时间：7月3日晚八点

地点：福州市省府路光合作用书屋二楼悦读咖啡区

人物：刘琼雄  城市画报编辑总监，iMART创意市集发起人/总策划

    廖军豪  2009“台湾设计师周”总召集人，设计师

光合作用的这个咖啡区很精致，到场的人太多，大部分人只好站着，摄像GG架机位也酝酿了半天。组织者自己也说了，没料到现场回来这么多人，意外。对我来说，意料之内。

Q：为什么人多？

A：对福州来说，这样的活动太少了，渴望的人太多了。

左一：廖军豪  2009“台湾设计师周”总召集人，设计师

左二：刘琼雄  城市画报编辑总监，iMART创意市集发起人/总策划

右一：主持人，来路暂不明确，好像是32HOW的

今晚谈论的主题是关于创意设计活动，两位嘉宾都是策展人，廖先生（上图中）的本职工作是华硕电脑的设计师，他谈及了他策划“台湾设计周”的初衷，大意就是当设计成为工作，你做的东西往往是为了迎合别人的想法，最初进入设计行业时的那种表达自我的感觉很大程度上被压制了，他希望借助这样的展览，让设计人能够抽出时间，按自己的意愿做一个主题的设计，并在这样的活动上相互交流。而这样的展会背后，组织者可能只有那么寥寥两三人，2009年是“台湾设计周”第三次举办，而能够坚持年年开办这种活动的，只有廖先生一人。

城市画报的编辑总监，iMART创意市集发起人/总策划刘琼雄先生也在现场交流了他对创意市集的想法。他和在场的一些听众交流后给我有这么些感觉。

无论是什么活动，包括创意市集，或者说我们梦想着要实现的任何事情，都要有所行动。之前大家都觉得福州的创意氛围不是很好，也许是因为大家都太默默无闻了，但像光合作用，像朴坊这样的店可以在福州生存得很好，这次的沙龙也聚集来了很多人，说明市场还是很大的，只是还潜在那湾浅浅的海峡里。

现场一个去过其他市集的人就提出说，刚看创意市集的时候还满新鲜的，但逛多了之后就觉得很多创意都已经雷同了，比如创意人手工创作的玩偶或者动漫，似乎徒有其表，缺少了点深度、内涵，这就很难培育“回头客”，而且布展的方式比较一致，没有太有新意的形式。不过创意市集开始仅三年，相信在这个市场培育的过程当中会不断的改进优化，相信大家都在探索，毕竟大家的创意都来自一个永恒的出发点——热爱生活。

7月4日和5日就是创意市集福州站的展出日，到时候会在插画区和展览区当志愿者，未来应该可以在《城市画报》和豆瓣的活动专区找到大量的影像资料，当然，这里也会陆续跟进的。

我们都很爱创意，那就让创意从志愿开始吧！

PS：本文的照片由Millie用手机拍摄，效果有差，不够养眼，见谅。

昨晚又在那翻看从机场买来的《大周末Hotspot》，其中的“Let's”刊封面就是为父亲节而作的，挺有纪念价值的，拍下来分享一下。

说到《大周末》，我又想起那瓶在机场收走的满满一瓶午后红茶（它是我花3块钱买的大周末的赠品~超值啊），我怎么就忘了过安检不能带水啊，我怎么就不当场把它喝光啊~看到它就想起它...

As web design and design in general have evolved, rules have been established to ensure consistent and usable designs.

Some of these rules were created simply because website creators abused certain principles without regard for their users.

But these rules are not enforced by anyone and should be broken when necessary, especially when breaking them would lead to a stunning design.

In this article, we present 10 rules that you can break if it suits your design needs.

Rule #1: Do Not Display the Horizontal Scroll Bar

A significant number of mice don’t have a horizontal mouse wheel. This makes it awkward to scroll left or right when a web page’s content extends past the sides of the browser.

It can be annoying to have to bring the mouse cursor down to the bottom of the window and drag the scroll bar over just to see a word or two that lies beyond the viewable area of the page. That said, here are some well-designed sites that put the scroll bar to work in effective ways.

Benek

Benek uses JavaScript to change the scroll direction of the mouse wheel from vertical to horizontal. Each item in Benek’s portfolio is separated into its own column. The site has a surprisingly fresh feel and flows smoothly.

Shoe Guru

Shoe Guru gets away with horizontal scrolling because it takes advantage of the way people look at shoes. People look at most products from top to bottom, but shoes are different. People’s eyes usually move across the length of the shoe. Using this habit to its advantage, Shoe Guru makes its website’s design flow in the same direction, making the motion feel natural.

Stephane Tartelin

Stephane Tartelin uses the horizontal scroll bar to make his artwork look like it’s in an art gallery. Although the vertical mouse wheel doesn’t function like it does in the examples above, the effect works surprisingly well. You could even argue that the effect would be diminished if the mouse wheel were re-coded to scroll horizontally.

