tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64404242011-06-07T23:43:57.207-07:00a journal for documenting various aspects of our life-David-http://www.blogger.com/profile/07204869657260635001noreply@blogger.comBlogger181100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6440424.post-1155491993755223022006-08-13T10:33:00.000-07:002006-08-13T10:59:53.773-07:00

So we may very well be visiting Japan this year. It's both exciting and terrifying to think that we may be in the land of the rising sun in October or November of this year, barring unforseen changes. So we are keeping alert to flights and figuring out our budget for a two-week trip.We have notes from the Frommer's Guide to Japan, and I've bought The Rough Guide to Japan, which is very detailed

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It's been years since I first watched The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen movie adaptation. I read the first graphic novel and fell in love with the rich story telling and world collaging going on--this in preparation to seeing the film version. The cinematic translation was a huge blockbuster popcorn action and adventure monstrosity that bore little resemblance to the printed piece. It was

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Hi, all. It's been a while. Unfortunately, since we were not able to attend Matthew's joyous wedding event, our latest news is our wedding anniversary. The weekend of July 24, David and I drove to Ames for our annual pilgrimmage, though this was the first year that we got to take a dependent along. But I should back up.Friday night before the trip was spent getting ready. Among other things, we

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David and I try to go on dates on a fairly regularly basis. Yesterday was dinner and a movie. Actually, it ended up being the other way around. David heard about the New Strand Theatre from someone at work. New Strand is actually *gasp* locally owned! It reminded him of our occasional trips to Story City while we were still living in Ames, to see their cheap movies. So heck, why not?The movie was

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Hello world!Here is the first rough outline of what we could do with two weeks in Japan, as advised by the Frommer's Guide to Japan. In short, I think that we are not adverse to seeing a little of Tokyo, and Hiroshima (both have lots to see I hear), but me personally... I'd like to visit around the Kyoto and Nara region to see some of the art and religious aspects I have read and studied about

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I don't know if it will happen, but we are investigating the possibility in a realistic manner about visiting Japan. It's something I've wanted to do for over fifteen years. Maybe it's anime, or movies or tech, whatever it is, it's a dream of mine, and thankfully, Robyn is interested in doing this with me. I think that it will be a fantastic experience and I'm fine with 2 weeks for our first

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Seeing as it's been a while, and we weren't sure how far back to go, we just went way back to give everyone a recap.For those of you who don't know, we went to David's sister Julie's wedding in February in Frankenmuth, Michigan. We had a marvelous time meeting the in-laws and revisiting with family after so many years. The wedding went off without a hitch, which included the bride's father and

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In preparation for a possible number of interviews I ordered a book called "Getting It Right in Print: Digital Prepress for Graphic Designers," by Mark Gatter. It is fantastic! Though because I've read so much on color theory recently in another wonderful yet extremely dense book, "The Color Mac," (on loan to me from a friend who works at a print shop in town) I've slowed to a crawl when I

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It's done. The Star Wars saga is finished. We saw Revenge of the Sith on Saturday with a couple friends, and their friends. This after a dinner at Steak 'n Shake. Yummers! Had the most outrageous parfait ever thanks to one of the managers we knew from Coralville but for whatever reason, destiny, was in Cedar Rapids.The movie was good. I liked it much better overall than the first two prequels. I

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We went out again last night. She looked great. It was a long day at work. We're doing inventory now and it's just very tedius and soul sapping. But given that the library isn't very large, the whole process will likely only take a week. The only hitch we foresee is the remodling crew who could show up at any time and start breaking down the wall between room. She patiently waited for me to

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Well... it's the first post for me in 2005. I have enjoyed the holidays, and have wished that producing Web sites would be easier, but alas, Santa didn't come through on that one, just yet. Maybe I was too naughty in 2004?!? My site, http://platohedron.net/dmkdesigns/, is on the way. Need to "re-stratergize" the three more complex portfolio pages, and then tackle the online version of the

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We went out into the night a couple nights back, seeking holiday lighting. From the ghosh to the elegantly designed spectacle, we and our dog traveled in the cold evening around Iowa City and Coralville by car. This was our first time with our dog and already we wondered what it might be like to have a place with our own fenced-in yard and driveway where the snow may collect, much like it did

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Balancing everything of life of late, seems more of a trick of luck than a matter of skill. Smoke and mirrors than a strong strategy. Long meeting with a client. Good meeting. Much done today and more ahead. Review on Friday morning. Can't believe that I've been working in design for 6 months. I have to get more experience, or at least more compensation. Doing the same thing doesn't build much.

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Dream Abstract: Was in India with my wife (never been there in real life) and we were walking around a dry river bed. I wanted to find an interesting stone to take back with me. There was a blue one I had seen minutes earlier, but never relocated. My wife made a comment that she wondered if we were close to the Indian Ocean, but I highly doubted it. It was getting dark, like how it has been at

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I was thinking about how for me, many of my dreams recur in related places, such as a neighborhood based loosely off of my childhood, or revolve around related topics, such as sculpture. I wonder if anyone else shares these patterns? I've experienced work in a sculpture class that I haven't had in real life. I felt hounded to do something about this after the trend continued from before art

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testing

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Working on formatting for links and content.

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Hello? Is there anybody in there?

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