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The Adventures of Matt Gondek, Freelance Artist VI
Published by May 15th, 2008 in Art, Career, culture, zombies, Advertising, Video Games, Underground and advice. 1 CommentEveryone Loves Oral
Published by April 24th, 2008 in Art, zombies, Design, Artist, Entrepreneurs, advice and mexican. 2 Comments
Here’s another hot tip from my brain I’m sharing w/ all you hard working freelancers out there.
It seems in my research, I’ve discovered you’ll do better with people if you actually talk to them over the phone versus busting them a fly email. Now, of course, face to face is the best medicine, but this tip applies to when it’s impossi-bull to meet them in real life.
The best way to go about this is to simply offer to call them to discuss business. Just let them know it’d be easier to discuss matters over the phone and ask for their number. You can offer yours and ask them to call you, but research shows (my research) that they’ll almost never call. BUT, they will answer when you call them.
It seems like common knowledge, but it took over a year for an idiot like me to realize this so I thought I’d share.
How to make infinity friends on myspace PART TWO
Published by April 23rd, 2008 in zombies, marketing, web, advice, computers and money. 0 CommentsUnless you’re the type to black out drunk and forget large chunks of your memory, you may recall me talking about how to get bum bum loads of friends on myspace the other day.
It brought up the argument that all the OTHER people on sites like this are ALSO trying to accumulate hoardes of friends and will probably never check out your page. However, it was decided that although this may be true, it would still be beinficial because you could send out bullitens to alert others of your goings on.
But, now I finally have a resolution to this matter. I didn’t realize this until last night, but if you have over 1,500 friends on myspace, they no longer show you bullitens. Something having to do w/ it taking up to much memory on their servers. Therefore, all those people you’re adding probably have more than 1,500 friends and are missing the bullitens anyways.
It seems that going to these sites and adding people is completely worthless, other than showing off that you have 60,000 friends. Diz-amn.
Well, now we know.
Give me money.
The Adventures of Matt Gondek, Freelance Artist V
Published by April 22nd, 2008 in Art, Career, zombies, Artist, vandalism, advice and facts. 5 Comments
I dropped off some paintings at a store that sells art last year. They had me sign a contract w/ them that seems pretty basic and layed out. My pants tightened at the thought of our smooth transaction and the newly aquired legal tenders I’d soon be getting dancing in my wallet. Their joyous float from my hand to the shopkeep as I exchanged them for goods and services was something I was quite looking forward to with deft anticipation.
A few months past. Thanksgiving… Christmas… and I never heard from them but never gave it more than a second thought as I tend to not distribute second thoughts so easily. It wasn’t until I was in the area last week dropping off some handmade comic book noise to the local stores that I noticed the store was now defunct. A big closed sign, flipping me the bird and booting my thin wallet right in the ass.
I snagged the contract and dailed the number on it. No answer. I left a message. No reply. I repeated this. Twice. Fuck. I am out two paintings.
The point is, before you sign something over to someone, be sure to have arrangements if something like this were to happen. Situations like they contact you if they’re going out of business, or if your item doesn’t sell. Don’t be a fool like Matt Gondek and leave your work to strangers with loose morals and sticky fingers.
The two paintings I left there retailed for around 180 million a piece, so I am out a considerable ammount of money.
Use words like “genitals” in your subject line to get people’s attention.
Published by April 11th, 2008 in zombies, marketing, Advertising, Commercials, Bumpkins, Violence, vandalism, Entrepreneurs, advice and facts. 0 Comments
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Sorry there spambot. I know that I use allot of big words and I honestly hope that you can find some more resources to de-code my 4th grade writing level.
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I hope the rest of you blog owners out there can read this and not get THAT jelous. You’ll be as cool as we are someday w/ practice.
P.s. Turtles can breathe out of their behind.
Lose Money Online
Published by April 10th, 2008 in zombies, technology, Music, Reviews, advice and computers. 4 Comments
I am a proud owner of an IPod Touch. Although it’s sexiness is equal to or lesser than that of myself, I often find it a pain to use the onscreen keypad. Especially when I’ve been drinking.
