Weekend Update Gets Creative
Jul. 15th, 2018 10:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jon_chaissonYesterday was a search for sunlight. It's been overcast/foggy here in the city, and A. requested we go on a road trip somewhere where it was warm and clear. So! We drove down to Fry's in Palo Alto (I picked up a new lens for my nice camera that was a lot cheaper than I'd expected!) and drove back up via El Camino Real. Quite a nice drive, and it was nice to be out where it was a warm 80 degrees instead of an overly humid 65.
Also yesterday, instead of working on any writing, I spent a good three or so hours making the template for the postcards for In My Blue World. This took a little longer than expected, but I'm really happy with the result, especially since I chose to purchase another Shutterstock photo for the back instead of having it white with text and a smaller cover image. Interestingly it took the same amount of time for me to come up with the blurb text on the back as it did to tweak the picture! But it's done, so now I just need to give it one last once-over and then order a pack of them that I can use for future cons and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, this afternoon we'll be heading over to the Castro to see Yellow Submarine at the Castro Theater. I've been wanting to go there for ages and now I have a good reason! Yay! This will make the third time I've seen that movie on the big screen... I saw it at the Brattle in Cambridge back in 1999 when they released a major remaster of it, and the other was around the corner at the 4 Star a few years back (not sure of the reason for that one -- I think it was another format release?). This one will be for the 50th anniversary. Looking forward to it!
Then it's back to normal at the Day Job, and squeaking in as much writing work as I can...!
Hope everyone has a good week!
Also yesterday, instead of working on any writing, I spent a good three or so hours making the template for the postcards for In My Blue World. This took a little longer than expected, but I'm really happy with the result, especially since I chose to purchase another Shutterstock photo for the back instead of having it white with text and a smaller cover image. Interestingly it took the same amount of time for me to come up with the blurb text on the back as it did to tweak the picture! But it's done, so now I just need to give it one last once-over and then order a pack of them that I can use for future cons and elsewhere.
Meanwhile, this afternoon we'll be heading over to the Castro to see Yellow Submarine at the Castro Theater. I've been wanting to go there for ages and now I have a good reason! Yay! This will make the third time I've seen that movie on the big screen... I saw it at the Brattle in Cambridge back in 1999 when they released a major remaster of it, and the other was around the corner at the 4 Star a few years back (not sure of the reason for that one -- I think it was another format release?). This one will be for the 50th anniversary. Looking forward to it!
Then it's back to normal at the Day Job, and squeaking in as much writing work as I can...!
Hope everyone has a good week!
