A Long Lost Update!

Ahh yes, the classic blog syndrome: you start off with the best of intentions to keep it up to date and then it just never happens. We could blame it on new jobs, last semesters, or plain busy-ness, but we will do none of those. Instead here is our latest update.

Since our last post, we are now deep into the semester of school. Allison is finishing her last semester of her graduate degree (Master of Public Health) and I am teaching another semester of Advanced Typography. Things are going well, but this keeps us very very busy!

I just recently started a new job at an advertising agency here in town. They specialize in food advertising and work with some big names (including Starbucks and Heinz). So far, things are going quite well and I am enjoying the company and the work! I am freelancing part-time for them, but I have my own computer, desk, phone, and office hours - so it is a nice balance of stability and flexibility.

We took a trip to Texas to visit a few friends in Longview and Austin. In Longview we visited a friend of Allison's that she has known since going to London, England with her in 1997. In Austin, we visited our good friends, the Dours, that just moved from Springfield. It is a very cool town with a strange habit of having the best food being served from Airstream trailers...

We are planning a few more trips to go camping in Missouri and Arkansas as well as seeing family in Iowa. As always we are also dreaming up plans to visit (in no particular order): Boston, Massachusetts; Portland, Oregon; Cancun, Mexico; and New Zealand (because once is not enough).

I am starting to work on getting a book of my Polaroid photographs published. It is a dream that I have had for a long time and I am finally kicking myself into gear to actually do it. More updates as it progresses. Also, I am still playing the banjo (and now the glockenspiel) in The Preservation Society.

As with any post, we have a few photos on our Flickr for your enjoyment.

We hope that you, our faithful readers, are doing well and we promise not to promise anything about updating this blog...