442w30
01-17-2010, 05:40 PM
I was walking through Manhattan the other day and passed by a used book store. I had been there before, so I was saddened to learn they were going out of business. I strolled in and went straight for the car section (lackluster), then looked around for something else of interest. In a display I saw an interesting book on typography.
Now, perhaps you don't know what typography is, but anything having to do with fonts is typography - just look at MS Word and check out all the choices besides Times New Roman or what-not. In the graphic design world, there are people who create new fonts and give them names in the hopes they are picked up by other artists.
Anyway, flipping through the book, I realized it was actually a brochure because someone's name and address was on the back, in this case CELINA LARDAPIDE.
I used to work with Celina in 2004-05. She sat next to me, and we quickly became friends because she was from Argentina and my parents originally were from there. We were pals to the extent that some people thought something funny was going on between us, although that never was the case. When I was laid off after the agency lost the client, I lost touch with her, much to my chagrin.
Then, almost a year ago in 2009, I found out accidentally that she had died in an accident in 2008 - all I know is that she may have been hit by a car while on a Vespa. She probably was 30 years old.
Anyway, I realize used book stores buy dead people's stuff, but it's still is a profound coincidence. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif
Now, perhaps you don't know what typography is, but anything having to do with fonts is typography - just look at MS Word and check out all the choices besides Times New Roman or what-not. In the graphic design world, there are people who create new fonts and give them names in the hopes they are picked up by other artists.
Anyway, flipping through the book, I realized it was actually a brochure because someone's name and address was on the back, in this case CELINA LARDAPIDE.
I used to work with Celina in 2004-05. She sat next to me, and we quickly became friends because she was from Argentina and my parents originally were from there. We were pals to the extent that some people thought something funny was going on between us, although that never was the case. When I was laid off after the agency lost the client, I lost touch with her, much to my chagrin.
Then, almost a year ago in 2009, I found out accidentally that she had died in an accident in 2008 - all I know is that she may have been hit by a car while on a Vespa. She probably was 30 years old.
Anyway, I realize used book stores buy dead people's stuff, but it's still is a profound coincidence. http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/worship.gif