tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-385661652009-06-24T09:00:00.848-05:00A place to spew the innards of my brain after a long night of thinking.Lacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05759986705126905182noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38566165.post-56873860146292356122009-06-24T08:58:00.001-05:002009-06-24T08:59:56.614-05:00

Perfect way to capture what it's like for freelancers to work with clients.

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The United States Post Office--well, the gubment in general--isn't really known for its outstanding creativity in Graphic Design. However, I received a piece of [junk]mail this week that I just couldn't throw away...even though this is something I would have trashed otherwise.Check this out! The whole thing is laid out like a file folder with collage bits-n-pieces of information that you

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From Southeastern Louisiana University's news release page.In case you are just getting this news--which would be a poor decision to be checking this site for the latest news; I am a horrible blogger--the Hammond Chamber of Commerce has selected ME among 11 other design students at Southeastern!Yay! Gary Keown's upper-level print design class competed among each other to create a promotional

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I'm an awful blogger. I've got a million things I'm thinking ans instead of putting them here, the inside of my head is like a dog chasing its tail.Round, and round she goes....

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This week I haven't been able to sleep much. Usually in the wee hours of the night (morning?)--and likely due to delirium--my mind races with conspiracy theories, What-Ifs, Holy Craps, and just plain Crap thoughts.This thought falls into one of those categories...Likely the just plain Crap category, but it's interesting nonetheless.There's so much discourse on American materialism, consumerism,

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I got this fine creasefrom laughing with my mother,from my surprise as he bent to one knee,I got these lines around my lipsfrom drinking coffee with my husbandand kissing him between sips.I got these crow's feet near my eyesfrom squinting into the Aruban sunand squeezing back tears as Mrs. Millie died.I got this crépe skinfrom sunbathing in Hawaiiand studying in college...and partying and drinkin

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This has got to be the funniest thing I have seen since the "Burger and Fries" video.

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from Office of Public Information at Southeastern Louisiana University: HAMMOND - Southeastern Louisiana University's visual arts program has been accredited for the maximum five years by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). The announcement means that every degree program at Southeastern required or recommended by the State Board of Regents to achieve national

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For the entire 8 months leading up to our wedding, I laughed at the idea of saving the top of my wedding cake and eating year-old flour and fondant. I barely eat FRESH cake as it is, let alone AGED wedding cake. Gross. I had my cake [and ate it, too!] on the wedding night, and the week after...and the week after that. Time came and went, and now our first anniversary has also just passed. We

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I love Halloween! As a Jack of the Arts, my favorite thing about Halloween is creating the most memorable, innovative, and hilarious costume at any given event. I've thought a lot about what makes a costume successful (i.e.: unique, funny, and creative), and I think I've settled on a few key points.1. The costume pokes fun at a current event or item of pop culture.Take some top news story

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After feeling completely lost every day I sit down with Katie Couric and her perfectly shiny coif, she gives me the spill about the fighting in the Middle East, that no miracles occurred and we are STILL over there, and this and that and blah blah and Muslims and blah and Islam and yadda yadda...I eventually just glaze over.I hated feeling like a gutless pastry, so I e-mailed a professor in the

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I love being from the South. There's nothing better than a hot, lazy Sunday afternoon on the porch swing with a glass of Iced Tea (ahem, Carolina Iced Tea) and a can of OFF!. Sometimes I feel like being a Belle is similar to an exclusive club with cult-like suspicions of outsiders. Others talk crap about them, but they wish they could be on the inside...kinda how the valedictorian feels about the

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Exclusive Blue Tarp Tee!Help the hurricane recovery efforts in Louisiana by purchasing a Blue Tarp Tee!The front reads, "TARP: Tropical Activity Response Protocol"and the tee shirt comes in a lovely shade of FEMA Tarp Blue.Many thanks to CafePress.com for their aid in making this tee shirt. Every purchase donates money to non-profit charitable efforts in Louisiana.Cover your stuff South Louisiana

