okay. so here is another idea. this is something that Bianca said to me one night while lying in bed and i thought it was cute.
what do you think??
and a tee-shirt idea stolen from my card. does it work? colors good or bad? what’s up yo?
Monthly Archive for August, 2005
So i’m still working on Lumpstuff.com cards though I’ve also been tossing around another idea. I’m just unsure whether it’s worth pursuing or not.
For the longest time, I’ve been attracted to text. to words. and to the power behind them. I love, love, love the company “Quotable Cards” though I believe there is more to be had in the same market arena. When I was younger, I had a tendency to write words and incomplete sentences on scraps of paper, napkins, etc. and leave them around in public places. Things that would incite memories and ideas in any person who came upon it. Things like “do you remember the time when…” or “i’ve often wondered…”
All of this ties into my new card idea. I hate… and I mean HATE going to the store to buy a card for someone’s birthday or anniversary or a get well card or any other of the billion reasons people buy cards these days. I thought to myself, “how nice would it be to just be able to buy a card that said ‘i miss you’ instead of one that had lots of sappy crap written on it that you didn’t mean.
But I wonder, am i the only one who feels like this? So I’m contemplating following in the footsteps of Quotable Cards and designing very straightforward, very simple cards. Some may be slightly funny, some may be so straight to the point, a person might wonder why they’d buy it in the first place… but the lure of greeting cards these days is HUGE and people of all ages but them.
So here are a few mockups and I’m curious what people think of the idea.
Keep in mind, those are mock-ups. I wasn’t giving too much attention to fonts and what they actually said, but I wanted some examples for you so you could see sort of what I’m talking about.
Moving on to a few other card mock-ups so far.
p.s. I realize that I’ve been talking about this crap off and on for the last few months and none of it has gotten done. That’s for a number of reasons of which I won’t go into detail because it’s all pretty boring.
p.p.s. my relationship with my mother is still “on the rocks” and I’m not sure when/how it’s ever going to be resolved. I don’t like the way things are as it makes the whole “Griffin family unit” one big mess and it’s wearing down both Bianca and myself. The amount of stress in our lives these days is ridiculous. I’m just trying to stay functional to some degree.
end.
i have zero energy these days. i haven’t written back anyone who has sent me an e-mail in days. my body feels weak and today more than ever, i’m finding it difficult to function (ie. stand). maybe this is all my fault. who knows. i’m not sure what’s going to happen with my life. there are days when i wonder whether it is my ‘lot’ in life (forged by nothing but my own volition) to do nothing. to not succeed no matter what the circumstances. no matter the help i get from friends and family.. it feels like maybe i just don’t have what it takes.
so that’s it. all i can say. i am dead inside at this very moment and don’t have much left of anything to offer. i’ll leave it at that.
So I did a live ‘talkshow’ called Daytime on Tampa’s local NBC channel. Good god. I was nervous as all hell. I wanted to run from there. To jump out of my uncomfortable seat and run away. RUN AWAY!!!
Contrary to what some people may believe… I really DON’T like being the center of attention. I like keeping to myself and living my quiet life at home.
Oh and today on the show it was “casual Friday” (of course) and guess what I came dressed in… dress pants, a nice button up shirt and my Hugo Boss shoes. AYE! No more. I don’t mind phone interviews and e-mail interviews but… gah.
Okay. I’ve got a ton of work to do today. I’ve got errands to run, freelance stuff to work on, a girlfriend to love (it IS her birthday afterall)!!! My schedule is full.
p.s. Bianca was just making funny with the fact that I was so nervous. She just said (in a really cute voice) “awww. my boyfriend’s a chicken shit… oh widdle boyfriend.”
yeah. how can I NOT love this girl?! (that last comment of course got an “aww. *smooch smooch smooch*”
so… to bring this to a close… *barf* hehehehehehe. j/k
as much as i love my mother most days… i don’t plan on talking to her for a long time to come.
she’s not happy lately with any choices i make. she’s not happy with who i date. she’s not happy with my choice to get my core classes out of the way at HCC before i go to USF. she’s not happy with the fact that i’d rather pursue graphic design than teaching. she’s not happy with the fact that i’m trying to make $800 on a freelance illustration job because “it’s not normal. you don’t get enough sleep. you get cranky. you just get weird.. i don’t know why you’re doing this.” she’s not happy with anything and EVERY time i talk to her, even if it’s just a thirty second conversation, i feel my insides boil and i want to say VERY mean things to her. who is she to question my life the way she does? who is she to question my every choice.
and don’t just say… “she’s your mother.”
nuff said. i have work to do.
So. Now that the show is over, I feel more comfortable posting pictures I was able to take while in Tahiti for the last few weeks of my time on “Average Joe.” I’ve got quite a few 35mm shots that I’ll post once I do some scanning but for now, I’ll offer you a ‘teaser.’
Tahiti 2004. While on ‘the set’ of “Average Joe: The Joes Strike Back”
