Sunday, November 27, 2011

Do I Really Want to Make a Blurb Book?

I've been doing one of the things I do best, Procrastinating. What I really want to do is make a Blurb book using some of my Holga images. So yesterday that was my plan for the day. But when I got into my digital files, I decided that the only way, absolutely the only way, for me to do this was to spend time adding keywords to the digital files. That way I could pull all of the Holga images up to look at them and decide which ones would go into the book. That took most of the day because I kept just peeping in a few other files just to see what they were.

That is how you are getting the image above. It was from February 26, 2007 and I was walking into town from the house in San Miguel . . . just shooting anything that caught my fancy. I don't think I ever did a thing with any of the images from that day but yesterday I had to stop and process this image. I liked the soft colors and the contrast of the yellow-green leaves. If I didn't do it right then, I might forget about it. That would be a shame. This image needed to be seen. Okay, so I processed it, even printed it. It makes a nice print. Now you are seeing it in the blog.

You see where this is leading . . . yes, you are right. Not one single image got dropped into Blurb's BookSmart template on Saturday.

Now it is Sunday and it is after 4:00 PM and still nothing has been dropped into a template. This morning I had to watch Sunday Morning News first thing. Then I needed to vacuum the floors and mop the kitchen and bathrooms. After that I felt so grimy I needed a shower. A friend stopped by to bring us some fresh produce from her garden. Then I needed a little nap.

What am I doing now? You got it. Writing a blog. Still not a single image has gone into the template for the book. I could write another whole blog on why I procrastinate. Oh wait, I think I've written about that before . . . here.

8 comments:

Bob Mrotek said...

Ahhh Billie, I think you are getting closer and closer to being liberated and discovering what the Italians call "Dolce far niente"..."The joy of doing nothing". Enjoy!

Babs said...

Yeah, NOW is not the time to push yourself to do something involved!
Miss you
BABS
PS It was 27 here this morning. Oy vey, time to head to.........the beach.

Billie Mercer said...

Bob, I do want to be liberated but I don't want to do nothing.....only the stuff that I really want to do. I think I really want to make this book

But maybe not if I keep dragging my fingers.

Babs,
I think I do need to focus on something besides doctor visits and such. i don't think it will be too involved if I can just put the first few pages in.
Cold here this morning too but the sun is out and I'm sure it will warm up fast.
I miss you as well.

Dianne Poinski said...

While doing a little web searching about "blurb", I found your blog and I love it! I have been wanting to make my book for 5 years and a couple of months ago finally dropped those images into the template only to have the book come back not looking as nice as I wanted. It was my fault - I did not follow their instructions as well as I could have.
Took 5 more weeks of procrastinating and I think today I will hit "order" and see if this version comes out nicer.
Happy I stumbled onto your blog!

Billie Mercer said...

Dianne, Glad you found my blog. I'd really like to know how your revised version turns out. Here it is Tuesday afternoon and I still haven't dropped a single image into the template. I've been busy. Maybe tonight.

alcuban said...

Procrastination is just a higher form of contemplation or cogitation. You're not doing nothin'. You're just thinking about your blog s-l-o-w-l-y so when it finally comes out it will be really wonderful. And if you believe that...

Billie Mercer said...

Alcuban, I know, I know, you would be willing to sell me a bridge in AZ. But your first sentence is comforting.

Sam and Bob said...

Billie...there is always manana. I agree...do what you want, when you want.

We miss you guys.

Sam y Bob