Creative Control

Miscellaneous Mental Musings of an Emerging Artist

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In other news…

I just discovered that, two years ago, a Florida man completed the first perfect game of Pac-Man in a New Hampshire arcade. The perfect game of Pac-Man requires that the … Continue reading

April 16, 2002 · Leave a comment

I am Jack’s Bloodthirsty Audience.

Apparently, once a week is all I can afford to give to the LJ, at current. Work has been a bear [1], especially in the departments of photo research and … Continue reading

February 7, 2002 · Leave a comment

As I was saying…

(Quick note on the subject title…if I recall correctly, this was the first thing Jack Paar said after he came back to hosting The Tonight Show. Paar had left the … Continue reading

January 3, 2002 · Leave a comment

As we sit perfectly still, in a blank room drinking naught but weak tea.

Here’s the thing about perfectionism. The very act of having it is contradictory to one day perceiving your own perfection. As long as you have perfectionism, you can never feel … Continue reading

October 19, 2001 · Leave a comment

Chained to a desk and made to produce copy.

My managing editor has returned from France, sans active cigarette habit and maiden name. Other than that, things are more or less the same around work today. The book is … Continue reading

October 16, 2001 · Leave a comment

Made in Canada.

Ignored the journal all last week due to work-related stress; namely, the incessant scanning and editing of over five hundred classic Jumble(R) puzzles for an upcoming book from my publishing … Continue reading

July 17, 2001 · Leave a comment