Since I've started taking the metro to work, I've garnered a bit of "free time" that I've never had before. At first, I would listen to my mp3 player to help pass the time, but that began to get old really quickly. Also, with certain recurring riff raff going on in close proximity + with the recent reports of electronic theft, I wanted to make sure I had full attention of what was going on around me.
So, I started reading more. I realized that, over time, I would need to refer back to the articles I've read, but couldn't remember where to find it. Because of this, I drafted a blog post with a list of all the articles I've read so far, but after thinking about it some more I decided to create a twitter account that would house all of these articles by posting one link per twitter update.
J discovered some really interesting [+ creepy] antique items within our house. Here are a few of his findings.
I had a conversation regarding the details of the bottle with my friend Ivan, who then reminded me that there was no longer a B Street SW in Washington, DC; only Independence Ave SW. Now, that's a really old milk bottle.
Generous folks in my Webworks team. One of our developers just shared some soda bread with the crew, which he says is a secret family recipe from Ireland. Tastes great with my morning coffee. :)
This is blowing my mind. I have old friend from high school named Kaska—she now spells it as Kasia—who was an international exchange student from Poland. Her name is the Polish translation of my name [back then, she sometimes spelled her name as Cathy]. A few months back, we reconnected via the infamous Facebook + she sent me this image of a letter I gave her 15 years ago. I'm surprised she still had it. :)
It was written towards the end of our Junior year, which was probably my most memorable of high school years. Kaska + I were in the same French II class with the lovely Madame Falt as our teacher. We were both active members in La Société Nationale d'Honneur de Français by participating + winning awards in written + verbal grammar competitions with other schools. Yeh, total French nerds.
Not knowing if she would continue attending our high school in the States or return back to her home in Poland for our senior year, I wrote up this note + gave it to her a few months before summer vacation. Yes, back in the day before email was a part of our everyday lives. Fifteen years later, it turns up on my computer screen. Quelle belle surprise! I also forgot about my beloved Boynton pad paper!
Thanks for sharing this gem from the past, Cathy aka Kaska aka Kasia! :) So awesome to be able to catch up with you + your adventures again.
Me + my classmate used to draw this little character over + over again back in 8th grade.
We had so many different variations between the two of us, but this is the version I remember the most. It was inspired by Kiedis' doodles sprinkled all over the liner notes of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Blood Sugar Sex Magik" album. And yes, it was the cassette that we were looking at.
Harmony makes it so easy to contribute to that create-something-everyday idea going around. Wish there was an undo option though.
I need a drawing tablet to better execute my sketches. Imagine how fun it would be to sketch with Harmony... on the iPad... on the metro. Then again, I can just bring a regular sketch pad + ink pen with me. Ha.
A probono promotional collaboration project between Grafik [role: design], McArdle Solutions [role: professional printing], + myself [role: photography]. Grafik, my old company, had approached me last Fall to see if I was interested in sharing my photography work for next year's promo calendar. Of course, I agreed as I've always looked forward to Grafik's yearly calendar—except this time, I was the featured photographer. Exciting stuff.
They gave me a list of images that they were interested in, I supplied the hi-res files, + McArdle chose the final selects. Grafik's design concept behind the calendar was to somehow make a printed piece "interactive" by including some of my photo narratives that I've originally posted on flickr as well as some users' comments on the back of each month's photo. I thought it added a nice personal touch + back-story behind each photograph.
These photos are near + dear to me, so this was a fun personal project to be involved in. Not to mention, I received plenty copies of the calendar to distribute to whoever I please. :)
To see a snapshot of selected images for the cover + for each month, click here.
This is my journal. I am a full-time interactive designer + freelance photographer with immense love + respect for art, travel, food, technology, + music. Back in 2000, when I first began writing my musings online the content was solely based on my life experiences. Over the years I've meandered from writing on the introspective side + found myself expressing various thoughts, ideas, + interests through photography-inspired posts with little to no narrative. Though, when I tend to think aloud I share them on Twitter. The entry style may have changed, but this site still serves as my chronological journal of random occurrences, introspective or not.
I love{ sketching, design, photography, good typography, XHTML, CSS, constant education, staying current, being with the mister, family, preserving social ties, respect, islands, all things music, plucking guitar strings, sushi, henna mehndi art, photo booths, house hunting, Zumba dance, Body Pump, video games, road trips, rice, spicy food, nature wandering }
Feeed me, Seymour. 
