Domestic Geek

Current mood: excited
Yay, I have my very first graphic design client. Whoo Hoo!!! He's a real estate broker that my friend Jodi at school set me up with. The dude was sooo nice. I hope I produce a great piece for him. We just had an introductory meeting where I got a feel of what he needed.

I've been missing the strangest thing lately--playing bassoon. I want to play bassoon again, badly. Maybe it's been the classical music that my teacher played in my last class. Maybe it is that regretful feeling I've had about never really taking the bassoon thing seriously enough in college. Maybe I'm longing for my good old college days. Maybe it is that I want some sort of device that I can transfer my senior bassoon recital VHS to a DVD before I accidentally ruin the tape. Maybe it was intensified by the recent "Music Stand" catalog that came yesterday. I even spent the last half hour looking at bassoons for sale on eBay and realizing I can't spend that kind of money unless I win the lotto or find a really good paying job (a good bassoon costs several thousand dollars). *sigh*

OK, I doubt anybody that reads this can help me out, but I really need someone who needs something printed (meaning actually on-press printing) to let me design something for them for my Design Practicum class. The main thing is this person has to be willing to actually pay for the printing costs. It can be anything: brochures, stationary package (business card, letterhead, envelope), flyers, etc. I need a client by next Monday and have to have a piece printed in the next eight weeks. This is one of those times where not having many friends or relatives really sucks. *sigh*

Whoo Hooooo! The Denver Broncos just beat the Oakland Raiders on Monday Night Football 35-10. Way to go! I even got to see some gratuitous shots of Eddie McCaffrey's butt.

Man, what is it about me and last minute auction wars on eBay? Why must other people feel the need to bid on the things I want? Why do they feel the need to drive the price up above what I can afford to pay? They should know to just step aside and let me have whatever it is that I was bidding on. *sigh*

Seriously, though. I've lost a couple of auctions recently on items that I can't find on other web sites for purchase. It kind of bums me out. All I'm trying to do is get some cute collectible things to decorate my craft room. Is that so wrong? I did just win a cross stitch pattern at the last second, though. I just did to someone what always happens to me. I waited to hit the bid button until there was only 5 seconds left. I feel so mean doing that.

OK, back to the movie.