Friday, October 15, 2010
less is more: bloggers block
less is more: bloggers block: "every once in a while everyone must battle writer's block.. or in this case, blogger's block [dun dun dunnnn]!!! for me, the writer's block ..."
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
travel bug
so for now the travel bug has eluded me... for some reason my desire to travel has just been muted. i'm thinking (and hoping) that its because i have basically been on a constant go since graduation. and really before that we were somewhere different every couple weeks! anyhow, in an attempt to inspire the bug to come out and play i found this fun little map on trip advisor (i take trip advisor very seriously, it has yet to lead me incorrectly!) that allows you to say all the cities you've been to. i tried to keep it to cities i've been to since i can actually remember the experience.. i kept out camping trips from when i was a kid and visiting family in cali and seattle, i know if happened, i sort of remember it, but i just don't think it counts! so check out my travels...
Saturday, October 9, 2010
design blog here i come!
today it has been quite overcast in gais. it looked like it would get nice for a while, but then the opaque white clouds came in and i cannot even see the mountains out of my window! its a good thing i'm still getting accustomed, and that i had things to work on this weekend. hopefully tomorrow will be nice and we can check out the olma...
but today, today i spent organizing all of my works (and trying to track down a few others...) into their appropriate categories. i then spent the better part of the afternoon making a design blog that will hopefully hold my designs in an organized and sensible way! i decided to name it [less is more] because let's be honest, poor mr. wipfli spent years trying to convince me of the truth of that statement. i of course responded by gluing jewels (rhinestones for reinstein!) all over his classroom and notes that we would deliver to his house. but mr. wipfli, i learned! and so now.... check out [less is more] and let me know feedback!
but today, today i spent organizing all of my works (and trying to track down a few others...) into their appropriate categories. i then spent the better part of the afternoon making a design blog that will hopefully hold my designs in an organized and sensible way! i decided to name it [less is more] because let's be honest, poor mr. wipfli spent years trying to convince me of the truth of that statement. i of course responded by gluing jewels (rhinestones for reinstein!) all over his classroom and notes that we would deliver to his house. but mr. wipfli, i learned! and so now.... check out [less is more] and let me know feedback!
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
eleven... ELEVEN?!? oh.. this explains soo much
heh heh heh love almost famous... but seriously today i worked on/resized/edited and overall completed eleven ads for one our larger clients, st. gallen's executive education department. i have now officially been here for one week! my jet lag has finally ended, but i'm still off a bit. lori says i will have one more week to get used to the high altitude we're in. we will see next week! also i finished reading the help and have begun philippa gregory's the white queen. she is an amazing author and so far i have not been let down.. also i've started going through my portfolio yet again! it is an ongoing process that will never be complete :) anyway soo i'm going to create another space for those poor neglected works that i still hold dear but just cannot include in my official portfolio. even though it is only 15:30 (check me out...!) i think i may have to take a nap or call it a night! geez i must have aged on the flight over!
Sunday, October 3, 2010
mein erstes wochenende
so i have survived my first weekend in appenzell ausserrhoden! on saturday lori and jon picked up whitney, karen and i to take us to this little ridge area above tuefen to take a walk and have an amazing lunch with not too shabby of a view... the place was like a mini farm, with animals everywhere. inside the restaurant there was a room that was all windows so you could look in and see this massive pig who had just given birth to a bunch of piglets.. they were sooo adorable! my favorite was the baby goat though, with his mini little horns.
today (sunday) karen took me to appenzell. we split a schnitzlebrot (schnitzle, lettuce, onion, a sauce on fresh baked chiabattaish bread) and took the wanderweg (hiking trail) out into the fields.. it was gorgeous! i am going to have a ridiculous collection of photos of the one mountain by the time i leave here, the camera just cannot capture how magnificent it is! the coolest part about the walk was the assortment of people out, especially on a nice day like today. there were newborn babies in strollers all the way to grandparents who were in way better shape than i am! once we got to appenzell she showed me around a bit, there is an awesome metal works shop that was closed (great bells there sam!) and we got some gelato and sat in the sun by one of the fountains. then we went to the cheese stop next door and got these buckets of yogurt with fresh fruit in them... i got cherry. i can't wait to devour it! after more walking we decided on taking the train back to gais. the festival is still going strong, and we went to get a bratwurst and spied another type of sausagey looking item called a schüblig. the vendor told us it was a local brat and famous so we went ahead and had one each. i am so full it was fantastic! then after catching up with sam and mary, karen and i met whitney at the gais festival. unfortunately the bumper cars were almost out of use, but karen won a rose at the shooting hall and loaded up on sweets! overall it was a very good first weekend!
