I did actually sleep last night, thanks to a couple glasses of wine and one off-brand Tylenol PM. (I only took one because I didn't want to pull a Heath Ledger combining it with the wine.)
Last night, I left work early (well, no. Early for me. I left at 5:30.) The snow was pouring down in such a way that I couldn't see five feet in front of me, so I was driving at a crawl. I get home, hang up the phone from the call I was on, and decide that I'm going to make myself dinner, wash a couple of dishes (because they're gross) and have some wine. And watch Friends. Sounds lovely.
So I did. I made pasta salad (a little too much mayo, but still edible), washed plates (the cups, bowls, Tupperware and utensils will come later), and finished off the bottle of wine Nick and I had begun the night before. There were like two glasses left. If you know me, you know I tend to have a very low alcohol tolerance, so I was feeling pretty good after those two glasses. During this time, MK called, so we talked for 20 minutes or so. Then I settled in to watch TV on a freakishly cold night. Some might think that sounds like a pathetic evening (and by some, I mean NewJeff, who called me and told me as much), but I thoroughly enjoyed myself. And I only sent one sad "Come back!" message to Nick.
I don't know if I mentioned how excited I was about my issue of my publication this week, but it, literally, turned out perfectly. There is nothing I would change. It is perfection, and if I were a TV show like Seinfeld, I would quit right now. Because it isn't going to get any better than this.
No, that sounds pessimistic. I don't mean it like that. I just mean that I had this vision of what I wanted, and that vision was printed and distributed throughout the county. I'm especially excited because I designed the centerspread myself. Well, no. Dennis helped me with Photoshop, because I'm unable to do that myself, since I know nothing about it, and after he put the individual pieces in for me and showed me how to work it, THEN I did it myself.
I have to, right now, say that when it comes to helping me with things I need, design and photo-wise, I could not ask for two better people to work with than NewJeff and Dennis. Between the two of them, they make me look good. Seriously. Out of the. . .however many issues I've done so far, there's only been one cover I wasn't crazy about, and that was the first one. But I was too stressed out and behind deadline that I wasn't going to worry about it. Since then, though, I've had no complaints. And thanks to Dennis, I now know a little bit about Photoshop and I can start designing and implementing my own centerspreads. So thanks, guys. Even though I know at least one of you doesn't know this blog is here.
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