GORGE-OUS.

Hi! I have been MIA for a while, not for any one particular reason... just keeping busy. Which, when you're unemployed (still...), deserves at least a small pat on the back.

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I guess the first noteworthy busy-ness is that my Junebug In July cards are now on the market, yo! It's Offish'! Oblation Papers & Press in Portland's Pearl District is now stocking 5 different cards of mine, which is pretty awesome. I am trying to seek out a few more clients in town, but it hasn't been easy. I guess something about a cute, hip, eclectic, kitsch-y gift/ stationary shop leads me to assume that the women (I say 'women' because thus far they have *all* been women) who own them might be as cute, hip and eclectic as their business endeavor. As it turns out this doesn't tend to be the case. Today in fact the buyer for a Portland kitsch-y shop (which here shall remain nameless) remarked that many are too offensive for their "usual clientele". I hav to say I appreciated her frankness. I've received so many syrupy-smiles in the past few weeks I think I'm diabetic danger...
Anyway. Online order form soon to come.


and ALSO.....
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SIGN LANGUAGE IS FUN!!!!
I have signed up for ASL classes. Everyone has asked me why- I wont go into too much detail, suffice it to say that I feel absolutely, deeply COMPELLED to do so. I feel everyone should have at least have a basic understanding of sign language. Besides, its super fun. I'm not kidding, I had a great time. Too bad I didn't learn back when I was punished to sit on the other side of the classroom from my friends in 6th grade for too much a'tha chatta-chatta....

Finally, we took a really awesome day-trip east-ward along the Coumbia River to see the GORGE and its beautiful waterfalls. Photos from my Hassy wont be processed for a while yet- but got some with the digital.