That’s why my eye’s exploded in joy the day I stumbled upon a product online called “My Touch Keys”. It’s a decal that goes over the Pod’s touch screen and makes it easier to type. Or so I thought.
50,000 days after I ordered the My Touch Keys, they arrived in the mail. The decal has little holes punched out where the keys would be if your typing. After using the stupid online video (for fun) to help apply it I almost immediately hated it. It didn’t help me at all, and no matter what, I couldn’t get all the tiny little bubbles out from behind the decal.
So, I ripped it off post haste, only to discover that it left an imprint on my screen. Although it was easily wiped off, my frown wasn’t. It was probably the worst $8 purchase I’ve seen in months (besides the lemon scented toilet paper).
If you’re thinking about picking up one of these, don’t. Or at very least contact me and I’ll sell you mine for next to nothing. I just want to get this stupid idea out of my house.
Dairy Queen’s royal Effing
Published by April 7th, 2008 in Capitalism, advice, food, diet and dinner. 1 CommentSpring is all up in the air and the birds are chirping. So was I. Chirping last night for a Dairy Queen Blizzard. A Blizzard is a phenominal marriage of ice cream and goodies, usually in the form of crushed up cookies or candy bars.
Kp, my two roommates, and myself made the drive to Dairy Queen last night to partake in some Blizzard noise. Little did we know, that we were stepping face first into a consumer’s worst nightmare.
On the blizzard menu, you now have the option of paying 49 cents more for what they call “extra stuff”. Extra stuff turned out to be the stuff they used to put in the blizzard.
All four of us got the blizzard, and none of us got the “extra stuff”. All four had the same problem. About halfway down, all of the sudden there wasn’t any more stuff. No more cookies.. no more candy bars.. no more sprinkles. It turns out that the “extra stuff” is the stuff that used to be included normally. Now you have to pay extra for what they just used to toss in there.
WTF Dairy Queen. Hot eats cool treats my ass.
Handbook for Pricing and Ethical Guidelines
Published by March 31st, 2008 in Career, zombies, Design, books, advice and money. 2 Comments
Over the weekend I picked up this book shown above. It offers allot of help for designers on how to price their services. Their is also allot of other interesting information and resources like help writing a contract which is mega vital in life.
Some of the prices they suggest seem like they’re geared more towards old dudes who’ve been in the game for years and years, but it’s still nice to see how much one could and should make whoring out your drawing arm.
Check it out.
P.s. a shirt I made for TDWP is on the front page of merchnow.com 
Throw some cash on it (Get mad good at Electronic Funds Transfer)
Published by March 12th, 2008 in Career, advice, facts and money. 2 Comments
Recently I did me some design work for a company overseas. Because they can’t mail me cash money American, and they don’t have a paypal they offered to do a Electronic Funds Transfer.
An electronic funds transfer is the fancy name of what you do every time you swipe your debit card at the store, except you’re not actually there to do any swiping.
The person giving you the funds will need your Bank Name, bank address, routing number, and account number.
The routing number and account number can be a confusing bitch. Here’s how to find them. Whip out one of your personal checks and check that bottom left corner. There will be three groups of numbers. The first group is your routing number, the second is your account number. The third is your check number.
Now, you may be thinking that if you give someone this info that they will be able to steal money out of your account. Not so. Think about it like this. Every time you use a check, the person you’re giving it to has that info. Every time you use your debit card, they also have your info. Frankie says relax. Maybe you should take his advice.
Anways, you hook them up w/ this info, and pretty soon you’ll be livin’ so large w/ all that extra green deposited directly into your account.
Word to your mother.
How to quit your job and still make money
Published by March 7th, 2008 in Career, Design and advice. 0 Comments
If this doens’t make you want to quit your job then I don’t know what will! It gives allot of good advice for anyone considering making the jump to freelance or starting up a business.
PS. that picture has nothing to do w/ anything. I just thought it was funny.Speaking of quitting your job and making money, here’s a shirt design I did for Bambino Clothing 
