Custom Logo Work
I just wanted to let everyone know that I’m now accepting custom logo work requests on Etsy! My Etsy shop has been revamped and I’m rearing to design up a storm!
Congratulations!
Congratulations are in order for Mike, who will soon be Dr. Mike (well, in 4 years), because yesterday he got accepted to med school!
Happy Pi Day!
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I just wanted to wish everyone a very happy Pi Day (March 14 - 3/14).
Mike and I will be baking a pi(e) later today to celebrate, so I’ll post pictures later on.
We were both pretty proud of our lemon meringue pi, even though it was in a cake pan and not a proper pie plate. Unfortunately we didn’t get to taste it since it needed a long time to “set”, but I’m sure the people who came into the Family Room Monday morning enjoyed it!
The recipe we used was from a Canadian Living cookbook, the crust recipe along with the filling recipe are all out of it. Yup, that’s right we made our own crust and filling!
Fontaid
The Society of Typographic Aficionados (SOTA) released a font called “Coming Together” just a little while ago as part of Font Aid. It’s entirely ampersands (this character: &) contributed by many different artists. It’s only 20$ US and all of the funds go directly to MSF (Medecins Sans Frontieres/Doctors Without Borders). It’s such a cute idea and a great cause and it shows that no matter what you’re good at, you can always lend a hand (not everyone needs to be a doctor/foreign aid worker).
So lend a hand and get a cool font in the process! It’ll probably be the best 20$ you spend in a while!
Oh Polaroid
Is it bad that I want a Pogo Printer? I know that they’re pretty lame in the sense that they’re poor quality without the vintage appeal and after somewhere around a year of Polaroid saying “naw, we’re not going to make our classic film anymore” they’ve changed their minds and are totally still making film (which means I technically could just get a “real” Polaroid camera). But at 50$ (probably more here since that’s the American price) and for 30 little prints for just over 10$, it seems like a pretty cool idea.
I was thinking it would be especially cool to have when Mike and I go to San Franciscon this summer because we got a little Moleskine City Notebook and I think that the little Pogo stickers might fit in it better than “real” polaroids. We shall see and regardless, the technology is so nifty (and I’m a sucker for those sorts of things).
This Hour Has 22 Minutes
Went on a lab outing with Mike’s lab tonight to go see This Hour Has 22 Minutes. It was a blast.
Oh pixel art, how I missed you
I’m designing a shirt for a post-exam adventure that my class is having after out Pathology-Immunology-Microbiology exam. I figured that since the powers that be are decided that it would be ingenious to switch to computer based exams, pixel art might be appropriate. I wish that we were printing in more than one colour, since it would be fun to colour these. I might do that anyways, just for my own fun.
PS I’m watching the Oscars. I hope Up wins everything.
Green tea, or is it 363C tea?
OK, so I’ve decided, based on some inspiration from Janet, that I am totally slacking in the photo world. I used to take so many pictures, then I think I got self conscious or something, who knows. But things are going to change. Starting with my breakfast. Not that my breakfast has changed, I just wanted to show off my mini oatcake and green tea in a Pantone mug. I sweat the other oatcakes looked better too. I ran out of chocolate for dipping, so this one just has some Nutella and peanut butter smeared on it.
I also wonder why all chewable vitamins taste the same. I bought some vitamin C a while back because it turns out that taking vitamin C helps you absorb iron better (so does alcohol for that matter, but vitamin C seemed a little bit more socially acceptable for the morning). Turns out that you can’t get vit C in non-chewable form, or at least not where I looked. You should be happy, hemoglobin, I love you enough to endure chalky pills (here’s hoping for 125!).
(Hemoglobin needed to donate blood is >125 g/L, normal ranges from 110 - something higher that I’ve never come close to)
A healthy dose of helping the world
I was lucky enough to see Dr. James Orbinski speak tonight. For those of you who are thinking “Who?” he is the former president of Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders) and started Dignitas International, an organization that helps provide treatment and support for people living with HIV/AIDS. He also happens to be a Noble Prize winner (1999). And not to mention an amazing speaker.
Wilco!
I saw Wilco last night. The show was amazing! Mike and I also got a poster, we shall add this to our (growing) collection of screen printed posters. I’ll take a photo of them sometime. Wilco always has amazing, amazing posters. Check them out!
Bahamas opened, and he (plus drummer) was excellent too. Listen! (courtesy of CBC3)