fashion: January 2008 Archives
so this afternoon/evening i went to hell. otherwise known as the mall. this is my most natural environment as a beast. i can be seen exhibiting all the beastly characteristics unbecoming of a fine, upstanding, young lady like myself.
i was there seeing if one of the stores, where i had a gift card, had stuff that the other store didn't have. oh my! they did. and i proceeded to lose my mind. i will admit, it is not hard for me to lose my mind while i shop. i experience a mild form of lunacy in front of sale bins. i am willing to dig and shuffle until i find whatever it is that i am not really looking for.
most people avoid shopping with me because i will totally displace my lunacy onto them and start shopping for them as well. this usually causes one of two things. one, the person enjoys this but ends up cutting off their right arm to pay for the experience. two, they start crying from the stress of the beast foaming at the mouth because she got a top for $3.50 that was originally $32. i am not kidding. it is so adorable!
i was there seeing if one of the stores, where i had a gift card, had stuff that the other store didn't have. oh my! they did. and i proceeded to lose my mind. i will admit, it is not hard for me to lose my mind while i shop. i experience a mild form of lunacy in front of sale bins. i am willing to dig and shuffle until i find whatever it is that i am not really looking for.
most people avoid shopping with me because i will totally displace my lunacy onto them and start shopping for them as well. this usually causes one of two things. one, the person enjoys this but ends up cutting off their right arm to pay for the experience. two, they start crying from the stress of the beast foaming at the mouth because she got a top for $3.50 that was originally $32. i am not kidding. it is so adorable!
recently we watched a documentary called helvetica. i know what you are thinking, a documentary about a font does not sound appealing, but let me say, it was really good.
not only did it give you the history of the font, but it showed you where it is in our world, who uses it, what it tends to represent, and even now, as i am typing this, movable type has me typing in helvetica.
one of the things about the documentary that is so fascinating is the question of what does font/typeface represent to the people who use it. and nothing is more powerful than when thomas put some work thing in helvetica the other day and got tons of compliments. the power of font.
and this evening, i stumbled upon this, discussing the power of font for a student. little side note, i force my students to submit in times new roman 12 and this article gives a fabulous hypothesis as to why i do this... and it even goes so far as to explain to me why i like georgia more than i like times new roman. who knew that font meant so much?
not only did it give you the history of the font, but it showed you where it is in our world, who uses it, what it tends to represent, and even now, as i am typing this, movable type has me typing in helvetica.
one of the things about the documentary that is so fascinating is the question of what does font/typeface represent to the people who use it. and nothing is more powerful than when thomas put some work thing in helvetica the other day and got tons of compliments. the power of font.
and this evening, i stumbled upon this, discussing the power of font for a student. little side note, i force my students to submit in times new roman 12 and this article gives a fabulous hypothesis as to why i do this... and it even goes so far as to explain to me why i like georgia more than i like times new roman. who knew that font meant so much?
