tonight howard zinn died at the age of 87 from a heart attack

& my heart actually aches. he was a big inspiration growing up.

i've read a lot of his books, but never finished reading A People's History. one of my 22 goals by the time i turn 23 is to finish it now. i played laser tag again tonight for my 'party like it's my birthday' (my birthday was sunday) in his honor. instead of dedicating each round to mother russia i dedicated it to him and i kicked ass! one round i got first place out of 22 players and became an excellent sniper. totally preparing for inevitable armed revolution no doubt.

22 in 23.

1.  No Internet between the hours 12pm - 12am.
2.  Fortsätta studera svenska
3.  Buy 22 vinyls (5/22)

• john k sampson - route 85 EP
• the sovietties - rarities LP
• the soviettes - LP (lp)
• dark dark dark - bright bright bright EP
• low - the great destroyer LP

4.  Read 48 Books

• assata shakur biography

5.  Learn Spanish
6.  Become a volunteer at the Soap Factory
7.  Try out for the Dagger Dolls
8.  Record cabinet project
9.  Get 2 tattoos
10. Convert bike to a single speed
11. Bathroom Art Project
12. Finish painting the Deadbird Hornhaus
13. Get a bank account with a credit union /
      cancel account with TCF.
14. Finish reading A People's History
15. Climb on the Spoon & Cherry
16. Make a million neopoints
17. Do a suspension
18. Make a bike messanger bag
19. Make a polaroid calender
20. Put together a Feminist Art show in my basement
21. Sneak into one of August Nimtz lectures in the fall.
22. Have coffee with Kevin Devine.

here are my goals for the next year. i turned the big doubletvå on sunday. 22 years old and still straightedge, that's kinda cool.

tonight consisted of making more whore patches (11 total, 4 different types) and redoing our Hippie Jihad screenprint. i love simple silk-screen printing. i also conspired for our coffee shop drawing up a sickle coffee cup and doing some other random doodles. i'll post pictures of the patches when i have some better lighting tomorrow and i might throw a few up on my etsy.

that's how all pretentious designers hold their prints right?

that's the test print, abby put one on a t-shirt and i made another patch :)

"this is what a feminist crafts like" e-pattern!

my very first xstitch pattern, THIS IS WHAT A FEMINIST CRAFTS LIKE. available for download { here }

much thanks to KnitPro for pattern-making help.

if you use this pattern please email me at collateralxdamage (at) gmail (dot) com i would love to see how they turn out. i'll upload mine once i finish it. :)