***pre-order special*** The first 50 pre-orders will include the first three All Things Ordinary “tribute” buttons. This set includes tributes to Nirvana, Youth of Today, and Jawbreaker.

All Things Ordinary #5, “my 10 month vacation in Buffalo”, is a 28 page half size (5.5″ x 8.5″) personal zine about what I did throughout the 10 months I lived in Buffalo. The zine chronicles my adventures from May 2010-February 2011, leading up to my move back to Portland, OR. Highlights include:

“Why I was interviewed on FoxNews.com”

“Thou/Wolves in the Throne Room show in the woods of Vermont”

The Fest 10, working at Fun Fun Fun Fest, being on tour with Lemuria, seeing Despise You, and much more!

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I’m currently working on a new website for my button business Bit Part Buttons, putting the finishing touches on my friend Biff’s record label’s website Feral Kid Records, creating a shopping cart for Josh’s label Feeble Minds, and over the next month I’ll be helping Alex Wrekk set up a new Stolen Sharpie Revolution website.  To say I’m busy is an understatement (but it’s the good kind of busy).

So far i’ve made two posts on Overglued, recorded part of an episode for Nobody Cares About Your Stupid Zine Podcast, watched a couple episodes of Time of Eve, and finished reading Cometbus #54.  Taking the train is fun, but I want to be in Chicago and have fun with all my friends already.

Soon after deciding this, I remembered that I had an issue about my family planned for the future that was basically already written.  So instead of being about my old record label, All Things Ordinary #4 is a collection of letters I wrote to family members for x-mas in 2008, and a story about my mom having surgery that I wrote for a college english class in 2007.  While the writings may be old, they are still fresh and relevant to me.

Last night, Alex and I went to the IPRC to do some last minute zine printing.  We anticipated going there after hours, but they had extended their hours on Friday to 10pm.  Despite this, we were still the only ones there besides a volunteer and a visit from Alex’s sister Webly. This was the first time I had ever hung out with her and she is pretty awesome, even if she told me that I was fucking up my own zine.
Also during the night, I had to change the toner on Stella and got a little messy.  I didn’t mind because it made for a great photo for my 365 day photo project.

So I have 100 copies of ATO #1-3 to cut, fold, and staple before Alex and I leave on the Empire Builder Tuesday.  On top of that, I have to finish laying out #4 and print and assemble those.  I will be really busy for the next few days, but it’s because of zines and I love that.