50 sheets later

So I got my new printer a few days ago, and of course, set up couldn't go smoothly. I had major color issues. My purples weren't looking purple, they were looking very blue. I assumed it wasn't laying down enough magenta. So I fiddled around with it, and it still wasn't helping. My purples were moving from a dark country blue to a dark gray. So obviously it wasn't a magenta problem. I was sure that it couldn't be Cyan problem, but as I looked back my blues weren't right either...so I played with the Cyan...that was no help. Things were going down hill. I was starting to get upset. It didn't occur to me right away to play with the color management features. I don't know why not, but after I stumbled across them I started playing.

Now you have understand my logic here, I didn't want to use an RGB color management system. The ink tanks are Cyan, Light Cyan, Magenta, Light Magenta, Yellow, and Black...I wanted to use a CMYK system. It made sense in my head. But none of the CMYK systems were working. So I thought what the hell...lets try RGB...what I didn't realize is there was an sRGB that I was avoiding because it had RGB in it...wanna take a stab at what sRGB stands for....simulated R-G-B. That translates to CMYK simulating RGB...which miraculously fixed my color issues. It only took a quarter of my color ink tank and like 50 sheets of paper.



Now I have a confession to make...unrelated to my printer...this was suppose to be my big week. It is Spring Break so I have no class, and to boot I have taken a short LOA from work. So if you count both weekends that is 9 days. 9 days to get my shit together, get this paper written, and this fucking portfolio squared away and ready to print (not to mention that damn environmental report). It is now one hour until Wednesday. Would you like to know how much I have accomplished? If you include all the organizing, and all paper shuffling and folding I have gotten a whopping nothing done. Yes, you read that correctly. It is practically Wednesday and I have gotten an absolutely nothing to show for it. An amazing and glorious nothing.

Now this isn't for lack of trying (I always seem to be defending my procrastination), I chalk it up to designer's block. I have tried sitting in front of my computer, my sketch book, doing menial tasks to get my mind off things, even going outside to enjoy the fabulous weather. Nothing seems to be helping. And it seems to be causing a prolonged panic attack. My chest hurts, my back hurts, my vision is on-and-off blurry and I have the shakes. It is vicious downward spiral the longer I put things off the worse I get, and the worse I get the less I can do...I would give anything for this semester to be over. I am going to graduate with an ulcer, bad vision, a heart condition, a slight bout of paranoia (if what I had already wasn't enough), clinical depression, a serious drinking problem...oh yeah and if I am God damn good and lucky quite possibly a bachelor's degree.

I suppose I have wasted enough time here...so I guess it is back to my Katrina brochure...or watching Casino Royale...or both...or neither, maybe just bed...but not before I get a drink to calm my nerves.