Periodicdesign

I’ve been very busy with school, work and many other social activities over the past month. In fact, so much so, that I found I needed a little creative outlet to have some fun with in order to keep my sanity. Over the past few years, I have been actively honing my craft in illustration and love the art of t-shirt design. While this new design is simple, I find it kind of cool in its simplicity and truly is the beginning to some other designs I have yet to work on, but hope to get out in the near future. You will find two designs so far, but I’m planning at least one more and maybe two.

The button was found on Michal Migurski’s site via a link from Thomas Vander Wal’s blog posting on the same button. I liked this button so much that I wanted to see it on a shirt. Maybe it’s the geek in me, but I thought a t-shirt design was in order to display this button to the world. I shot an email over to Mike and proposed using his button for a t-shirt design. All he asked in return was his name on the shirt and reference to his site. I also broke out of the initial asking and made mugs to go along with the shirts. I figured most people who would buy the shirts would also like a coffee/tea mug on their desk.

The swag in question can be found at my storefront on CafePress. Along with the RSS swag, I have some sport bike swag for any rider enthusiasts out there. I will begin to add more over the next few weeks and as time permits before and after the aforementioned window.

I guess Brian can’t get all the credit, but it was still fun none the less.

Directions: Type “[your name] is” (with the quotes) into Google search then pick out your favorite 10 responses. Copy those responses and then post. Too funny!

• Jason is nominated for a Harvey Award in the category Best American Edition of Foreign Material, for the Fantagraphics book, “The Iron Wagon.”
• Jason is not going to support himself through advertising, …
• Jason is just that strong.
• Jason is in good company.
• Jason is the freshest face on the comedy scene for a long time.
• Jason is Alive!
• Jason is a sad little pud…
• Jason is also available to conduct seminars on True Love and Relationships for teenagers…
• Jason is also able to drive evasively through the streets of Paris…
• Jason is up to his old bag of tricks, only this time, he has some new, futuristic methods of murder.

That last one is a little creepy, but it’s still fun.

I’ve made a few moves in the past week or so, one being to my new place in Arlington, VA and the other being a switch from one web hosting provider to another. Keegan, over at The Big Noob, pointed out a nice little yearly savings on web hosting that he stumbled across. I figured for the low price of less than $10 USD, I couldn’t go wrong. Even if I didn’t like the service, it’s only $10 USD and I can always switch to somewhere else. When I say $10 USD, I mean for an entire year, not just for one month or for setup fees. That number was the entire cost! I’ve been happy with the switch so far and the flexibility that Dreamhost provides along with the stellar support and services has been an all around great switch. I’m still making some updates to the site and getting all the bugs out from the move.

As far as the move to Arlington, VA went…well…it went. We all were very tired in the end. The weather was extremely hot and after fighting with U-Haul for several hours the night before (and sending me all over the countryside for a truck) we all just wanted to vegetate. I would like to thank Betsy, Forrest, Shaun (Mule), Lynwood, Krista and Melissa (Liz) for all their help and we will be having you over in the near future for payment. I would also like to thank Helen’s parents for their generous furniture donations to the house. I don’t think we would be as well outfitted if it weren’t for you two. Thanks to all!!

I will post some photos of the house in the coming weeks (once the place is all in order). Keep your eyes peeled. This place is hotter than the oven door, and for what we pay in rent, it is a steal!

You’d think at this point I could achieve a degree in dating or some other form of certification pertaining to sociological interaction with the opposite sex. I’m writing this post to fix an error in another post and elaborate on another portion of my life. The “he said” and “she said’s” of the prior post have been corrected in my mind, but in the process, I found out I was being made an ass of the whole time. It’s amazing who you think are your friends and end up not being as friendly as you had once thought. Of course, maybe I’m being a bit cynical in my thinking. I tell many people that life is all perception and maybe my perception of friendship is not the same as others. So, maybe some people think they can let trust slip now and again and this is OK with the world and we should all be accepting. On the other hand, does that mean I should step down to their level of friendship and act like nothing happened; of course not. I’m not going to change my value on life, friends and family just because [an] individual(s) think they can more or less control my life at their will.

What this has taught me is who to be trusting of and who not to be trusting of. I have found that dominant individuals are to be taken lightly and not trusted fully. I mean, after all, they wouldn’t be dominant if they didn’t have some untrusting characteristics. Bill Gates didn’t get where he is today by being a “nice guy.” You have to stab a few backs and piss a few people off to get what you want. When you don’t want to compromise, you just squash. Yes, it’s rude and unfriendly, but what are your values? You make a choice in life to put others first or yourself in front of others, and that’s the bottom line. Now I’m sure, for the most part, you group individuals into certain categories such as “family” and “friends,” all of which being treated and placed differently in one’s life.

This post is not meant to incriminate, just my perception on the world. Names have been left out to protect the innocent and guilty because I feel a need to put people first, not the other way around.

We had our annual contract specific picnic last Friday and boy was it fun. There was so much food to eat and plenty of events to keep all of us busy. There was a Ballon Toss to get the picnic rolling (which eventually tunred into a free-for-all “Peg Senior Management” Event), then followed by Horseshoes, Golf, Volleyball and I believe Badminton as well.

The event to end all events was the pie eating contest. Jeff and Dan were the only two people brave enough to step up and take the challenge. I had initially thought about stepping up myself, but I had stuffed myself on all the other good eats at the picnic. I still managed to snag some decent pictures on my cell phone before the day was over.