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The last blog header.

Top Secret

After a little bit of a design lull, for which I blame highly addictive television programs, I'm glad to feel creative this evening. I spent the night doodling and "creative suite-ing" some cover designs for my design internship journal, which I will be printing via Blurb Books.

The title and description reads:

Things They'll Never Teach You in Design School: One Intern's Journey into Corporate America

Flashy, eh?

The journal, in general, is a requirement for all K-State internships. It is worth 3 credit hours. For each one of the four months at the firm, we must write an entry about each of the following:

1. Assignment we've worked on.
2. Office procedures and how they are better or worse than other firms.
3. Attendance at an office event.
4. Attendence at a social outing. (This is mostly for students interning outside their hometown.)
5. An analysis of a local piece of architecture. (I'll be handing this in separately, since it's specific to St. Louis and I want the book to be a bit more general.)

Since the beginning, I had wanted to get the journal printed professionally, and since I was going to be getting one copy for K-State, I might as well get one for myself, and hey, why not PGAV? But writing in a way that would A. cover all the semi-boring stuff for K-State and B. be interesting enough for someone to read willingly, made it difficult. Then as I journaled, I realized I kept writing little tidbits of advice and observations, like:

Post-It Notes are the Eighth Wonder of the World!

Save early. Save often.

and

The UL ratings book sucks!

So the journal has now sort of morphed into a list that encompasses projects, procedures, and events. And it allows me to get my own voice in there, and not a boring "Today I worked on stair details. Tomorrow I work on more stair details. Yay!"

And don't forget to download this month's limited edition blog header:

The Martha Blog: Up Close & Personal

I would like to dedicate this post to my girl, Martha. I found out today that she has just started a blog. I'm pretty sure it's written by two people, neither of which being Martha: one to write normal posts and the other to insert phrases like "Alexis and I looked just a bit weary after horseback riding, lunch, scrabble, and tennis," and to add the correct quota of the words "lovely," "wonderful," and "delicious."

Needless to say, I don't think I'll be frequenting it, but I decided to make myself a little header just like hers, on display for this week(ish) only.

Here's the original:



And here's mine to be downloaded and distributed to inboxes far and wide:



And yes, that is a q-tip in my ear.