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It'll just be a little wind and a little rain.The power will go out for a few hours.People will hoard gasoline, Bunny bread, and the good Bourbon.So I was only a little off in my prediction of Gustav. Generally, Baton Rouge doesn't get much in the way of hurricanes. I want to say the last time we had a respectable hit was Hurricane Andrew in '92...and some people have cried wolf for every single

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I know I sound like a broken record, but hard times have fallen on everyone.Everything is costing more...even the Dollar Store feels like a ripoff! One argument I hear a lot is that price of milk vs. price of gas comparison. It never made much sense to me, really. I suppose people relate them because they are both sold by the gallon? I know I've never bought 16 gallons of milk at once, thus

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You bet your biscuits this is another shameless plug.I have fallen out of posting my musings online...in this sue-happy, instantaneous information, you-are-your-MySpace era, it's hard to say or do anything without the Internet Nannies shaming you.[Sidenote: DAMN YOU, WINDOWS UPDATER! I DO NOT WANT TO "RESTART NOW!!!!"]Sometimes if you post your writings, people aren't sure what to make of it so

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If you are a river rat--or better yet--if you are a sand camel but happen to find yourself on the water from time to time, you really need one of these:A Map of the Southeastern Louisiana Waterways from River Rat Rob Arrington.The guy does great things. He gives these maps to emergency officials so that when someone calls with an emergency on the water, they can find the lunatic who thought spear

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I was contacted this morning about a submission I made to a publication, and it turns out not only was I accepted as an artist in the online publication, but they want to feature my photography on the cover!Sherman FitzSimons, the editor of The Gambit, informed me that my series,"Life and Leisure in Louisiana," will be in the next issue of the Gambit, due out June 15, 2008. On the previous design

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Many have told me they can't see all the links in the navigation frame at the left. This can be caused by a few things:This can be due to screen resolution set lower than 1280 x 1024.This can be caused by multible tabs being open at the top of your browser.This can also be caused by multiple toolbars (bookmarks bar, Yahoo Toolbars, Google Search bars, AOL tool bar--whatever) stacked at the top

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Get 'em while they last!T-shirts and stickers are available at http://www.cafepress.com/dj111! Each shirt is custom made for DJ 1-11 and will only be available for a limited time. Once the design retires, it's GONE FOR GOOD--so get it while you can!

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Fresh news from River Rat Rob:The Jam'in in Lake Maurepas is May 10, music starts at 11:00 AM. If you've never been, this is a helluva party. There is a party IN Lake Maurepas (pronounced maw-paw, not maury-poss) on the sand bar; there's live music, food, boats, girls in bikinis, guys trying to impress girls in bikinis, and lots and lots of fun.On Rob's website, he has a link to an aerial

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In case you're interested, I've replaced two of my drawings with more recent ones. Click on the "Art and Photo" link to see!First one is: Tyranny Begin DrawnSecond one is in progress, and is about the Holocaust.

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The Southeastern Louisiana Visual Arts Department Student Show opens tomorrow night, Thursday, February 28th. It is in the Southeastern La. Univ. Contemporary Art Gallery in Hammond, La.I have several digital print-ups and some charcoal drawings in this exhibit.This is a very imporat art exhibition for Southeastern and for myself. The National Association of Art and Design will visit this

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Three of the five DJ 1-11 album covers I submitted have made it into Southeastern's Visual Art Exhibition!The three album covers are located in the Sims Memorial Library Gallery on the first floor of Southeastern Louisiana University's academic library. If you're in Hammond, pop on by and take a peek. If you never go to Hammond...shame on you. :)And then visit http://www.dj1-11.com and click on

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Look for me in an upcoming issue of InRegister Magazine!I modeled local boutique swimsuits, clothing, shoes and accessories with a 1920's flair. Don't forget to look for the two other beauties in the issue: Kristy and Harriett. Talk about a couple of bombshells! Hopefully my knowledge of the body and photography helped me on the other side of the camera lens. As many photographers can attest,

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