Hello Mr. Looter,

 This is a letter to you, the person who has to resort to thievery to finance your lifestyle. A daily routine which I’m almost certain involves booze and probably some illegal substances. I’m sure you’ll probably never read this, but it’ll certainly make me feel better writing it.   

I live in the heart of historic downtown. With that I know there are some things that are to be expected, but until now, I’ve managed to elude. Thank you though, for making me realize that you cannot be trusted. For what it’s worth, I now keep my car doors locked at all times.

I hope the $1.70 you absconded from my car’s console served you well. Normally I keep that money in my car so I can buy myself a drink or two while at work, but obviously you needed it more than me.  It’s not so much that I miss the $1.70 you stole from me, honestly Mr. Lowlife, I’m more upset about the mess you made in my car.

Granted I’m not the neatest person in the world. I do tend to live out of my car. I’m constantly on the go with my work. I keep important things in there, such as client files, my portfolio, a car seat for my son as well as other important documents. It would have been considerate of you to close my ash tray (as I do not smoke and don’t use it), and replace the documents you took out of my glove box (they’re original to the car, nearly 30 years old and irreplaceable), and returned the items to their original locations that you removed from the back seat when you ransacked my car. 

If you’d asked nicely, I’m sure I would have given you the $1.70 without hesitation, but no, you chose to take it.

The joke’s on you though Mr. Scum, because in all your hastiness to loot my car for the small fortune you amassed, you missed the checks to my business account… 

Of course, now that I think about it… you probably wouldn’t have known what to do with those.

Sincerely,

Chris Hood

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Mango Gatorade… It’s Mango, It’s Gatorade.It’s a little bit of heaven in a bottle. I’ve been a fan of hydration drinks for a while, I guess it’s a bit of a trickle down from my cycling days. Gatorade has usually been a little too thick and sweet for my tastes. I usually opt for Powerade, but tonight when I was doing my late night shopping (very common when I’m up working late on a project or just brainstorming on self-promotional things), Kroger was all out of Powerade.

Apparently they had a sale today, 58¢ for a 32 oz. bottle. Hate it I missed that, but Gatorade was still $1.00 for a 32 oz. bottle so I picked up a few. 

Not wanting to date myself here, but I can easily remember the days when Gatorade came in only two flavors. Orange and Lemon-Lime… They’ve added quite an arsenal of different choices since then. 

Anyhow, so as I’m browsing the wide range of Gator-tastes I spot the new Mango Xtremo®. I’ve been  a big fan of Mango way before the fruit ever caught on the mainstream, and the good folks at Gatorade did this one right. It’s not too thick like some of their flavors can be. It has more of a watery consistency, and the Mango flavor neither has too strong a taste, nor leaves an aftertaste like some mango products can. 

Great stuff! Good job Gatorade! 

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Many people mistakingly believe that Adobe Photoshop is the end-all program for graphic design.Wrong.True, Photoshop is an incredible graphics app, there are many instances where other apps are better suited to the work you’re doing. For instance, you wouldn’t want to use Photoshop for:

• Layouts for multiple page documents such as booklets, brochures, magazines or catalogs.
• Logos
• Spot color work
• Designing items that need to be resized later…
the list goes on. 

There are many apps that are much better suited for this type of work. They’ll make your job easier, as well as save you time and money with the vendors you send your art to.If you have questions on when to use which app for your project, don’t hesitate to contact me! 

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… since I last posted to the blog.  

Things have been wicked busy at the Studio, to the point that I haven’t had much time at all to do any self-promotion or just post for fun. It’s been about two whole months since I last sat down to do any writing.

Way too long.

I have quite a list of drafts I need to finish and post and a lot of ideas for future posts as well. But before we get to all those, I just wanted to list out a few things in the works just to keep those that keep up with what’s going on up-to-date (but mostly so I’ll have the list for future reference for myself).

I’ve got plans in the works to update the website once again. No, I’m not one to leave well enough alone.

The current site has been up for almost a year if I remember correctly. Since creating the current iteration, I’ve learned Flash and a bit of ActionScript, and started using Dreamweaver for my site management.  I’m really excited my new web skills and want to incorporate a way to showcase those skills in my site. So look for an updated site within the next month or so (depending on workload).

In my never-ending quest to hone my design skills, I’ve also picked up a slew of new tricks to improve the looks of my designs. I’ve always had an interest in the design techniques used by the design gurus across the pond in England. The designers there seem to be a step or two ahead of us. I’ve spent a while analyzing their techniques and plan on implementing what I’ve learned in my new site design.In addition to the new look for the site, I’m also planning on including a few new items, including icon sets available for purchase and free desktop wallpapers available for download.  

 Photography work has picked up for me as well. Most of what I photograph is product photography used for print or web projects that I’m working on, however, I’ve started photographing for a couple of local magazines and newspapers as well. In fact, I’ll have a cover shot in the next issue of The 11th Hour, coming out Thursday, Aug. 16th.I’m out for now. Plenty of work to get back to!

Questions on how we can work together to help your business? Just contact me!

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