of family and photoshop

i learned how to make a water droplet in photoshop, as demonstrated on the right..pretty easy stuff, just basically playing with blend modes and copious use of drop shadow and inner glow. my current graphic design projects are: an ad for the centre wellington rotary, posters for the fergus scottish festival military tattoo as well as their sunday "family day", poster for a johnny reid concert, and a spread for elora & fergus tourism that will be featured in the GRCA summer guide. sweet bro. it's nice having actual portfolio pieces under my belt. speaking of which a buddy and i are tentatively starting an ad agency, not sure of the name yet but things are under way and i'm really excited as i've now got somewhat of a base to begin from in terms of clients.

my dad's leg has been hurting him since yesterday and automatically we all assume it's something to do with the cancer but you can never be sure. it scares me a lot and i find myself going through the same process every few days: everything gradually starts to fill up inside me like a flooded well, slowly rising up, up, up until at the last moment i push it all down really fast. rinse, repeat. it's draining and it hurts but it's working, i can actually get through the day and find enough inside me to joke around with the pops and genuinely smile. i think the important thing to remember is appreciating every single second, and always hoping for the best even if others would say its unrealistic.

my favourite poem of all time is "do not go gentle into that good night" by dylan thomas. at first read it seems almost morbid and depressing but when you think about it, its telling us to not take any moment of life for granted and fight for every breath in our body. he puts it best though: rage, rage against the dying of the light.