multi-colored saturday

First off, my apologies for not being better about updating this blog in the last few weeks. I think I have a valid excuse though...we've all been pulling 12-15 hour days in the newsroom, including weekends and days/hours that we technically don't have class. Our presentation looms in a little over a week, and I have yet to put together the slideshow to show Bonnier Corporation what our little graduate class has come up with in the last 3 months or so. Really kind of nervous about screwing up.

Lately I've begun to dream about the Magazine Publishing Project. One time, Chaz was telling me about the finer points of this one font...perhaps Univers, but I could be wrong. Another time, the whole class had trooped off to a diner and Ileana had to help Tyler remember what waffles were. Another time, I dreamt that one of our speakers came in and cut me open in the middle of class and told everyone that I had "the greasy intestines of a 13-year-old" and me screaming "NO I'M 23!" and no one believing me. Last night, I dreamt that Murph decided to do a stand-up routine instead of talking about digital branding at the presentation. I'm not much of a dream interpreter, but I think it's probably safe to say that this Project's got me a little bit stressed out.

I spent Thanksgiving with Tyler's family, which was nice. Kind of interesting to have a "real" traditional Thanksgiving dinner, but must admit that I missed my family's hodgepodge of Asian American dishes. Black Friday shopping also just wasn't the same. Don't get me wrong, it was still fun. But somehow not the same w/o wandering around in the backroads trying to avoid the toll road with my cousins and Sunny drawing up battle plans and directing us through the Leesburg Outlets. Tyler's cousin really wanted to get a Coach purse, so I waited in line with them from 11pm to 1:30am when they finally let us in. By that time, I couldn't feel my toes, and my gratefulness to be let into the store may or may not be directly related to my purchase of two Coach purses (one as a Christmas present por mi madre). Granted they were on sale like crazy ($270 reduced to $99 + 20% off coupon), but um, I definitely had wanted to get boots, not a purse. Sigh. That was really the only store I went to, so all told the damage wasn't TOO too bad. I have the worst post-purchase anxiety though, it is actually kind of ridiculous. Sigh. My toes will just have to freeze a little bit more this winter, I suppose!

Not too much of a break though. Tyler and I came back to Chicago this afternoon, and then went to cover a basketball game together for this local sports website that he's been freelancing for (I was his photographer). It was kind of neat, since I've never actually worked with him before on a story. Just finished photoshopping the pics though, so am going to send them off. Perhaps this will be my first photocredit!