new!

So it's a new look. I want to start fresh with blogger. The new design isn't all that fancy, I want to keep this simple. The title, for those of you who don't know it or don't feel like looking it up, is French for 'the naked man.' I chose this as the title, because I liked it. L'homme nu was the mascot of my high school french classes. Every homework exercise, my friends and I would use him as the subject. He was the theme of every French holiday card. He's grown up a little design-wise, but I still enjoy the idea of using him as a 'mascot,' but this time for my journal.

Not to be too symbolic, but I figure that's what a journal is supposed to be, kind of 'baring your soul'.. which sounds a bit dorky and cliché, but anyway. A journal is to show what's underneath, the 'nakedness' if you will. I'm not planning on getting that deep on here, I just thought it was a neat idea. And seeing as how I'm pretty dorky and a fan of cheesy stuff, it works for me.

The diagram on the bottom left was taken from a poster I designed for Housing last year for a 'Putting the Pieces Together for a Healthy U' program. I felt that fit really nicely with this journal. I want to start putting up better posts. Focusing more on the positive, more on 'putting together the pieces of my life to make a better me.' Again, that's corny and cheesy, but I like it.

So the design's not 100% there, I'll be tweaking a bit, but this is what I've got for now. Give me some feedback if you have some to give. If you hate it, I don't really care. I'm looking for positive comments. Again, I'm trying to focus my life on the positive, so there you go.

Enjoy it.