The last couple of weeks were consumed by poison oak. My fiancee went camping and came home covered. Soon, it was all over me. It was a severe enough case that we both ended up on steroids.
You itch (obviously). Your face swells up. Your eyes swell up. It hurts to look around, to laugh, to smile. The rash effects your sleep. The steroids effect your sleep. The steroids make you strange. The itching and drugs and lack of sleep makes you strange.
Lately, I’ve had a handful of younger people ask for advice on pursuing a career in design. With a blind inefficiency, I hammered out numerous lengthy emails, realizing only afterward that I have this fabulous forum here, where I can share my amazing genius with the entire world all at once! Mwah ha ha!!
First, for those who aren’t reading this via RSS reader, you’ll see that I’m in the middle of installing a new WordPress theme. I’m kind of halfway there, so bear with me as I fiddle. Also, if you haven’t already seen it, how awesome is it that according to the title drawing I did for last week’s post, I apparently think it’s 2001. Ah, fuck it. I’m leaving it. It makes me laugh.
Fixpert is going to be significantly different in 2010. I’m not sure what it will look or feel like yet, but I don’t plan on continuing down the same route that I’m on. I feel that I’ve changed quite a lot in the last couple of years, and this change must be reflected in what I produce here.
Cateye is coming out with a new bike light that appears to be a combination solar-charged Ni-MH battery and a AA alkaline battery. The AA serves as a backup when you’re out of sun juice. The solar cell charges the nickel-metal hydride battery for up to 6 hours of ride time.
Artist. Writer. Rabble rouser.
Sally was born at a very early age. In 1987 she had a mullet. She's a cheap drunk, and she's terribly forgetful. She finds it a bit awkward to write about herself in the third person.