It probably would have been a smart thing to use Xanga to promote my other love, being a half assed designer, but I always felt weird about it.  Yes, that's my secret.  I design stuff and my "store" puts them on products.  Xanga is my blogging place and it never felt comfortable promoting my things here.  

However @Saintvi is having a Xanga give away, ( please go to her site and at least rec, even if you don't want to participate.) I think it's great how people are coming together to find creative ways to save Xanga so, I decided to donate.  Here are some examples of my donation of prizes.  Before I show you, realize all products can be traded out for something of equal or lesser value.  So if you hate the design or have no use for the product, you can choose something else.  

So here is what I have donated

 

 

Available in other designs, as I said.  Case for iphone, 3, 4, and 5,  Samsung Galaxy 4, or ipod case 

 A small print, of your choice, this is just an example

Throw pillow case, again you can switch out for new design or something equal to or lesser value 

 

For the babies among us

 

 

Flower tote or for different example go to saintvi's site

 

Or if I get copyright permission I would be happy to put the xanga logo on one of these products if you win one.  Can't win if you don't play, so play

 

 

To see the other wonderful donations go to this blog

Please rec her entry as well as this one

To get the word out, thanks 

So I have an iphone, the old one, not 4 or 5 or whatever they're on.  It was pretty cheap comparatively.  Of course I am married to those horrible AT&T people for another two years, but that's another bitch blog for another day.

  My favorite part of the iphone is the apps.  For all you non-cool people that is short for application's.  I am hip with the lingo.  Anyway, one of the apps is Instagram.  This is like Xanga for the iphone with photos.  Pretty much the same premise, you go around and follow a million people and tell them you like their photo's that you can barley see on the little phone, and about two of those people will follow you and do the same, until you finally get some " friends" or fans or whatever.  

Well, I did IG all day yesterday ( IG is the cool word they use over in IG land), and it's a pain in the ass. So far I have like 8 followers.  And it took a lot of work to get them.  Some of their photo's are amazing, not that you can prove they actually took them, and some are just so- so.  I refuse to comment on the so-so ones, just like Xanga, I usually don't comment on the posts that say " Today I went to the store.  I bought bread.  It was sunny out."  No, boring, and I won't pretend it's not. 

So I'm doing this all day straining my eyes and then I thought " If I want people to see my stupid pictures, I have Xanga."  People at work get pissed at me because I minimize the compliments I get on my pictures.  That's because a lot of them are just luck and a lot of them are made nicer from apps on the computer.  I'm no photographer and I am definitely NOT a graphic designer, in fact, photo shop gives me a rash.  I hate it, it's too hard to learn and I don't have the patience.  That being said, I do have some photo's that are my favorites and I would like to share them with you.  Hopefully, I have not alienated all my Xanga friends with my wishy washy come one day, leave for three weeks attitude, and some of you will actually come take a look.  Otherwise I might as well go back on Instagram and go blind.  Okay, here are a few of my favorite photo's I have taken, and some manipulated.  

This was actually taken in April of this year.  Yes, thank you Chicago land area. April snow brings May nothing.  Anyway, this was taken at work and I love it.  It reminds me of a Winter post card, even though it was April.  So I think it's pretty if I do say so myself and I do.

 

 

These two were also taken that day, and I was pretty excited how they turned out. I added a sunset to one of them. Of course the boys I work with have no appreciation for the beauty around them.  Then again, they are being forced to live there so I guess I should cut them a break.  If they would rather have dirty Graffiti, broken beer bottle, heroin needle, crack pipe, smell like pee, environments who am I to argue?

 

 

Speaking of which, here are a few of the guys playing hoops in the summer, obviously not the April snow day.  We aren't allowed to show faces so I hope the one face isn't recognizable or I'll be in trouble.  Note boy shooting and his ass hanging out, such an attractive look.

 

 

This is obviously two different pictures merged together.  I got a pigeon flying at the train station in Chicago, so I decided to merge it with tracks.  I liked how it turned out so that's why it's here. 

 

 

Pigeons are pretty dirty birds, but I think some are beautiful.  I love this shot, I have decided she's a girl and she is showing off.  A little stuck up, but that's ok.

 

This the guy, he's pretty arrogant too.

 

Okay on to other things, this seems like one of those fantasy dream kind of pictures.  

 

 It was blended, two from work and I got this. See what I mean?  Some just turn out cool.

 

Similar to the one above it, also from work.

 

When I lived with Expunged I took lots of photo's in his beautiful yard so I am going to add some of those and some random ones I like, and then I won't bore you anymore.  At least not today.  So without further ado, here we go

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Okay ending now, thanks for checking them out, if you did.

 

 

 

 

 

This one is called traffic.  Clever huh?

 

 

Lot's of Graffiti out of the train window, gotta love Chicago.

 

 

I got this one while laying on a beach in Maryland, I'm pretty sure it's a seagull, but it reminds me of my pigeon friends in Chicago, unless this is a pigeon and those are seagulls.  Oh who knows, they are birds. 

This one is for sure a pigeon. Checking out the poop, nice.

Those of you who know me have now seen another side of me. Hope you liked it and if not, well I'll be back to my witty self next time.  Hopefully, sooner than later.  Off to work have a good one Xangans, show me you're better than those instagram people and show me some love.  I can't afford to go blind.

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