know, and i'll be happy to make it for you.
Read Moreguru.com is ghastly
since none of the people i regularly do work for have anything in the pipeline, i thought i'd check out guru.com, a site for freelancers in multiple professions to find work.... i liked that i could have multiple profiles, as i have three different areas of expertise: design, writing, and illustration -- so i made one for each.... some items, like my resume, were persistent throughout all three profiles, which i didn't like; someone who wants to hire me to do technical writing could care less about my painting skills.
Read Moremore cowbell
of course, when you give them more cowbell, they freak out and say it's too edgy.... in other news: my treo is mysteriously taking to its bed with the vapors every time i try to sync the calendar between it and my computer, or between it and the Exchange server at work.... i've given away three bags of avocados in the last few days, and am on the lookout for more suckers eager recipients.
Read Morelattes and two speeds
that it only took me two weeks of glancing at the espresso machine, and thinking, hmm, i should take that to my office and stop spending so much money on coffee downstairs -- well, in my personal mythology, that's right up there with the loaves and fishes, people.... here are sample items in the Ehh category: • my car registration • my taxes • mailing anything that requires postage • reuniting tupperware lids and containers • any project with a 'oh, just get it done whenever' deadline (which is to say, no deadline whatsoever) • deciding on and buying new bookcases • organizing my stupidly large herb collection • moving laundry from the dryer back into my house • moving laundry from my studio where i dropped it, to its rightful place in the closet and dresser • tracking down a new supplier of non-photo-blue pencils any bill i only pay once a year, or some random one-time only thing • filing of any sort • bringing any object from my house to my office, or my office to my house the obvious solution is to tell myself that stuff in the Ehh category is really On Fire. and sometimes, that promotion does happen -- like the time when i got the letter from the state franchise tax board, asking me when exactly i was planning on paying my taxes.
Read Morenose-to-grindstone syndrome
but the actual design projects are just not too terribly cool or a stretch, so i can handle them pretty quickly, efficiently, and make the clients happy, solve the design problem… but not be very happy with them.... i have a serious case of nose-to-grindstone syndrome, as i tackle the day job, the studio work (both in and out of it), portfolio work, and then things just for me, some of which have nothing to do with getting work, like knitting.... for the time being is going to be figuring out new methods of keeping myself challenged, and that will most likely only happen once i go through trying to dig deep and discover more about how and what exactly i want to create.
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