I Want To Be A Part Of This....

WK12 seeks Year 6 from wktwelve on Vimeo.


Yes, like many others, I dream of being a part of the WK team, in any way, shape or form. Last week I sent off my attempt of a new mini portfolio/application in hopes of getting into WK12 year 6. Actually, I re-designed it specifically for that reason alone. But on a side note, it was nice to see I had some quality new pieces. In fact, they were all new pieces. It felt good not having to go back and use older work, no matter how much I still love it. I am hopeful of what the outcome will be. I want this. I need this. I crave this. An environment that encourages and fosters rad design, with interesting, eclectic individuals, hmm, I might just wet myself. Seriously, it sounds like a wonderful dream that I would never want to wake up from and can only hope I get to live it one day...

Yes We Can!

YES WE CAN!

Bush is FINALLY out of office, and the consensus seems to be rejoicing from all regions, happily welcoming President Barack Obama. Who would have thought this day would come? It seems surreal, like a movie. And it is not just the fact that Obama is the first 'black' president. No, it steams much deeper than that. He understands a generation that wants change, that cares about our future, the environment and the well being of every human being. 1.5 million people showed up in Washington D.C. on January 20, 2009 to witness history being made. Thank the universe that we finally have a leader that we can be proud of!!!

SNOW + Car Packed Ice + Walking & Talking + Slope = Falling On Your Ass

Hahaha.... Yeah, I totally beefed it. Hurt like hell, but I laughed my ass off right after. Then again I did fall in sight of four cute dudes on bikes, one who later fell and slide off his bike after speeding down a flight of stairs (he was able to get up and take a bow. I am pretty sure he hurt the next day). Needless to say, at the time, it did not hurt that long or bad. Now, my right shoulder hurts like hell. More muscles than anything else. Lifting my arm is no good, as well as picking up and holding things. I can still do it, but it must be a slow and thoughtful process.

The first snow of the season, what the news refers to as an 'Arctic Blast' is supposed to continue on tomorrow with ice and a few more inches of snow. I like the snow, and I like that I am in good company at my friends place in NW. I do not like the ice though, obviously. My car is parked not on a main street, and I have yet to try and move it. I have errands to run - obtaining some nice paper for a few projects and fabric for a skirt I want to make. Depending on the weather, we will see if I can make it to either.

Check out the first round of the 'Arctic Blast' .

The Foot Has Officially Entered The Door

After years of wanting and trying to successfully break into freelance design in PDX, I have finally done it! O.k., so maybe I have not tried as hard as I should have. And maybe I was a tad bit scared of succeeding. And maybe I did not push myself as much as I wanted and needed to. But no more! Nope. Never again, because it is not such a scary place after all. In fact, it is fun, and thrilling, and productive, and just plain awesomeness all around. So yes, I am declaring it so: "The foot has officially entered the door" and man does it feel good.

What Do You Wish Would Happen By The End Of The Day?

On the ever elusive search for a creative job, one always stumbles upon Weiden + Kennedy. To some, it is the creme de la creme of advertising design. A place, which if ever you could break into, would foster the greatest ability and mind, set you on your way for life and allow you to have a little fun while doing it. I thrive for an environment such as that. I dream of the day when I not only get to walk into one of their many offices world wide, but get to walk in as a payed designer working on some of the raddest campaigns known to man. Yes, I have decided that a job at Weiden + Kennedy is what I am after. And when I want something, I get it. This is no exception. Give me a few months, and I will be there!!!

The video below was something I recently found on the New York's office blog. It raises an interesting question that I think most of us do not even think about throughout are mundane and repetitive days, "What do you wish would happen by the end of the day?" Towards the end, a dude poses the idea of thinking that in the morning for what you would like to happen. Wishing is irrelevant. Doing is everything. I think I might take that to heart! Enjoy.



Fifty People, One Question: New York from Crush & Lovely on Vimeo.

Brooklyn Go Hard by Evan Roth

Jay Z - Brooklyn Go Hard from Deviation on Vimeo.

Typographical wonders... A little needed inspiration on what you can do with type.

The Times They Are A Changin'

After being sick this last week, with a wicked sore throat and no energy, I have found myself in a rut. 25, broke, job seeking designer living in, well, I do not even want to go there, stressed, frustrated, and confused about the path I need and want to be taking. For those that know, I have heavily been considering moving out of state. Where to you might ask? Well, at this point, wherever my career will foster most. Granted, that could still be in PDX, or it could be in Seattle, SF, Denver, or even NYC. Yes, after moving to London and having a handful of people before, during and after my stay there continuously say I should move to NYC, I have reasoned within myself that maybe, just maybe they know something that I do not. But funds have been drained, extensively, and without even some work (hopefully not shit nor boring) I cannot go anywhere. Heck! I cannot even get myself to go to a fabric store so I can make some pretty clothes (a new outlet I am looking into).

When I think about it, or rather, when I talk to good friends, a lot them seem to be on some good high right now. I have leeched on a little, trying to get out of my rut, which has helped, a little. I guess what I really want is to be one of them right now. Happy. Content. Productive. Successful. But with my extreme indecisiveness as of late, it has been hard to figure out just what will do that trick for me. I feel it burning, that desire and determination, but I also feel it still wanting to hide, scared of what it will find if it 100% throws itself out into the world. A power house? Most likely. Am I truly ready for something like that? Um, I think so. Or at least ready to start the career of an uber successful power house. I know have it me, it is just finding the right people to help push it out and foster its ability.

One of my good friends, who had the privilege of visiting me while in London made a good point the other day - Crossing trans Atlantic style has the effect of putting you in a funk for what you want and where you want to be. How? Why? I still do not know. But that 8 hour time difference, 15+ hours of travel, definitely does something to your inner psyche, draining it in some strange way.

Even though I have been a bit of a debbie downer, I still have hope. Hence the title - "The Times They Are A Changin'". I have one last thing to check off of my list of Manifestations for 2008, and that is a 'rad design job that makes me happy'. To give up now would be treacherous. After all, I was able to cross off some things that I thought would be impossible to obtain due to the 'economical crisis'. In fact, I had given up all hope. But sometimes the Universe likes to be hypocritical of things you want and gives you them when you have decided that you really did not want them in the first place. A test you might say of how much you really want something. Basically, if I have learned anything, it is that I need to keep my eye on the prize and stay focused. No more of the wishy washiness. It not only confuses myself, but the Universe. And that is no good. No good at all.