20th of July, 2009 in the year of our Lord
I just finalized a project with Greenville College Resident Life this morning. I was asked to design a logo for WalkAbout— a 10-day hiking trip in the Smokies.
I’ve gone on the trip twice so I had some personal experience to bring to this project. A big part of the trip is a 48-hour experience in which students fast in solitude with nothing but the clothes on their backs, a half-inch foam mat, a sheet of plastic (not quite big enough to completely shield from rain), and a page of the Bible. At the end of the experience, students are encouraged to create a circle of stones as sort of a personal monument.
The time I enjoyed most on the trip was at the end of each night when we would sit in a circle around a fire and just talk.
I drew on these two components of the trip to create this logo (and badge):

The only thing I don’t really like about it is the raised bar on the As, but they’re not too bad. That was one of the clients’ ideas to make them seem more like mountains.
13th of July, 2009 in the year of our Lord
At the very least I have workaholic tendencies. I get so caught up in what I’m doing that I’d rather continue working than spend time with friends. Even right now, I’ve been drinking and all I can think about is working on learning about HTML 5 and CSS 3.
So here I am at 1:30am sitting at my computer about to play around with the internet.
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Somewhat related— my Gallup Top 5 Strengths are:
The only one of those unanimously agreed upon by those who know me is Responsibility.