Graphic Therapy

While Graphic Therapy doesn’t display a horizontal scroll bar on its page, it still allows horizontal scrolling by clicking and dragging around the screen. Graphic Theory used horizontal navigation because all of its images are the same height but not the same width. The horizontal navigation helps the site flow smoothly.

The Horizontal Way

The Horizontal Way is a showcase of websites that use horizontal scrolling. The grungy graphics are beautiful, and this site is unique as far as CSS galleries go.

Rule #2: Use a Minimal Number of Font Faces

Too many fonts usually conflict with each other and overwhelm the viewer. Each font has a personality, and too many personalities can create disorder.

To effectively use more than just a couple of fonts, a design has to be very text-oriented, and the rest of the design needs to be relatively quiet. Here are some examples of sites that use this sense of conflict and disorder to engage the user.

Links LA

Links LA uses many fonts in a non-linear layout to create a sense of energy. The page is difficult to read quickly but draws the user in. It’s also worth noting that none of the fonts are overly decorative; each word is legible, keeping the design crisp and clean.

Geo Elements Design Studio

Using a variety of fonts usually conveys a sense of energy and chaos, but Geo Elements Design Studio’s website is very open and clean. Each font is given its own space so that the viewer doesn’t associate it with another font. The image of the sky in the background helps reinforce the sense of openness.

Richard Stelmach

Unlike the last example, Richard Stelmach pushes his different fonts close together. The design works because only one font doesn’t look hand-drawn, and the other two work well with the illustration. Hand-drawn fonts usually work well together, even when there are many different font faces.

Satsu

Satsu seems to have a lot of different fonts but actually only has three (not including the Sports Council portfolio item). By spacing everything carefully, Satsu associates certain lines of text with each other, even though the text may be in different fonts.

The logo title is in one font, and the two sub-titles each have their own font, but the viewer naturally groups these three text items together. Satsu is able to create energy without overwhelming the page with personalities.

Rule #3: Do Not Use Too Many Colors

The fear of going too far with a design is what separates professionals from rookies and rookies from the oblivious. The oblivious try to make their designs as extreme as possible, with words on fire, blinking text, and as many colors as possible.

Rookies want to keep their designs subtle and easy on the eye, but in the end their designs can sometimes look lifeless. The following eye-pleasing designs are by some true professionals who are pushing boundaries.

Matt Mullenweg

Matt Mullenweg’s beautifully colored design looks like a watercolor painting (site has been updated since this article was written). All of the colors in the background would grab anyone’s attention.

Generally, good designs with a ton of colors will have these colors in the background, with a simpler palette up front. Reading text is very difficult when too many things are going on.

Travic Isaacs

Travis Isaacs’s design has a colorful vertical gradient in the background that makes the design seem colorful throughout. This website has bright pink as its link color, which is a great choice for designers who want to create a colorful effect.

James De Angelis

James De Angelis’ website shows that text can be colorful without coming across as rookie-like. The design is very spare, and the tagline is certainly given center stage.

Rule #4: Make Your Site’s Goal Obvious

Something that really gets crammed in the ears of young designers is that a design should instantly tell viewers what they are looking at before they read any text.

Brand recognition is important for large corporations, but sometimes the smaller guys need to be a bit more clever to get the viewer’s attention. Holding back information can intrigue the viewer and “tease” people into wanting to learn more.

Applying this technique to web design can greatly increase the time that users stay on your site.

Cetrotrees

On most portfolios today, the freelancer or company usually introduces themselves and explains their work. Cerotreees instead puts some vaguely labeled links on the left and samples of its work on the right, but nothing explains the idea or person behind it.

The air of mystery surrounding the site entices the user to stay.

The Last Mixtape

The Last Mixtape is another portfolio that shows its work and nothing more. Such designs exude a feeling of extreme confidence. They never try to sell themselves; they just expect the user to be blown away and come begging for a contract.

Peter Pearson

Using a splash screen is a good way to slow the user’s thought process and inspire them to dig deeper. The splash page’s goal is usually to explain the site quickly with photos or a short bit of text.

But in Peter Pearson’s case, its goal is to evoke a feeling. The big sky and splattered text effect do a great job at evoking curiosity because these things don’t usually appear together. This site also does a great job at continuing the emotion created by the splash page into the actual content.

The side-scrolling motion and animated lines that follow the user are really effective.

Piepmatzel

A great way to get around the language barrier is to not use any words. Piepmatzel is a CSS gallery, and people who have seen a CSS gallery before will likely recognize it as one right away.

Those who haven’t may be intrigued enough to give a few of the thumbnails a click in the hope of figuring out the pattern. The small amount of text at the bottom of the page helps with sorting and is superfluous.

Rule #5: Navigation Should Be Easy To Figure Out

Navigation should not be the bottleneck of a site. Users should be able to find what they want quickly. Sometimes, though, unintuitive yet engaging navigation can help the user feel connected to the site and what it is promoting.

Alvin Tang

As mentioned in the previous section, an air of confidence is conveyed when a portfolio doesn’t spell itself out. This is the case in Alvin Tang’s photography portfolio. When first arriving on the site, the user does not immediately recognize the words they see as links.

