I just want to know who the designer is that decided to use this font. Actually, I want to know who the Art Director is. Who approved this font?! PAPYRUS?! REALLY?

In case some of you are asking yourself why I’m freaking out over this horrible font choice, I’ll let you in on why this is such an atrocity to me. Ever hear of a cute little font called Comic Sans? Yeah. You’re probably recalling the number of times you used this font in school – I remember a classmate of mine using it on a Biology report once. Well at some point, someone petitioned to put a stop to the inappropriate usage of this font, and with good reason. People were using the font for everything, including some of the most serious topics. Papyrus is the new Comic Sans. No graphic designer likes to be told to use either of these fonts – and somehow it’s a request we get from many many clients and even people that we work with (like pm’s or sales people). I remember doing a website for a law firm a few years ago and I went with Century Schoolbook for the main font. I got an email back from the client asking me to use Papyrus because it was his wife’s favorite font. Now every time I see either Papyrus or Comic Sans anywhere, I die a little inside.

So while I’m all caught up in dreams of life-after-things-work-out-between-us, I’m too preoccupied with fooling myself to realize that things will never work out because they were never that great to begin with.

And I’m a retard.

I wish things were as easy as they were back then. When we both just said “fuck everything and everyone else” and decided we were going to be together against all odds. And now that we’re no longer separated by entire seas, I somehow feel like we’ve never been farther apart. It seems like I’m fooling myself into believing that eventually we’ll have our time.

I wonder if you know what you’re doing to me.

There’s something about me that I think most people who know me are aware of. There’s little that I wouldn’t do for someone I care about – Even the most casual of friends. And I come to care for people very easily; even if I’ve only known them for as little as a month. And there are a lot of people who take advantage of that quality in me without even realizing they’ve done it. I tell myself that I can’t blame them; but in reality, I should.

Anyway, I’ve been with my company for over a year now. That just seems crazy to me – it’s the longest I’ve ever held a job. I know I complain a lot about the way things are run there but I love my company and the people I work with (Well, most of them anyway).

I think my time in Orange County is coming to an end. I’m planning to move to San Francisco this year or the next. My parents want to move to Texas, and my older sister might be settling down in San Francisco, so it’s time for me to relocate too. I don’t like the idea of being too far away from family, but I think my parents and I need some time apart. San Francisco seems like a good choice for me. There are some very good opportunities up there for someone with my skill-set. And I have some friends that are up there too. I’m really bad at making new friends, honestly. I’m the kind of person that you have to get to know in order to appreciate my sarcasm and attitude, I think. I’ve got to admit that I can be off-putting to the casual observer.

I got a new 17-inch Macbook Pro, courtesy of my sister and her fiance (mostly her fiance). I’m so grateful that I have people in my family that are always there for me. I’m paying them back overtime, but still, it was very generous of them to help me out. I’ll take pictures soon.

Well, that’s my update for now. Hopefully Anisha will blog sometime soon, but I doubt it =P.

Stop trying to have conversations with me. They never work. We don’t agree on anything. The things we do agree on are usually pretty awful in nature. There’s something wrong with the way we work. We’re not good for each other, but I’m addicted and I know you are too.

So you stay on your side of the line, and I’ll stay over here on mine. And if you decide that you wanna meet in the middle every so often, just let me know. I’ll assume you’re having a good day that day and hopefully you wont do everything in your power to make me feel small and worthless.

Your’s Truly,

Christine

I launched a site yesterday (woohoo!). And one of my legacy projects is finally going to be finished tomorrow. Hopefully I can keep the momentum up. We need to get rid of a few projects that have been going on for way too long. My newer projects seem to be going rather smoothly, so hopefully I can get those out fast too. Two of my newer clients are Johnny Was, a designer apparel company, and Star Trac, a huge fitness equiment manufacturer. Both companies are pretty huge, so it’s a little exciting to have my name on their sites.

My new year’s resolution this year is to be happy and not go on living life in self imposed misery. I feel like I spend too much time dwelling on the things that go wrong, when actually I have a lot going on for me lately. I need to just roll with the punches, honestly. My other resolution is to find someone who’s on equal ground with me and not live vicariously through them. I need to find someone that can take care of me but isn’t afraid to let me take care of them. Someone that I don’t have to support emotionally or even monetarily with nothing in return – and vise versa. I need to find someone to be with and still be able to stay true to myself. In my past relationships I’ve completely immersed myself in my partner’s life – I practically move in with them… their friends become my friends, as do their hobbies, and then by the end of it all, I have nothing for myself. So hopefully that changes this year.

Here’s the coverage over United Flight 766’s story.