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03/14/2006: "Mama told me there'd be days like this..."

Today I had lunch with the author of Alaska Roadside Geology to discuss the cover art. It’s a popular title that will be carried by pretty much all of the book stores in Alaska and Yukon Territory so I don’t want to half-ass it; I’d like it to be the best in the whole series but it’s going to be a lot more difficult than I had originally thought. I'm discovering that I’m more of a painter than a graphic artist.

Lunch was fun though because I really like this person and we had a lot to talk about besides the cover, but I’m also getting a bit of a panicky feeling about my ability to pull this off.

On a personal note, we’ve been having horrible wind storms; my house moans, makes loud cracking and popping noises, shakes, and generally freaks me out. After a night of being awoken continually by the wind, this morning I discovered my pipes had frozen overnight! After I *finally* got them thawed out I accidentally locked myself out of my house. It was *really* cold and I wasn’t properly dressed. I had to dig around in my truck for 20 minutes nearly getting frost bite, trying to find my spare key which I had hidden (very well apparently).

To add insult to injury, once I got to work I found out the coffee stand was closed for Spring Break! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!