I think I'm obsessed with font color. No one warned me about the dangers of starting a webpage, all the pitfalls that an innocent person looking to post a few links and pictures can fall into. Icons, backgrounds, counters, and all the other crazy things you can do. No wonder I suddenly find myself parked in front of the monitor for hours and hours at a time, utterly racked by indecision.

Felix is a pretty good sport, but it's obvious he never had sisters. See, Tom and Rob both know what to say when I ask for their opinion. When we were growing up, they were my Roger and Ebert, sharpening their thumbs up/thumbs down skills through years of "Is this better?" and "Which do you like?" over clothes, earrings, food, books, and everything else an older sister waffles about. I have no doubt that the two of them will handle their future wives skillfully. Felix, however, is of the "Whatever you like" and "It all looks good" variety. Drives me nuts. Yes, I know that some women would probably be very happy if their lesser-halves left it all up to them. Well, I'm not really the decisive type, and when I want an opinion, I want an opinion. Which brings me to font color.

Before I fell down the deep rabbithole of web design, I never really thougt about the subtle joy that comes from surfing my favorite websites. Something about the way they're laid out, the way they look, the content they have - they're all very appealing. Suddenly, I found myself scrutinizing every detail. Is my page too dark? Too light? Too cute? Too cluttered? Argh! Then I read this truly evil commentary on terrible web design, complaining about faintly visible fonts on dark backgrounds. Immediately, I turned to my homepage again. I'd already painstakingly experimented with color after color, but doubts lingered. If you knew how many times a day I stare at the font color guide, you'd be frightened. Felix, of course, has tried to reassure me numerous times that all my choices look great...but that's what he always says. Sigh...the obsession continues. Maybe I'll try a silver-grey next...