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| mountain from the restaurant view |
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| baby goat |
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| city of gais from afar |
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| beauty queen cow! |
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| covered bridge on the walk |
Saturday, October 2, 2010
my first {half} week at icon
so all day monday i traveled to switzerland. i got in tuesday morning and was quite proud of myself for catching the early train and getting through customs as quickly as i did! although on my way down an escalator with my two bags i managed to lose hold of the top one and it just cam crashing down on me. a complete mess, but it could have been worse! luckily i made it down the second escalator much more gracefully. there were just the nicest people around, helping me with my crazy heavy bags and acting like it was no big deal (trust me these bags were not light...) then lor, ryan and napoleon picked me up, we did a bit of quick grocery shopping and headed to the office so i could meet everyone. after about an hour though the jet lag started getting to me and before i could even get anything out of my bags i crashed for a few hours. then karen, ryan, whitney and i ate at the italian restaurant that's below our rooms. it was really good and i will for sure be tempted to eat there again!
the next day my alarm didn't go off so i slept in and barely made the train to work! the trains here are all really well kept, which is a change form most of the trains i was on this summer! work is really close to where we stay, and the country is beautiful! the mountains seem like a backdrop that someone paints fresh daily, it is ridiculous! so my first day at work i re-sized a few ads and sat in on a couple meetings of projects i will be helping out with and just overall got situated. after work i met ryan and karen in the kitchen that's upstairs and hung out with them for a while. that night i thought i would be able to sleep.. not so much. i was so afraid i hadn't fixed my phone and my alarm wouldn't go off i was waking up every few hours and then couldn't fall back asleep!
day two i did get up on time, and after work i got my train pass so i don't have to buy one every morning. i am set until december and then i need to get one more month! at work i did a few more ads and began working on a logo for a new client along with helping out with making corrections to other projects to familiarize myself with the looks and styles the clients have, as well as getting used to working in german! this evening lori and jon had everyone over, and a girl who used to work here came with a friend she's visiting. lori made a spanish feast and it was so tasty! at around 11:30 it was time for us to leave, i was barely awake and finally slept through the night!
on friday i tried to wake up early but my alarm didn't change so i woke up at the normal time. karen took me to this awesome bakery to get a little breakfast, and i think the jet lag is finally wearing off and i am beginning to get my appetite back! phew, i was starting to get nervous there for a while.. i worked on more logo designs and then karen gave me a project to help her with, updating website comps for a client we are revamping a site for.. it looks really great! when we got back to gais (the city/town/village we live in) they had all these tents and bumper cars and all sorts of stuff set up, so hopefully there will be a fun little something going on this weekend!
the next day my alarm didn't go off so i slept in and barely made the train to work! the trains here are all really well kept, which is a change form most of the trains i was on this summer! work is really close to where we stay, and the country is beautiful! the mountains seem like a backdrop that someone paints fresh daily, it is ridiculous! so my first day at work i re-sized a few ads and sat in on a couple meetings of projects i will be helping out with and just overall got situated. after work i met ryan and karen in the kitchen that's upstairs and hung out with them for a while. that night i thought i would be able to sleep.. not so much. i was so afraid i hadn't fixed my phone and my alarm wouldn't go off i was waking up every few hours and then couldn't fall back asleep!
day two i did get up on time, and after work i got my train pass so i don't have to buy one every morning. i am set until december and then i need to get one more month! at work i did a few more ads and began working on a logo for a new client along with helping out with making corrections to other projects to familiarize myself with the looks and styles the clients have, as well as getting used to working in german! this evening lori and jon had everyone over, and a girl who used to work here came with a friend she's visiting. lori made a spanish feast and it was so tasty! at around 11:30 it was time for us to leave, i was barely awake and finally slept through the night!
on friday i tried to wake up early but my alarm didn't change so i woke up at the normal time. karen took me to this awesome bakery to get a little breakfast, and i think the jet lag is finally wearing off and i am beginning to get my appetite back! phew, i was starting to get nervous there for a while.. i worked on more logo designs and then karen gave me a project to help her with, updating website comps for a client we are revamping a site for.. it looks really great! when we got back to gais (the city/town/village we live in) they had all these tents and bumper cars and all sorts of stuff set up, so hopefully there will be a fun little something going on this weekend!
Sunday, September 26, 2010
travel over!
i am finally done with the travel! visiting new york was a blast, of course it was a lot of packing and saying goodbye which was sad, but the beach was still beautiful. there were crazy huge waves from hurricane igor while i was there and they really surprised me. instead of taking two days to drive down we did it all in one, it wasn't too awful of a drive but that's because i didn't do any of the driving! we got into south carolina super early in the morning and when poor jon woke up the next morning he started getting an awful cold!
my aunt and uncle came in to spend the day from atlanta, which was very fun, we went to
dinner i have seriously never seen so much sushi in my life!! and i have seen me some sushi! jon and i went home early to try to find him some meds but the adults apparently were out too late and came in ten minutes later. i'm glad i got to see them before i left for switzerland.
my aunt and uncle came in to spend the day from atlanta, which was very fun, we went to
dinner i have seriously never seen so much sushi in my life!! and i have seen me some sushi! jon and i went home early to try to find him some meds but the adults apparently were out too late and came in ten minutes later. i'm glad i got to see them before i left for switzerland.
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