Where does the time go?

I gotta say with summer kicking in full steam, time has become something of a hot commodity - Two events, new TOI apparel and work/real life are making me miss winter just a little bit.



First, just a heads up and something that we'll be talking about some more, is our TOI campus tour, the first being at my good ole' alma mater, Western Michigan University, in September. I'm really excited about it, since it will be a really good time getting to know new broncos, and watching their reaction to the new shirts - speaking of -



I love the classic monsters, Especially the wolfman, since, being a hairy bastard with canine like teeth, he was the one I related to the most, - this also carries into my love of beast from the x-man.

and finally something I'm still working on and trying to get right. the image below started out as a homeless man with the term "F*$#K you pay me" screened in glow ink and has eventually morphed into tattooed lady maybe or maybe not saying the same thing - I'm still working on it and am not sure if I'm getting it right yet. but right now still a pretty good image.



And also a prayer goes out to both Tim Russert and Stan Winstons' families. I love news and right now I'm addicted to MSNBC, Mr. Russert was a major reason for that. and Stan Winston helped to create iconic images - Terminator, Aliens, Iron Man, even the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park. His amazing creativity will be missed.

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Clovis

All the girls standing in the line for the bathroom

Above is the new Nerd video for their song "Everybody Nose" I heard a clip of this song a few weeks ago, and heard the full song this morning. This song is just energy, and beats and everything that makes yummy music.

The video by the by is based on Last Nights Party, a website I would link to but we may have some youngins who read this.

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AARGGHHH! real monsters!

I don't know how many people remember the old Nickelodean cartoon "Aaaarghh! Real Monsters". It was a staple in my apartment at the time (that and Rocko's modern life.)

Anywho Kidrobot has done it again with their new collaboration with Peskimo, BambooZoo. each toy reminds me of those character drawings from the cartoon all those years ago.

I am continually impressed with Paul Budnitz and crew.

Godfather chair

What you're looking at above comes from the Skate Study House, a company out of California who creates high end furniture using Skateboards as their starting element. I love the look of their pieces, (Even if I don't love the price) it is really nice to see how visually creative, these guys are with just a simple skateboard.

Nice to see you old friend

I know, I know. The point of a blog is to keep up with the day to day happenings of our little corner of the world. And your saying to yourself, Self, once a month is not enough, I need weekly injections from the world of TOI. I feel your pain, and I apologize as life has been hectic and I've neglected my post.

So, what has been going on?

Well we're prepping for our first college night type party. Sept 19th Kalamazoo MI. We're really trying to make it something special and something that people will talk about on Western Michigan's campus for months to come. This is the event to be at if you want to start your college semester off right.

We're working on some simple things to help streamline our process. You wouldn't believe how complicated small things become. And for TOI to be the best TOI it can be, we need to tweak and polish a few things.

Can't wait to introduce our new keychain. they'll come with the shirts, but it is definately one more exstension of our "do it yourself" brand. And kids have flipped out over some of the samples we've been handing out.

And speaking of kids, today was my last day as a JA volunteer, here in coldwater. I can't tell you how cool these kids were. They were excited to hear about TOI and you could see their brains ticking away as we talked about branding and marketing and business in general. It was a lot of fun and hope to be able to do it again next year.

As a special treat for our last day I brought each of them a shirt. I'm hoping to see some of them start their own company in a few years and get out there and be entrepreneurs.

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Clovis