November 22, 2003
4:00 AM
It's deadline.
Do you know where your magazine editorial staff is?
David's tweaking the cover design for the new issue.
I've been popping in ads that are late-arriving.
I've designed and tweaked the Merch ad, adding back issues to the 2/3 color ad from last issue to make a full page. I kept noticing little things that were "off" in the Subscription ad, so I finally gave it the "measurement" treatment and used guides to make sure the space between each object was equal and balanced, etc. I designed a small ad for The Education Of Monkeys (yes, that's a band name).
I'm listening to a beautiful Sleeping At Last album. I'm pretty sure I hear the s-bomb dropped in the title track. A comedy album that's crazy, by a goofball named "Brother Russell." A compilation CD of hits by The Alarm. I've got Rush Permanent Waves and Moving Pictures loaded up, the White Stripes Red Blood Cells, a best-of compilation by Stavesacre, "Gut Level Music" + "Against The Grain" by The Altar Boys, and it's all helping me stay awake.
Fed Ex is open tomorrow until 1 pm, I think. We will endeavor to finish before then, when I will drive over and drop off the materials for this next issue to arrive at our printer in Michigan by Monday morning. It's important not to miss this deadline, because any delays can mess up "your place in line" at the printing plant, as this time of year is seasonally busier than most. Did you know that overnighting a package via Fed Ex on Friday for Monday delivery costs exactly the same as that same package being overnighted on Saturday for Monday delivery? That's nice.
