I am proud to say that I’ve recently
changed my position regarding C.
Write Now!
Must I? Yes you must, Allison!
There is a huge difference between California culture and New York culture.
It’s not just weather, though recently there hasn’t been much of a difference.
It’s what we were given to watch as grammar / elementary school students.
You know, movies to shut us up and to keep us distracted while
the teachers had a smoke somewhere.
Not one New Yorker I know was exposed to this in school:
And that’s sad.
I would love to take a stat poll and see if crime
in certain parts of California is directly correlated
to not having been shown this film as a child.
(by the way, if you see this film you’ll understand
why I am not a huge fan of the movie “Up”)
If every child on Earth watched The Red Balloon,
there would not be any wars, and our government
(the alleged “adults” who should have seen this film as kids)
would be 100% focused on the job and health care issues
plaguing our great nation.
Thus ends my required “political rant” for the year.
Yeah Logo Yeah
I am a sucker for logos.
I created a logo for an indie company this week.
Here is the process from sketch to final.
PHASE 1
PHASE 2
PHASE 3
If this was my last post on Earth…
then I should briefly discuss how allisonruiz.com 2.0 came to be.
(To all on the east coast, stay safe!)
brainstorm
Years before, I purchased my domain name from
sitebuilding-for-dummies webs.com.
Wanting to explore sitebulding on my own,
I experimented on tumblr while the first site was active.
Business with webs.com would end
when my domain name expired.
When it did, they decided to keep my
domain name hostage for many months.
In the meantime, I was slowly shifting my stuff from the 1.0
to the tumblr, which would soon become what you see now.
Eventually webs.com freed my domain name and I re-bought it,
only to have my site hacked with this:
Anyone who can translate this, email me the translation with a picture of yourself.
Once I verify your translation, you will get a complementary portrait drawn by me.
Offer very much valid. I need to know what it says!
So after setbacks and delays,
and with fundamental support,
the site was finally re-launched,
and the 2.0 officially launched.
Here is a re-enactment of my process:
Some have respectfully asked me to
activate the comment section on the blog.
For aesthetic reasons, it will not be activated.
However, for those who have tumblr accounts,
you can follow, reblog, etc. if you so choose.
To those who do not have tumblr accounts and wish to comment,
given how interconnected social networks are becoming,
add me on Google+ and comment there.
Or simply click on the heading banner to email me.
Final Countdown (Last Related Post)
cue Europe song
A look at true-story family banter,
drawn by my sister, comic-strip style:
