JANUARY 31, 2009
MY SATURDAY
Everything I do these days seems to be just another baby step towards Fur Face Boy's goals. Today, I took a few more steps by meeting Jessica Sanchez-Alvarado. She was looking for someone to do a logo for her up and coming company. Me, needing to gain some more capital for Fur Face Boy agreed to do her logo. When I met her, I came to realize that Jessica Sanchez-Alvarado was the same Jessica Sanchez (-Alvarado) I went to and graduated High School with! She got married to Josh Alvarado who I think was in an Art class with me back in like the 9th grade! Small world, huh? Anyways, after catching up on some old times we got down to business. We talked about what I could do for her and what she could do for me. As we were leaving our meeting, I hooked her up with some FREE Fur Face Boy shirts and then....(before I go any further, here's a photo of the lovely Mrs. Jessica Sanchez-Alvarado)
...we met this guy. His name is Ron Monroe and he owns his own silk screener. We talked for a bit, I told him what I do and he told me what he does, this and that, that and this, so we exchanged info. I hooked him up with some Fur Face Boy shirts too and I hope that the seeds of a Ron Monroe / Fur Face Boy relationship had been buried into the ground.
After meeting these great people, I was motivated to get the Fur Face Boy name out even more! I became even more hyped up when I came home to see my dear mom sewing Fur Face Boy labels on the rest of the first run of shirts! Mom - damn, you're the greatest!
As mom was sewing, I was organizing and calculating things. I then received a call from Jessica that her husband, Josh wanted to buy a Fur Face Boy shirt! I told them a time and place where we could meet up and ta-da! Fur Face Boy's first bank! (I gave Josh the "I knew you in high school promotional special" - valid only on that day.)
Here's Josh (and Jessica) representing Fur Face Boy...
When I went home, I wrote some words of wisdom on my first bank and then I framed it.
The rest of the day consisted of balancing/calculating my time and money towards Fur Face Boy. Sketching up more Fur Face Boy ideas, emailing friends and family to continue to spread the word and updating this site. Although I have a job, create a monthly zine, take in some freelance work along with figuring out the kinks of life, it seems that these days the only thing that is on my mind is Fur Face Boy. I want the brand to grow as much as it possibly can grow, but there's no way I can do it without everyone growing along with it. Zzz...zzz...
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