Putting of working on my freelance stuff almost got me in hot water this morning.

I ended up only doing 1 version of a front page that I needed to two for. So I set my alarm for 6:00am (I didn't know that my clock could even display 6:00am!) and got up about 6:30. I grabbed some ideas from an old page of mine, and ran with it, using Amy's machine. (Smaller screen, but at least it's a PowerMac). I gave it a bunch more color, like I should have done with the first comp.

But even beyond that, I needed color copies of the pages to show the client, since they wouldn't have a machine to view anything on. Fortunately, the directions to the meeting mentioned a Kinko's on the way, so I took off from the apartment at 9:00, got to the location in Gresham at 9:30 and had time to make nice sharp color printouts of the comps, on a Tek Phaser. $2 a pop, but well worth it.

Overall I think I handled the meeting pretty well. The client isn't design savy, and that's okay, just different for me. Tim, who I working on this through, was a little out of it due to a flu he was fighting and recovering from a weekend flight to Arizona. Boy am I glad we're starting out this work relationship with a small client, 'cause I didn't realize how out of practice I was concerning dealing with clients. I need a bit more polish in that area, and better notebook.

Time to head into work and get the rest of my life going again this week. I can already feel the engines of time starting rev up again. Hold on to your hats, it's going to be a quick ride this week.

Oh, and I procrasinated last night by adding even more stuff to my my new site, and getting rid of the WIDTH= tags in my tables. I'm letting the text wrap all it wants. If you want to read a godawfully long line of text, that's your problem. Resize your window if you want smaller columns.

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