One of the last design elements I need to finalize is the background – or, what I am going to do about / with the background. To be honest, I am becoming more comfortable with the white background with every page refresh. At the same time, I want some color on the canvas; though I need to be careful not to be too distracting with a background. The focus of this site is the content.

It won’t be much longer until I start posting regular updates. There is a lot going on up in muh noggin’ that needs hashing out.

I highly recommend it to anybody thinking about writing something that someone else will read.

http://www.dansimmons.com/writing_welll/archive/writing_index.htm

In other news, I am putting the finishing touches on my site’s design framework. Doing something yourself, not completely from scratch, is a fun and satisfying process. I liken my site design experience to the childhood “Mad Libs” games. While not as easy as a fill in the the blank slate, having a predefined canvas with which to paint is a good thing.

It’s about knowing your bounds and your limits and having guidance. Having guidance helps me to understand what it is I want. I’m the type of person that needs to know exactly and specifically what I want out of a design or project or piece of self composed music. For me, the reward is in the means – I can’t have the means without the ends, so it makes logical sense that I know what the ends are.

Guidance, definition, plans, fun.

Yes, this has been my day today. As unproductive as the last one and as prophetical as the next one.

Sometimes, the pause button is pressed on your life. Sometimes, it’s stuck for a few years. What is important is to plan for moment you press play. It’s preparation time. Time to condition yourself to be stronger then you were, mentally and physically. You can never go back, but you can always choose to go forward. In that choice your power lies: to act.

What have you done today?

If ‘Forgiveness’ could be sold, would you put a price on it- if so how much?

And my answer:

Forgiveness is always sold in a way I think. You need to ’sell’ the fact that you’re sorry. And thus, the apology must be ‘bought’. Ha – forgiveness is a transaction!

There are even literal prices on forgiveness; a piece of jewelry, flowers, even time.

The real cost of forgiveness, however, is priceless: sincerity!

(….but it can be sold….hmmm, flawed logic is flawed…)

(It is high-res, so it’s worth a follow on click to my flickr stream to get a better view.)

From time to time, I’ll share what I’ve written, as most of the stories are of an extremely personal and introspective nature.

“Oh sweet hypocrisy. You never fail to find a moment in my day to show your familiar face. I will never be lonely knowing you are always around the corner. All I have to do is look around the room to find you. My trusted friend, my life-long companion. How bitter sweet our parting will be. The moment will come, like it does in all things.”