so, normally I hate doing wedding invitations.
HATE.

but I was doing some this morning, simple, easy invitations...but they are for this adorable little couple that look to be about in their 60s....SO CUTE! <3



in other happy news; I bought my plane ticket to go to AC this weekend!! I'm so excited!! *bounces around* I can't wait for July now!!
Next step is to get registered...but I think i have to wait until next paycheck. Hopefully the price doesn't go up in the meantime >.>

Oh...and today marks the start of Mandy-palooza...just so y'all know - LOL
the lineup includes:
Buckcherry, Santana, Audioslave, Bon Jovi, Fucking Kid Rock, James Marsters and possibly Aerosmith if Joe can get Steven to agree


*snerk*

okay -- thought it was allergies.
but my Dr thinks its an infection.
and the antibiotics are supposed to clear it up; but they offer no relief.
Can I claw my eyes out now? please? kthaxbai.


at least the week is almost over and I can sulk inside till Sunday -- then YAY! Mandy comes to see me. Maybe by then this shit will have gone away.

okay.
kids, this here is a PRIME example of why we watermark.
Cause when cruising the interwebz, people see your pretty works, and say "ooo i like"
If they want to use it in some sort of publication, or article, or blog, they don't need to ASK...pffftt, screw that!? What are the odds you will EVER find out?!
mhmm.

so remember kids. watermark your work.

http://www.newmoonmovie.org/2009/04/breaking-dawn-will-the-4th-twilight-book-be-a-movie/#disqus_thread

and incidentally - what the hell does my pony have to do with the article?!
EDIT : HEY, I did get credit -- way at the bottom there is a link.....hmmm....but STILL....

Dear You,
You really are amazing. I haven't ever had a friend quite like you...we've laugh, we've cried, we've bitched, we've done random thing that make people wonder if we are a little mental....You've been an influence on me, personally I think all good....may bank account may disagree, but it's an asshat. Thanks for being marvelous.
*burps the alphabet*
Love you better than kin,
Jaspirin


Dear You,
You make the day fun. Keep doing that.
I miss you when you're gone. You entertain me with  your talent and your humor...and this pleases me *evil grin*
love you much,
mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm


Dear You,
Welcome to the crazy house...glad you're here...let me show you where you'll be sleeping.....
You're definitely one of a kind; and I seem to find that amazing. I'm still bemused by serendipity, but who am I to argue.
*hugs and kisses*
the innocent one


Dear You,
Still holding on to this scrap of hope....but you are failing at re-construction, and that makes me a little sad.
mournful,
bama


Dear You,
The love is still there; it just changed paths along the way. I just don't think I can go back again.
sad but love you,
dook dook


Dear You,
You make me crazy. Why is that?
Confused,
the one with the migraine

*sigh* i hate to do this, but it really bugging me....and no one reads these things anyway, right?! *looks around* (and damnit....i have to c/p to both places cause heather said so :P )
yes..this is coming from somewhere. An AMAZING artist posted a custom today, pulled from the same inspiration as one I have previously done, and it completely puts mine to shame....I should just walk away....*pulls out the hats and cake for her pitty party*


yes, she mentioned mine....but I really can't find myself believing that she pulled any sort of inspiration from my work...mostly because we were doing work based on the same inspiration.
I fall into that 'been around forever and still don't inspire anyone' category....
see..whenever there is a "who inspires you" or a "your favorite customs" no one ever thinks of me....if they do its because they are my friend and its usually as an afterthought....no matter how hard I try, I can't seem to achieve any sort of recognition....so it makes me think that maybe Im not trying hard enough, or im doing something wrong.....or maybe I just suck that hard. I have been trying to improve. work out my details better. use a finer brush/brush strokes. smoother sculpting.  take better photos.
and I usually don't say anything i just swallow it and move on...cause I don't want to be a that person....
I don't want to be whining that no one likes my crap
but ;.;....ugh I want so bad to be good.
*sigh* what's the old saying? you can't polish a turd? so I guess I should just stick to mediocre  and be damn happy about it..... I mean..i could be worse...and I thought I had been improving over the years....but like I say, I suppose I am just not that memorable  *laughs*

yeah, I know Emmett.... I'll stop being a vag now....reverting back to my usual Jazz state...cast the Wardo demon out *rolls eyes*

