26 posts tagged “qotd”

How are you celebrating Halloween today?

Working with Christopher  at tehBux as grenade-in-head-drill-bit-in-back-eyeball-coming-out-man.

How many jobs have you had in the past five years? Where and what did you do? 
Submitted by M.  

Since 2002, I have had four jobs, and those are really the only four jobs worth mentioning.

2004-2005
Integrated Document Solutions
This company was basically a Kinko's with a full design shop attached, the latter part coming after I was hired. The business was doing great, until an ex-partner made some unsound decisions. Oh well, that's how it goes.

2005 - Present
Pelagic Information Design
My own company, branding for any freelance work I do. I have not updated the site in quite some time (work wise), but there is a lot planned for it...someday.

2005 - Present
Charles River Web Connections
Graphic/web design - an on and off job because of school. I work on pieces of different projects, but some big things are coming for them. Not sure how involved I'll be, but we'll see.

2006 - Present
Starbucks
I work the overnight shift (11:15 p.m. to 5:30 a.m.) at the only 24 hour location in Massachusetts. I needed this job to give my head a break from design and development stuff. Essentially, being at school is like having multiple design jobs, plus the previous two projects...I needed something to keep me busy but in a different way. The need for cash has kind of forced me into moving up in the company. If all goes to plan, I'll be a shift supervisor in a few months.

What sites show up if you type "S" into your browser's address bar?

1. Seem Pieces - http://seempieces.com
2. Swallow the Sun - http://swallowthesun.net
3. Apple Store - http://store.apple.com
4. Sons of Nero - http://sonsofnero.com
5. Shoutweb - http://shoutweb.com
6. SIGGRAPH - http://siggraph.com

Do you know any war veterans?
Submitted by Fightin' 6th Marines.

My father.

More on this some other day.

Tell us about a lesson you had to learn the hard way.

I'm afraid my response to this is somewhat false, because in retrospect...I've yet to learn my lesson.

Nonetheless, the learning in question comes from the death of an old friend of mine named Tina Guerra, who past away in a fairly bizarre accident during the Summer of 2004...long after we had lost touch.

I met her freshman year of high school and developed quite the crush on her outgoing attitude, this free spirit of sorts that my shy self could never build up the confidence to take out.

But we spoke often through phone calls, IM chats and especially in school hallways. She walked with a certain confidence I have still yet to see again, and it is fairly doubtful I ever will. Even now I laugh about the few wonderful memories I have...I'll never forget calling her house up and asking if she could speak only to have her dad say "Tina? Whoa there buddy, no. She can't speak, and don't you call here past nine again." I got totally freaked out thinking I had lost track of time and it was like, 11:30 or something. Nah, it was 9:03.

Anyways, at the end of sophmore year she moved to Harrisville in Rhode Island and we lost touch soon after, only speaking (maybe) three or four more times online.

...and all I can picture now is looking at Kelly's profile online saying "rip tina guerra" and driving to her wake almost screaming "I'm going to be able to say goodbye, I'm going to say goodbye." I was just shocked for it had finally happened. I disappeared and lost someone. It seems (to this day) I have no real problem completely removing myself from the lives of those that I care about, which is in itself one of the worst parts; I truly care about these people yet I cannot bring myself to see or speak to them.

I've long referred to myself as a loner, and I still believe that to be true simply based on how often I choose not to go out...or if I do, I do so alone. Company is fine, but I tend to feel more comfortable without it. Part of it is the intimidation factor, I feel intimidated by almost everyone I know regardless of who they are. If there's something I can feel lower about, I'll find it. Another part is annoyance factor, I simply can only stand to be around individuals for so long for before I pine for silence and solitude. It sickens me.

I hope this does not happen again...but I say that knowing full well there is a list of people I have yet to make my ammends with.

Tri-County release on Tina Guerra's death

And I'll close this with something I wrote after I found out...

Key to an Open Lock (eighteen year glimpse)
I've missed my set of four equal digits so many times,
every new search button proving
just as inconclusive as the last.

And while this lace traced an elderly neck,
another pretty face hit the pavement
one million times over.

Over…and over…

Moments like these remind me of not being able to let go;
moments like these remind me that every day there is a new
internal flag burning and another battle to fight.

So may your glass wings grow feathers,
lifting you higher than the rest,
for there are neither steering wheels nor
vocal chords to burden you now.

What is the most creative gift you have ever given or received? 
Submitted by Nacwolin.

To this day, I believe the best gift I have ever given anyone was a birthday card I made for Brandy last year. She is about as much of a Batman fanatic as I am, so this worked out pretty well. Sadly, I only have a few (crappy) pictures...but you'll get the idea.

I really need to work on my gift giving...I tend to usually just get blank cards (the only kind I buy) and write long notes in them. Hmm, one of my goals for next year will be to get a creative gift for everyone I am still in contact with...that would be cool...

How well does your name Google? Who are you up against? (Celebrities, etc.)
Submitted by Matt Blank.

First twenty results for "jeremy tyarks"
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pelagic information design | jeremy tyarks

uj_andsoireach - User Info

Ever run for office?  (School, club, organization, politics, etc.)  Did you get elected?

Yeah, I was the vice president for my freshman class. There was no competition because everyone was annoyed by the other cat running. So it's not like I really won anything...oh well.

Who or what do you really love?

Alright, this is the definitive list.

Jeremy loves...:

1. Adobe software
2. Apple Computers
3. Art and creation
   
4. Chocolate
5. Coffee
6. Comfortable beds
   
7. Dancing horribly
8. Driving alone
   
9. Eyes
10. The female backside
11. Friends&Family
    
12. Going to shows
    
13. Ice cream
14. The Internet/interwebs/interlol/worldwiderofl
    
15. Language
16. Music
17. Listening to music
18. Playing music
19. Music
    
20. Overnight shifts
21. Photography
22. Pizza
    
23. Poetry/Prose/the Written Word
24. Pornography
    
25. Reading
26. Rocking out
    
27. Senses (in general)
    
28. Sex
29. Showers
30. Swimming
    
31. Taking the stairs
32. This cute girl I've been seeing for the past six months
    
33. Water
    
34. Wearing shorts and sandals in the winter

I think that about wraps it up.

What method do you use to prepare your coffee or tea? 
Submitted by AgentBouche.

If I'm alone...I don't bother.

If I'm at work, I whip out the French Press.

Ohhhhhhhhh yeah.