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.
Read Moreblogstalking as procrastination
:) you're more than welcome to become a reader (well, i can't really stop you), but dude, you need to stop stomping all over blog etiquette and say hello in a comment.... unless, of course, there's someone else from lexington, kentucky, who read every single post on friday, july 27, searched for 'brother' and 'christmas,' and is now a near-daily reader.... in that case, please go find out who in lexington is doing this, and give them a boot to the head from me, wouldja?
Read Moreair conditioning and other bonuses
in the spirit of trying to get motivated at 4:30 in the afternoon, during the lull when no one ever likes their job, and starts idly wondering if perhaps yak farming in tibet isn't a better life path -- i'll list some of the other ones.... museums that i keep forgetting to go to see the cool exhibits at, and instead only remember their existence when there's something really lame showing.... and as if that weren't enough (and don't you kinda wish it were?): soon, there will be a constant stream of busy and nervous freshmen, all trying very hard to impress each other with how cool and sophisticated they are.
Read Moreyes, traffic in LA really is that bad
Because of the imbalance between road supply and travel demand, delay on urban freeways has nearly doubled from about 262,000 vehicle-hours per day in 1992 to 512,000 vehicle-hours per day in 2002.... Congestion is defined as occurring when vehicles are traveling at 35 miles per hour or less during peak commute periods on a typical work day.... Congestion on urban freeways costs Californians at least $16 million per day (or $5.9 billion per year) in wasted time and excess fuel.
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