I have spoken often of Jake’s gentleness, but not enough of his strength. The gentleness is easy to see; the strength, more subtle, but no less remarkable. For it takes courage to love me. It takes strength to stay.
People often say that I’m the stronger half of the couple, but they see things only on […]

by Mia on 10:53 pm, June 30, 2007 in thoughts none spoke

Two hours, Adobe Photoshop, Century Gothic and Centaur. Poster/tarp for the Libro.ph launch this June 30.

I re-did this poster five… times. The first few times I kept trying to do it via calligraphy — I had this really nice exercise in typography and lines — but the letters didn’t scan well. I’ll try something similar […]

by Mia on 12:40 am, June 29, 2007 in visuals none spoke

(Read or Die is finally getting me writing. Que horror. What follows is a review I posted on the RoD blog. I first read the book in question while I was in the hospital, watching over Lola, and it left quite an impression on me. Something more than, “ha, that’s pretty witty/funny/incisive.” I finished it […]

by Mia on 2:08 pm, June 27, 2007 in writing none spoke

Final exam for Social Science 2, very rough draft. Being a contrary person, I chose one of the more difficult topics (Roszak’s A Dead Man’s Eyes from Where the Wasteland Ends, Habermas, Nietszche) instead of the relatively straightforward topic — one I could certainly relate to — on identity and the internet.
I loved writing every […]

by Mia on 2:43 pm, June 7, 2007 in academics, writing none spoke