the great gatsby + kipling transfer.
one of my class projects this semester is to redesign a book using only type. (the book cover will be the challenge). anyway, so i chose to redesign the great gatsby because the book rocks and so does anything deco or from the 1920s.

for reference, i borrowed mTp's copy of TGG. it's an older copy (the original design). he picked it up earlier this semester from a second hand book store. it even has that old book smell and notes scrawled the margins. as i was thumbing through the pages i found this book mark:
it's a subway transfer that has "kipling" stamped on it. LOOK HOW OLD THAT IS! stuff like gets me excited for some reason. so i spent a good 20 or 30 minutes making up different scenarios in my head about someone reading this book on the TTC. wondering where he/she was going. whether or not they enjoyed the book as much as i did. what the TTC looked like. whether or not they went through lower-bay to get to kipling. then i snapped back to the here and now.

/dr.

i've always wanted an apartment with exposed brick.

lately i've been thinking about how to maximize space at my working area. my desk is kinda small and usually cluttered with my laptop, printer, scanner, monitor etc. and because buying a new desk isn't really an option (with the up-coming india trip and all), i decided to make some shelves to replace the previously used milk creates. here's the result:



i found the large piece of shelving (which i cut) last week when i took the garbage out. i painted it black (with some left over spray paint) because it was kinda marked up and ugly. then i went for a walk around the neighbourhood to find some bricks (which was surprisingly easy), came home, scrubbed them in the bath tub and presto-change-o.

total cost: $0

/dr.

i've tattooed words on my body that i hardly understand.

love.
grace.

this makes me think too much.

goodnight,
/dr.

remember when...
i got my first tattoo?

i had neon green hair?

i used to bomb?
we used to wear suits to school on fridays?
we used to go to punk shows in timmins?


i've been cleaning up my hard drive and sifting through a bunch old burned cds. you should do the same and show me what you find. pllleeeeeeaaassssse play my game?

/dr.

the never-ending saga.
if you're a regular here at sixpointbleed, you'll know that i recently (4 months ago!) bought a new digital SLR and then managed drenched it in hairspray 2 weeks later. check here for a recap. after 3 months of confused sony employees (i'm pretty sure that NO ONE at sony knows ANYTHING), i eventually got the camera fixed. OR DID I!? it turns out i didn't.

i was shooting with it when i first got it back and found out that if i use the flash i get this hilarious ERROR. so i had to bring it back to the sony headquarters which happens to be a 3 hour subway adventure. (they also FORGOT to put 2 screws back into the casing after taking it apart the first time..SERIOUSLY)

lets do the math together.
4 months of waiting + $400.00 of damage + (3 hour subway adventure x 4) + ($5.50 TTC fare x 4) = /dr. ready to have a hissy fit...or a large glass of port. or both...at the exact same time.

/dr.

bunnies + preface
at the end of last week, mTp and i took in two new roommates for a few days. here's two shots of one of them (his name is stewy).
after taking that picture of mTp looking like he just got released from the psych ward, i made sure that he was never allowed to touch the bunnies again.

the weekend was pretty sweet. we held our first freedomizeIndia fundraiser in a kick-ass downtown toronto loft. the event was an evening of art, photography, story telling, t-shirt printing, silent auctioning, great-food-eating, wine drinking etc. it was really rad. i spent friday setting up for the event and cutting stencils for the t-shirt printing room. i snapped this after cutting a stencil for a mother teresa quote.
i love letters. (why, YES! that IS nerdy)

i spent the majority of the event printing t-shirts. which was fun fun fun. here's a shot fel snapped of al and i doing our thaaannng.

over all the event went super well. we raised some awareness about our trip, raise a bit of coin and it was a good opportunity to get to know some of the other people who are also planning on going to india.


/dr.
ps. check out the pics that:
meanoch and fel
snapped of the event.