Yeah, I’m not pleased about this.
And instead of talking heads ALL week, today you get a close up of an EYE. OOOOOOhhhhhh!
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You know, I did some research on the term “blacklist” and found that it really never did seem to have anything to do with segregation and black v. white and the negative connotations that I assumed might have been associated with it, but I still feel pretty uncomfortable using it. It just seems unnecessary. Do we really need yet another little subliminal little message telling us that white is “approved” and “good” and black is “bad” and “unapproved”. For me, no.
Unfortunately I am forced to use the white list because if I don’t then certain necessary emails get caught in the filter, so I’ve been using that so I don’t end up getting in trouble by missing important emails, but my black list is completely blank. I just pretend it doesn’t exist, and if I get more spam because of it (I certainly do) then so be it.
Also of note is that I have taken to referring to the “white list” in my mind as “the happy fun good list”…perhaps over the years I can forget what it was originally called…you think?
This is no exaggeration. We are (and by we I mean I) are doing about 200 handmade holiday cards for our office…and by handmade I mean the paper is handcut into 11×17 sheets from a larger watercolor sheet (35×50 I think) and then a beautiful drawing done by one of our (my) designers was scanned (supposedly color corrected) and will be printed onto these sheets, which will then be hand cut in half horizontally, then hand folded, then hand sealed with real wax (from an actual melting pot – I kid you not), then hand stuffed into envelopes, which I will have (by then) hand addressed and hand stamped with our name/address on the back flap with a rubber stamp and a custom designed postage stamp on the front (which has been the only easy and flawless part of the project thus far). Oh yeah, and I’m writing a short message inside to everyone. I am going INSANE.
Also, they’re supposed to go out by Tuesday…Wednesday at the latest. AH! I did handmade holiday cards last year for our office, but it was closer to 170, and the design and execution, though work intensive was much easier. They went over well, and we are a DESIGN firm, so we thought we should make the effort again this year (it’s good PR I hope). The card is much more impressive as an overall package this year and I’m more excited about the results however I’m currently feeling (especially with our color correction issues) that I have bitten off way more than is ever possible to chew. Ick.
Oh, and I also get to do my own personal cards this weekend…yea! And by “yea!”, I mean “by the love of god NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
below is a link my co-worker sent me to what i think is a “faked video”, and if it is it’s hilarious. a great bit of past/future filmmaking.
if it is not fake and is in fact a real piece of “history”, then it’s pretty fascinating to see that while in 1966 they didn’t have the hardware quite right for 1999 they had all the basic ideas going on (email, online shopping, faxing, printing, etc.). it is disappointing however to see that “scientists” could have such great insight to the future of technology, yet zero insight into the future of our society and culture.
as evidenced here, little wifey can order clothing online in 1999 – but then big husband has to be sent the bill so he can pay for it. seriously? they can imagine something like email that didn’t exist at all, but they can’t imagine a woman paying her own way? jesus.
again, let’s hope it’s fake in which case it’s funny and not horrible.