Ew

I am so incredibly disgusting right now. Fever of 102, so I'm all sweaty, and a cough building that has made it really hard to fall to sleep.

On the plus side, it's given me lots of time curled up in bed with my new laptop. Which is good for two reasons:

1) I have made a ton of new designs

2) I finally caught up on all the TV I haven't been able to watch over the last few weeks

And I bought some business cards to carry with me to fan events and include with people's purchases, so they can tell their friends. I mean...I say "bought," but I actually got them for free. I paid $5 for shipping.

Is Geek Good Enough

So I spent last night with some friends, and we talked about my shirts. They've got...some ideas about things that I need to start focusing on. You know...branching out some more from the geeky stuff and into more punky things. Which is tempting, because I can make a good Clash joke as well as anybody, but then I wonder...should I just focus on building my brand among the geeks for now? Work on the Harry Potter and Doctor Who fans, eventually branch out into Battlestar Galactica and LOST, and see where I go from there? Or should I try to build the two lines at once, so that it's not as hard to switch gears?

How I became a creeper

So...I have issues with puzzles. I am compelled to try to figure them out. So when I started knitting, I also turned into a creepy starer, irresistibly compelled to stare at sweaters until I could figure out the stitch pattern. I also started asking people whether their winter hats and scarves were handmade (often they are - I can spot them with pretty good accuracy).

And I'm starting to have that problem with tshirts, too. I mean...a lot of them are done by automatic presses, of course, which obviously I can't replicate...but they give me ideas. I could make some of them, or at least approximations thereof. But like I said...it makes me stare at people.

(I have also noticed an alarming trend toward walking with my chest pushed out when I wear things I've made. I think I'm subconsciously trying to make people admire my shirt.)

Worst. Day. Ever.

Okay, so....I'm going to start this post off by talking about bread. It seems tangential, but it's all going to come together.

1) I love bread. It is delicious. It goes with lots of things. It is inexpensive.

2) Humanity (well...many cultures, if perhaps not all of them) has survived on a largely bread-based diet for thousands of years.

3) Apparently, after 27 years of happy bread-consumption, now I'm allergic to wheat? What?

So that's new and horrifying.

Also new and horrifying:

My computer literally caught on fire. A fire in the hard drive. It was very, very upsetting.

Fortunately, however, I didn't have it hooked up to the Gazelle, which might have fried it. Granted, this is mostly because I'm still scared of the Gazelle, but you know...silver linings, right?