the quarter century, part II

john joined the ranks of those with twenty-five years under their belts on monday and so in typical caitlin-fashion i made him something. that something was a silk-screened tee, covertly designed, screened, and ironed in the very apartment that we share. he had to have known that something was going on as my screen kept winding up in its drying position in the bathroom and there was a bit of a ring around the tub after i did the black layer, but i think i was reasonably stealthy. introducing john's new favorite piece of clothing:



i really wanted the text of the shirt to be in helvetica (ye ole dell doesn't even have a word processing program anymore, yeesh) so i used the macs at the IPRC to print out the words. in the ten minutes i was there i got to chatting with the guy who was at the computer next to me. he was interested in what it was i was doing and when he found out that it involved silk-screening and t-shirts it took him about two seconds to ask if i could make a set of shirts for a sitcom pilot he's making. how casual. i managed to agree through the goofy smile that had taken over my face and that's how i got my first freelance job. it's nothing fancy, but i give this guy mad credit for networking to the fullest and i'm gonna get my name in the credits! just think, you all can say you knew me way back when, before i started styling famous people and costuming entire movies.