This uncertainty should prompt them to poke around a bit. Moving the mouse over a word reveals that it is indeed a link, and upon clicking it, a gorgeous photo loads. The photo will entice users to continue browsing.

To see more photos, users have to click the “Back” button on their browser (something most people understand to do) and then click another link. There is no hand-holding in the design, and it works extremely well. This isn’t a conventionally “gorgeous design,” but it delivers exactly what it needs to.

Kasulo

Kasulo’snavigation isn’t terribly hard to figure out, but the average user may not know exactly what to do upon arriving on the site. After the first click, though, everything becomes obvious.

The user navigates the portfolio pieces in 3-D style, and the latest items appear closest to the beginning. Using the mouse wheel is even more fun.

Marcio Kogan

Marcio Kogan’s site is another example of great navigation that isn’t immediately obvious. The instruction “Drag me” is hard to resist, and once the user does that, they’re on their way to cruising the portfolio items. The mouse-over previews are a small detail but really impressive.

Ceranco

If a client were to ask a designer to make their site in 3-D, like a first-person shooter video game, most designers would silently laugh to themselves, take a deep breath, and then slowly explain why that would be a bad idea.

While the website for Ceranco isn’t exactly a 3-D shooter, it could easily be confused for some sort of indie computer game. Sites like this are great at engaging users. While the long loading time and poor search engine optimization make this less than ideal for most projects, it’s definitely worth a second thought.

Rule #6: Use Different Colors for the Text and Background

This rule perhaps isn’t written all over the place, but many rookies are so afraid of making text unreadable that they don’t consider using the same base color for both the background and font itself. You can follow some simple techniques to make the similar colors work.

Linksys

The Linksys site is neat because of how it has one blue for all of its links, even though the background color is various shades of blue. While a risk and maybe not the greatest color decision, it does work.

Brad Colbow

Brad Colbow’s design is similar to Linksys’ because of the blue text on blue background. Blue on blue is difficult to pull off nicely, especially with so many different blues throughout the site.

Powerset

So far in this section we’ve seen only blue websites, because blue text is hardest for the human eye to read, and so legible blue type is always impressive. If a text effect works in blue, it will most likely work in any color.

Powerset uses a letterpress style for its font to create a 3-D effect that effectively separates the text from the background.

Artist In Design

Artist In Design not only has green text on a green background and yellow/beige text on a yellow background but has text directly on top of a photo.

While some individual letters may be hard to read, the words as a whole remain legible. This type of effect should almost always be center stage in a design.

Horacio Bella

Horacio Bella uses another 3-D effect on his portfolio. In this case, the letters appear to pop out rather than be dented inwards. Without this effect, legibility would have been greatly reduced. Another good effect used here is the tight kerning of letters, which further improves legibility.

Rule #7: Don’t Put Animation in the Way of Your Content

Seriously, don’t pop up little Flash ads right where the user is reading. Same goes for those survey boxes that show up whenever the user is in the middle of a sentence. Users do not enjoy being distracted when they’re halfway through a sentence. Unless…

It’s really hard to not be enthralled by the little spider on ABA’s site. The design is clean, and although the spider is a distraction, it’s okay. So far, this site I think is the only exception to the rule.

Rule #8: Stick to Web-Safe Fonts

Although font face replacement techniques are still young, they’re already making a big splash. sIFR was the first, and recently Cuf n and Typefasce.js have emerged.

Dise orama

On the Dise orama website, the red “Recientemente” text is selectable. One downside is that if the site doesn’t load instantly, the user will see the original plain font briefly.

Another downside is that if the user has either JavaScript or Flash disabled, they would only see the original font. All things considered, it’s still pretty cool. Hopefully it’s a preview of what’s to come in the next few years.

Cactuslab

Cactuslab also uses sIFR for the blue sub-headers (such as “Winter Work”). Although sIFR is the most complicated of the font-replacement techniques, text can be copied and pasted, giving it a big advantage over the two other techniques.

Rule #9: Don’t Have a Splash/Landing Page

Many designers have had that same old discussion with their clients about why a splash page is not a good idea. Google tends to rank such pages lower, and they slow down the user from getting the content that they’re after. But they can be incredibly beautiful and inspiring if done right.

Gloss Postproduction

The purpose of the portfolio sample that appears on the splash page of Gloss Postproduction’s website is to elicit an emotional reaction from the user.

Upon each visit, a random photo from the portfolio is loaded. Clicking on the photo scales it down and puts it in its place among the other portfolio pieces on the site. The scaling and motion effect provides continuation and helps carry over the user’s emotion to the rest of the company’s work.

Issa London

When a site is completely done in Flash, the loading bar can serve as a splash page. When a user sees a loading bar, they will either close the page and go somewhere else or switch to another tab and browse elsewhere while they wait.

Once the page loads, it’s best to wait for the user to return before starting up. In Issa London’s case, the gate is a perfect metaphor to say that the site is ready and the user may enter.

When the user clicks on the gate, the gate opens and various illustrated models appear. Using the gate on the splash page is a great design idea because upon entering, the user feels engaged.