really.
the happiness I feel, completely overwhelms me.
*cough*

As the years go by; I start to hate the month of February more and more; and for various reasons. This year, more so. Compound those with all these personal traumas, and pms; and yes, I have a damned attitude! And you know what!?!  I don't feel like making any attempt to rein it in. Why should I. Snark Snark Snark! Don't like it? Then quit talkin to me! But if you ask for opinion and honosty, you shall receive it...in abundance! (you might get it even if you don't)
jsyk, I'm not a total half-whit moron. I am getting really sick of people acting like I am.
i just had a customer suggest google to me because it was taking more than 24 hours for a proof (and most of those I was not at work)....like I'm new to this whole process - being amazed that the internet is on computers, she is the only customer I have so processing a recreation should be instantaneous , and any old version of the symbol they wanted on their stuff would print nice and clean.....GOSH, what is my problem?
Even simple tasks in prepreation for jovial times seem to be turning to crap this month...i tell you...cursed month.
Need a ball dress. Not gonna pay $200! Gotta be floor length. Finally found one....now, on a NORMAL person, this would be tea length (mid calf)...but on ME, its just above my ankle. So close. For $25...we will make this ball gown work! So, I went to JoAnn's and bought 2 yards of net fabric (black), doubled it over, and sewed it to the underskirt, leaving it hanging out at the bottom. Now it's floor length. Tho....in all my searching I learned later that for some reason I had it in my head that I was a size bigger....so I was looking for a too big dress....maybe I would have had luck looking for my actual smaller size...maybe not....whatever....I don't care at this point. The big dress, if I can keep the straps up in my drunken dancing state, I'll be just FINE!

Ugh. I  can't wait till  Friday. Mandy and I...we need to get our drink on. (*begh to mandy*) It's Mardi Gras, and I'm about sick of all the other bullshit.

have i mentioned lately that I hate it when people get publisher or photoshop  or WORD....even worse EXCEL.... and suddenly think they are graphic artists?

cause I do.

there is more to designing business cards, wedding invitations, signs, logos and the plethora of things that people need on a daily basis then just opening up your computer's word processing program, typing in your information and slapping in a cute little clip art from the Microsoft provided cornucopia  of CRAP cartoon art.
And photoshop is NOT what we use to make everything from billboards to business cards. Sorry, but whats in a name? Photoshop is for....well, PHOTO Manipulation!! When you export something from said program that has a bunch of type, and you save it as a .jpg it will pixelate the type, and when printed (in a multipal of what, 500?) will look like shit...why? Because this is not the function of the program!!!
Why do you think people take classes on design, and layout estetics? Could it be because there are things that look nice, and professional? Could it be there is a reason the type on your Applebee's To Go menu doesn't go allll the waayy to the edge of the page??!! YES THERE IS !!!!
Get a fucking clue!! Or better yet, don't be a cheap fucking bastard and pay the printing company the extra fee (if they even charge it) to set up your art...cause you know what? If takes us longer to fix the ameature bullshit you send us, (not to mention the aggervation) then it would have to set it up ourselves. And ours would have looked better, would have been consistant,  and would have been spelled right! (cause we think about these things)
We have to think about fonts, and outlines, and vectorized art, and spellchecking, and alignment, and bleed and margin and gutter and gripper and color seperation (CMYK or PMS not RGB) and output and a multitude of design concepts and layout functions.

There is more to it then trying to make things look pretty.

And I HATE wedding invitations. You do not need to send your save the date cards an entire year before the wedding, so don't call FREAKING OUT that I haven't given you the 4th proof when you made, yet more changes yesterday.

