The Letter

I ran into a forum post on Etsy that told people they should "flatten" their images in photoshop to turn them into jpeg's and I became frustrated. I posted a new forum talking stating that you don't have to flatten an image to make it a jpeg. I was then stalked and harrased by another etsy user. There are certain times that things just aren't worth arguing about and for me this is one the one thing that urks me more than anything.
I spent a s*** ton of money to know this stuff and I have been doing this for a while. This was my letter in response to the etsy user:


How am I frustrating you?
I am pc user and have been a pc user for about 14 years now. I have always had photoshop on all my pc's and I am sorry about your old mac issue. I have also worked on Mac's for 6 years for work purposes. Mac's have normally run Adobe programs faster and better than pc's after version 7 and are the preferred tool of most graphic designers.
I have been using photoshop for 10 years and its not about whether I have the new version or not which is CS4(btw and not CS3 as you kept saying) the save for web function has been available since version 7.
If you have "Photoshop 6" or later Adobe even says "Memory usage is better on all Windows operating systems; the network should no longer become unavailable when Photoshop is running."
I'm just saying that there isn't really a need to flatten to a jpeg. Just save for web.
I am not trying to make you upset and I understand that Adobe gives out version six for free.
I just don't understand why you are verbally attacking me on the matter. I didn't stand on top of a hill and piss on to your house I was just saying "why flatten". Photoshop is a program that gives you 3 ways to do any one task.
Even if the person doesn't have Adobe there are a ton of other programs they could have but they shouldn't just go around "flattening" images. Thats how mistakes are made.

Writings of a Writer

As most of you know I have been playing Fable 2 non-stop and I am heavily addicted. In the game you can collect peoples journals and if you press "a" they start to talk to you. I played Fable 2 late into the night last night(1:30 amish) and found myself listening to the diaries and journals of the characters in the game. AND I must give props to the people who wrote these and the voice actors. I found myself feeling pity for the supposed lead villian (even though he is already dead now). He lost his family and built a huge spire to bring them back to life. The spire will only grant one wish its just that people are being enslaved to work there. He talks about everything and how he woke up from nightmares very compelling. My favorite diary of course is that of Revear. He is a sex addict and alcoholic and its just nice to here him chatter about being "too tired to inject" his guests. Lol, I love it. His shining moment is when you listen to him talk about how he killed a town because of his own fear of death and aging.
Its amazing that something can be so time consuming and yet rewarding in other areas. Best books on tape by far. In other news I just talked to the head director for the upcoming Rockettes show and let me just say I MUST SEE IT. I also have to start on my article for it right about nooooooowwwwwww.

The Champion:


Because of Love:

Coldest Winter

Kris has been playing Kanye West non-stop and I have been secretly listening to it when its played. Now I myself am not a big Kanye West fan but I some how own all of his cd's. I am actually really impressed with this cd due to the fact he has gone completely emo. Asian drums and him trying to sing mmmm yummy music. And with Kris being at home for thanks-giving I got time to play the whole album and I must say my favorite song on the cd is "Coldest Winter". All of the banners today are made from listening to that song. Fancy that!

Warmth:


Winter Rush Happy Holidays:

The Awkward Grump

Yesterday my bathroom toilet flooded and caused me a good deal of grief. I mopped it up twice and put what I used to soak up some of the water in a bin and left the bathroom. Every night I wake up at around 3-4am and go to the bathroom. I step into a huge puddle and I am none too happy. I look and the bin is blocking the door and I can't close it and I don't know if it is the bin or not thats leaking. So if I move it a ton of water might flood onto the floor. I look up and Kris is in bed and I don't want to turn on the blaring lights and wake anyone up. So I mop it up in the dark. I wake up at 7 to pee again and find that there is more water on the floor. So now I am none to happy. I mopped it all up and went back to bed and couldn't sit still. I can't thinking about the toliet and the puddles so I got back up at 8 and moved the bin into the shower and then mopped up the rest of the water. I got back in bed and by then I was no longer tired. I was extremely grumpy. A night of no cuddles and wet floors makes me grumpy...who'd a thunk it.

Cherry Midnight:



Windsong:



Oh yeah and I beat Fable 2 but since my x-box isn't plugged to the interwebs who knows what else I am missing :(

Oh Tis Saturday!

Well hello hello! At 2 am in the morning Kris got in the bed and started talking and basically what I heard is "Your water is cold". So in my mid sleep thoughts I said "I'm not drinking any water." What Kris really meant was the fact that I had no hot water.
The pipes all day had been screaming and popping and apparently it hurt itself and pop a gasket. So therefore I had no hot water. I woke up this morning and there was a trickle of water coming out of my faucet. I walked outside in just a jacket and some sweat pants and took out the trash. I hit the cold air and my face screamed. I quickly went back inside and checked the mail...spam..spam and on my way out the mail man was coming in to deliver todays mail. I bucked up and went out to the rental office and told her I had no hot water. "Oh they fixed that this morning". I then walked back in the freezing cold and turned on my water and in a time span of 15 mins it was magically working. Yes of course magic....


Julian's Bedroom:


Freezepop:

Mmmmmm, tasties

I haven't posted in a while due to my constant need to play Fable 2. Its not even a want anymore which is what makes it dangerous. Yet here I stand with some treats for those we read my blog!


Emma Lace:


Coconut:

Later Ramblings for Dinner

Today has been an exciting day. With Thanksgiving on its way I have had to start building my website, seeing as how I made an indirect promise without saying yes mind you to have it finished. Whats even more exciting is my articles for the paper I write for are going into print tomorrow and even have been posted on the web for early reading!!!!!!
Now if thats not more than excitement for you I got to take my girl down to Surly Girl Saloon for the first time and also Union Cafe. Its exciting for me because I have talked about it for months and it finally came into play. Love that girl.
I would post designs today but I am kind of stuck in an odd place. I don't know whether to post designs of my website or new banners...
If I decide on one in the next few hours who knows. You might have to check back to see ;)