Monday, February 11, 2013

GDS 222: Practice productive procrastination.

I have so many half-finished projects, it's not even funny.  I have overdue presents that I have yet to finish and present to people, a script for a web series that's been hanging over my head for a few years waiting to be written, and a boatload of other things.  I get bored easy.  So, in order to practice productive procrastination, I let my attention span dictate most of my work pattern this week.  I would bounce from one thing to another as I felt like it.  And, honestly, I'm not sure if this one works for me.  It's possible my attention span is just too erratic.  I really got more done when I made myself buckle down.  So...yeah.  Found the first chapter that did not apply.

Monday, February 4, 2013

GDS 222: Don't Throw Any of Yourself Away

I have been a comic book and superhero nut from way back when.  If you offer me a choice between classic literature, like Tom Sawyer, and a graphic novel, chances are I will take both when you aren't looking, but I will read the graphic novel first.  An offshoot of this minor obsession is that I love Saturday morning cartoons!  Specifically, superhero Saturday morning cartoons.  However, since I am now in college and super busy all the time, I often have to use my Saturdays to sleep in, so I miss the cartoons.  It's silly and somewhat stupid, yes, but I miss my cartoons.  So, since the section I chose to emulate this week was about reconnecting with old hobbies and passions, I decided I was going to make it a point to cut some time out of my schedule to watch some cartoons.  I found a channel that still played the old Batman and Superman cartoons from the 90's, and they are even airing old Animaniacs reruns!  It not only made me feel like a kid again, but I swear it charged me creatively in a way that I have not felt in years!  I would highly recommend it for anyone who feels that they need a boost.  Watch some cartoons.  Better than coffee any day.

Saturday, February 2, 2013

GDS 172: Funky fresh!

I don't know if this typography poster necessarily has a voice, but it most certainly has a sound and an attitude.  I can't look at this poster without hearing this weird mashup of the 70s, 80s, and 90s sort of funky music in my head.  And that is the exact attitude as well.  Funky.  This is a funky fresh poster.  You want to dance to it because it's almost playing the music for you.