Ah, the headaches of design

[selenay]

I've actually acheived a surprising amount today. I've paid my car tax. I did all the research for tomorrow's interview, including finding maps and routes which prove that it's easier to find than I thought it would be. If anyone sees a purple Nissan Micra bombing around Liverpool with a worried and confused-looking driver, though, you'll know that was wishful thinking *g*

I've also roughed up another design for the art trust website and then got thoroughly stumped for a third. So I picked up The Zen of CSS Design and had a bit of a flick through, landing on a discussion of colours and textures as well as just looking at the pretty pictures. It got me thinking a little and the result is a partial design that looks nothing like the other two - the first two designs are shockingly similar despite surface changes in colour and typography. I want to make sure that there are several different designs to look at rather than three designs that look almost identical.

I'm happy about this design and will be even happier when it's actually finished - which should be tomorrow, if I get back from my interview with enough sanity, or Saturday. Then I just have to turn these beautiful PaintShop Pro files into functional XHTML and show them to the client. Not much to ask, really *g*

I also managed to work on the current Teyla/Elizabeth fic a little (read, 50 words) and did a little bit of work on Under Green Hills. All of this and I still have the evening to fill. Go me. Now I must prepare a nourishing repast to equip me for an evening of archery, which will hopefully be the perfect destress to ensure a good night's sleep.

Oh, and iron my good suit trousers and a smart shirt. Mustn't forget that.

Comments

[danamaree.livejournal.com]

I must admit, I hated Teyla in the first 6 episodes, with a hate of many suns. But then, and this is rare, because I normally carry that dislike forever (except maybe Joxer, because I forgave him at the end) I started to like her.

Maybe it was because they weren't going to play her as the great love interest of Sheppard, or something. She grew on me.

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

You're in Liverpool?!

Why the bejaysus didn't you say?! *is on the other side of the water - but if you're going anywhere near the M53...*

[gmul.livejournal.com]

I'd be assuming she's supposed to be pretty much anywhere else, actually. :-)

Hope it goes well in any case.

[selenay]

*snicker*

Um, actually I'm in the south east. Usually I use Edinburgh as my "If you see a purple Nissan Micra..." comment, but I've learnt to stop when I see the "You are now entering Scotland" signs *snort*

I have the worst sense of direction. Oddly enough, I found the place without a wrong turning. And I only had to make multiple circuits of a couple of roundabouts on the way back. For me, this is sheer miracle. I even found the M25, a feat that defeated me on the way back from a con last year.

*looks shiftily at anyone asking how she could miss a stonking great motorway*

[selenay]

It went very well. I found the place without getting lost, in rush hour, and they'd already called my agency by the time I got home to ask for a second interview. It will be some time next week. The agency seems to think that the rest of the interview process is a shoe-in. I'm not so confident, but a second interview (particularly so quickly) is encouraging.

[selenay]

I knew from the start that the producers had worked out that a big Teyla/Sheppard thing was going to be a bad idea and weren't going with that, so I went in prepared to like Teyla. The one that I was so sure about was Elizabeth. I adored her when she first appeared in Stargate, but then they changed the actress over the summer break and I just wasn't sure about the change at first.

It only took a couple of episodes, though, to change my mind and I started seeing the Teyla/Elizabeth potential before I could really see the Sheppard/McKay thing.

[gmul.livejournal.com]

But *was* it in Liverpool though? :-)

[selenay]

*g* Sorry for munchie, but no. Would have been *way* off if I'd made it to Liverpoor :-)

[munchkinott.livejournal.com]

Ahhhh! *understands now*

I thought you were plotting a large Northern relocation strategy. ¬.¬ *dangles offer of a large alcohol-based beverage as an incentive*

I had a similar problem when worrying about getting lost in Kent (didn't get lost in Kent at all), mailed my mate in Kent up and said 'expect a slightly dazed phonecall at lunchtime with a "Dartmoor's near you, right?"...'

I have a great sense of direction. Unfortunately I don't hold the driver's licence in our house (that belongs to Mumsie who does NOT have a great sense of direction at ALL). So I know where we're going but the driver tends to deny all knowledge that I've passed said information along. *headdesk*

Nice of 'em to put those signs up in Scotland though. :-D

[selenay]

*dangles offer of a large alcohol-based beverage as an incentive*

*snicker* Works better on someone who actually drinks. If you were holding out really good Chinese food, though, I'd be tempted ;-)

I had a similar problem when worrying about getting lost in Kent (didn't get lost in Kent at all), mailed my mate in Kent up and said 'expect a slightly dazed phonecall at lunchtime with a "Dartmoor's near you, right?"...'

It's a technique that works *nods*

So I know where we're going but the driver tends to deny all knowledge that I've passed said information along. *headdesk*

I am that driver. I sometimes wondered why the DVLA dared to give me a license. I can't even guarantee that I'll follow my navigator's sensible directions because I have small issues with left and right. I listen to the directions, mostly, but my navigator needs to be carefully watching what I do and stop me before I do the exact opposite from what she told me.

Nice of 'em to put those signs up in Scotland though. :-D

:-D Every little bit helps. Particularly for the directionally challenged ;-)