all day I have been a mess of bitchyness
allow me to expand....
if you send me a job that you typed up in WORD (ick) and want me to make it into a big ass banner, with colors and pictures and all these specifics....and I spend an hour or more converting your shit, and working up your job, when i send  you a proof, DO NOT send it back to me with your WORD doc attached again saying "i found another change, this one should be correct." LET ME KNOW WHAT'S FUCKING WRONG!?!?
Is there a period wrong? a misspelled word?? even just a sentence you want re-worded.....ANY of those things would take a MILLION times less work for me to fix on my own than for me to completely rework your entire fucking job!! I don't drink excessively throughout the day, and I can wipe my own ass, I think I can manage to correct one simple bloody mistake!!! i mean...really!?!
And maybe I'm just a bitch, but i mean, bloody hell, these people start to go through a divorce and next thing you know they owe damn near 10 people money or merchandise, and can't find the time to get to the post office, or lack the funds/capability to work their paypal to send a refund....its like divorce = stupid and they can't function like they used to!? im sorry but the love of a man does not equal basic brain function....some men may effect your basic brain function...but to have it change completely the way you function? Depression is one thing, but pull yourself together! FUCK! I give you no sympathy anymore!!! Its been 2 months, give me my fucking money! COUGH IT UP! I'll GIVE you something to cry about!!
on another vein, there are just some people, bless thier heart, they might be fabulous people with talent and grace, but they make me want to tell them, 'why not getcha ass down to the store and buy a decent personality?'...cause really...its like talking to buttered toast...i take that back...not butter.
relevncy is important too people. grunge vs punk. when i think Kurt, I think Billie....cut from the same cloth!....um...NEGATIVE! Do not pass 'go', do not collect $200. Don't put in your 2 knuts just for the hell of it....have a purpose...something WORTH adding!! if it makes me  go "WHAT THE FUCK!?" then its stupidity, and someone should push you down the stairs....frequently! PISS OFF!
I am about to loose my mind... this fucking place *swings arms around wildly* there are these little flies...and every time I kill the basterd flying around my head - magically there is another one....but only one at a time -- WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY COMING FROM!!
moving on; I have to say, STOP BEING A DOUCHE! you're one of those arrogant PRICKS that thinks he is so fucking smart and has to argue EVERYTHING....STFU!! And while your down there sucking your own dick, how bout you pull a sense of humor out of your ass and take a joke. You can't really expect to insult and poke fun at others without getting it back? really?! REALLY?! and I'll bitch if I want to thankyoubitemyass!
You know what?! I think everyone needs a lesson in sarcasm....SERIOUSLY!? If you dont know me well enough by now, to know that when I say something like "well, next time I fuck up like that, I totally know what I'm gonna have for dinner after"......I'm BEING A SMART ASS!! it really doesn't constitute an explaination does it? You really have to ask me if I'm serious? If I'm having 'life issues'? NO! IM JUST A SMARTASSBITCH!? Good GAWD! And while Im fucking at it, why don't you remember what you asked me, so you don't come back and ask me the same blasted question again 20 minutes later!? Memory retention...it fails you on SIMPLE levels....have some ginko and pass me the jack -- FUCK I can't bloody stand it!! *pulls at hair* it makes me want to bite something!
Food for thought....if you can see that I am, in fact, ON LINE....and you have a question to ask me...rather then pull up your email and send me said question, why not FUCKING INSTANT MESSAGE ME!? are you afraid of getting sucked into a conversation with me? Heaven forbid! Just ask the damn question, get your response and say "thanks, gotta run, but ttyl" not fucking hard, I'm not gonna get all butthurt. Odds are you have been kind of a prick to me in the past anyway - so the cold shoulder isn't really gonna shatter my fragile heart into a thousand unrecognizable shards. Its all about convenience...and in all honesty, if you really want a response from me, that is any more than basic...or a sodding response AT ALL....you'll take the direct approach instead of pussyfooting around.
WHILE IM ON IT....why ask someone else about me? If you can't ask ME about ME...why are you even FUCKING ASKING!?
and if you don't have anything worth wile to ask or tell, then you really will be waiting for a response. "How are you?" my answer is "Fine. Been Busy" There SEE EVERYONE WHO WAS GONNA WRITE AND ASK ME HOW I AM?! THERE IS MY MUTHERFUCKING ANSWER:
"FINE. BEEN BUSY."

maybe I got it out of my system?
*looks around*
just do me a favor....try not to get on my bad side today...i might be forced to pistol whip you.


and I SWEAR! If all the people around me that are sick get ME sick, heads will ROLL!! I don't have the DAMNED TIME to be FUCKING SICK!! *RAR* Im gonna have an Elaine moment and come in coughing on door handles, rubbing your keyboard on my ass....so I can give you my germs if you get me sick!! DAMNIT DAMNIT DAMNIT!! if your the first one in the office to get sick...STAY YOUR ASS AT HOME!!




and you know what else?
CSI has a huge gaping hole.
huge.
I miss Grissom.