Rule #10: Don’t use Tables

Any web designer who uses tables in their designs will instantly be called a rookie by experienced designers. Tables don’t display the same in all browsers, and they can make the source code look messy, but at the very least you’ll know what you’re getting with them. Here are some examples of designs that incorporate tables.

This table is slightly hard to see but is tucked in there between the two chairs. It’s a nice little side table but sadly doesn’t contribute much to this site’s design.

Tables are way in the background of this design on Work at Play, but they keep the workers’ laptops and other items within easy reach. Without these tables, the room would feel much emptier, and the background photo wouldn’t have the same effect.

Although this design mostly features chairs, a nice little table appears in the top-right of the thumbnail. Looks like a pot is sitting on it.

As far as designs with tables go, this is one of the best. With two tables featured in this Flash animation, the design gives them a lot of attention. This site should be on every designer’s list of great designs that use tables.

Break the Rules!

Breaking the rules is okay when a design calls for it. Many of the design choices reviewed here would not be considered by the average designer. This is what separates great designers from average ones.

Those brave enough to go against what they’ve been taught always stand out.

Written exclusively for WDD bt Eli Penner. He runs his own website at SleepyHero.com

Do you break any rules in your web designs? Why or why not? Please share your views with us…

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今天，四个人在诺大的教室里看完贾樟柯的《世界》，就顶着烈日奔向105车站，经过了数公里崎岖的建筑工地，来到了这座城未来的一个商业圈里。

去到山寨版“钱柜”——一名曰：“钱贵”，花了山寨版的价格，投入到了号称“和谐生活，自在钱贵”的声带运动中来。这是鄙人生平第一次只和女生共处K室，四人举动非疯狂可及也。流行歌曲就不用说了，小虎队系列、张国荣系列……伤心情歌系列~单身情歌（3个单身贵族唱得很惨烈~）、爱我的人和我爱的人、千年等一回……上海滩、读书郎……四个人四个小时解决了一百多首歌，要是男生在场，一定被某女雷到~哈哈

这座城现在属于建筑垃圾态，到处都在修路、建楼，动土~不晓得这座城的老高们在建筑之前算过风水没有。只要有车的地方必定是尘土飞扬，在这座城中心的时候，还是更愿意回到郊区这处僻静之所。

不过，明天就要回家了，虽然家在的那座城也在不停地拆拆建建，修修补补，但即使是尘土的味道也能带给人安全感，因为在家所处的这座城里，始终有那么几个爱你的且你爱的人在守候着你。是的，归属感很重要，安全感很重要。

未来的感觉将被翻新，今天的画面不会重演，它将在我即将完整的大学记忆里留下温馨的一页~一屋子神奇的女人们。

Plidezus的推荐，真的很赞！

引用

含笑 的 【专辑】Jon Schmidt专辑三张

Jon schmidt是一位具有古典风格的新世纪音乐作曲家和钢琴家。生于犹他州盐湖城一个杰出的音乐家庭。早年曾跟姐姐学习钢琴—她是一位古典钢琴家。父母均是来自德国的移民，钟爱古典音乐。Jon schmidt早在8岁时就举办了自己的个人钢琴独奏会，同时还能自己作曲并轻松地弹奏莫扎特的奏鸣曲，经常和父亲—一位著名的音乐家同台演出。
Jon schmidt花了10余年的时间学习古典音乐。16岁时他成了一位钢琴教师。当他决定将自己的职业生涯完全转到音乐时，才20岁出头。1991年Jon Schmidt独立出版了自己的首张个人专辑《August End》。1993年在和唱片公司Aubergine签约后，他录制了自己的第二章专辑《Walk in the Woods》。紧接着1年后又出版了专辑《A Day in the Sunset》。后来又陆续推出了《Jon Schmidt Christmas》（1997年）、《To the Summit》（2000年）等专辑。

Jon Schmidt (born 1966) is an American pianist located in Salt Lake City. He describes his style as "New Age Classical." He was born to German immigrants who acquainted him with the works of such composers as Beethoven, Mozart, and Chopin. He began songwriting at age 11. To date, he has released seven albums and seven piano books containing transcriptions of original arrangements.
His work is often described as New Age music with pop elements of hook and melody. He is also noted for his treatment of harmony, counterpoint, and rhythm.[citation needed] His works were also featured on sample discs for the Iomega Hipzip Digital Audio Player with the pieces "Sacred Ground" "All of Me" and "Waterfall"


Jon Schmidt - August End (1991)
Jon Schmidt - Walk in the Woods (1993)
Jon Schmidt Jon Schmidt Christmas (1997)
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Jon Schmidt - August End (1991)

专辑名称：August End
艺术家：Jon Schmidt
发行时间：December 2, 1991
发行公司：JS Productions
音乐品质：mp3/192K

专辑曲目：

01.Heart of a Child
02.Homecoming
03.Nativity
04.First Love
05.Ridin' West
06.August End
07.Piece Of The Storm
08.All Of Me
09.Song Of The Ocean
10.Bedtime Story

http://ifolder.ru/8969748

 

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Jon Schmidt - Walk in the Woods (1993)

专辑名称：Walk in the Woods
艺术家：Jon Schmidt
发行时间：December 2,1993
发行公司：JS Productions
音乐品质：mp3/192K
Amazon.com：★★★★★

Jon Schmidt is a rare commodity in today's music world — he is an artist that will simply not play into a single musical genre. Often labeled a "New Age" artist, Jon takes the essence of New Age and turns it on its head. Adding elements of Rock 'n' Roll and Classical music, Jon takes New Age music to a place it has never been before.

