Today’s soundtrack: if you don’t move, and get a job
Today at 11:32am: Making coffee, and well.


Sorry I haven’t written in a while but I been busy, baby. Daddy’s got some new projects.

My project for The Germans was like a song by Oasis--it never seemed to end. But it’s finally finished for now. The checks cleared and everything.

Project Two, I started doing some professional photo retouching. Mike the Player just shot a thing for Mac cosmetics and needed a hand. That was a short controlled burst--three days of labor and one all-nighter.

Basically I was reading this article on “professional Photoshop tips” and I realized I already knew how to do everything they mentioned, because Photoshop is what I do all day at work.

The money in photo retouching (for fashion, beauty etc.) is better than the money in design so I’m trying to pick up more retouching gigs. Time is money and if I can squeeze some extra Jacksons out of an hour I will.

Project Three, a gig to design bags for a Japanese client (Marui department stores) fell into my lap. The deadline’s kind of nuts but if I do the project right, I get to go to Japan in September on someone else’s nickel. Nothing tastes better than free sashimi.

Project Four, assembling a workshop panel for a college gig at University of Wisconsin-Madison. I’ve never been to Wisconsin. Looking forward to seeing Ashton Kutcher (he’s so stupid!) and that redheaded chick (she’s so smart!).

Finally got a new computer, a 1-gig G4 Titanium. I ordered it on a Friday night and it arrived at my door Saturday morning, with a free Epson printer. Al-Qaeda may not like us but there are a lot of good things to say about our society.

Saw Pat Labor III which completely sucked. SV2 is barely in it, the story focuses on Hata and Matsui. Bor-ring.

Saw 25th Hour which was pretty fucking great. Strange to see Spike Lee make movies about white people but he’s a great director. This flick is exceptionally well-cast, everyone from Ed Norton on down is pitch-perfect. Spike Lee and Woody Allen are the best because they are true-blue New fucking York directors. The ghost of the Twin Towers is this movie’s secret cast member.

Spike is still fucking with the saturated colors and the standing-still dolly shots, which I love because he’s still a Tisch grad keeping it Angelika. More than half of you will have no idea what that means but it matters little.