7/12/07

* Leaving your immediate future up to a machine is a strange and unnerving feeling. Kind of like I faxed my life away this morning...
* Speaking of this morning, what song do you suppose was playing over the loudspeaker at Staples as I was taking a timed copy-editing test? "Under Pressure."
* When you have a deadline -- and I don't mean a newspaper deadline -- someone will jump in front of you in line. Or your car will stall. Or your nose will start bleeding. Or you'll lose that phone number you need. Or your computer will freeze up. Or something. Plan accordingly.
* Found out today that I get to be part of something I can't help but think of as a "final project." (Guess that school mentality isn't gone quite yet.) I'm super excited. And as of tomorrow, I will officially have design clips from The Arizona Republic. (Yay!)
* It's not a good idea to use hot keys to release pages. And if you're ever using CCI, stay away from F5 at all costs. Trust me.
* An 11 update (for those of you keeping track of the crazy number stuff): My address as a child was Rt. 4, Box 340 (4+3+4=11); my current house number is 1514 (1+5+1+4=11); the test I took today was 11 pages long; the Diamondbacks ticket I grabbed randomly off the top of the pile on a table at work is, you guessed it, none other than Row 11, Seat 11.
* Vise is that tool in the garage (as in "vise grip"). Vice is that guilty pleasure or bad habit you just can't kick.
* Never think you can't be amazed by the way things come around. It'll never cease to surprise you.