I'd like to welcome a new fuzzy critter into my life. His name is Edgar and I made him this weekend at Uberbot, a designer toy store in my area. It was a plushie sewing party, and it was fun to exercise my creative muscles outside of the computer for once... I already have another guy in the works! Oh, and I haven't sewn anything in years, so don't laugh too hard at my skills :)

Oh, and this is what my computer looked like right before it died yesterday. Am I the new thing in modern art or what?

Do you have a particular "catch phrase" for which you are known?
Submitted by Emu with a Clue.

"chesticles" to refer to a man's chest (a pumped up one)

I have often joked that as a designer, I am a "dealer in corporate propaganda." It's only a partial joke. In the same vein, I've adopted "I tell stories" as my current personal tagline, which is a play of words on a Southernism meaning that I tell lies for a living. After all, isn't that what advertising really is—whether direct lies or a blander embellishing of the truth?

I NEED the MiniLuv T-shirt. Who knew there were other crazy people out there like me? Of course all this 1982-liciousness costs 25 pounds, or like $100 with the stinking rate of the dollar lately. Sigh.

Check it out at The Affair.

Finally, I've gotten off my butt and have a new portfolio website up and running. I plan to add more to it, but the basics are in place. It uses a great little thing called the Evirum fluid gallery. Check it out. Oh, and if you plan to buy one, let me know your first and last name so I can claim a referral bonus :) Thanks!

www.nicolemorsecreative.com

I am having surgery tomorrow and I will need to recover at home for up to three weeks. I told them the exact date of this surgery one month ago. THIS is the email message I got from my boss today:

Hey Nicole... I forgot to tell you this morning, but I was informed that your "days off" are considered "unpaid medical leave." I can't tell you why because I don't know. That's what XXX was told by the XXX office. I hope you knew or at least assumed that might be the case. Anyway, good luck tomorrow. We'll be thinking about you.

Can you believe this SHIT!!!!!

I don't know if it's the album covers themselves, the witty quips or some combination of both, but this made me laugh today. 20 Worst Album Covers of 2007

I found 20x200 on Veer's blog, the Skinny, and fell in love. They offer new prints weekly in various sizes. The small size is just $20! As I said before, I am in love. The print below, Pollution Post Unlimited by Andrew MacRae is just one of the many amazing artworks for sale. Enjoy. I know you will.