Man oh man.

Okay, so as you all know, Come Out with Pride is on October 11th, which means I have approximately 10 days to get ready for the show!!!! I'm so freaking excited and anxious. My banner arrived on Monday and it turned out really nice considering I used an online company. If you ever need any banners, I'd definitely recommend them: www.halfpricebanners.com, they did an excellent job on mine and the shipping was super fast.

As far as the details go, I still have quite a bit to do. Being the genius that I am, I ordered bags with no handles on them, so I'm spending time making handles for my bags along with some tags to go along with it (hey that rhymed)... it's a party let me tell you. I've mapped out how I want my booth to look and made some sketches, so all I need to do is start practice setting up. I've been reading a lot online about what to expect and preparing for craftshows/festivals and it's definitely helped out a lot in terms of planning, items to bring, booth set up, and most importantly, customer service :)

Anyways, enough of all this boring stuff. If you all have not heard, a couple weeks ago, there was some serious flooding that went on in the South. Atlanta and its surrounding areas were hit pretty hard. I remember driving home from work and having to turn around 3 times because of blocked roads due to flooding. It was crazy! I live near the Chattahoochee river and the park near the back of my neighborhood was almost completely underwater. Scary stuff I tell you. I got lucky that it stopped there though. Some people in other counties were not so lucky. A lot had to evacuate by boat because their house was completely flooded. Schools were shut down for a couple weeks for clean up and a lot of people couldn't go to work cuz they couldn't get out of their neighborhoods lol. Out of the years of living here, I have never seen flooding to this extent. I was almost compelled to invest in a raft of some sort, but thank goodness the storms have calmed down and the water levels are back to normal.

Okay, I think I've written enough for tonight. It's dream time... peace!

MJ Tribute

Just watched the tribute Janet Jackson did for her brother, MJ. It gave me chills just watching it cuz it was that amazing! What a way to pay a tribute and show her love for him. Here's the link if you haven't seen it :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGEsXb-3xn0

If you look closely, you can even see some women in suits dancing... awesome. Haha. I've always loved MJ and his music. It's sad that celebrities get crucified for being different or when they have to deal with emotional turmoil. We are all human, nonetheless, and being famous is not an exception. Regardless of what anybody says, I believe that Michael Jackson was one of the greatest performers that ever lived. May his music and spirit live on and people remember him for the talented, kind and generous person he was.

Much love to you MJ!

Counting down the days

Just realized I haven't written in awhile. Man, I really need to start getting better with my blogging!

Anyways, just to catch up on some things. Unbound is officially going to be a vendor at Come Out With Pride 2009 in Orlando, Florida on October 11th!! Here's the link if you want to check it out:

http://www.mbaorlando.org/pages/come-out-with-pride.php

I'm extremely excited and nervous since this will be my first show, so of course I've been running around with my head cut off trying to make sure I have everything sorted out correctly. I'll be getting my last batch of shirts in next week (WOOHOO!) which means I will be fully stocked after the 15th! Just bought myself a tent for the show and have been making bags, packing buttons, making signs, price stickers and planning out how I want my booth to look. I know first impressions are a big deal so I'm not taking this lightly. Hopefully things will turn out well, but I'm sure I'll have a great time either way! So far the shirts have turned out really well, I am nothing less than impressed with the printer I have chosen!

That's pretty much a full update on what I've been working on. Everything is coming together pretty smoothly so far but I know as the day comes closer, I'm gonna be freaking out lol. Hopefully I'll be able to get a more blogs written in the time being ;)

It's been awhile

Yes, it has. And life has been crazy, no doubt. Nonetheless, I am finally back on track! Just a quick update before I take a trip to sleepy town. As you can see, Unbound has been given a face lift and now has a fresh new look. You can check it out here:

www.unboundapparel.com

I also opened up a Twitter account too, even though I'm still confused about how the heck the whole thing works lol. So, if you're on twitter, come follow me and laugh at how twitter challenged I am! Not to mention, Unbound also has a fan page on Facebook, so fan us! Dooo it, you know you wanna! Oh, I've also got some potentially exciting news but I'll wait until I get the final word to post anything about it. So yeah, you'll be hearing more from me in time to come, but for now, I'm signing off and getting some sleep!

