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Toward the Future

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IT IS LIKELY THAT EVERYONE has seen a sunrise at least a dozen times in their life. I’ve seen many while walking out from sleepless nights of homework, or staying up late enough to forget it’s becoming morning.
C sent me this video the other day, taken while on an eastward flight from San Francisco to spend Thanksgiving in NYC. The video is only 1:23 long, yet long enough to see the sun surface. It’s nothing special, but when you think of everything that happens in a day—functions, interactions, plans, communication, patterns, growth, breathing—the one factor that sustains everything, our sun, takes just under 2:00 to present itself to the world and make life possible. And it does, every day, regardless of what the world throws at it.
An arbitrary thought, but if the sun does that in two minutes, I begin to wonder what I can achieve in a lifetime.

Everything, all white

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Woke up this morning to snow — tons of snow! It’s been long overdue so it’s not disappointing. It took me about a half hour to dig out my car and get rolling. And in the event that I get stuck, there are plenty of neighbor dudes to push me…(as a last resort).

I’m exhausted, just finished working a closing shift and back for more over the next few days. Thanksgiving shoppers have got me wiped from all the turkey-lifting I’ve been doing. My back has been sore as of late and I need to see a chiropractor (I never have, but I’ve heard they work wonders). I’m looking forward to (hopefully) going home and seeing family…fingers crossed the weather cooperates.

Speaking of work, I’m soon starting (another) job as a direct care provider. I’m meeting with my supervisor to learn about my clients and will soon meet them and begin training! I’m really excited to have something to mix things up a little in my life. I’m doing my best to stay busy and positive, even if it means being a full time student and juggling three jobs. Busy is good!
Tomorrow is another long, long day of school, meetings, and work. I’ve got to wrap things up before the holiday break, or at least get them to a place where I’m comfortable leaving them for a few days…
Tonight I’m going home and straight to bed—and I never do that.
xo
j

Of Holly

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I MET HOLLY IN AUGUST 2006 when we were “randomly” assigned to be roommates in the freshman dorms. I found her to be beautiful, curious and delightful. Over the years we’ve learned through one another our strengths and downfalls. We’ve laughed so hard through sunshine and cried together on tough days.
Over the past five years, she’s been my confidant, long-lost sister, and comic relief. I can’t picture our dorm rooms without her cereal bowls scattered about, procrastinating nights without the pizza and impersonations, roadtrips, sleepovers, her consoling words or hugs when I needed them. I can’t imagine college without Holly—college wouldn’t be college without Holly. She has built me up as a person and a friend and made my life so, so wondrous. She has changed my life!
In August 2006 I was “randomly” assigned a best friend, who will be with me until we’re gray and golden, through grandchildren and good times. Holly is forever my friend and sunshine on my soul.

09/13/08

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Be a good steward of your gifts.
Protect your time.
Feed your inner life.
Avoid too much noise.
Read good books, have good sentences in your ears.
Be by yourself as often as you can.
Walk.
Take the phone off the hook.
Work regular hours.

[jane kenyon]

yoonique type

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I don’t purchase magazines often (which is completely un-Christen of me, my mother and sister are the magazine queens), but during a visit to the bookstore a few months ago my eyes landed on CMYK Magazine’s “Special issue: Typography” and I knew it was fate. I bought it in a jiffy.
Being that I have an unhealthy fascination with typography, and also that I love found objects, this typeface by young designer Eunjung Yoo really captivated me. It’s made of plastic forks! Brilliant. More of Yoo’s design here.

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One of the most gorgeous ampersands I’ve ever seen — ever — from a typeface found on dafont, “Fontleroy Brown.” Who knew this kind of typographic beauty could be free (though beware of many horrendous ‘faces)!
I’ve been using this font liberally. Yum yum in my designing belly.