This is the real reason I was adamant about upgrading to Windows 7.
Month: March 2011
InDesOWNING
If only I could put into words just how awesome I feel about myself when it comes to my Adobe InDesign comprehension, and then put those words onto my resume and subsequent cover letters. I’d imagine I’d have not only a job, but a permanent Russian hooker underneath my desk for the rockstar ability I like to boast.
I’m fairly confident that I’ve already exceeded simply impressing my temporary peers with what I’ve demonstrated thus far, but after the events of today, I like to think that I may have convinced them that I’m like the grand weezard of InDesign here. In seven business days, I have improved upon templates developed in a time when Adobe PageMaker was the norm, and tackled three projects deemed “too tedious to do,” because of my InDesign knowledge.
Because of me, this place will no longer have to manually adjust final PDFs, and insert covers, legal pages, tables of contents into proper order, since I showed them how to section off pages within the ID documents and create proper sequential page numbering. Because of me, this company can actually justify throwing out their Adobe PageMaker installation disks that amazingly, they actually still have, and handed to me in preparation for the “too tedious to do” project. Little did they realize just how seamless a .PMD file converts into an ID format until shown by me.
Seriously, aside from the egregious boasting, self-high fiving, and literary fellating I’m giving myself, if any company that had a position that was purely InDesign based, and they passed up on me, they would legitimately be brain dead. Not just brain dead, but physically dead as result of becoming brain dead, and their corpse dug up, lobotomized, and having someone urinate on their dead brain before letting it rot for worms and crows. I’m that confident in my InDesign skillz.
A glance back in time
The last time I was up at my parents house, when they weren’t there, after they changed the locks and went to Costa Rica, I couldn’t sleep. I was bored with computers, there were no sports on, and I was without an XBOX, so I eventually found my old high school yearbooks. After spending about two minutes glancing back to junior, and senior year photos, slightly amused by the youth in mine, and everyone’s faces, I found my way to the signatures section, since I couldn’t give a shit less about anything else in these gigantic four pound editions.
The above drawing was drawn in my yearbook by my last high school crush. Naturally, as many other teenagers, I went through my share of unrequited crushes, but this one was only one I ever really manned up and came out to admitting to, directly to her. Naturally, right after graduation, so I wouldn’t have to really see her again if things went awry. Surprisingly, it was not received poorly, and she even kissed me on the cheek before we parted ways and would never see each other again. I vaguely remember feeling a sense of satisfaction, and slightly relieved that it went as well as it did, back in those days.
Christianity lol
I forgot today was “Ash on my forehead so everyone can see how pious I am” Wednesday. At least > 50% of the people wandering around with smears of ash on their faces are full of shit and are flawed human beings in their own right, I’m betting. There also has to be a small percentage of people who have smeared ash on their own heads as to appear religious, but are instead just full of shit as well. It’s funny; only when I’m working downtown do I see all these corporate douchebags and transparent tools marching around with ash on their heads so everyone can see them.
God’s car
Apparently, God drives a Chevy Cavalier.
In other amusement brought on by automobiles, on my way home from work the other day, I was mildly irritated when everyone on the road slammed their brakes, bringing traffic to a dangerously instantaneous crawl.
It was caused by a Ford Festiva passing an overly encumbered (full of fat fucks) Lincoln Towncar. Hahahahaha.
Nameless Branding
I’ve known about this rebrand for a few months now, since being a “gold” customer apparently entitles coffee drinkers like myself a little bit of privy information in regards to what the company is doing. Today, was the first that I’ve seen of the new branding, and I have to wonder, is their brand simply strong enough to go without any wording?
Brogging of the mundane
Burglary update
I finally managed to get a hold of the Fulton County prosecutor aide in regards to the thugs that tried to rob my home back in October. Honestly, given the lack of effort exerted by the county, I figured that I had heard the last of them after the initial arrest of the hoods. I called every number and contact I was given, with no response. In fact, I had to hound this person in order to respond to a letter they had sent to me. Apparently wanted to let me know that their bond pleas have been denied a second time, and one more denial, and then they’re going to actual, court-court. But it’s comforting to know that since their arrest back on October 27th, they’ve been in jail since.