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Random Acts of Friendly Facts

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Lynn and the Surprising Allure of Sculpture My friend Lynn is full of surprises. She is the poster child for ‘never judge a book by its cover’. Every now and then, just when you think you know the girl, she pulls some new an random act that has us all wondering ‘Where did that come from?!’ For example, a few months ago, just after Christmas I introduced my friends to the game cranium. Having played it with my family and having loads of good times, I felt it was only the natural thing to do to get my friends addicted as well. To those who have never played, let me give you the run down. Its your basic, roll the dice, move a certain amount of spaces and reach the end kind of board game. Only the squares are colour coded, and depending on which colour, you have to pick a card from one of four boxes. There is a box for trivia, a box for acting (charades etc.) a box for word twisters, and an artistic skill box (my favorite) I was setting up the games, explaining the different boxes and ho

The Kegger

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If there is one truth to being a Graphic Designer, it is that eventually someone close to you, whether it be a member of the family or close friend, will say "Hey! Would you be able to design a (insert project here) for me?" I remember hearing horror stories at my placement about relatives that cant be pleased with the invitations you designed for them, or how there is always the "Thats great... but how would it look if you changed this to blue?" sort of thing. Thankfully I havn't had such an experience, and actually enjoy the small projects that come my way, expecially when they come from my mother. One of such projects was the designing of her birthday invitation. This year, my mother is throwing herself a 'surprise' kegger for her big Five O. So I came up with a few small designs, none of which had the right stuff. So instead, today my mother tells me that she has found a picture on the internet and wants me to photoshop her face into the picture. I j