Joaquin Phoenix on Letterman

Last night for some reason I flipped on the TV to check out one of the late night talk shows, you know like David Letterman and Jay Leno. Usually I watch Leno, but last night I thought I'd give good 'ol Letterman a try. To much of my surprise it was pretty damn good. Now I'm not doggin' on Letterman, I'm a fan of his show, and remember watching him quite a bit back in the day. His guest if you happen to not know was Joaquin Phoenix. I did hear that Mr. Phoenix was giving up on acting and was going the music route to be a hip-hop artist, which when you have a glimpse at him now you can really see the hip-hop look in him...NOT! Anyways, while being interviewed by David Letterman his body language was just comical and his answers were brief. This made for some awkward pauses and many silent moments. David Letterman didn't have much to work with, so he pretty much made fun of the moment and went with it. It was just one of those interviews that you had to see. Pretty funny in my opinion. I'm sure Joaquin was just showing off his acting abilities once again by being the guy he was last night. I sincerely hope that he snaps out of the music scene and gets back to being an actor. Just don't want him to give up on a gift like he has. I mean come on, who else could play Johnny Cash like he did? His performance on "Walk the Line" was unbelievable. Anyhoo, I know that this topic is all the buzz and that many people are writing about it, but I just thought I'd put in my two cents.

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JMA Design Studio Website Redesign

So after careful planning and brainstorming I went ahead and decided to give my website a complete redesign. The previous design was good, but wasn't exactly what I wanted for my own site. I was hoping to make the design studio look professional and reach out to more people in the business world. With the new design I was able to provide a neutral background that could have different colors applied to it. The whole website itself is able to be scalable, meaning you can adjust the browser to any width while having the content move with it. There is a blog section and a FAQ section as well. I really wanted to have an area where potential clients can get answers to their questions, so I made sure to have an FAQ page.



It took me 3 weeks to complete the site. I designed it and laid it out in a couple days with Photoshop, then spent the rest of the time doing the development in Flash. It was hard to decide whether it be best to do a Flash site or a traditional HTML/CSS site. When browsering the web for inspiration I stumbled onto a great site that allowed me to get inspired and get the creative energy flowing. The site I referenced was done in Flash, so that helped with the decision of doing another Flash site for myself. I'm 100% happy with the new design, I'm happy and very confident in telling people to check out my website, and I'm happy to see what will happen as a result of the new design. I hope to gain work and continue to build upon the site and offer many more services if possible. I'm including a video that I did a couple days ago on YouTube that also relates to the new website.

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Walking and the Indiana Dunes

So today I took advantage of the crazy warm temperatures by taking a walk at the Indiana Dunes, which is less then 10 minutes away. Me and my brothers spent about an hour or so walking along the frozen shore just enjoying the weather and catching up on what's been going on with our lives. Its been a couple of weeks since I last saw them, so it was good to hang out with them. I don't know for some reason I always enjoy taking a walk. For me it relieves stress and gets me out with nature. I'm a huge nature lover, so anytime I do get to be outside it is always a good feeling. I've been also preoccupied with my JMA Design Studio stuff, which I will get into with a different post. The last three weeks have been the quickest and most productive, because I have been working with my redesign for my own website. The end result was worth all the stress and frustration, I'm very happy with it. Hopefully I will get some good results from it. Anyways after a busy past three weeks it was good to take a walk. And the best place to take a walk for me is at the dunes, thank God I live close to it. That's about all I gotta say. Hope everybody is having some good weather.

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