So, I took a week’s vacation from work with nothing really planned. No destination, no list of things to get done, nothing of that nature. However, I did tell myself that I would take some time to catch up on some projects that have been in the works for a while. Stuff I talk about constantly but never actually act upon. Things like: buying furniture so it looks like someone actually lives here, getting a weight bench and working my way back to my old muscle-bound self, and (as I’m sure you’ve seen coming) getting this site up and running. It’s been a long time coming, but I finally decided to take the plunge. I was tired of typing in my URL and seeing a placeholder page. It’s about time I got the real deal running. I have some vision for where this place will be headed in the near future.
This blog is an outlet I’ve needed for a long time. I keep telling myself I need to write more, but I’m often so critical of my work that it never makes it to the public’s eyes. This blog will be pretty much unfiltered. I’ll warn you that I have some crazy ideas that might upset or offend at times, but don’t hold it against me. There’s no rule saying we have to see eye-to-eye on every subject in order to be friends. I hope to one day implement a comment section on my blog. Something with more of a forum feel. The idea would be to let friends and acquaintances weigh-in on all my musings. Open the floor for discussion, if you will. This wouldn’t be open to just everyone with an ip address, this would be a feature for people I personally know. That doesn’t mean you need to have known me since grade school. If I can remember your name, or your measurements, or what you were wearing; that’s good enough for me. Think of it as a micro-social networking site where I’m Tom and I don’t necessarily want to be friends with everybody.
You should’ve known there would be a merch page. I’m always peddling my wares. I am, however, going to revamp the whole thing. I’ll still be using third parties for printing and processing transactions, but I’ll have more of the pictures and product descriptions on my own site. I’ll go through and get rid of some stale designs and hopefully come up with some new ideas in the process. Another big idea I’ve been kicking around for a long while: models. I’ve got lots of attractive friends and I’ve decided to start exploiting them. I don’t really make any money at this, so don’t get your hopes up about quitting your day job just yet. I will, however, provide some free gear for your trouble. And, if you’re pretty enough, dinner and drinks are always and option. I’ll call it a business expense. If you’re interested, let me know. Hopefully I’ll be ready to start snapping photos very soon.
That leads us right to the friends section. If I’m going to be busy shamelessly promoting myself, I might as well promote my friends as well. If you’d like to help out with this venture in any way, you’ve got a spot reserved under the friends section. Anyone that models for the site, bands that want to rock my gear at their shows, web/graphic designers that want to lend their advice and expertise; you’ve all got a place in my heart and a tab on my webpage. Post some pix, links to websites or social networking, whatever you need to promote your own dreams.
I hope to have all this off the ground and running soon. Thanks for visiting and spreading the word. If you’d like to help out, I’ll have my contact info under the friends section.
Until next time,
StaY GasmiC
