So... I started working on a short story. Sort of. Earlier this week Sandy IMed me and we were chatting about this nanowrimo thing, national novel writing month. She said she's gonna do it and was trying to get me interested. I really had no idea what I'd write a novel about. "I like goats" was the first thing that came to my mind. Very inspirational.
However, the other night I got an idea for a short story. I guess I could make it into a poem or something, but I think it would be fun and a good brain-stretch to write something more substantial. It will hopefully turn into a short story, though it'd be cool if I could really write a novel!
The idea is in extreme-rough-draft mode at the moment. A.k.a. I know sort of how it ends, but not how it begins or any of the middle! Earlier I started brainstorming some stuff to give it a more substantial plot.
I don't wanna say more, 'cause it would give too much away!!! But the working title is "The Hounds," and it was inspired by an emotional experience I had a few nights ago.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
freelancing
Since sometime mid-September I've been working on a website for a local watercolor artist (who is--conveniently--my good friend Kate). I obtained this job by having our mutual friend Lyla (also a CS major) move to Rwanda. I'm actually quite grateful to be doing freelance (emphasis on the free) for somebody. It's a good learning experience as well as fun. Working for a friend has been interesting. On one hand it's very chill and relaxed because we know each other. On the other hand I often have to bug her to respond to my emails.
The site is coming along well despite the lag. We're still playing with the design, so what you see below is likely close to the finished appearance but not necessarily exact.
I prefer to use highly advanced tools (like MS paint) when marking-up spacing.
I've been using Chrome's developer tool feature lately (it's that thing that comes up if you right click and choose "Inspect element"), but sometimes I open something in Firefox solely to use the firebug plugin. Firebug has an awesome layout feature.
On a side note, redundancy is fun. I once found two names followed by "BFFs forever" scribbled in bathroom stall.
The site is coming along well despite the lag. We're still playing with the design, so what you see below is likely close to the finished appearance but not necessarily exact.
I prefer to use highly advanced tools (like MS paint) when marking-up spacing.
I've been using Chrome's developer tool feature lately (it's that thing that comes up if you right click and choose "Inspect element"), but sometimes I open something in Firefox solely to use the firebug plugin. Firebug has an awesome layout feature.
On a side note, redundancy is fun. I once found two names followed by "BFFs forever" scribbled in bathroom stall.
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