Sub/Conscious Meanderings » Austin

Eight Pounds of Carrots

Arlo — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 06:28:04 +0000

Austin and I have been ordering groceries for almost as long as we’ve been without a car. The discovery came after a couple months of walking to and from the store, backpacks and bags in tow, laden with too many pounds of food for our poor backs to handle comfortably. The 10 block walk started to become drudgery. Needless to say, the $12 delivery charge became a welcome expense. The one setback is that the website (albertsons.com) sometimes isn’t so friendly. Most fruits and vegetables are divided by unit for ordering, but there are a few that are delineated by pound. Carrots fall into the latter category. Anybody have a juicer?

Whoosh!

Arlo — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:08:51 +0000

That’s the sound of nearly two months flying by without a single post. So here’s a quick update about what I’ve done. The move went very well. Austin and I are pretty settled now, with lots of odd jobs in the queue. We’ve already made new curtains, a table cloth and place mats. The next project is a little more daunting–find the right old chandeliers to hang in the living room as a gothic/modern blended sculpture thing. Needless to say, it’s still in the planning stages.

Work is treating me rather well also. We’ve been swamped with projects and the days have been a little longer on average. After an excellent three-month review I received a pretty comfortable pay raise that will help with the repayment of student loans. Hint has also hired a new designer, one of my former classmates and now my “underling”. He’s very talented and it’s a new challenge for me to manage another designer.

I’m finally wrapping up my BFA and might have an opportunity for distribution sooner than I anticipated. Daphne, formerly Marua, has nearly 500 glyphs and supports many languages I could never hope to pronounce, read or otherwise understand. But they sure do look pretty. I’m finalizing some programming things to make the final font functional. The goal is to have everything completed by the end of the month. (Fingers crossed.)

Austin started school this week, so my sleep schedule has been interrupted by NPR at 5:30 a.m. Not that there’s anything wrong with NPR or 5:30 a.m. I’m sure I’ll start to get used to the early mornings and fill them with some new project.

On Capitol Hill

Arlo — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 06:30:59 +0000

As of 10 July 2008 Austin and I have re-addressed our living arrangements. We’ll now be living in a marvelous house (converted into a triplex) upon on Capitol Hill. We’ll be officially moved-in by the end of the month. Woohoo!!. And here are some pictures of the empty house. I’ll post more as we get things settled.