zoomaru http://zoomaru.blog.com/ Where typos come to roost en-US Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:07:27 +0200 Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:07:27 +0200 Blog.com http://zoomaru.blog.com/3333518/ oh. it is to laugh. http://zoomaru.blog.com/3333518/ I'm easily amused. Not a bad thing really. But this is just silly-funny-good.
alt : http://www.youtube.com/v/7m5vt07W2n4&hl=en&fs=1 Pagalina Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:00:09 +0200 http://zoomaru.blog.com/3322068/ my own bossman http://zoomaru.blog.com/3322068/
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!
 Pagalina Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:58:53 +0200 http://zoomaru.blog.com/3291044/ Vampire Weekend http://zoomaru.blog.com/3291044/ 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! alt : http://www.youtube.com/v/_XC2mqcMMGQ&hl=en Pagalina Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:53:01 +0200 http://zoomaru.blog.com/3276640/ oh cat. you're not helping http://zoomaru.blog.com/3276640/ Pagalina Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:31:54 +0200 http://zoomaru.blog.com/3268294/ Be vewwy vewwy quiet, I'm hunting bunny wabbits http://zoomaru.blog.com/3268294/ My obsession with the Wii Fit Balance Board has reached a new fevered pitch. I’ve called the game stores, I’ve stalked the web, and now I’m hounding friends who have anything to do with retail. One potentially successful link is a general manager of a very large retail store of the red-circular-logo variety. Please oh please oh please. This isn’t the first time that I’ve set my eye on something gadgety and worked at it like a dog on a bone.

Once I wanted a little iPod shuffle, but wanted it at a discount. I scoured for coupons, checked prices online got frustrated when the price would suddenly popup up. Then when I did order it, I tracked its online progress. “Sweet, it’s in Indiana!” When I really could have just gone and picked it up at the store. The shipping was FREE, though, and I couldn’t refuse an offer like that!

But, like many a hunter with many a dead animal trophy on their wall, I’m a bit bored with my catch when I’ve finally dragged it home. It’s the hunt, I realize, that I’m vested in. But the Wii has proven to be an allusive target and it’s maddening. Stores can’t keep the damn thing stocked. None of them. It appears that Nintendo preferred to send more to countries with stronger currency for more profits. DAMN YOU CAPITALISM! I thought that we had invented capitalism and now you use it against us? 
 Pagalina Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:30:01 +0200 http://zoomaru.blog.com/2944327/ Two months and this is all i gots... http://zoomaru.blog.com/2944327/ 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.
Day 1: Page begins her new enterprise

Um. perhaps I was a little excited.
Day 2: okay people, time to get serious.

Those are not old fogey glasses, by the way. Those are COMPUTER GLASSES. While they may provide a little magnification and aid in reading, they're NOT old lady spectacles. alright? Glad I could clear that up. Also notice my hubby's superior rubberband ball in the background. sweet, no?
okay, seriously, I better get crackin!

 Pagalina Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:14:25 +0200 http://zoomaru.blog.com/2555486/ Design competition http://zoomaru.blog.com/2555486/

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.

 

 Pagalina Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:48:04 +0100 http://zoomaru.blog.com/2533311/ 27 jennifers http://zoomaru.blog.com/2533311/ 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! alt : http://www.youtube.com/v/1nN_5kkYR6k&rel=1&border=1 Pagalina Tue, 15 Jan 2008 14:30:34 +0100 http://zoomaru.blog.com/2512373/ cross stitch skull http://zoomaru.blog.com/2512373/ Here's an idea i've had rumbling around my brain for a while and i finally committed pixel to paper. 

I'm thinking, that on long voyages across the sea, a pirate had to have a hobby or two besides grog and mumbly peg. I'm pretty sure the lighting conditions wouldn't have been conducive to such an enterprise but the truly dedicated hobbyist/pirate would have continued bravely on. I'm thinking t-shirt, you?
 Pagalina Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:59:23 +0100 http://zoomaru.blog.com/2493152/ up to no good http://zoomaru.blog.com/2493152/ 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!
 Pagalina Fri, 04 Jan 2008 11:20:02 +0100