the little logo that wasnt...
Published Friday, August 26, 2005 by naptowngirl.
So UJF decided to not use the logo they all claimed to love 2 months ago. oh well... here is its. isnt it pretty? what's wrong with these people?
enough with the depressing posts. i'll try for something cheerier next time. it's been a bad week.
enough with the depressing posts. i'll try for something cheerier next time. it's been a bad week.
David Jeffrey Snyder
Published Monday, August 22, 2005 by naptowngirl.
Sometimes horrible things happen. sometimes things happen that we can't explain; that have no reason. Sometimes things knock us sideways when we least expect it.
My cousin David was killed in a car accident Saturday night.
He was 16 and sweet and didnt deserve to die.
Here is the article from the paper and his obit. I didnt know him very well and didnt expect it to affect me so much... it's been a tough 2 days. I went to shul last night because i didnt know what else to do and thought i should do something. Rabbi Walk was great, we talked for a few minutes and reminded me that "we're here" if i should need.
My parents had just seen David at family dinner last week. Mom had talked to him about the book he was reading. How bloody unfair is life?
My cousin David was killed in a car accident Saturday night.
He was 16 and sweet and didnt deserve to die.
Here is the article from the paper and his obit. I didnt know him very well and didnt expect it to affect me so much... it's been a tough 2 days. I went to shul last night because i didnt know what else to do and thought i should do something. Rabbi Walk was great, we talked for a few minutes and reminded me that "we're here" if i should need.
My parents had just seen David at family dinner last week. Mom had talked to him about the book he was reading. How bloody unfair is life?
my pulse has no pulse
Published Thursday, August 18, 2005 by naptowngirl.
Hi Everybody,
i know i don't speak often about my career, but this is a dark day for me and i had to share. As most of you know, i'm ma graphic designer, a creative. And 3 years ago i inheritted an internal employee publication, a magazine called Pulse. For years this magazine has been through several stops and starts. I'm actually the 3rd designer to inherit it, but it has spent the most time in my care and has flourished and come to "exist" most in my creative hands. After several months delay (6 i believe), it has been decided that Pulse is no more... You can download a pdf of the current version here:
Pulse Magazine
I hesitate to say that it is "complete" because it is not. nor is it final, nor is it "last" because i've been told that select spreads will be reincarnated into something smaller perhaps a "pulselette" if you will.
Anyway, i'm sad. i feel like 3 years of my life has been wasted. sure, i've done plenty of other great projects in that time, but this has been my baby, my child. All that design, all that time, all the money and all the things i've learned. More revisions and redesigns and tweaking and scrapping and thinking i was done with something only to have a new obstacle through in my way that required a complete redesign. for what? Fredy insists that the things i've learned can't be taken away from me and i know that... but it still sucks that nobody will ever get to see something i am infinitely proud of. Feel free to download the file and have a look. it's not complete, but it's as complete as it's going to get. Enjoy.
i know i don't speak often about my career, but this is a dark day for me and i had to share. As most of you know, i'm ma graphic designer, a creative. And 3 years ago i inheritted an internal employee publication, a magazine called Pulse. For years this magazine has been through several stops and starts. I'm actually the 3rd designer to inherit it, but it has spent the most time in my care and has flourished and come to "exist" most in my creative hands. After several months delay (6 i believe), it has been decided that Pulse is no more... You can download a pdf of the current version here:
Pulse Magazine
I hesitate to say that it is "complete" because it is not. nor is it final, nor is it "last" because i've been told that select spreads will be reincarnated into something smaller perhaps a "pulselette" if you will.
Anyway, i'm sad. i feel like 3 years of my life has been wasted. sure, i've done plenty of other great projects in that time, but this has been my baby, my child. All that design, all that time, all the money and all the things i've learned. More revisions and redesigns and tweaking and scrapping and thinking i was done with something only to have a new obstacle through in my way that required a complete redesign. for what? Fredy insists that the things i've learned can't be taken away from me and i know that... but it still sucks that nobody will ever get to see something i am infinitely proud of. Feel free to download the file and have a look. it's not complete, but it's as complete as it's going to get. Enjoy.
disengagement
Published Wednesday, August 17, 2005 by naptowngirl.
i want to cry...
how does this help?
children are not weapons
people in Kerem Atzmona asked for cardboard packing boxes and then set them on fire.
I understand that people don't want to leave their homes. I wouldnt want to leave mine. and it makes me so sad to think that it's come to this. but when faced with the choice of traumatizing your children or killing innocent people what's it all for? what are they fighting for? at some point don't we have to say "this is not how G-d wants us to go on?" Alot of people think that pulling out from Gaza will start a domino effect... what will we be left with. I think that this is a way to peace. i hope i'm right...
how does this help?
children are not weapons
people in Kerem Atzmona asked for cardboard packing boxes and then set them on fire.
I understand that people don't want to leave their homes. I wouldnt want to leave mine. and it makes me so sad to think that it's come to this. but when faced with the choice of traumatizing your children or killing innocent people what's it all for? what are they fighting for? at some point don't we have to say "this is not how G-d wants us to go on?" Alot of people think that pulling out from Gaza will start a domino effect... what will we be left with. I think that this is a way to peace. i hope i'm right...
anniversary and electricity
Published Monday, August 15, 2005 by naptowngirl.
hey everybody. it just occured to me that it's been just about a year since i started my blog. so happy anniversary to me! anyway... i had a fabulous weekend apart from the 25 hours that i didnt have electricity. but fortunately enough my friends had power so my frozen treasures from my mom (chicken soup, knishes etc) are vacationing in laura's freezer and if the power didnt come back on when it was supposed to i was told i had air conditioned accommodations if need be. thank g-d i did not need them although it would have been fun i'm sure. having my own electricity was good. :)
I had the most funnest weekend with david. Saturday night we saw Wicked which was fantastic! good dinner, good theater, AND... we didnt get lost getting into the city! whooo hooo! If you want to see my expoundations on my Wicked addiction back in the fall... go here.
I had the most funnest weekend with david. Saturday night we saw Wicked which was fantastic! good dinner, good theater, AND... we didnt get lost getting into the city! whooo hooo! If you want to see my expoundations on my Wicked addiction back in the fall... go here.
llama anyone?
Published Thursday, August 11, 2005 by naptowngirl.
sometimes friends sent me links to stuff that is so off the wall i have to share. spread the weirdness, you know? so check this out... get your llama fix
i showed it to one friend and his reply was "dear g-d! it's stupid, but then, why am I smiling?"
peace
i showed it to one friend and his reply was "dear g-d! it's stupid, but then, why am I smiling?"
peace
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