met up with a fellow zinester yesterday.
got a little bummed out by his 30-year-old broodiness
of 'my 20-year-old-self would be disappointed in my
non-starving-artist self of present' but was very appreciative
of his kind (borrowed) offering of a saddle stapler
(which is apparently nonexistent in the parsons school of design community,
despite their extravagant printing facilities)

so. the news is that i printed the second batch of zines
(this is version 2 and on the inside you can see that it was
edited 2.2.6; i went through it again yesterday and am hoping
that the 3d version will be even more perfect (ie: free from weird spacing
and that misspelling of that as thet ..that probably only i managed to notice.)
but, yeah, these are limited editions, baby, stapled by moi
on my kitchen floor in the east village apartment i'll be leaving all too soon.

i've even sat on most of these to try to make the folding a little more..simple.
so, not only were nails broken and my dna smeared all over these
(i sold one recently to a kid at school with some of my blood on it.gross.
he seemed to dig it.)but my ass has rested on them possibly too.

my loving stalkers and fellow online dating types and other people who
are interested in supporting me/my work and/or the dying art of zine making,
make your purchase here..

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ALSO: news about ISSUE 1 of THE SKYE IS FALLING--
because i'm sort of feeling meh about reprinting it,
what i think i will do (once my schedule frees up) is scan it
and put it up online for your viewing pleasure
on my (hopefully) very soon to-be-launched website.

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oh, and guess what TODAY is?
TODAY feels like a dye&cut yer hair to feel cheerier day.
watch for photos tomorrow(maybe).

if you have received a zine, i'd really like a little bit of feedback.

plenty of people who have bought one don't read/know about
this journal, but even just a few comments would be tremendously
appreciated. critiques as well as approval of something specific
are of course all welcome.


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yes, well, i'll stop talking about it in a few weeks.

probably.

a limited number of THE SKYE IS FALLING (second) issues are now available at
ST. MARK'S BOOKSHOP, for 4.50$

this is the first time i've tried selling my writing outside my direct circles,
and though i'm technically losing a buck off each, most of the printing costs
are recovered, and as long as word gets out there, that's all that matters.

/i'm feeling: self-congratulatory.

craigslist zine on craigslist.

let's just see how much crap i'll get for this,
considering the number of people who were bitchy
last time i asked for dinner:

http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/w4m/127847619.html

just wanted to post some photos of the second zine issue,
so you get some sense of what this one looks like


it's fun to have a lot of one thing.


cover (with my full name cropped out just in case) & table of context.

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Finally ISSUE 2 of THE SKYE IS FALLING zine is complete and available for sale!

what's in it--
a review of my past year of living in new york, by way of
_ craigslis ads i've posted and favorite quotes from select replies
_ advice on finding an apartment in new york
_ retellings of certain key meetings/incidents that happened this past year
(original journal entries were used from the time, but these are slightlu edited,
expanded versions of whatever you may have read online), including my
meetings with max ("applied communications"), the chief editor of a major magazine,
and everyone i have ever met off the internet (before and after moving to nyc)
_ poetry
_ a slew of images, including a second cut-out doll (original was in the first issue)
_ (it's a total of 20 folded pages, with print on both sides, which
essentially equals in 80 pages of text and pictures!)

how much--
_ it costs me 3.60$ to print each individual issue
(this obviously does not onclude the time and effort
i put into it before i went to the copy shop)
_ the suggested payment is 5$
_ i will still mail you an issue if you pay me 4.50$
(which includes shipping and handling costs).
if you pick it up from me directly, you can pay
3.60/4.00$, or just take me to lunch as i tell you everything
that didn't quite make it into the issue

how to buy--
_ paypal--pay to uncorrupted84 @ livejournal dot com
_ check or cash may be sent to my home address.
e-mail me requesting it and i will reply to you shortly
(OR, if you're on the friends list, it has been posted in
the friends-only entry that follows this one)

discounts & bonus gifts will be offered to those purchasing
4 issues or more (for personal distribution or to be taken to local
magazine/record/bookstores). again, e-mail me for details