still not done

i decided that my new blog thing is that i'm going to start each post with some type of tip or motivational something or other because i'm obviously the most positive person that works here. so, for today.... remember that when people are sending in late ad material its not a personal attack against you. i realize my tips may not be useful to everyone, but try to apply them in a way that fits your life. on another note- it's monday again. i can't wait to sleep in tomorrow. i hope i'm allowed. tonight i'm going to drink at least a case of beer and 3 mickeys of spiced rum just to celebrate the completion of this issue. anyone want to join? if not, thats okay. i'm used to being alone. i hope the people who read this (hilary and i, and VDK thannk you :) ) realize that i'm joking. i'm not quite that sad yet. heres a pic that will give you a preview of the next issue due out dec 4. its a test shot from the shoot with adam sachs. also, has anyone noticed that theres nothing interesting to read on the internet anymore? take this blog for example... or do i just not know where to look..?. send me some good links people. teach me something new. ok... happy trails. C.

it's that time of the month again...

So... it's Sunday nite, and we have to send files to press tomorrow afternoon. if i were to say we were ready - i'd be an even bigger over-exaggerater than usual. but it's that bad time of nite, where i can't be of much help, except for moral support and writing a headline here or there... so i've gotta be typing something so cassie doesn't feel like i'm slacking off while she is so stressed she wants to quit. But, all that aside, it's a good opportunity for me to load a couple things up here and a couple shots to our facebook ... behind the scene shots from the past 7 photoshoots mostly. check'em out there. I know you will sailboats and butterfly twinkles.... H. listening to: cassie crying, and the Garden State soundtrack.

excuse me

i didn't realize this was turning into blog wars C.

the robotic chair - my side of the story.

Ok - i may see Cassie's point about it being long, but honestly people. THE CHAIR BREAKS - AND REASSEMBLES ITSELF! That's fucking unbelievable. Go tell your grandparents that there is a chair that busts into 6 pieces and then puts itself back together without the help of a human! What do you think they'd say? So yeah, it could spead itself up a bit, and maybe hum a little tune while it's doing it's thing, but really... if you don't have A.D.D, i think you'll really like watching it. I sat there for about 30 minutes, with my mom, watching it put itself back together a couple times... it's cool. Especially the part where it uses it's legs to push itself off the ground... it's like a baby deer standing up - come on - where's your goddamn sentimentality??? Really though, machines are taking over the world, i give them 7 years. Watch out. H.

if this is the future, i am very disappointed.

The other night at the children's museum there was a showing of the robotic chair. I was pretty excited to see it. I had heard really good things, and i've had a thing for robots ever since i felt a strange bond to the heartless tin man in wizard of oz. Honestly, i found it to be the most frustrating thing i have ever seen. it's really hard to talk about it to anyone who hasn't seen it, so i'm going to attempt to post a video of it. HOWEVER. all the videos i can find of it are only 3-4 minutes long. IF in actuality the whole process from start to finish was only 3 minutes, i probably would have thought it to be pretty f'ing sweet. it was more like 15-20 minutes. i just want to point out that that was favourited 507 times on youtube. the robot was malfunctioning and could not reattach its legs. it would go to do it and then psych everyone out and not attach. it did this like 40 times. the first couple of times it was kind of cute, like, "aww look, the robotic chair is trying to be funny". there was a woman who was like the curator or somethng and by the 5th time the leg didnt attach everyone just stared at her and was like "what the F is this things problem??" me being one of them. FINALLY, what seemed like hours later, the legs attached (half the audience had left by this point). the whole thing was really anti-climatic. so, basically, here are my suggestions for the robotic chair. 1- speed up. a super sonic-robotic chair would REALLY sell tickets. 2- add some music. music makes everything better. im thinking some really techno beats, maybe some futuristic laser beam sounds. 3- practice makes perfect. this kind of goes with the first tip. but, robots are supposed to be efficient. i would never wait 20 minutes for my chair to reassemble itself. i would go sit on a regular chair. thats all for now i guess. oh, i should mention that hilary really loved the robotic chair.

hilary is out, so i can blog instead of work.

hilary is out in guelph, i just returned a couple of things to gloss that we used in our shoot last night, and now i'm here, alone, with music, avoiding the inevitable. this issue hasn't quite come together like the past few have, and I personally think it's because whenever things start going smoothly for us here at qatalyst, some type of higher power magazine god shoves a huge knarled branch into the spokes of our tandum banana seat huffy and then laughs as we try to patch the skin on our knees back together and get the gravel out of our foreheads... asshole but, as we are getting closer to deadline, i am starting to realize that this equation is arising: late editorial + artwork + a good photographer = love i have some photos to post from the fashion show the other night. they aren't very good. but, it's not like we have a resident photographer, okay? we have a 21 year old girl who works for free, and uses a digital camera that her parents probably got her for christmas 2 years ago. but thats okay. because it makes us "indie" or something like that... maybe it just makes us cheap and unprofessional, but who cares. hilary, veronica & 1, working the door. the show our newest intern, Veronica ( i want to call her ronnie so bad) erin from inception i need to write a whole new post about the robotic chair. i have some serious issues with it. i'll do that after i get some actual work done. and, just for good measure... something completely offensive: (everyone who knows me knows i love animals and i would never hurt one. i'm sure this polar bear died from natural causes.) C.

2 girls, 2 desks... no cup.

Hey there.... So, today was a little crazy for everyone here at Qatalyst. We illustrated, picked up random stuff for the fashion section, tried to find weird addresses ... we did a very cool shoot with adam sachs.... and figured out a lot of final stuff for the december issue. also - veronica gave Cassie a disc of all the inception fashion show pics... so it's up to her to post a blog with photos... you'll probably see something AFTER we go to press on Monday. AND - MOST IMPORTANTLY. I moved another desk into the design office, which i am typing at now, so we no longer share a desk! So Exciting. Qatalyst must be moving up in the world. Friday then Saturday then Sunday and then Press....