kyle hemingway

what what? wasn’t it only yesterday morgan and i sat down and began discussing this year’s book?

no. that was january.

but IT’S FINALLY HERE!

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also, my copy of map boston and i just had a mini-photo shoot in the office. i now present you the fruits of that photo session:

what?? it’s actually here??

OMIGOD! IT’S HERE!!

the proud father

not as tasty as it looks…

…but feels awesome against your face (just ask maureen hautenaiemi)

hmm…i wonder where i should go for dinner? map boston will know!!

the perfect sans-serif font.

i have no idea where to find it.  i keep spending hours searching for it and i’m slowly coming to the conclusion that it doesn’t exist.  i have absolutely no idea where or how i will find the perfect sans-serif font.

i am now sitting in emerson’s cafe trying to begin the third design project this month for which i require the perfect sans-serif font.  this holy grail has continued to elude me for the entire month, forcing me toward either completely different or less-than-perfect alternatives.  the task at hand, however, simply requires the perfect sans-serif font.  there’s nothing i can think of doing that could be used as a workaround.

why did i branch into print design?

it’s absolutely frigid in the office today. i’m wearing a sweater.

it’s mid-july.

also, i’m pleased to state that mcc theater in new york has approved one of the drafts of the artwork i just did for their upcoming premiere of michael weller’s new play, fifty words. look for it soon everywhere. and i mean, everywhere.

also also, map boston will be hitting the shelves of major and independent booksellers throughout boston later this month! go pick up a copy and support mo, me, and the rest of the peeps who worked super hard to get that thing out! (you can see an awesome preview of the back cover at www.mapboston.com)

i suppose that’s all the news that’s fit to print! see y’all next time!

i absolutely adore the things i look down to find with this cat.

i truly do enjoy sitting next to jeremy while he’s writing code, because he narrates what he’s typing.

and then shouts things like “i’m so fucking smart!”

so, as i was closing the button of my very old (to-china-and-back) pair of khaki shorts in the loo this afternoon, the most awful thing happened: the button fell off.  did i wear a belt today?  no.  so i zipped up, strategically pulled my polo down to hide the buttonless-fly (praying hard that the zipper held), and went back into my office.

i then proceeded to the costume shop.  i found our friendly neighborhood rafael jaen, award-winning costume designer to the stars, and explained my predicament to him.  he guided me to a treasure trove of needles and found a pre-waxed thread that matched my shorts exactly.  i threaded the needle, tied a knot, and fled to the restroom on that floor (slowly, of course — don’t want that zipper to fall).

alone in the small halogen-lit men’s room, i sewed the button back onto my shorts while they were still on (where was i to put them?), praying now all the while that i didn’t accidentally stick myself with the pin (that’s a rather sensitive area, don’t ya know).

i finished sewing, snipped the thread, and ran out of the shop as fast as i can.

now i’m going to go pick up my paycheck and forget this ever happened.

i like the bookshelves in daddy’s beside tables. they make a good bed.

the title of my posting is a quote by a wise woman named michelle fiocca. it is about separating life from work. lately, we’ve been awesome at that.

tonight, jeremy and i enjoyed watching the delightful disney movie “enchanted.” apparently we’re the last two people on the earth who have not seen it. i must say i was in love from the moment julie andrews’ narration began. susan sarandon as the evil queen sealed the deal for me. it was brilliant.

then we came into the office and began working. i haven’t been out since. mitchi (our new design critic-in-residence) has been in and out, offering constructive criticisms and climbing on jeremy’s desk.

well lambs, i’m off to go perform my nightly ritual of washing my face and reading dorothy parker to my cat.

today i’m thankful for

1. tuesday being my day off
2. my air conditioner (which i hardly used today — stupid me!)
3. the tasty dinner my manfriend cooked for us
4. “enchanted”
5. a client who understands what a pain in the ass copy edits are

1. the most well behaved cat ever.
2. a beautiful apartment
3. a successful business with no lack of incoming work
4. my amazing manfriend
5. the whole slaughtered cow my mom brought up

i love napping with daddy kyle in the air conditioning on the hottest day of the summer.

it’s nice.