– "What's up, Paulo?"
I'm senior art director with tms agency in Chicago, working for McDonald's; using my design skills to fit different kinds of graphic pieces and information together.
• In July '22 our collective design efforts for McDonald's went public in the US. Although my fingerprints are all over (with tidbits I've done), the drive-thru checkout graphics are mine mine all mine 😊
I've been trying to stick with this intermittent fasting eating pattern. I started it on February 2022. Went from 84 kg (185 lbs) down to 73 kg (161 lbs) in 3 months. A miserable experience with great results. But the thing is: if you slip (I did), it is way too easy to gain back whatever you lost.
Also, I've been more committed to meditation since January 2022. I felt like taking it more seriously and I've been consistent so far (now is March 2023).
> I wake up everyday at 4:40 ~ 5:30 am. I do it for an hour. Always using Insight Timer App to track it.
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I'm reading "Nine perfect strangers" by Liane Moriarty, "Surrender" by Bono, "Face" by Justine Bateman, and plodding along "The most important thing" by Howard Marks
– "I was fascinated by OpenAI's Dall-e. But then I started using Adobe's Firefly last week (April 24). And it is a different creature on its own."
Here are some Dall-e generated images:
"Gangster squirrel counting his money"
"Nike Air Jordan sneakers imagined by Monet"
"Batman night scene painted in oil by Vincent Van Gogh"
And Firefly's:
"Vintage tin toy robot with intricate painted details and simple plastic eyes"
"Octopus creature with diamond glasses singing in underwater bar stage"
"Batman inspired superhero made of stone standing in front of a mayan statue"
"Ultraman-like hero in front of dark galactic butterflies in heroic angle"
In 2020, when we moved to the US, I started a Google Photos album called Illinois skies.
The album is a variation of the Mexican skies photo collection I created when we moved 2018 from Brazil to Metepec, a small town an hour outside Mexico City.
Geneva, IL
Metepec, Mexico
To emulate the healthy living experience we had in Mexico, we choose to settle an hour out of Chicago. Away from the gray high rises and traffic jam. Geneva is our home now and we intend to stay here through our daughter's HS.
Also from our stint in Mexico, where exposed to unusual and exotic local beverages, I started taking pictures of the bottles before sampling the content. I keep doing it to this day. Here in the US coming by strange drinks is even more likely.
We keep one of the world's most expensive adopted cat: a mackerel tabby rescue called Suzu.
> While we were 3 weeks away in Brazil sorting our paperwork, she was fostered by good friends. She managed to forget about us during the period. Once back in our place, it took her 2 days to remember who we are.
Cat tax, per Reddit
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