What do you expect? I'm still icon nuts

I get to go see my mom this weekend! She's coming up to Gatlinburg and I'm going to drive down (most likely tomorrow) and see her. Gatlinburg is only a two hour drive from here. I am very, very happy about that.

I am still LJ icon nuts. So we have the following today. And yes, ely_chan, the CCS ones were made with you in mind. I have more screencapped from the "Platnium" opening, but I got too sleepy to do anything with them.

The strange thing about doing the icons is that it helps me when I'm at work as well. I tend to think a bit more about text and photo presentation and that is a very good thing. Anything that can help me use Photoshop better and turns me into a better designer is a good thing.

So, I have the following icons available

- 2 CCS icons
- 2 Kenshin icons
- 8 Inuyasha icons

( Clicky for the icons! )

All of these are on my Web site, I just need to update and add them to the tables, as well as create a CCS section. Please comment and credit if you decide to use these!

Lesson learned

Bleh.

For the first time in a long time, I got very critical feedback from a source regarding an inside article I did for yesterday's Empire. I've gotten so used to being told what a good job I'm doing that this was like a douse of cold water over my head.

I sure did need it.

Her e-mail, which pointed out everything that I had left out and should had included, made me realize that I allow myself to get in too much of a hurry. I didn't report the entire story. I was focusing on the bigger picture - the section front I was also writing for the same day - and let myself think, "Oh, this is a nothing piece. I can just churn it out and keep going."

Nothing that I reported was inaccurate, that was for sure. I just left out some information that would had made the story better and more complete.

Today marks two years and three days since I graduated college and, to be honest, I forget that I'm only 24-years-old and I still have a lot to learn about being a good journalist and professional. While it is too late to do anything for this one story, it will help me to make my future stories better. And I must always remember no matter how big or small the article I do, I need to give my 10-inchers the same attention I give to my huge section fronts.

And I still have a long way to go before I am truly an excellent journalist.