New V.V. Buttons

These new V.V. BUTTONS can be found at Rag-O-Ramas in Columbus, OH; Atlanta, GA; and Sandy Springs, GA. More after the jump.

New Buttons

Other News: 

* Delay releases a music video for "Stand Me."

* Melissa Starker writes re: Skylab artist-in-residence Jessica Langley's show Killin' It.

* Wes Flexner posted a video of the Hive Dwellers playing at Skylab on Donewaiting.

Social Heat Buttons

Jack Ramunni and I just made these butties for his ongoing Social Heat project. Obviously, this is an essential part of everyone's Spring 2012 wardrobe. They are available wherever Jack Ramunnis may be found.

Other News:

* I featured Martin Hugo and Chelsea Dirck's artwork on Beautiful/Decay.

* Anobium interviews Cassandra Troyan re: the Ear Eater reading series. Troyan also has a book, THE THINGS WE EMBODY ARE THE THINGS WE DESTROY slated to be published in 2013 by Tiny Hardcore Press.

* The Sidekicks have a Monster House-centric video for "Baby, Baby."

* Bloomington's Beaker has a new album available for download.

* Natalie Shapero has a poem in the March 15th, 2012 edition of The New Republic.

* Mubi linked to Banalization's Peter Doig post in an article published today.

New Buttons

More buttons. I am officially living a cliche now that I have made both an owl and a non-specified other birds series.* Thank you, thank you. In.the.Pocket.Pins@gmail.com if you want to get in touch re: buttons.

* Incorrect. I have officially been living a cliche since the summer of 2000, sk8brdz.

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How I Made Money From April 30th, 2010 to June 30th, 2010

I have been unemployed since January. This is the only period in my life that I haven’t been employed since I moved out of my mother’s home. I left my last job, a work-study position at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Research Library, in January to move to Chicago, Illinois, from Columbus, Ohio. I moved for an unpaid internship that was the last requirement of my undergraduate degrees.

While in Chicago I lived off of excess scholarship money from The Ohio State University - that is, until that money unexpectedly ran out during my last month there. I was lucky enough that my partner at the time, the comics-maker Sara Drake, generously allowed me to borrow the funds I needed until I made my way home. Since coming back to Columbus in April I have been engaged in an assortment of odd remunerative pursuits, none of which could exactly be called a job.

It wasn't supposed to be this way; I applied to a number of positions for the summer only to be roundly/resoundingly denied. When none of my applications were accepted, I decided to go to Europe for the summer because that makes total sense and I am smart. To be able to go to Europe, I had to have a lot of money. The following is a chronicle of my attempt to have a lot of money while unemployed. Each time I earned, took, found, or was given an amount of money over one dollar I recorded the event and day. Summary statistics are provided at the end. 

New Buttons

New Buttons

I recently started selling these at Rag-O-Rama as well. Which is, uh, funny. Got those franchises.

New Buttons

BTW: you can now purchase my buttons at the following locations:

The Mattress Factory Art Museum (Pittsburgh, Pa)
Akron Art Museum (Akron, Oh)
Wexner Center for the Arts (Columbus, Oh)
Columbus Museum of Art (Columbus, Oh)