With seven albums to his credit, Jon takes listeners on an exhilarating yet heart-felt musical journey. Jon's compositions rise above the "paint-by-numbers" songs of today. He has been able rescue the noble parts of New Age from the clutch's of "over extended synthesizers" to bring the listener exceptional, solid music that is fun and still poignant. From the Classical Piano stylings of the wildly popular "Waterfall" (which Jon wrote as a teenager) to the Rock 'n' Roll hybrid "Pachelbel meets U2," Jon has been able to find a pure sound that is distinctly his own without ever succumbing to the trappings of the music genre.
With his eclectic blend of sounds, Jon has produced a loyal following that is just as diverse as his musical interests. Jon's music has crossed the great divide finding an audience across the globe. While Jon sees himself as an American artist in the West, his music has touched people the world over, as anyone can see from the response to his music online. As Reuben Evans, a UK fan states, "[Jon is] Awesome! Simply Brilliant, the sort of music that stops you dead and demands that you listen."
Jon's music has not simply crossed cultural divides but generations as well. From pre-teens to post Baby Boomer, the diversity of Jon's audience is a unique as the music itself. As M. Durrell from Kansas states, "[Because] my husband AND my grandchildren enjoy Jon's music — it states volumes of the reach to all ages..."
Because of Jon's strong musical appeal, his sheet music continues to touch the new crop of fresh pianists. As thousands will attest, the "kid tested, parent/teacher approved" outcome illustrates why Jon's 6 volumes of musical scores fly off the store shelves. He has inspired teenagers to stick with their piano lessons and children to try it for themselves. Who would think that a New Age artist would have the teenyboppers of today raving about the "awesome" music?
Jon himself was raised on the masters. Born to German immigrants, classical music was a part of everyday life. Jon was playing Mozart Sonatas and composing his own music at the ripe old age of 11. Worried about what kind of future a musician father could provide a family, Jon majored in English with plans to continue on for an MBA. However, while performing occasional benefit shows during those college years his music began to take off. As Jon realized that people would give him a chance, he took a leap of faith and rented out the largest concert hall in Salt Lake City and presented his own concert. There was no turning back from his music. Jon is now both a happily married father of 5 and a successful musician.
Jon's live performance is everything you would expect from hearing his music. From the tender stories of the inspiration behind his music to the show stopping, acrobatic, pyrotechnic finale, Jon Schmidt puts on a show that cannot be duplicated. His laid back, fun-loving personality shines through, while he avoids the melodrama of "New Age" concerts. The spirit of his shows is not lost on audiences. Jon has won the hearts of crowds internationally. He performs to sell out crowds and his annual Christmas Concert has become a staple of the Wasatch Front holiday season.
In a time where music is becoming more and about a brand to sell, Jon Schmidt is a breath of fresh air. Jon Schmidt is creating pure music that does not bow down to genre and image but rather rises above them to bring the listener an innovative music experience

专辑曲目：

1. Good Times
2. Waterfall
3. Passages
4. Winter Wind
5. Walk in the Woods
6. Hymn of Spring
7. Bells of Freedom
8. Good Day
9. Tribute
10. Cherished Moments

http://rapidshare.com/files/162544479/Walk_in_the_Woods.rar.html
or
http://ifolder.ru/9007548

 

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Jon Schmidt Jon Schmidt Christmas (1997)

专辑名称：Jon Schmidt Christmas
艺术家：Jon Schmidt
发行时间：November 7, 1997
发行公司：Deseret Books
音乐品质：mp3/192K
Amazon.com：★★★★★

Christmas is a time of strong emotions, from joy to sadness and from bubbly effervescence to moody melancholy. Jon Schmidt Christmas captures the feelings of the holiday season in all their richness. Schmidt's piano is sweet and easy on the ear. But his straight ahead simplicity can be deceptive, belying the immense depth of his work. I was impressed with the range of emotions both conveyed and evoked by his work.
I was swept away by the vibrance of I Saw Three Ships. In a kick- up-your-heels irish romp, Schmidt's fingers dance an impromptu Riverdance. Schmidt's own arrangement, Christmas Morning, is an upbeat tune that celebrates all the best of Christmas morning: the anticipation of opening brightly colored packages, waking up early to that first cup of hot coffee, and being caught in the whirlwind called cooking the Christmas dinner. And, finally, his rendering of Silent Night struck just the right chord for me--reverent jubilation. His almost silent introduction builds to a joyful crescendo. Schmidt's love of the Christmas season is evident in his play.
--Richard Banks (Reviewed in 1999)

