I really like lists.

So here are some '08 highlights:

1. Will Ferrell, Demetri Martin, Nick Swardson and THE NAKIS
2. Getting a life-altering, mind-blowing Blackberry
3. Taste of Chaos with lil broskie
4. Watching Beasley play for K-State
5. Seeing Sagmeister speak IN PERSON
6. Dallas and The Jeff Barfoot Experience
7. My 21st birthday shenanigans in Aggieville
8. Mervinator's poster design class slash hell
9. Redesigning the Student Union webpage in 3 days with myself as art director (omg)
10. The sort of MTV thing
11. Blue Moon illustration up in Chi-town's MCA
12. 4th of July Extravaganza (and the best fireworks show in history)
13. St. Louis bus trip with Jofeen to see Mike Birbiglia
14. A-Run's killer after-hours rave party
15. Pineapple Express
16. Finding sweet, sweet Archer
17. Discovering my 3D Paddy's Pub model was DELETED
18. Mental breakdown
19. Being exposed to The Bloody Beetroots and the glory that is "House" (thanks, Adam)
20. Completing the revamped Paddy's and the relief that followed
21. Rockin' the Metropolis '08 - AIGA Conference + NYC Adventure, part deux*
    *plus meeting my idol
22. Witnessing three flat tires in the span of one week
23. Halloween in the ville
24. Voting for the first time ever
25. Kicking it at Bobby T's with the one and only Tom Bookwalter
26. Realizing that Big Man and Johnny Res actually graduated (proof miracles exist!)
27. Kasie becomes a wolverine? Or moves away, anyway
28. 20-passenger limo tour of KC lights
29. Toothpastefordinner every single day
30. Semi-retiring my 10-year-old pair of Docs

In summary, tis been a good year. Happy '09, everyone!

De(sigh)n.

The past couple weeks have been nothing short of glorious: No class, no work, and (virtually) no obligations. The holidays have provided a much-needed recharging, and the family time was long overdue. However, in the past three days, I've been exposed to some wretched things, and they all have one thing in common: Papyrus usage.

Let's review:

1) Pizza Hut's "The Natural" (not to be confused with this natural).













The first thing I noticed about Pizza Hut's latest TV ad was that it no longer features the caption "not actors" while people are raving about how super awesome their pizza is. The second thing I noticed? The fugly Papyrus. Was it too hard to go to dafont.com and download something slightly less gross for free?

It's all over their website, too. Delicious!







2) Par Exsalonce. Uber-expensive, we-have-a-consultation-with-your-hair-before-we-cut-it kind of place.









Walking through the mall is already one of my least favorite things to do. The last thing I want is to feast my eyes upon this.

In their defense, Papyrus has been used to portray calmness, quality and serenity before.

3) This website. Joke or not, it did make me die a little inside.

Papyrus has been used to communicate a variety of things, including, but not limited to:

• Anything involving nature, animals, Africa or the like
  
• Peace and love
• Wednesday night Bunko night
• Longaberger Party!
  
• Natural pizza, apparently
• This is for charity
  
• We sell high-end beauty supplies and give massages
  
• You're invited to Felix & Ethel's Safari-themed 35th Wedding Anniversary + Potluck Dinner
  
• I was too lazy to download a font, but I still want to look sophisticated
• Religious themes
• Religious themes + nature, animals, Africa and the like

I never thought a font could be so versatile, but Papyrus, you have proven me wrong. If nothing else, you at least manage to provide hope for me and my fellow classmates for our futures in the design profession. Keep on trucking, you ugly font, you...just not for national chains, okay?