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I have a confession. I haven’t used Firefox regularly since Google Chrome‘s beta release last year. Although the beta was buggy, I became a faithful Chrome user. I could go on and on about how many people complained to me about Chrome, but I really didn’t care. I kept using Chrome anyway! I developed sites in Chrome, which was much easier to manage with cross-browser compatibility issues. For some reason, whenever I develop a site in Firefox, I always end up with more errors with cross-browser compatibility than I do with Chrome.

Don’t get me wrong! I would never say anything bad about Firefox. It’s still the number one browser for designers and developers. It has a lot to offer; but for me personally, I prefer Chrome. I’ve tried Safari and Opera and found their minimalism to be lacking of my needs. However, since my Google account is pretty much my life (Feedburner, Gmail, Google Reader, Google Calendar, Google Docs, and so on…), being able to create a separate desktop app from a browser is an amazing feature for me.

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I’ve been so excited for Fefe Dobson’s new album, Joy, set to release next month. She premiered her music videos on Facebook today and I’m in love. I just thought I’d share!

Thank you for all of your visits yesterday! I’m quite excited to say that my redesign is coming along flawlessly so far. You’re going to love it. I have to hold off on working so much because of my wrist injury but I’m working on it. I enjoy admiring good typography, especially in graphic and print design. I’ll often find myself admiring the typography of t-shirts, packages, and other things as I browse the outside world. Typography is a very important element of design and very easy to admire. I hope you enjoy these 30 examples of typography that I have to share with you.

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Hello everyone! How was your weekend? I spent the weekend in Kissimmee doing various things, including volunteering Sunday morning which is always a joy. By Sunday evening, my wrist (the one I’m foolishly typing on) started giving me trouble. Well into the wee hours of the night, I couldn’t operate a mouse and decided that I most likely have a repetitive strain injury. So I took some Advil and wrapped it up. I’m debating visiting a doctor. It’d be a waste of gas and money for them to tell me to RICE (rest, ice, compress, elevate) and give me a prescription for stronger pain killers. Those are things I already know. However, if the pain becomes unbearable, a trip to the MD would not be a bad idea.

I also appreciate the comments on my TTMMH #4. I admit, I performed a bit of a social experiment with my readers. Before I became proficient in wedding professional lingo, I also found the usage of “STD” for Save The Dates to be a bit disturbing. When I think of STDs, I think of sexually transmitted diseases, not cute letterpress cards that come in the mail. I wanted to see if others found the terminology as disturbing as I did.

Speaking of weddings, my own has been causing me to carefully re-evaluate some of the close, personal friendships I have with others. As I will avoid going into great detail, it just has appeared that the closer the date approaches is the larger the problem becomes between me and certain people. The point of us having a small, intimate wedding was to celebrate one of the greatest milestones of our lives with our closest long-term friends. We have focused more on celebrating our friends than ourselves, and it seems that isn’t “good enough.” I think I’ve reached my limit with the said people, and it’s about time for me to let them go.

The ending of a friendship has always been a long process for me. It usually takes months or even years of being wronged and separated from others to finally dismiss our friendship. I’m a firm believer in second, third, and fourth chances. People usually take advantage of that. I continually let people walk over me and it’s not right. I never mistreat my friends and I love and care for them like family. I could count on one hand how many friends I have that care for me like family, and probably have fingers left over. It’s sad that people change, but it’s a process of life. I will no longer cling to people who obviously do not want anything to do with me.

However, the ending of bad friendships always offer the beginning of new friendships. I’ve been engaging with plenty of local people since my relocation and it’s been great with them. In the eight months that I have been here, we do not have trivial fights. We respect each other, we care for one another, and we enjoy each other’s company. I believe that’s what a friendship should be composed of. It should not be one person constantly reaching out to others, but everyone eager to engage in each other’s lives. So as friendships end, it’s the officially foot forward into hopefully life-long friendships with people care for you as much as you do for them. I’m officially finished with being the good friend attached to the bad friend. There’s only wonderful friends in my future.

I’m sure you’ve all lost a good friend. I’m willing to listen to your stories so feel free to share!