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I'm easily amused. Not a bad thing really. But this is just silly-funny-good.

Working for myself has been wonderful really. I'm a pretty discplined person, for the most part, which helps. I enjoy the biz aspects of the job too. Invoicing is only challenging when you accidentally send all -- ALL! of your invoices to two of your clients. Nice. I've been getting excited about marketing too. Who could benefit from my services? who needs design and communications and guidance? Identifying audiences and figuring out how to advertise to them.
and when I'm not doing billable work I work on fun projects like the onesie above. Or this one



Or this illustration:


Soon to be on greeting cards and prints. I'm really feeling creatively inspired, which has been missing for a long time.

Or on slow days, when I'm feeling totally oppressed by the desk, I leave. yep. I walk out of the door and go do something else. bliss to be able to walk away from unproductivity instead of being forced to sit somewhere and pretend to be busy. bleck. viva la revolution!

Flavor of the week? So what. Infectious? And then some. This little foursome of college cuties are getting a mega heckton of press lately. And what’s not to like? Their sound is pretty unique, at times elements of ska-tinged guitars and ethereal harmoniums. The video is in a fun low-fi time lapse animation style. The ditty makes me happy!

Did i tell you i quit my job? No? Well, now's a good a time as any to let you know that I have joined the world of the self-employed. All weekend I looked forward to going to work Monday. That, my friends, has not happened in a long while. To document my first couple of days, I took some pics.

There is an interesting design competition

The challenge is to design a cover for a book that talks about how internet users contribute to the content on the web. (see the link above they'll explain it better than me). Think Flickr or cafepress or threadless. These sites completely rely on the submissions of the users for the images they sell on t-shirts or mugs.

 

An idea that I'd like to try is that I did a cover design, and now I want you to take the layered photoshop files and add to the design. I was thinking if you could spend 30 minutes and then send it back.

Can you spare a minute? Download the layered photoshop files and email me if you'll be doing something.
or you can go vote for my design.

 

Rather than bitch about having to shower whilst a 4 year old screamed on the other side of the sliding glass doors or lament my dumbassiness in locking my keys within a running car, i thought I'd share a happy little tune. Mike Doughty, he formerly of Soul Coughing has a new solo album coming out in February. I've been waiting and waiting! stalking his website and myspace for advance songs. Here's one i stumbled across on socialitelife! Enjoy!

Here's an idea i've had rumbling around my brain for a while and i finally committed pixel to paper. 

The week after the holidays is just a wash, don't you think? I still regret that I can't eat and drink all day long while doing stuff that I want to do like playing WII's raving rabbids and shopping. Sitting in this chair just makes me bitter. And frankly, asking for 3 days of productivity is just pointless. So what did I do this morning? Made T-shirts for grownups! I'm gonna buy the brown one. You can buy one too!



so, come on now! mama needs a new 'puter!