Mutilated Lips 2

I had a request for more of my Mutilated Lips comic.

Here is No. 2 (Which isnt one of my favourites)

xx

Smorgy Pin It

Making Friends

I never use to have a problem making friends (I dont think) but these days, it's just work, work, work and since I'm in a small office with few staff i dont really have the opportunity to meet a lot of people my age and create new friends.

One of my goals for this month is to make a new friend and I'm trying to figure out how i can achieve this.

I want this to be a real friend, not just someone i meet one night and add on facebook and that's really all it is, I want someone that i can friends with for years to come. A true friend.

I find myself looking at my facebook feeds and see all the people adding new friends weekly... But i havent added anyone new for a few months.
I get myself in a train of thought.. What are they doing that I'm not? Am i just not a friendly enough person? Why do they make friends so easily?

Then i start to wonder further... These people have over 300 'friends' on there facebook. Are they really friends? Have they physically met these people? Are they people that they went to high school with and was never friends with then but decided to add them anyway? Friends of friends of friends who you met one night out drinking but don't really know? People who they met whilst traveling years ago but have not spoken to since?

If you were to sit down and go through your entire list of friends, How many 'friends' are there who you could remove without making any difference to your facebook life? How many would not be missed from your feeds? How many who probably remove you if they bothered to go through there list?

Even if i went through my list i know i would find people that i know of school but haven't seen for 6+ years and having spoken to for almost as long, People who i dont ever hang out with, People that don't make a difference to my life by being my facebook friend.

I see people add new friends on a daily basis... It seems soo excessive to me, but maybe it's just because i don't do that myself. I don't accept everyone who asks me to be their 'friend'.

I want my list to be of actual friends... People that i plan to be friends with for a very long time.. I want people who I enjoy hearing from and reading updates about.

I've been told I should just bug people until they like me.
But that's not me... Bugging someone until they become my friend. If i have to bug them into it, then obviously it's not something they want and why should i put in so much of an effort?

I feel like to make more friends i need to change the person i am... But i don't want to do that either. There are plenty of people who like me for me so why be someone else to make friends who probably won't be real.

I've tried to organise group dinners and meetups in the past but they always seem to fail so I've given up on organising things. And I find when my partner and I do hang out with a group, they are more interested in talking to my partner and I'm on the side lines just watching.

So what do i need to do?
Do I need to be a different person?
Do I need to join a group of some kind?
Or do I just have to continue to be myself and accept that I have a small group of great friends and that's better than a huge number of facebook 'friends'? Pin It

My Goals - June

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So I've decided that I'm going to set at least 5 goals at the beginning of each month for me to achieve. 

Nothing ridiculously hard, just things to get me moving and motivated.

And I'm going to blog my goals each month to make myself accountable.

So here are my goals for June:

1/ Post out earrings to Ellen and Erin (with a little extra something special for the wait)

2/ Make something new! Don't care if it's jewelry, resin, clay - just something

3/ Decide weather or not to renew www.silhouettesofknights.com and my store

4/ Change my hair in some way - New colour? New Style? New cut?

5/ Find a way to make some new friends

6/ Blog more!

7/ Get out my SLR and Diana at least once for some photo fun

8/ Continue with the diary i started last month

9/ Listen to more music

10/ Smile!

So they are my goals for June. I will keep my blog updated on how i go with them, and will also post if im looking for ideas or help with any of them. (I'm always open to suggestions.)

xx

Smorgy

PS: These are the earrings I need to send out to Ellen and Erin. I made them in March (I've been really slack)

For Ellen - Star Earrings

For Erin - Record Earrings

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Fork This - Episode 1 is out!!

Hey guys just a quick blog to let you know that Fork This episode 1 is now up in iTunes. 

You can go, subscribe and get our epsiodes as they go up (EVERY SUNDAY).

Or you can go our website and check them out there.

Another option, for the lazy people out there (like me), i've embedded it below for your viewing pleasure :)

Enjoy and let us know what you think

Fork This Episode 1 from BJ Carter on Vimeo.

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Fork This

So my partner BJ Carter and I have decided to start a video podcast called 'Fork This'.

I've thought of many ways to try and explain it and i just cannot find the right words to really make it sound awesome.

It's going to be little videos of the two of us. We'll do cooking episodes, advernture episodes, flashbacks on our travels, updates on our lives... pretty much anything and everything.

I thought it was a great idea to start this podcast because we have soo many friends overseas and this gives them an opportunity to see what we are upto and where life is taking us.

But also i thought it would be a lot of fun and a way to show our odd side to the world.

We've finally appeared in iTunes (After waiting about a week) and The first episode will air this Sunday 5th June.

Subscribe... Tell your friends... Follow us on facebook... and let us know what you think and what you want to see in future episodes.

Here is our Trailer:

Fork This Promo from BJ Carter on Vimeo.

Click our logo to go to our website:

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That's a keeper!

I'm one of those people that keeps everything. Good or bad, i have a a hard copy, a soft copy and a few backups. I don't know why i've just always kept things. 

I think it's because weather the memory is good or bad, i dont want to forget the things that have happened in my life.

Tonight i was browsing through some old logos and things i've designed over the years and i came across a comic i did in 2006. It was called 'Mutilated Lips'. There were 8 in total but looking back i only really like 6 of them. 

I thought i'd share the first one with you guys.

Let me know what you think of my strange comic.

xx

Smorgy

PS: I also re-arranged my blog layout a bit and added some badges for other blogs and sites i like. If you would like yours on their, email me a badge and ill get it up :)

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