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8 Things to Come

June 13th, 2009 · 6 Comments

Wow: a lot has happened in the past month. After finding out I was accepted to a special opportunity (more on that in a later post), I spent almost all of May preparing for a big move to Chicago. I have now been here for almost a week and can finally consider myself settled in for the summer. So aside from my Social Networking Duties for AIGAKC, I took a break from blogging, etc. When Linden tagged me on her 8 Things Post, I thought it would be a great way to get back into the swing of writing and let you know what’s ahead for the summer. You can expect to see a lot more from me again…both here and on S&D.

Without further ado, my 8 Things:

8 Things I Am Looking Forward To:

  1. Exploring Chicago. While here, I fully expect to take advantage of being in a big city, and plan on blogging my finds. First stop is Lincoln Square later today.
  2. German Culture. Chicago has a lot more German restaurants, places to get ethnic foods, and German sections in a lot of the bookstores. I’ve already found myself some German honey and nutella: yum!
  3. Personal Projects. While here, I’m hoping to have more time to devote to several personal projects, including…
  4. Site Redesign. It’s long over-due, but I finally have the resources to put it in action.
  5. AIGAKC Leadership Retreat. I’ll have to attend from afar, but I can’t wait to hear what everybody learned out at Portland’s Leadership Retreat several weeks ago. I’ll be sure to share any thoughts both here and over on AIGAKC’s Discussions.
  6. June 22. More on this in the next post ;-)
  7. July 15. The next Harry Potter movie comes out…what can I say? I’m a nerd.
  8. Mid-July. The family is taking a vacation to California: you get to come along with me and my camera. I’m especially looking forward to the redwood trees.

8 Things I Did Yesterday:

  1. Continued letting friends/colleagues know I was in Chicago. (Are You, dear reader, here? Let me know!)
  2. Contacted people about freelance opportunities.
  3. Updated my Creative Hotlist and AIGA profiles to say I was in Chicago.
  4. Ate a delicious PB&H sandwich with deutsche Honig: yum! (not sure why German honey tastes so much better than our’s…)
  5. Took a brief look at Lincoln Square: made note to come back.
  6. Added to and checked things off of my Monstrous-Summer-To-Do List.
  7. Took the Brown Line downtown.
  8. Went to Bluesfest with my cousin and friends.

8 Things I’d Like To Do (just a handful from the MSTD List):

  1. Finish putting together all of my photo albums
  2. Redesign this website
  3. Finish sketches/designs for gocco projects
  4. Finish designs for embroidery ideas
  5. Take my sketchbook to Millennium Park for a day
  6. Read Watership Down
  7. Upload new work to Flickr and blog about it.
  8. Locate the German sausage shop my friend mentioned and have a cook-out

8 Shows (and Podcasts) I Watch/Listen To:

  1. Pushing Daisies (so mad they cancelled this show…but at least they are airing the last of the last 3 episodes tonight)
  2. Samantha Who (again: why did they cancel it??)
  3. Lost
  4. Dancing With the Stars
  5. Gestalten.tv (video podcast with interviews and documentaries with current artists/designers)
  6. Paul Rand Lecture Series (video podcast hosted by Steven Heller on graphic design art history)
  7. Design Matters (podcast hosted by Debbie Millman featuring interviews with designers)
  8. Animation Podcast (podcast featuring interviews with legendary animators)

8 Blogs to Read:
(ok, I switched this from tagging since I just really wanted to make recommendations)

  1. Linden’s Pensieve (everything from marathon training to German living to techie insight)
  2. Sarah Jo Austin (techie insight, crafts, and the other half of the brains behind The True Beginner’s Guide to Twitter)
  3. Carina’s Craftblog (crafts and diy culture)
  4. Celestina Carmen (crafts, book rec’s, diy culture)
  5. The Design Cubicle (articles on freelancing/client issues, great inspiration and links)
  6. Raw Toast Design (blog of fellow Missouri State grad, Jesse Kuhn, featuring his illustrations)
  7. Design Work Life (new favorite design inspiration blog)
  8. Anything Goes (great inspiration/new work from art director, Kat Black)

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6 responses so far ↓

  • 1 tina // Jun 15, 2009 at 10:18 am

    I’ve only been to Chicago once, loved it.

    Looking forward to Harry too!

    Never got into Pushing Daises but adored Samantha Who. I watched Dancing With The Stars for 2 seasons, then got bored. I love So You Think You Can Dance.

    Thanks for the link. I read Carina’s blog too.

  • 2 kat // Jun 15, 2009 at 11:05 am

    Congrats on your move. Hope you continue to settle in well - and good luck with all your lists of ‘things to do’. Thanks for the link love :)

  • 3 xgravity23 // Jun 15, 2009 at 7:05 pm

    Yeah, Lorraine is back! And Chicago?! Awesome! We stopped Pushing Daises until my cousin left… we were watching one episode a night really late after we all went to bed. This week (when I’m done with my grading), we’ll watch several eps per night. *can’t wait*

  • 4 Tricia // Jun 23, 2009 at 4:53 pm

    I JUST LOGGED INTO MY READER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ALMOST A MONTH.

    I would have responded earlier.

    1. Exploring all of the ethnic neighborhoods is really fun in Chicago. I recommend that you go ethnic neighborhood hoping soon! Pilsen is my favorite.

    2. My coworker/friend is in a Lost novelty band. Yes, like a trekkie band, except all their songs are about Lost.

    3. The end of Pushing Daisies was really sad!

    Let’s hang out in the real world!

  • 5 Lorraine // Jun 26, 2009 at 11:47 pm

    @Tricia: Lost band? Awesome! We do need to hang out: shoot me an email soon. I’m at my workshop until Wednesday, then will be back to my apartment.

    @Linden: Can’t wait to hear what you thought of the rest of the show. Don’t know if I told you or not yet, but season 3 will be a comic book…not the same, but at least it’s something!

    @kat: So far, so good. The workshop I am doing right now is awesome, and I have been able to visit a couple of different neighborhoods already.

    @Tina: Just found So You Think You Can Dance. Don’t watch it regularly yet, but so far have really enjoyed the different dance styles.

  • 6 xgravity23 // Jun 27, 2009 at 4:39 am

    Would LOVE to read that comic book! I actually always thought it looked a bit like a comic book with the bright colors.

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