Trifold Birthday at the Skaterink

Last night I truly skated. I havn't had on skates since 5th grade, and even then I was too afraid to leave the carpet. So I thought it was time to force myself to have fun. I got around the rink 13 times unassisted, then my friend Colette took me around at a faster pace. I fell down twice. The first time was my fault, and I have a weird triangular sci-fi bruise on my wrist. The second time happened when another person wasn't paying attention and knocked me on my tail bone. I got back up and skated it off. Theoretically skating is fun. I mean it looks like fun. But in reality I am too stressed to enjoy it and when every anyone looks at me I wobble and go towards the wall. The same thing happens when I bike next to parked cars. I'll probably try again. At least this time the place was filled with my friends and not 14 year old haters.

To the 40 year old woman inside all of us.

I made this at Edwin's shrine crafting night. It was a rush job, but I feel pretty confidant that it speaks to everyone in some way. Some hot bodied monocle way.

Toad Lickers

Right now I'm working on an Ultimate Frisbee jersey for a BCUD Team. They are called "Toad Lickers" and want a logo of person licking a frog. I'm pretty much stuck. I have no idea how to make that not look bad cartoony. However, BCUD is pretty easy to design for. They have a good sense of humor and are very easy going. Most Ultimate teams are. I usually have fun making the rec league teams because I'm given an idea and told to "be creative." An example is the Nintendo game bosses teams I made last year:











The tag print I made for the shirt pushes it over:




I love making their tags. Here is one for the comic book themed teams:



I feel like tweaking the DC comics logo was one of my more clever moments.

Chillin?

Lately I've been working on a new "chillin' with my gnomies" shirt for Greetings. Here is my interpretation of drunken gnomes.

Fruitation

It's weird to feel heartbroken when my heart wasn't really that in it to begin with. Very stupid. I guess my heart is more in a relationship with hope, and definitely that keeps tearing me apart.

This time last year I was excited about going to Guatemala in a little over a month. I was also very heartbroken too. Ha. This year I am excited about filming ridiculous cat videos and sharing my wisdom with strangers on the radio. Maybe I can squeak out some trips too. I hope that this year will be more personally fruitful.