August desktop wallpaper calendar from Smashing Magazine
Zoinks. How did this happen? August already? I never fail to be surprised that I have survived to see another month arrive. Well, on to the first order of each new month's business. Rent, shment. The important stuff is:
Smashing Magazine has released their gallery of August desktop wallpaper calendars!
Alas...I'm deflated. I admit, it's a personal thing. There are, without a doubt, some gorgeous designs created by many talented individuals. But none are particularly "ME". And as we know, it's all about ME.
Meeeeeee...MEMEMEMEME! Fa-la-la-la-MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
So, it's a dilemma. What do I do? The closest design to ME would have to be the sushi monster. Here, I'll show you:
I love sushi. I love monsters. But the colors and the style (the abundance of LEVITY) really don't match my mood lately. And I think my current desktop wallpaper selection should at least partially match, or somehow complement, the way I feel. When I sit at my desk I need to feel comfortable. Sushi monster, well, he makes me feel like I'm pretending to feel comfortable. But that's not the way I feel lately. Neither like pretending nor comfortable.
How do I feel lately, you ask? Ahhhhh...I feel a bit of melancholy. A small amount of sadness. A hint of loss. A dash of hope, folded into a larger dose of reality. I distinctly detect withheld emotions. Which makes me feel missed opportunities. I feel futility. A yearning to feel each moment for what it is. But all I reach for is the big picture. Want, wish, fantasize. Self-deny, self-distort, self-destruct.
And I'm sick. And I dreamed about my grandfather last night. And the Pema Chodron disc won't play in my bedside CD player. And I broke my Ichiban eggplant.
So how can I possibly choose the sushi monster as my August mascot?
No. This month, we are not Sushi. This month, we are Night Fire. By Henrik Wissing of Moving Insect:
The design style of Night Fire is not the least bit ME. But I think it grasps the way I feel. I think if I could take a screenshot of the insides of my eyelids, it might look a bit like Night Fire.
Let's hope that I begin to feel more like me in September. God. September?
Smashing Magazine has released their gallery of August desktop wallpaper calendars!
Alas...I'm deflated. I admit, it's a personal thing. There are, without a doubt, some gorgeous designs created by many talented individuals. But none are particularly "ME". And as we know, it's all about ME.
Meeeeeee...MEMEMEMEME! Fa-la-la-la-MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
So, it's a dilemma. What do I do? The closest design to ME would have to be the sushi monster. Here, I'll show you:
I love sushi. I love monsters. But the colors and the style (the abundance of LEVITY) really don't match my mood lately. And I think my current desktop wallpaper selection should at least partially match, or somehow complement, the way I feel. When I sit at my desk I need to feel comfortable. Sushi monster, well, he makes me feel like I'm pretending to feel comfortable. But that's not the way I feel lately. Neither like pretending nor comfortable.
How do I feel lately, you ask? Ahhhhh...I feel a bit of melancholy. A small amount of sadness. A hint of loss. A dash of hope, folded into a larger dose of reality. I distinctly detect withheld emotions. Which makes me feel missed opportunities. I feel futility. A yearning to feel each moment for what it is. But all I reach for is the big picture. Want, wish, fantasize. Self-deny, self-distort, self-destruct.
And I'm sick. And I dreamed about my grandfather last night. And the Pema Chodron disc won't play in my bedside CD player. And I broke my Ichiban eggplant.
So how can I possibly choose the sushi monster as my August mascot?
No. This month, we are not Sushi. This month, we are Night Fire. By Henrik Wissing of Moving Insect:
The design style of Night Fire is not the least bit ME. But I think it grasps the way I feel. I think if I could take a screenshot of the insides of my eyelids, it might look a bit like Night Fire.
Let's hope that I begin to feel more like me in September. God. September?
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