Who do you think designed your wedding dress?

So, this past Saturday was declared as the national day to protest against Proposition 8. For those of you who don't know what Prop 8 is, it is the amendment to ban gay marriage. California, Arizona, and Florida were the three main states that recently passed this amendment. California was the most shocking because they had just legalized gay marriage not too long ago and now they just banned it again, making it nearly impossible for same sex couples to ever get married again. It takes a lot of time, unity, and determination to overturn an amendment so that means it probably won't be over turned anytime soon.

Anyways, I went with a group of friends to protest in downtown Atlanta and turn out was larger than expected! Here are some photos of the event.





Sorry some of the pics are blurry. We got a lot of honks from supporters too which was pretty cool. Being in the south and everything, it's nice to see some liberals around lol. It was my first protest and I had such a great time... I've never seen a community unite together with such determination and positive energy. I hope one day that ignorance and discrimination will no longer be an issue but I know it takes a lot of time and energy. I guess it irritated me because we can vote for an ethnic president but we ban gay marriage? Isn't it suppose to be the time for "change" and unity?? How is sexual orientation different from race?

I have to say the best sign I saw was one that said "Who do you think designed your wedding dress?" lol... the greatest sign ever! Nonetheless, I had a great time and it was great to see everyone that came out to support!

NEW STUFF IS HERE!!

Haaaaaayyy... so FINALLY new stuff has arrived *hallelujah*. Check it outtttt:




We've got the G.I. Joe and Unbound shirt along with my first button pack! The pack includes the tomboy definition, tomboy hotness, G.I. Joe, and Unbound buttons. All looks great, however, I had to send back some "Unbound" shirts due to some printing issues, so I am missing XS, S, and 2XL... those will have to be pre-ordered but should be shipped by next week. For those of you who wear these sizes, you can reserve your shirt by pre-ordering and also get a free button pack!

Man, I can't believe it's almost December... it's almost 2009!! I feel like I have so much to do but such little time to do it. Things have been hectic, but it's been a good hectic. I'll be taking a trip to NYC with my baybeh for New Years so I'm looking forward to that. Okay, time to go night night!

I have a drooling cat on me

Wow, okay so it's been a little while since an update and I'm truly sorry, things have been really crazy lately! First things first, new stuff IS on it's way (sorry it's taken a little bit), however, I am anticipating the goodies in by next week! Woohoo! I'm pretty excited and as soon as they arrive, I will be putting them up. I also need to do some website updating as well.

On the other side of things, I got a chance to go to the Netherworld haunted house for Halloween and it was kind of disappointing. With them being on the Travel channel and ranked one of the best in the nation, I figured it would be pretty damn good. Not to mention, the owners of the operation were the same ones who use to operate Silo X back in 1996. For all those in Atlanta who have never heard of Silo X, it was by far one of the best haunted houses back in the day (in my opinion), but they ended up getting shut down and that's how Netherworld was born.

Okay so, first of all, they just packed us in like cattle for the main attraction so at times you had to stop and wait and that took all the fun out of it because you saw where all the actors were hiding, therefore, was no surprise when they jumped out at you. Secondly, I do have to say that their sets were AMAZING... very well done. I just wish they would've sent people into smaller groups, the affect would have been greater. And third, the second house they had was called "The Mangler" and that was better than the main one only because you didn't have to stand in line inside the attraction. We went in while everyone was almost gone, so the place was near empty inside. Now, that was creepy since there was only two of us lol. Also, they had more interaction where the actors actually got in your face and scared the hell out of you. All in all, I am not impressed and most likely won't be returning next year.

Okay, I'm done rambling. Peace!