i spent the holiday with my friend greg who invited me up to his family's house in jaffery, new hampshire. what a pretty new england town! i always forget how lovely new england is until i escape the city and drive through the sleepy little towns with tree-lined streets and old-timey town halls and quaint bed and breakfasts. jaffery was no exception. we stayed with greg's family who were very sweet people. greg is one of 13 children so i expected the thanksgiving to be a huge family affair. always fun to have a totally different experience than what you're used to. coming from a family where i'm the only child and 3 other living close relatives, it's a whole different ball game to be in the presence of a giant family.
the actual dinner was held at greg's sister's house who had 7 children of her own! i had no idea what i was in for. the kids were all so sweet but i have to say, they were a handful. running around, screaming, playing, fighting, crying. it was fun but one day of it was definitely enough. made me rethink the whole children thing. i probably still want one, MAYBE two. but that's it!
the whole family was super nice. must have been well over 25 people (including 10 kids)... i lost track after shaking the up-teenth person's hand. but the dinner was great. and there were 10 pies! never seen so much food at a thanksgiving table ever. delicious. i find it fascinating to witness other families and their traditions. this one was pretty normal. accept instead of watching football, the men cut down a couple trees outside. very manly of them. and kinda random. but fun to watch all the same. i'd take that over football any day. oh yeah, and it snowed that day which made it an extra special day. gotta love the first snow.
check out some pics from the day here
Sunday, November 27, 2005
Thursday, November 17, 2005
too busy to blog
i have not been a very good blogger lately. at all. here are some of the reasons/excuses why:
1. i went through a pretty gnarly break-up/get back together briefly/break-up again (details not to be discussed here).
2. i wasn't really eating for a good 3 weeks (the trusty ol' break-up diet). major loss of appetite = lack of energy. but hey, my skinny jeans are loose on me now. besides feeling sick when i want to eat, i can't complain about my new svelte self (and yes, i'm eating a little bit more now thank you very much).
3. i got bombarded with work. this has been a real blessing. not only is the money finally coming in (i was reeeeeally broke there for a bit), i've got some cool projects to work on. my own work projects started to pile up last week (love when that phone rings) and out of the blue i was asked to freelance at an in-house job this week. i was unsure of what it entailed... they didn't even want to meet before starting me on the job, but when they asked my rate, i upped it and they agreed. figured 2 weeks of good cash couldn't be too painful.
well, it turns out that the job has been great. the place is a groovy design studio in mid-town. they have some really big accounts and work on interesting projects. and the people are all quite friendly and cool. i was a bit nervous about walking into a "real" design studio. let's face it, it's been a while since i've been in a working creative environment and i wasn't certain of my competence level. i mean, when you've worked for yourself for a couple years, you tend to do things your own way (and maybe cut a few corners here and there).
they put me on my first assignment on monday. it was a cool project and i was stoked to be working on something from scratch, coming up with concepts, excuting ideas and presenting to the creative director. it's weird to seek approval from a c.d., since i'm the only one who has to approve my own work. again, i was nervous to present, but lo and behold, my ideas actually looked pretty good compared to the other designers working on the project. maybe i was better than i thought. i can't tell you the wonders this did for my ego (the same ego that had been shit on a couple days earlier). AND, i found out today that the client selected my idea. woo-hoo!
and today i was asked to create a concept for a coffee table type of book. so stoked. it's a little stressful (deadline is friday), but i'm happy to be back in this position. regular scheduled hours, intersting projects to work on, and no time to think of said break-up. plus, i've been working on my other projects at night (up past midnight every night this week so far). i usually hate being this busy, but i'm welcoming it and have to say, it feels damn good. bring on the busy i say.
1. i went through a pretty gnarly break-up/get back together briefly/break-up again (details not to be discussed here).
2. i wasn't really eating for a good 3 weeks (the trusty ol' break-up diet). major loss of appetite = lack of energy. but hey, my skinny jeans are loose on me now. besides feeling sick when i want to eat, i can't complain about my new svelte self (and yes, i'm eating a little bit more now thank you very much).
3. i got bombarded with work. this has been a real blessing. not only is the money finally coming in (i was reeeeeally broke there for a bit), i've got some cool projects to work on. my own work projects started to pile up last week (love when that phone rings) and out of the blue i was asked to freelance at an in-house job this week. i was unsure of what it entailed... they didn't even want to meet before starting me on the job, but when they asked my rate, i upped it and they agreed. figured 2 weeks of good cash couldn't be too painful.
well, it turns out that the job has been great. the place is a groovy design studio in mid-town. they have some really big accounts and work on interesting projects. and the people are all quite friendly and cool. i was a bit nervous about walking into a "real" design studio. let's face it, it's been a while since i've been in a working creative environment and i wasn't certain of my competence level. i mean, when you've worked for yourself for a couple years, you tend to do things your own way (and maybe cut a few corners here and there).
they put me on my first assignment on monday. it was a cool project and i was stoked to be working on something from scratch, coming up with concepts, excuting ideas and presenting to the creative director. it's weird to seek approval from a c.d., since i'm the only one who has to approve my own work. again, i was nervous to present, but lo and behold, my ideas actually looked pretty good compared to the other designers working on the project. maybe i was better than i thought. i can't tell you the wonders this did for my ego (the same ego that had been shit on a couple days earlier). AND, i found out today that the client selected my idea. woo-hoo!
and today i was asked to create a concept for a coffee table type of book. so stoked. it's a little stressful (deadline is friday), but i'm happy to be back in this position. regular scheduled hours, intersting projects to work on, and no time to think of said break-up. plus, i've been working on my other projects at night (up past midnight every night this week so far). i usually hate being this busy, but i'm welcoming it and have to say, it feels damn good. bring on the busy i say.
Friday, November 04, 2005
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