Track List：

1. Were You There?
2. Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella
3. Christmas Medley
4. Stars Were Gleaming
5. I Saw Three Ships
6. Star Carol
7. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
8. Christmas Morning
9. Süsser de Glocken (Sweet Are the Bells)
10. Christmas Hymn
11. Lo, How a Rose Ere Blooming
12. Behold and See
13. Gaelic Blessing
14. Silent Night

http://rapidshare.com/files/162816226/Christmas.rar.html
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http://ifolder.ru/9026456
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http://www.filefactory.com/file/ab7752/n/Christmas_rar

 

不知道是不是快要回家了觉得自己挺闲，几天前居然答应帮朋友的朋友义务做设计，而且是自己从来没尝试过的包装设计。

第一时间的反应是：哦，好吧，试试。

第二时间的反应是：麻烦死了，我真是闲着无聊没事干。

第三时间：呼，终于完成了，原来没有想象的那么可怕。

所以说，试过才知道自己可以。

全部在Illustrator里做的，这几天算是把封套扭曲和3D贴图摸了个遍，但肯定还不透，不过对于那两个小蘑菇，自己还是很有爱的^ ^，发现前一段时间收集的插画对自己还是很有启发的，创作之前要先翻翻找灵感。

另外，计划书的排版也是我负责，这回终于有机会试一试Indesign了，跟Plidezus的感觉不同，我觉得Indesign还挺容易上手的，还可以很方便地生成PDF书籍，可能之前我一直没用coralDraw的缘故，习惯了Adobe的操作~看到coraldraw的界面我才不知该如何下手呢。

她们的反馈还不错，我算是心满意足了。

PS.

在大大前天，竟然连续失眠两夜，暑假要不要参加一个培训生的计划困扰着我，没想到和同学一起散步买西瓜的路上，一切都想通了，这个假期还是要留下尽可能多的属于自己的时间，学自己想学的东西，做自己想做的事情。翌日，失眠痊愈。

早上终于考完了西方现代派文学，其中的一道题是：请联系现实分析《第二十二条军规》。是的，现实中充满了第二十二条军规，以至于我觉得生活在中国的我们这一代人都是小白鼠，任人实验，虽然没有经过文革的痛楚，没有饥寒交迫，但我们却要面对一个又一个精神上的冲击。

Ma说：“这个社会很复杂，你太善良了，会吃亏。”

我说：“我不觉得吃亏。”

天天都有麻烦，一个麻烦被摆平了，另一个麻烦又冒出了头。

就今天，刚刚摆平了本学年的最后一门考试，本以为剩下的一周可以放开心了，没想到又遇到了学院选课的麻烦。情况是：按照大一大二时老师说的，我们的公选课都已经选满了，大四就可以不用上公选课了。但不知什么时候，老师又说我们这一届突然加上了一个素质学分的考核，这个学分来自讲座、科技学分（貌似包括参加市级以上比赛获三等奖以上，或在国家承认的刊物上发表过文章）等等……老师还说，保险起见，建议你们下学期通过修选修课来补足学分，好吧，不修不行了吧，不选不行了吧。这一次我们选选修课的目的很明确：不足学分。对于教育者这般“说三道四”的做法非常无奈，非常无语。

《第二十二条军规》通过描写一个美国空军大队的生活，暴露了美国军事官僚机构的黑暗和不人道，揭露美国政治与军事的虚伪本质，揭示了一个非理性无秩序梦魇式的荒诞世界。

教育又一次为大学教育上色，一种与坟墓为伴的颜色。

后记：死命挣扎只会让小白鼠过早地失去力量，小白鼠不是消极主义者，所以她还是了振奋精神，在这次实验中选择了最讨巧的那一种方式，努力让自己在这一次的实验中幸存。也许在未来的试验中，小白鼠会经历更艰难的挑战，但相信只要小白鼠不被洗脑，意志不被消磨，小白鼠终于一天能够幸运地出逃，悄无声息地改变这一切。

“逐格造梦”这个词最初是在一线弦的QQ签名里看到的，不知怎的，很有感觉，于是就爱上了。我想这个词应该很有历史了，只是自己才疏学浅，2009年才得以遇见。

方才得知Plidezus的动画博客AnimeTaste已开张一周，大佬继续他的“每秒24帧，逐帧追梦”，而我，忽而又陷入了迷茫。

三年前，从未料到“逐格造梦”这个电影词汇会真真切切地影响到自己，但现在它的的确确影响到我了，但它与我的距离忽远忽近，让人怀疑格的存在，梦的存在。电影会与未来的我搭界吗？我不知道，我甚至不知道接下来要做什么了。

