the dreaded mirror

i heard this in spin class this morning and thought it was profound.
nothing good ever comes from looking in the mirror.
so, walk away.
stop caring.
stop buying into everything you've been told since day one.
i wish i was this self-actualized.
maybe one day.
doubtful.

ragging type

last night's type class was really interesting.
we are still working on our book jackets.
i won't bore you with my design and where it stands.
suffice to say i have a lot of work to do.
we got into a discussion about ragging type and i decided to try it out with my card today.
(i think) ragged type is when it is not aligned. it just sort of hangs out there.
it's a lot of fun to work with...at least it was this morning.
i can't imagine having to rag an entire paragraph. oy.

content, content, content

i was at a dinner party the other night and the man sitting next to me wanted me to tell him about my cards.
so i read him the line from this one and he very politely smiled and asked me to pass the bread.
he didn't get it.
and why would he?
he doesn't blog.
but anyone who tries to post regularly knows that every conversation,
every funny story
every detail of your day to day existence is your next post.

everyone's everywhere...

for the last couple of years i've noticed a fairly big shift in my life.
while everyone around me seems to be in constant motion
i seem to be the one that isn't.
i'm the one in the family that sorta doesn't move.
i'm the one that's home,
in just about every sense of the word.
this summer is no different.
my husband has been traveling frequently for work.
sammy is away at sleep away camp for seven weeks.
and zoe has been in and out all summer.
i'm not sure when i became the one to hold down the fort.
but i feel like it's a pretty important thing to do.
at least for now.

homework....

so this was my homework for tonight's type design class:
redesign a book cover.
i chose the bluest eye, by toni morrison.
it's about a black girl's quest for blue eyes.
that's why my cover is entirely black.
with the exception of the book's title which i placed where someone's eyes would normally be.

next week's assignment:
design the sleeve and spine.

while this is a fun assignment i wonder if book covers will soon be a lost art with kindles and ipads.

happy independence day...

25 years ago i was traveling in singapore.
i walked into a restaurant, ordered lunch and sat down at an empty table.
as i looked around the restaurant i noticed i was the only woman eating alone.
when the waiter delivered my food he asked me where my husband was.
this was the first time i ever remember feeling american.
happy july 4th.

happy july!

both girls are away now.
sam is at a performing arts camp and zoe is at tennis camp.
it's funny because for the first time either one of them can be reached at their summer programs.
in years passed there were phone times...one day a week, for 10 minutes at a time when we could talk.
no longer.
now, if i want to talk to them, i just pick up the phone and dial.
they are both reachable, whenever.
but i'm finding that i'm not calling them too much and they're not calling me too much.
i think that's good.
it's nice to disconnect for a while.
that's the whole point of going away for the summer.
last night, i was bbm-ing with zoe and i was asking her some mundane question.
suddenly she was tired and had to go.
can't say i blame her.