a justified justification

i had a very long day.

rodney was sick and did absolutely nothing all day.

when i got home from school i tidied and split wood and lit the stove and ate lunch and then i got to work on my design homework. which i distinctly remember tom saying was "easy" and i think also "nothing". so i will not say how many hours i spent on it. but i will say that other than picking up jubal, fetching dinner from :::shudder::: a fast food establishment, and helping the girls with homework as little as i could get away with, i, uh, didn't really do anything else. and it's really late now. so. (and by "didn't do anything else" i don't mean vegging around not doing anything. i mean i was working. the whole effing time.)

the assignment was to make 3 different typographical posters using the same grid and elements, and 3 muhammad ali documentary posters using the same grid, images, and text. somehow i did not grok that each poster had to have all 3 images. so i did not make the posters each with all 3 images. then i found out my mistake. and i had to make 2 of them over again. (by poster #3 i'd started wondering and put all 3 in, so i didn't have to re-do that one.)

now, looking at my grid system ones, i really wish i had pushed more and made them more dynamic. ah well. there's always next time. really, there always is.

so. for today, homework counts as making something. technically 2 of the posters weren't even for homework, since i DIDN'T DO THEM RIGHT.

in case you were wondering, this is an awesome time to quit smoking. really. yes, i am being sarcastic.

today i am grateful for:

jubal falling asleep fairly quickly after we read books so i could get back to work

patience, which i, shockingly, have

sleep, which i will finally get very soon

good books

good headphones (listening to music while working vastly improves the flow)