Abraham and Issac. Sam Weber’s art is so beautiful it makes my heart ache.
I was having a hard time getting Illustrator to do what I wanted it to this morning, and Jono was kind enough to put together these instructions for me. Worked like a charm.
Swiss Miss
I’m a little late writing about this, but I attended the Tina Roth Eisenberg talk at Wieden+Kennedy last week. It’s always nice seeing a presentation given by someone whose website you frequently visit, because you get a chance to see that the person behind that site is a real human being and not just some robot churning out links and articles one-after-another. One of these days, if my blog becomes hugely popular, I’ll give a presentation too and prove that I’m not a robot either. But for now, you’ll have to take my word for it.
Adventures of Power
Incredible.
For those of you Mac users, here’s a little tip I was able to take advantage of this week: Apple will gladly replace your Apple branded wireless products at no cost — and regardless of how old they are — as long as they are currently in use by a Mac that has an AppleCare plan. My five-year-old Airport Express router finally took its last breath on Friday and after a quick call to Apple’s support line I had a replacement mailed to me overnight.
A couple weekends ago, all of us at Parliament packed our bags and brought our loved ones with us for a weekend trip to Lincoln City. Our Prime Minister Chris was incredibly generous and booked us two big ol’ beach houses to stay in and made sure we had plenty of food and drink to stuff into our bellies. I seriously can’t say this enough: I really couldn’t work with a better group of guys.
My parents visited Portland a couple weekends ago. I am so happy they were able to visit and explore the city with Lindsay and I.
I changed my mind about the whole second blog thing. I don’t know who I was kidding thinking I’d go from rarely posting anything on one blog to suddenly maintaining two separate blogs. But, I still want to use my FarewellNovember domain, so I am going to be using it here from now on.
Glo
This software looks great, and I am eagerly awaiting the Mac version.
It’s been a while since I’ve posted anything decent on here. Some could argue that I’ve never posted anything decent, though I’d beg to differ.
August was a whirlwind of a month for me. For those of you who haven’t heard, I interviewed for a position at Parliament in Portland on July 28, and was asked to start work the following morning. Totally thrilled and entirely caught off-guard, I rushed back to Corvallis to grab enough clothes to get me through the rest of the week. My friends Nick and Brad were kind enough to let me sleep on their floor in Portland until I secured an apartment of my own, which I successfully did three days later. The next few weeks consisted of weekdays at Parliament and weekend trips to Corvallis and back, moving my belongings from one apartment to another. Lots of boxes. Lots of gas tank fill-ups. Lots of sore limbs.
I met my first Portland neighbor by hitting his car with my U-Haul. He has a junky old car, and was really calm and cool about it. He actually fixed 90% of the damage himself, and only had to stop by a body shop to have them fix one of his turn signal lights (a quick $40 fix). It could’ve been worse. Much worse.
My new apartment is nice. It’s a small studio and has forced me to get creative in storage and organization solutions. After two trips to IKEA (so far) and so much help from Lindsay, it’s actually looking pretty good. It only took a month for it to look like someone actually lives here. I am looking forward to exploring my neighborhood more, but I will say one thing: having a Trader Joes only three blocks away is probably the greatest thing ever. EVER.
There’s so many changes that are happening all around me. I am so excited to see how everyone’s lives, including mine, are changing. I’m learning in a very real way that although things can seem really confusing and uncertain at times, they always work out in the end. God is faithful. Even when we aren’t.
Two little Snow Leopards.
I am surprised this wasn’t done by Sagmeister, as it is obviously his style.
"If it’s a good idea and it gets you excited, try it, and if it bursts into flames, that’s going to be exciting too. People always ask, ‘What is your greatest failure?’ I always have the same answer – We’re working on it right now, it’s gonna be awesome!"
It’s an odd feeling standing on the edge. So much life behind me. So much life ahead. Zooming out, the gap between the two is hardly recognizable. A tiny crack on the surface; a brief blip on the screen. But standing there now, facing it head-on, that gap feels massive.
And yet, I find such overwhelming peace knowing that You are alongside me.
