Took myself to Kohl’s recently, found the clearance rack, and picked up 4 shirts for about $30. I’m always a little distrustful of the “sales hype” of Kohl’s but with a little luck there are some deals to be found.
In other shirt news, I went to the Rubber City Clothing company as part of the Akron Art Walk. Got the Route 8 sign printed in blue on a blue shirt. Very cool and subtle. The woman working at the shop (she called everyone “babe”, but I didn’t catch her name) – thought I made a good choice and commended me for thinking outside the box while she made up the shirt.
The Akron Art walk was a mixed bag. Some of the galleries were crazy over-priced and pretentious, but there were some really cool things too. The cool stuff included pottery with QR codes on them – and the codes pointed to Wikipedia entries on the types of pottery.
One area has a show that wasn’t meant to last – all the pieces were intended to be destroyed when the exhibit was done. And one of the pieces there had a bunch of objects that you were encouraged to use to make your own artwork. When done, we took a picture with the attached digital camera and left it for the next person to redo.
There was also an art contest and some really cool pieces to vote on. We voted on the guy shamelessly self-promoting himself with free samples.
Next up was a glass blowing demonstration. Very cool. Well, actually extra-fiery hot. But neat, yeah, that’s the word.
In my own art news… I’ve been working hard on my Halloween costume and having a lot of success. I completed one of the more complicated steps and was so excited I jumped up and down in place – much like a very excitable 3 year old I know.
I got to see that 3 year old on Sunday as his parents had us over for some freaking amazing home-made pizza. I helped the little dude assemble a plastic car and got to see his excited jumping again.
So, the costume should be wrapped up by the middle of this week – just two more steps to complete. Which puts me way ahead of schedule. Sorry, though, no hints in advance.