New job!

I finally got the offer from Interweave Press today! Im totally stoked, Associate Art Director of Step-by-Step Beads!



Did someone say dream job?! not really, but it's a really cool company, its a small mom and pop type of thing. All craft magazines, you can buy Step-By-Step Beads in AC Moore and places like that.

This is a HUGE step up for me, at Travel Agentbullshit, I was junior designer. Now, Im in charge of an actual magazine from cover to cover. I get a photographer once a week, you know, to take pictures of beads and stuff. Im excited.
The whole B-2-B thing sucks. The circulation of the magazine has nothing to do with the design or having and eye catching cover, so no one in these companies has the drive to really create good design. I've been freelancing at NAPCO, another B-2-B publisher, and they suck too.

Two exciting posts in one day! with visual aids!

My house is getting a mural!

I found out today that my house, well, this 6 foot wall thats attatched to the back of my porch, is getting a mosaic by this guy:



Heres some photos of his work:





If you have ever been to Philly, I'm sure you've seen some of his stuff around town, It's just about everywhere. Theres a lot particularly in the South St. area.

check out more here:
http://www.isaiahzagar.org/

when I get home Ill see what the progress is and maybe take some pictures.

I dont get HBo, or any cable for that matter, but I was at my parents house this weekend and I watched the new HBO show Flight of the Concords, and it was really good.

you can watch it online! cable subscribtion not needed!

http://www.hbo.com/conchords/video/index.html

I got an invitation to my five year high school reunion today.


Its a pool party.


With a Jimmy Buffet cover band.



WHAT


THE


FUCK?

New house!

Its been about three weeks since I moved, so I figured Ill tell you all a little about my new home! I was gonna take pictures, but its still kind of a just-moved-in mess. I have the pictures that the landlord took, so here you go...




The house is really beautiful. This was the kind of place that I was dreaming of in Brooklyn, and I probably never would have been able to find. Its located in South Philly, right around the corner from the Italian Market. The block itself is a garden block, its small, you cant really drive down it, and in the middle of the two alley-sized roads is Paolone Park. Which used to be old crappy houses and after there were torn down, the people who live here took it upon themselves to make it a park. It even as a website! paolonepark.com
So far, I absolutly love it here. Its a small community within a major city. It doesnt even feel like its a city, everyone just sits out on the porches and hangs out and they have a block party every month. Im just thrilled to have neighbors that arent old drunk polish dudes.

Im still on the job search, and Im really not having much luck. Its kinda frustrating, but Im sure itll all work out.

Im not really sure why I tagged this in the "Boyfriend Season" topic, but eh, why not?

Apparently I accidently bought the edited version of the new Avril album. Im pretty pissed about. In the unedited, theres a part where she screams something along the lines of
"BITCH!
SLUT!
PSYCHOPATH!"
and something else i cant quite decipher, but Im sure its fucking awesome.

So I guess I should give an update on things in the past month.

Well, I left New York. Lots of reason, not all of them good, some of them are, but in the end it just wasn't where I wanted to be.

By this weekend, Ill be living in South Philly in an awesome house with Caitlin. Im excited about it, I dont have a real job yet, so I a little nervous, but I've just kinda faced the fact that Im not gonna be that person with the awesome job, so Ill just see what happens. (but if anyone who reads this wants to give me a job, or knows someone or some shit, let me know)

Ill update more once in settled.