Off to China
The future is a funny thing
Funny: why, you ask? Well I guess it is that we think we are in control and going down this road of life we so carefully lay out before us. But isn't it only a way for us to feel secure. It is all a ploy, really. The future is uncontrollable. Well, sort of. You can't guarantee anything but you can always try. And if you don't try, chances are opportunity won't fall in your lap.
I feel lucky. I am excited. Two years ago if you would have told me that I would be where I am now, I wouldn't have dreamed it. But isn't that how it goes? That I guess is the uncontrollable part. And so everything we do in the past has an affect on the opportunities or troubles that will present themselves in our every day future lives.
I don't mean to get all philosophical and all with this blog post. It's just, I'll repeat - I feel lucky and I am so excited.
Why you ask? Well, I'm off to China Saturday morning. How cool is that. I have put off thinking about it for a while now because I didn't want to have butterflies and be all excited leading up to the trip. Otherwise I fear it would seem to take forever for the day to arrive that I fly. I guess I held off long enough. After all, I will be busily packing tomorrow night so I'm sure this is my last blog post before I leave. I may be able to post a few pictures while I am there but I won't know what my internet situation is until I arrive.
The trip will be a working trip. It will be fun but we definitely have a lot to get out of the trip. I imagine most of my time will be spent watching ink be appllied to paper and an extrodinarily fast rate in some big generic factory building that could just as easily be Artco Inc. in Idaho as it could be Mainland, China. Still though, kind of cool. China.
Well, bid me farewell. I'll be thinking of my dear friends and family back home while I am traveling. Here's until next time . . .
Funny: why, you ask? Well I guess it is that we think we are in control and going down this road of life we so carefully lay out before us. But isn't it only a way for us to feel secure. It is all a ploy, really. The future is uncontrollable. Well, sort of. You can't guarantee anything but you can always try. And if you don't try, chances are opportunity won't fall in your lap.
I feel lucky. I am excited. Two years ago if you would have told me that I would be where I am now, I wouldn't have dreamed it. But isn't that how it goes? That I guess is the uncontrollable part. And so everything we do in the past has an affect on the opportunities or troubles that will present themselves in our every day future lives.
I don't mean to get all philosophical and all with this blog post. It's just, I'll repeat - I feel lucky and I am so excited.
Why you ask? Well, I'm off to China Saturday morning. How cool is that. I have put off thinking about it for a while now because I didn't want to have butterflies and be all excited leading up to the trip. Otherwise I fear it would seem to take forever for the day to arrive that I fly. I guess I held off long enough. After all, I will be busily packing tomorrow night so I'm sure this is my last blog post before I leave. I may be able to post a few pictures while I am there but I won't know what my internet situation is until I arrive.
The trip will be a working trip. It will be fun but we definitely have a lot to get out of the trip. I imagine most of my time will be spent watching ink be appllied to paper and an extrodinarily fast rate in some big generic factory building that could just as easily be Artco Inc. in Idaho as it could be Mainland, China. Still though, kind of cool. China.
Well, bid me farewell. I'll be thinking of my dear friends and family back home while I am traveling. Here's until next time . . .
posted by Jonathan at 10:20:00 PM
4 Comments:
Get as many press proofs as you can. Keep them rolld up in a tube. You'll want them for when you show the work that goes into that project. Important proofs are the outside cover and title pages. Get some from the inside too. You'll probably get woken up about every 2-3 hours to check the press, so yeah, it's a lot of work.
Have fun and good luck!
Have fun and be safe. We'll be thinking about you..
Love ya. Sis
dude, have fun in China. I'm insanely jealous.
Oh, and you're so right about "future plans". 2 years ago I totally thought I'd be in my 2nd year of grad school, and here I am, framing houses, and still single (it's starting to get to me a bit). I guess all we can do is take the hand that life has dealt us and do the best we can with it.
Have fun, Jon! Hope to see lots of pictures when you get back.
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