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February 2008

Friday, 29 February 2008

MEME

Bluerose tagged me for a meme, and though I have probably already done one for her, I love doing them -- it gets me to think about things other than the problems that keep arising in Life. Besides, it makes me feel good that she thinks enough of me to tag me again! She combined "Five Random or Weird Things About Me" with "Six Inconsequential Things About Me", and I think that's a good idea:

01. I have two boyfriends who are around 15 or so years younger than me. (Honest!)

02. I have a major fondness for objects that are metallic or transparent red.

03. I absolutely hate canned asparagus.

04. I don't like to wear anything but natural fibers.

05. I collect and create ornamental carrots -- I like the shape and color. I suppose Freud would say something about phallic symbols, but I'm not worried about that.

06. I have several different collections: sheep, wooden boxes, cobalt glass, buttons, fonts, pickle ornaments, pumpkins, baskets, hand-made charms (especially those that look like food), wool blankets, webpage bookmarks, and the list goes on...

07. I don't like French kissing.

08. I talk to my mother, who died 4 years ago.

09. I hate the white meat of chicken and turkey. It's drumsticks for me!

10. I love dogs, but I don't want to own one. I prefer to own cats.

11. I believe that all politicians become corrupt sooner or later.

I'll have to think about who to tag -- even though I seem to have less and less free time to do so these days -- even though I'm still not employed! That seems really odd to me!

Just to make this blog more interesting, I'll post an image from a movie that I've chosen for my next webcode project (we must write a multi-page movie review making sure all elements are contained within TABLES and everything links together properly).

Amelie

Wednesday, 27 February 2008

IF: MULTIPLE

Multiple


Sunday, 24 February 2008

A Student Again

Aviation

Yes! The man really had a mustache like that! He was a showman and loved to do daredevil stunts in his gliders and planes before cheering crowds. And he died the way most aviators want to die -- he crashed his plane. But he was also known for his ingenious man-lifting gliders that were used in WWI, as well as any number of special airplane models. Step aside, Orville and Wilbur!

This collage became an image map for my web development class, and I must say I wish I had known about this trick before I finished my website! I think I would have acquired fewer gray hairs and wrinkles! For those of you who don't know what an image map is, it's a way to make "hot spots" on your website more interesting. You designate certain areas of the image within your xhtml code, and link them to another page or another site. It's got me dreaming of creating a huge collage to use as an interactive gateway to a special website made exclusively to show the digital fun I have with Illustration Friday.

Meanwhile, visit my new online portfolio -- Rarebit Visual Arts -- which I hope will get me a few job interviews as a designer. Something has to work, 'else I will have to move back to Illinois and pitch my reenacting tent in my ex-husband's yard. A broken and disappointed failure in the graphic design community of Pittsburgh. Maybe I'm meant to find a job in Enland and live in a little vine-covered cottage with a kitchen garden at my back door. Sigh...


ORANGE

I just love a mass of the same color — it excites me very much. I also like a mass of the same subject matter done in different ways — a reverse of the color mosaic. Yes! That will be my next mosaic!


Orange_mosaic_2


1. Orange bento 9-29-06, 2. California Oranges on the Vine in San Diego, California, 3. Seville Orange Marmalade, 2006, 4. Orange as any orange on a tree, 5. Orange Explosion, 6. Orange thrift, 7. Red and Orange Butterfly on a yellow flower - France - July 2006, 8. L'orange du canal du Midi, 9. Orange Spring Mound, Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, 10. Orange ~ Up......, 11. Orange Crush, 12. orange glow, 13. Which one is Oranger?, 14. Orange Glory, 15. Orange Dunes, 16. orange and lemon drops, 17. Turning Orange, 18. lunch and dinner : pumpkin and orange soup, 19. China Fun Orange Chicken, 20. The Power of Orange, 21. see these eyes so orange, 22. Orange-Dragonfly, 23. Orange shadows, 24. felt orange slice, 25. ello n orange 4 MAY


Saturday, 02 February 2008

IF: BLANKET

Blanket