Kristin's blog

What's your musical horoscope?  (Put your player on shuffle and write down the first 10 songs that come up.)
Inspired by Stephanie.  

1. Drama - Yossha Makashitoki
2. deep forest - strange days
3. Arrogant Worms - History Is Made By Stupid People
4. 311 - Brodels
5. Fields Of The Nephilim - Laura II
6. The Freak Accident - Chinese Phrasebook
7. Frank Black - Places Named After Numbers
8. Coldplay - Everything's not lost
9. elipsis.one - iapetus
10. Dir en grey - Kasumi (Album Mix)

What's your favorite blend or brand of coffee or tea?

Being a coffee monkey, I have to first admit that my snobbery only extends to being able to tell the difference in flavors and roasts. I'll still happily go to IHOP and get a pot there as long as cream and sugar is on the table!

That said, I'll just pick from what we have at Java Werks right now: Magnolia French is my favorite dark because it comes off very bold, but finishes very clean.

For tea, I'd say Yerba Matte right now. It's a green tea tisane type, and very authentic tasting.

Who taught you how to ride a bike?

My dad is the one that took me out.
I hate learning new things in front of people. Paralyzed with the knowledge that someone will see me screw something up. So I kept falling off the bike.

When he finally went back home in disgust (or just flat gave up?) I got on the bike and rode it home. No witnesses. So I didn't make a mistake.

Windows, Mac, Linux - What's your preference and why?
Submitted by ramblingsbymark.

Linux is fun and open source, but its not compatable with everything I need to do. Sure GIMP is available, but damnit I want to use Photoshop and Illustrator without running a hack to get it up.

Mac has great packaging and customer service, but still there are limitations with what it runs. I can run all the Mac software and then some on my PC.

Windows is what I'm used to, but each version is more bloated and buggy than the last. At least it runs everything I wish to run on my machine though...

I missed yesterday's QOTD...

But here's what is on my nightstand right now, in no particular order of read/reading/will read:

books

What was the last wedding you went to?  Were you in the wedding?

I think the last one I went to was Christie's wedding.
I wasn't a member, but I did go to the reception! I even got a little token from the cake, which is apparently a New Orleans tradition.

The next wedding will be MINE, and then I'll be a bridesmaid for my sister the next day!

What magazines do you subscribe to, and why?

I only get two regular magazines - Print and Communication Arts.

I get them because they are supposed to be great inspiration and tell me what's up in the graphic design world. My whole class ordered them. But honestly, they just sit on my shelf in neat little rows.

I probably won't renew the subscriptions. They're not cheap anyway.