Or, OCD is the best diet ever. Oh, Adobe InDesign, I can’t tear myself away from you. I’m starting to feel weak from hunger, but I can’t bear to go to lunch until I get that column of text perfectly aligned with the top of that photo. I need to make the photo smaller, andContinue reading “Loving too much”
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Mental tetris
Ahh, my favorite kind of work day. Aside from the ones where I’m taking pictures on a beach all day. I’m designing the second half our our magazine and I’m totally mesmerized by InDesign. I can sit here all day and move little boxes around. I can’t pinpoint it, but it looks better in thisContinue reading “Mental tetris”
Follow up
A few things I didn’t have time to type up yesterday before I headed out to the state fair. For work. (This is the third time I’ve been to this fair by myself, but usually it’s to see Weird Al. Rob’s taking me to see Weird Al on my birthday next month, but I wasContinue reading “Follow up”
Long lost
Do you ever reach out to old friends via mass e-mail? I did recently, to pass on some information about a retiring graduate school dean. The first two people to respond were, predictably, among the handful of girls I still exchange e-mails with and have seen a couple of times since grad school. Next wasContinue reading “Long lost”
My job’s so hard
Like, I have to decide which of these is the best picture of sunflowers. Or Or
Defying stereotypes
So I was out shoe shopping, as part of my job, of course. I need three new pairs of shoes. One for kickboxing (not job related, but since I was there…), waterproof hiking boots and felt-soled wading boots. Some sales dude engaged me with “How ya doin’?” while I was looking for a pair ofContinue reading “Defying stereotypes”
Since I last posted
I waded waist-deep in a fast moving river, wearing cotton pants and someone else’s felt-soled boots because I never have the right outfit on. When I discovered that catching fish for their eggs did not involve a boat, I felt like an idiot. A complete idiot. The professionals wore a uniform of polypropylene long-johns underContinue reading “Since I last posted”
Why Mondays don’t suck
I have a terrible headache and not much to do today, so you’d think I’d have a full-on case of the Mondays. But Monday’s got something going for it that Tues-Thur don’t have. Or rather, Monday doesn’t have something that Tue-Thur do have…and that’s a martial arts class. So on Mondays, when I start countingContinue reading “Why Mondays don’t suck”
Best job ever
But I’m definitely ready for my vacation (officially starting in 2 hours. Or less.). This is evident in how hysterically funny I find the Simpsons avatars, the fact that I’m laughing out loud about them, alone in my office, listening to 80’s music (thanks Chelsea, it rocks!). And that I thought it was appropriate toContinue reading “Best job ever”
I knew that would happen!
Note to self: Don’t be lazy. Don’t book a motel through a third-party website that malfunctions and then makes you telephone the third-party (in Bangalore) and they quote you a higher price than the website. Especially when the motel is in your same state, and not Bangalore. Then, do not let them swipe your cardContinue reading “I knew that would happen!”
Kari Neumeyer 