Post by brittanydyan
March 26, 2009 at 8:36 pm
Kudos to Will for keeping up with the blog the last several weeks. He has had some really great, crafty (see facebook prank) as well as design work to showcase lately. Talk about an attitude change. Ever since he started his new job and has some extra time in the evenings and on the weekends, he has been bubbling over with creative projects–some of them to the chagrin of David:) Some of them in encouragement of David:)
While Will has been creating up a storm, I’ve been trying to stay above water, preparing a conference paper while juggling various school responsibilities. I’ll be leaving for Chicago next week, so hopefully I can blog about that new experience upon my return. I’m sure I’ll be very nervous, but I’m a tad bit excited right now. I mean, I get to go to Chicago!
You might be wondering (or not) why I’ve been so busy if my spring break was just last week. Well, spring break isn’t what it used to be. No, I didn’t go to the beach…I did a ton of school work…but before I did that, I went to Georgia for a few very fun (but busy) days. My mom and I (with help from Mel and Mrs. J) threw a couple of bridal showers for two of my best friends. Who are they you ask?
Bride A: I have known Heather since freshman year of college, when we were both fortunate to live on the 2nd floor, east wing of Russell Hall (given the name “2 Easy” by our RA). Let’s rewind a bit. I acutally met her when we took Intro to Antropology together as part of the Summer Freshman College Program. That’s right. We were (are) nerdy and wanted to start college in July. We survived the closet-like dorm atmosphere for a year, and then headed to off-campus life where we shared an apartment with two other girls (Melissa and Deena) for the next three years.
Bride B: I have known Monica since she moved to Lawrenceville from Jacksonville in the summer before 2nd grade. Unfortunately, we met under the hot sun of a Kids ‘R’ Kids playground. (I hated day care!) Fortunately, we became great friends after a rocky, 1st grader kind of start. Even though we went to the same schools, most of our shared memories relate to youth group activities. From sixth to twelth grade, we were INVOLVED and loved every minute of it. We grew up together, and she knows so much of me.
I am truly excited to support both of them in their marriages to friendly, fabulous men.
Here are a couple of pics from the weekend.
Heather, Melissa and me
Monica and me
Post by Will
March 24, 2009 at 8:38 pm
It is a long awaited(?) update to Him & Her. We humbly ask your forgiveness but time is money and we have been spending it in other places other than the blogosphere.
To give you a little perspective what I have been up to…
First, over the past few months, I have been working closely with friend and freelance penman Brandon Lowe to develop a presence on the web (in other words, a website).
We really worked hard to create a clean and concise image (which, I think we accomplished). Brandon writes on a wide scope of topics so you will find there is something for everyone in his work. Not to mention, I toiled under his rule when we were both involved in our high school rag The Sword & Shield. Although a fair amount, in actuality, were trips to Dairy Queen, judging marker duels, and generally rankling the rest of the student body with our writing.
Another project I have been feverishly toiling over is a limited edition t-shirt for my brother David (known to many as Bram, known to few as Brampa, known to even fewer as Bramps). David is taking off to Zambia this fall and is in the midst of raising funds to support him. Ultimately, Dave will be helping to train teachers and help petition for progressive education policy reform for the country.
Part of the aim of the shirt is to be an educational piece. You can see a larger image of the design here. In brief, there are 47 gray elements and one blue to represent the 1:47 teacher to student ratio in Zambia. Obviously, this is not ideal. In fact, David will be working in an area where the disparity is as high as 1:70. The circles intertwined in the design is an abstraction of life and how important our existence relates to our schooling. The floating pepper is a nod towards the conventional imagery of the Eye of Providence (you know, the thing on the $1 bill).
Big ups to our sister blog, Hero Inc., who went above and beyond the call of duty to help feature this venture to his readers (who are probably mostly our readers, too). If you would like to find out a little bit more in detail, check out this e-mail we sent out recently.
If you are interested in getting your paws on a shirt (or three), give me a shout. We ran a pre-order process and demand was fairly high. Not to mention, after much inner haggling, we’re making one run of the shirt so consider it a limited edition.
Lastly, I have been plugging away at redeveloping my personal identity and freelance design front. I will certainly explain more about this change in the future but don’t fret, we’ll still be keeping the Mustachioed name sake as well. It is just going to be a little less prominent.
We have some rather sizable plans for the blog in visual terms so do, please stay tuned.
Post by Will
March 3, 2009 at 12:29 am
The online social network Facebook has gotten a lion’s share of publicity the past few weeks. Most of it was due to its flip-flop policy snafu that raised quite the stink. Personally, I was “Like, whatever, Dude“.
To give you some background on my history with “FB”, I have been a member since early 2004, back when it was known under the lengthier moniker of “The Facebook“. Brittany likes to recount the short story of how I had to feverishly persuade her to get her own profile (we can be “In A Relationship”!)
Now, Facebook has grown to the heights where it has become a verb. Not the same elevation as the term “Google” has become but it certainly has become somewhat of a cultural norm.
I come up with ideas. Sometimes they’re mundane. Sometimes they’re crackers. By the way, did you know the Hatter was mad due to mercury poisoning?
So, I got the gumption to round up a mixed bag of acquaintances of my brothers to congratulate him on his “engagement”.
First, let’s get one thing straight. David is not engaged nor is he currently seeing anyone (that we know of).
Why? What is the purpose of doing this? Well, primarily because it’s droll. The idea of instigating something that is not true, but leaves people outside of the know to wonder what is true plays to the larger power of what is communicated and how it takes form. You might could say, “The medium is the message“.
So, like anything presented on the internet, what we take for truth may not be completely factual. The person controlling the message is the person supplying the information. Whether it holds it worth really boils down to how convincing it is.
I am not really sure what argument I am trying to make save for the fact the internet is a powerful tool but can be far from the truth. What started out as a stunt, for me, has served as a somewhat poignant reminder of the power modern forms of communication can posses.
So, we had a little fun with this joke but I can’t help but wonder how many times the joke has been played on us before. To what depth of seriousness do we take any information on the internet?
