I remember a long time ago, I opened a site with visitor content. Or at least that was my intention. I never did. As I’m noticing on rev.iew.me, it’s a good thing that I didn’t, because I don’t think I’m that good in what I do. To this day, I create graphics that not many people will see because I won’t open up a visitor section on Crestfallen, nor will I open a goodies site either. Besides, you know what they say–stick with what you know. I’m not graphically inclined, but it doesn’t hurt to at least try, right? But that’s not my strength.

As I posted on the last entry, I’ve opened up Illustrator more often than I did Sims 2 and Perfect World combined the past week. Please keep in mind that Sims 2 is my old-time addiction, and Perfect World is creeping right behind it (so much so that now I somehow forget the controls on Sims 2!). I’ve worked with it a few times before this, but I was never able to get it. Bah, that just meant I didn’t experiment enough. I’ve went on to post my “experiments” on my DA. Yes, boredom has done this to me. Not only that, but a resilient case of seasonal depression, which the peak of coincides with the impending approach of Cupid’s Day of Pink-Shitting¹, is kicking my ass. So this is my way of trying to distract myself from loneliness. Who knew?

Anyway, apparently quite a few liked the fonts that I posted in the last entry. So I’m doing the one thing that I may never do again after this creativity streak wanes–offering them for download.

Ardent: This was my second font that I created. The period is actually in the middle, which wasn’t noticed until it was printed. Oh, shit. Well, it gives it its…uniqueness. Download Ardent

Love!: There are two versions to this, but I’m partial to the first one. I am still kicking myself in the head for deleting the .ai for editing this. Download Love! V.1

Musical Scribbles: Just made this one since the last entry. Unlike the other two, there aren’t any accents, but unlike the other two, there are a few extra “musical scribbles” in place of some characters, such as the trademark and pound. Inspired by downtempo music and past doodles. Download Musical Scribbles

I hope that this spark of insane creativity does not go away–I very much enjoy doing fonts. More so than coding layouts. Which I need to change. Which I’m scared to change. Oh, the drama!

Tags: downloads

I learned something last night. Check this out. This was in my WordPress admin panel. That is how I usually have it. I was going to press that “Posts” thing up there, but I accidentally pressed the arrows instead (I didn’t even notice them until now), and got this, a shrunken version of the menu. Considering that I’m always the last to know shit, this is probably just me working on Shadow Standard Time. So someone make me feel better and tell me that they didn’t know this either. In other news, I’m stuck on a new layout.
Tags: idiotic shadowisms, shadow standard time, wordpress, wtf oops!

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Okay, maybe not a problem but it pisses me off to no end.

You add your site on rev.iew.me and you ask for feedback on your site. When you submit your site to any WPR, you agree to the terms that not everyone is going to enjoy your site, and you should take things into consideration. This may mean that you’ll need to redo your whole site, a part of it, or whatever. Or not. In other words, you can take it or leave it. 99% of the time, the reviewers are honest and will give constructive criticism. Keyword here: constructive.

However, some people don’t understand this. I’ve done 57¹ reviews so far. I have done more, but they were lost before Jem implemented the “no review left behind”² system. I lost a couple of 1,000-word reviews due to people who apparently got bad reviews from people, and effectively deleting their site from rev.iew.me.

I am not better than anyone. I have little faith in my own site sometimes. However, as plenty of people said to me before I joined, I have a valid reason to have an opinion. Hence, that’s what I give. My reviewing style is tough (with loads of non-sequiturs in between), I’ll admit. But I’m constructive. I’ve had a few people try to say “um, this works–what are you talking about?”³, but I’ve had people say “thank you for being constructive; you taught me something I didn’t know”⁴. As with being a reviewer, reviewees take the good with the bad, and don’t get too hurt by it.

Besides, it’s all opinions, right?

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Tags: list, non-sequitur, pissed, rant, review

Who knew that the number 365 would spark an inspiration for another web project? 1 ____. 365. Translates to “One Line, 365 Days”. It’s pretty self explanatory. Hopefully this isn’t neglected like my Photo 365 might be.
Tags: 365, distraction, inspiration, new project