Me vs. World

It may not look like it but I'm going to win!

Phonetic spelling is the only way to go!

God blessed me with many things but writing and spelling is not one of them. 

I communicate much better through images. To bad hieroglyphics aren't still used i would totally rock that boat!

Marriage for all! *Rant

So I have been thinking about marriage a lot the last few months for one reason or another. Two of my friends have announced there engagement. They both have asked me to do something for them. One asked if I would video tape the wedding the other asked if I would make the invitations and RSVPs. I of course said "YES" I will help anyway that I can. I love weddings and I love helping people with them. 

I have always dreamt of my own wedding sense i was a little girl. Originally I pictured myself in a white dress with my Dad walking me down the aisle... Who I was getting married to has always been a blur. Funny to think even as a little girl it was never a man nor a women, but it was definitely someone I was in love with. 

Now I think about my wedding and I know that legally I can't. I can have a commitment ceremony but I can't legally marry  her and have same benefits as a straight marriage...  Love is love, marriage is not something that should be exclusively for the majority.

We as americans came to this country to  get away from religious persecution correct? We wanted a separation of Church and state as well... if I remember correctly from my history and government classes growing up. So why is it now the government can tell me I can't get married because the bible says its wrong. I want the same tax benefits as those who love someone enough to marry. My love is no different then there's, Its just as real! 

I don't care if the government wants to call it a civil union or a marriage. But I want the same rights as everyone else. I can not stand the fact I am discriminated against because I have fallen in love with a women not a man. 

Its just frustrates me. 

SLUSH GIRL?

So I'm having a moral issue at  my work. I know that I am now working in a sport related industry and SEX sells but I'm not sure I'm comfortable designing it into our new and upcoming website.

I guess my place of work once had a pin up girl called a "SLUSH GIRL". In the magazine she was scantily dressed and on a snowmobile or ATV....

Here is an example of the magazine QUADS pin up girl ...

There really isn't anything I can do to stop it from happening... 

Can you see what I see?

So I was looking through some images of trees for my last blog and I came across this one...

Looks plain and ordinary right?...

But this is what I saw...

The tree looks as though a ballet dancer has sprung up out of the ground in a form of a tree. I love that humans mimic nature or is nature mimicking us?

These are a few of my favorite things.....

trees...


birds...


Weiner dogs...


the moon...


color...


Minneapolis in the summer...


United Kingdom...


ice cream...


Ace of Cakes (Food Network show)...


Mercury Cougars...


Scion XD...


letter press work...


letter press books...


antique swirls/elements...


graphic design...

Which of these is not like the others?

Photo #1



Photo #2



Photo #3



Photo #4



Photo #5

So I was watch the News the other night and a feature story came on about a woman who was protesting the billboard of a young lady making a snow angle on the Target logo in Time Square (photo #1). This women ranted and raved about how offensive and provocative this ad is. Apparently she belongs to an organization that protests ads that target young girls in a inappropriate manner. I'm not going to say i disagree with what this organization stands for but they really need to get there priority's straight.

I don't think this ad is offensive at all. The girl is fully dressing she is in the position of a snow angle and she has a pleasant smile on her face. Plus she is not the only target billboard in the area. She is surrounded by other men and women doing winter things like skiing and caring pine trees.

If this group is really going to protest ads maybe they should go after Sketchers who consistently has a provocatively dressed Christina Aguilera on it (Photos #2 &3). Or maybe Lee jeans where the woman is in a scandalous pose (Photo #4). Or finally why not protest the ads that reference teens and drugs with fashion (Photo #5). HELLO these are the ads you should be taking some action on! They are directly targeted to teens with there bright colors, there models/icons, and there props/settings.

Get a life woman before you start bad mouthing a relatively okay ad why not look at the ads that are really doing some harm!