I went to Barnes and Noble today. Second time this week. First time was to buy a CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) book so I can become a true Web designer. I’ve made it through about 200 pages of a tutorial. Great accomplishment and I’m really starting to get it. Why am I doing this to myself? I just graduated college. I shouldn’t be studying anymore! Right? I’ll explain.
I’m working at a Web development company in Mason, OH. I had an interview last Friday. True stressing began the day I graduated. I feel awful I hadn’t found a job yet. The first week of summer went by (slowly because I was sick) and I felt awful I still hadn’t found anything. I had an interview a week ago and they called me the same day with a proposal: Work as an assistant (the current assistant is out for personal reasons) for three weeks and if the environment fits me and I fit it, I will get the full-time Web designer position. I would love to have this position because it’s a great opportunity to learn a lot and challenge myself as a designer. The job requires more coding knowledge than I have, so insert CSS coding book here. I love teaching myself new things, and I’ve been successful so far. The current designer showed me a few things about the design/development process, so now when I’m not doing anything for the office I spend my time working on this tutorial.
But back to my original point. (Which, in this blog I never really have a point…I just ramble. But hey it works.) I was at Barnes and Noble today and I realized how much I enjoy just walking around, looking at all the fantastic books. I kept telling myself once college was over, I’d have the opportunity to start enjoying things; to start treating myself to the things I enjoy doing. For example, reading is something I want to do more of. I was walking in the bargain section, looking to see if any of the cheap-o books would catch my eye.
And there it was. A bright yellow book with black lettering in Helvetica. I instantly went for it, because, well, it looked fresh and clean, so of course it had to be interesting. Looks like I was right!
This book is, well, I don’t really know how to describe it. It incredibly random and quirky, but sad and a little twisted. July writes about everything from a love affair on a patio involving seizures to a woman searching for Prince William and her neighbor’s dog. Sometime it almost hurts your head it jumps around so much, but that’s why I love it. I feel like this book resembles the way my mind works.
It’s a great collection of short stories, so I recommended everyone take a look. Here’s July’s site as well.
Oh, and today I realized how I shouldn’t have been so worried that I hadn’t found a job yet. It was less than a month ago that I graduated. It felt so much longer when I was sitting around, just waiting.
No more waiting – just living.