我想人就是不应该让自己闲下来，因为闲下来的时候就会开始胡思乱想，至少我是这样。

这个学期的苦难时期已经过去，最后的这几天，和我之前预想的一样，能够闲下来，做自己的事情。但究竟什么是自己的事情？

看电影？我需要看电影，我看的电影远远不够，我需要补电影课，否则我真没脸说我读的是电影相关专业，一问三不知不是？

画插画?最近收集了很多很有爱的插画图片，放在那个叫做“Favorite Arts”的文件夹里。他们会提供灵感，他们会让你有做更多尝试的冲动，但没有行动，收集得再多都是摆设，静下心来总比让自己眼花缭乱困难。

web design？我不知道这个新鲜的领域究竟对我来说意味着什么，和电影和插画一样，它对我来说忽远忽近，不想未来成天对着电脑，但又总是会被那一个个诱人的页面蛊惑。

……

想法总是受制于行动力。但“必须完成”的时候又总会给自己制造“巨大的压力”，终于完成了，于是我不想再做任何事情，然后等待着下一个“必须完成”来找我，我不要这样的循环，但我不知道未来会如何循环。

喜欢“逐格造梦”，却忽然找不到自己的梦在哪里，或者说我要做哪一个梦？

不知道，不知道，不知道，也许没有毕业就永远不会长大，也许没有离家就永远不会完全独立。

幸福而又矛盾地生活着，也许我应该庆幸还有矛盾，至少我还在思考。

终于花了一晚上时间尝试了新的插画绘制方法，肤色被我改了，有点像僵尸新娘了都。

铅笔纸上涂鸦+ Adobe Illustratior + Adobe Photoshop + 数位板<!--more-->

为了配合表情，随便想了个话题“Twitter What？"

Twitter会让人有点不知所措，貌似很多人都在用twitter，twitter对于某些人来说似乎比吃饭还来劲，但很奇怪，我依旧不习惯用twitter，不习惯用类twitter一类的微博客。

某日看到一篇文章，标题是“Twitter会使你变得冷漠？”，我不知道答案，我只觉得自己一个人闲着无聊在微博客上絮叨没太大意义，大概我的生活也是一本流水账，在Twitter上谈生活多少像是把一本账本撕成了一张张纸条，仅此而已。

在Adobe Illustrator里用网格工具（快捷键U）进行的榕千岁新尝试~昨晚画了个更有活力和斗志的榕千岁，设为桌面，看得我斗志昂扬。

好久没有更新这里了，一直在想要更新什么，一直觉得，我应该给witmin redesign一下。

最近买了本《博客天下》，虽然这本杂志里的内容都是从网上摘下来的，网上一搜，全有，但杂志的价值经过编辑那一关，应该提升了不少。写博客这档子事在芸芸的博客众生中一直被讨论着，可是，一直没有个结果。

博客该写什么，怎么写？

博客该是独立的，还是用BSP（博客提供商）的？

独立博客，该用Wordpress，Z-Blog……还是PJ-Blog？<!--more-->

使用BSP，该用新浪的，网易的，搜狐的……博客大巴的？

开写了，是生活流水账，还是人肉书签（网站分享），又或是伪专业（譬如这里，想写得专业点，把博客打造得系统而专业，但看起来怎么都不像个专业的）。

博客喜欢糊弄人，或者说糊弄自己。博客是自我的，博客也必须是自我的，这样博主才能以藐视一切的姿态（管它文章点击率只有1，也愿意开着浏览器孤芳自赏）继续“我的《史记》”。

喜欢画插画，但它带给我的感觉跟博客一样，画插画只为了心中一个小小的自我满足的念头。网上画画的人很多，成名的角色也很多，每个人都希望自己的作品能够受到褒扬，满足体内那一点小小的虚荣心。

可惜，懒人习惯了低调，懒人习惯了孤芳自赏，懒人习惯了将念头留在脑中而摆脱那烦人的过程，于是，一个懒人造就了这个博客，用她单细胞体生物的速度浮游在汪汪大洋之中，她在思考自己有没有能力将这样的博客一天天一年年地继续下去，因为她不仅要考虑内容，还要考虑兜里的钱。单细胞体生物，她还没有兜呢。

浮游于网上的生物有的像她这样，还处于单细胞体状态；有的呢，早已裂变，变成了各种各样的生命。他们都有自己的符号，他们都有自己的ID，而且每个人都甘于寂寞，希望自己不和别人重名。

不满意现在WITMIN的状态，因为它和她的状态一样：懒。

懒的理由：
一、不能在念头出现的时候打开电脑记录；
二、总是顾虑空间到期后的博客命运；
三、在这里写东西总有一些不踏实；
四、想的比做的多。

关于witmin，我又开始动摇了，要不要把现有的内容整合一下，然后再拿它尝试其他的东西，witmin，最初其实就是想弄个独立的网站，让我可以尝试很多新东西，但现在更新着更新着，觉得它又乱了。

