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One step closer to the saddest life ever...

WilmingShop Online E-Store ::

It's open, barely. I made a few items last night and a nifty logo. If you want...buy something. I will try to have a permanent link up somewhere on this page. Just remember that a small (small) amount of the earnings go to helping a poor college student.
Did I mention that it was a TINY amount? OK yeah.

The rest of this post will be devoted to explaining myself in question and answer format:

Q: I didn't believe it but it is actually there. Do you have any idea how geeky/sad this is?

A:Trust me, if it weren't for the cafepress system it WOULDN'T be there. It actually didn't take that long to put together because of the ease of their system combined with my experience with photoshop. To answer your question, yes and no. I know how geeky/sad it LOOKS, however, knowing my reasons behind doing it makes me feel less like a hopeless nerd.

Q: Aside from being lame in it's conception, your store kind of just sucks. All I see are some boring shirt designs!

A: I'll admit, the current "classic" designs are simple. They just have WilmingSloan on the front and the web address, in red, on the back. Both are in the font used on my blog. Designing a more original product takes time and a lot of work. I produced these shirts because they are nice looking and they were fairly easy to put together, thus allowing me to open shop. New items will be added in the future that aren't so "lame."

Q: What kind of new items will you be adding?

A: COOL ones. I'm not talking about my face on a coffee mug, though I'm sure that would be a hit. I'm talking about that stuff that you've always wanted but couldn't find anywhere else. The sky is the limit. Send me ideas for products you'd like to see and they might just find their way to the storefront. Do keep in mind, however, that I can't break copyright laws...

Q: Are you just really proud of your stuff or what? Why is it so expensive.

A: Not everything in the store will be so expensive. All I can tell you is that cafepress is a third party "middle man" that makes these items on an "as they are ordered" basis. As such they tack on extra fees for the customization of the product and the fact that each item is made to order. I mark the price up a VERY small percentage. I'm actually not expecting to see much money at all from it. I'd rather people be buying this jank than me be making any money off of it.

Q: Do you really think anyone will actually buy anything off of this site? Most of your friends are college studets...idiot.

A: I'm not expecting to be mini wal-mart but I do expect some sales. All my cool friends have already shown interest.

Q: So what is this "special" reason you have for starting up the shop? You know, the reason that is supposed to make you not look like a nerd.

A: I can't go into too much detail. I've already mentioned that I'll be releasing a DVD of my first year of student work in the late spring. There may be a possibility that I can distribute it through cafepress. The other major project will show up some time in June or July and is something I'm primarily doing out of personal interest, but it will be for sale on WilmingShop.

Q: Who is Yam? I don't get your button product.

A: Yam (Kevin Cruise) is an employee of the NC Baptist Assembly at Fort Caswell where I worked the past two summers. The "Yam for President" joke has been going around for a long time, I don't know where it came from. The buttons on my site are a tribute to Yam and to good times at Caswell. Huzzah!

My knees smell really good today...mmm