今天又看到网易改版了，现在的默认页还算凑和，但那个个人中心我觉得实在很没有必要。

体验了独立博客，也体验了BSP的博客服务，现在的感觉是，独立不独立其实对个人来说并没有特别大的影响，只要你懂得宣传，懂得自我营销，搭载在BSP上的博客同样可以迎接较高的访问率。女生当中有徐静蕾，男生当中有韩寒，他们都是典型的榜样。对于BSP，现在的问题就是选谁，网易和新浪、搜狐、QQ这类门户的好处是发文简单，界面定制难，朋友们访问时如果不登帐号，你的回复他们很难知道。在专注的BSP中，博客大巴是一类，可以很自由地定制很多东西，但现在可定制的东西太多了，在就是空间有限，贴照片什么的不太方便。大姐恋上了咆哮女郎柏邦妮的博客，她驻扎在不老歌，但不老歌这个地方是需要朋友邀请的，博客的质量应该很有保证吧。

现在说说我的博客。首先是域名问题，我在网易博客的域名就是我邮箱的名字，不知道当初怎么就会想在linnet的前后各加一个"0"，以致现在我对别人说这个地址的时候总要费很大的劲。witmin是我的独立博客，但它的处境很尴尬，因为我一会儿在网易博客更新，一会儿在witmin更新，虽说witmin更新的多是出去生活的其它内容，但我在写博文的时候怎么也避不开生活的部分。自我感觉很尴尬啦，我想是我不专心的缘故。

向左转，向右转，向前走，向后转?

怎么这样子？

没有答案。

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 今年的端午节过的是相当充实，一大早就和莹莹一起坐了一个半小时的车到了传说中的宜兴善卷洞。宜兴属于无锡，但坐车的时候有好一段路都奔驰在常州的镇子里，感受着久违的乡镇风情。车子经过马山附近的环湖路的时候，一阵恶臭涌进车里来，“蓝藻……太湖水还臭着”，这气味唤起了两年前太湖蓝藻爆发，我们有水不得用的可怖记忆。虽然这两年学校里的水没再恶心到发臭，但事实是太湖的蓝藻依旧会在盛夏泛滥，不知道经过了几层的过滤，只知道到宿舍的水龙头，只剩下漂白水的味道了。

善卷洞为什么叫善卷洞，貌似在很久很久以前，有一位叫善卷的老伯伯……

这是我第一次来到这样的溶洞中，确实很神奇，很神秘，数码相机在这样的暗夜中很难拍出清晰的画面，虽然我努力让我的手保持三脚架那样的稳定状态。

在中洞和下洞之间有荣毅仁老爷爷题写的一块大石牌，上面写着“百病消除”，这里大概是整个洞穴中最亮堂的地方。

又被冠以“XX第一”的瀑布，不是很壮观，但是很秀气，大概阳光恰到好处的缘故。

“先游中洞上洞，再游水洞下洞”水洞的那一番体验很是神奇，印象最深的是那个船工，在摇摇摆摆的船板上，在那到处碰壁的岩洞中，竟然还可以走地那个自如，那个潇洒，太帅了。

出了洞，几乎就没有其他什么更特别的景点了，于是鸽子会前来做陪。我们坐缆车到了山顶的圆通阁，然后坐滑道下山。滑道倒是很有趣，大理石从山顶一路铺到山脚，就是长版的滑滑梯，如果你前面没人，你一路松着手从山顶一路滑到底，真的会很刺激，那种感觉，大概有点像冬奥会里的雪橇速滑比赛吧！

因为善卷洞太小的缘故，车子又要等到下午三点才发车，于是我俩从一点多一直在船上呆到了两点半，进行了我生平的有一个第一次——踩脚踏船。

五点多回到学校，六点和福州的几个老乡一起聚餐，聊了好多好开心，饭饱后更是从南区一路散步到了北区，再从北区一路走回了南区，一点都不觉得累哎，我想，是这样聊天的感觉太好了罢。

月饼一定要是豆沙的、粽子一定要是花生的、西瓜一定要是红壤的~

长得越大，才发现自己守的越多。习惯了小时候最最传统的豆沙月饼，至今无法接受除豆沙之外的月饼，尤其是有蛋黄的；粽子一定要是有花生的，不要嘉兴粽子，不要肉也不要豆沙，只要花生，那是妈妈的味道，去年，终于能够包出比较清楚的粽子了，今年继续！以后要年年包，包出妈妈的味道。

不知道从什么时候开始，西瓜开始出现黄瓤的了，很奇怪，虽然偶尔还吃吃，但看着它总觉得它是变种，是异形，很奇怪。

食堂最近开卖绿豆汤了，最近有好几个早晨除了白开水外的第一口都是它~现在我才发现，原来我是绿豆粉~其实还是因为妈妈的关系~

西米露~随便提一下~名字的关系

这几天天气不错，高不过30度，有阳。

立夏早就过去了，杂七杂八的事情终于解决得差不多了，大脑总算不用揪得那么紧了，每天，就想着放假我要做什么；每天，就期待着我要回家。

昨晚给妈妈打了通电话，似乎这几次，每次我都要说：“放心，我会回去的。”这边，毕竟不属于自己。

和室友们每天念叨念叨的就是要毕业啦，在一起的时间就剩三四个月了，工作，或是深造，或是未来的未来，不知道那些所谓的异想天开会有多少成真，但有梦总比没梦好。