Laura Marie* Riches Verner, the world awaits your masterpiece.

There are lots of things to complain about once you graduate college, enter the work force, and have to drudgingly start putting up with “real life”.

This post is not about those things, because complaining about the inevitable is a waste of time and energy better spent making steak tacos and learning to catch big air on your snowboard. Besides, what in the world do I have to fear about getting old when there are people like Sean Connery, Harrison Ford, and Tony Horton doing just fine and kicking as much ass as they ever have before, in their 50′s, 60′s, and even 70′s?  Dare I say that my own father has gotten only wiser, happier, more seasoned, and more fit with age.  He is in his 50′s as well, and I would say he’s pretty much a savage taking names in many awesome disciplines, including, but not limited to: law, wine knowledge, baseball, loving his neighbor, history, and running marathons**.

Anyways, this post is about one of the COOLEST things about life after school – getting to see and involve yourself in the awesome artsy and entrepreneurial stuff that your super-creative friends start doing once they have shaken off the oppressive and narrow-minded shackles of school.  The oft-shouted-out Becca takes the best photographs I’ve ever seen.  The multi-talented Jonathan has already recorded an EP that is way, way better then Muse’s latest CD and aptly-titled “The Resistance”, which I have had no trouble resisting at all.  Luke jumped ship to Alaska to serve some of the most neglected and ignored youth in our country.  Africa is a better place today then it was 4 years ago, thanks to my own sister.  And last but not least, the subject of this post, Laura “Alias” Riches, whom I didn’t even know knew what a computer was, started her own custom clothing/otherthingsmadeoutoffabric company on the INTERNET.  It is to her I have placed the following challenge.

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From:  John ******* <****.*******@*****.com>

To: Laura ***** ****** ****** <**********@*****.com>

Subject: best messenger bag ever

Hey Laura, so I would LOVE to order a sick messenger/laptop bag.  Nice and simple, doesn’t need pockets or zippers or anything.

I would like one robot, one dinosaur, and one robot dinosaur aka dinosaur-cyborg on it.  Hopefully at least two of them are fighting.  But I want you to be free to be creative too.  I attached some fun photos I like.  Also, it might be cool if the cyborg dinosaur has a bazooka.  Just an idea.  He doesn’t have to.

U rock.

John

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From: Laura ***** ****** ****** <**********@*****.com>

To:  John ******* <****.*******@*****.com>

Subject: RE:best messenger bag ever

oh my gosh, i’m really not sure i’ve ever gotten a funnier email in my life. this could take some time for me to do the design. wow. i think my favorite part is, “it might be cool if the cyborg dinasour has a bazooka. just an idea. he doesn’t have to.” i repeat. wow.

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From:  John ******* <****.*******@*****.com>

To: Laura ***** ****** ****** <**********@*****.com>

Subject: RE:RE:best messenger bag ever

YES.  Please take as much time as you need to make it AWESOME, even if that means spending an entire YEAR!!!

And please make it with love.

J

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Mrs. Verner, the world awaits your masterpiece.

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* I just assume that every girl has the middle name Marie, because every girl does

** I intentionally left off the prefix “half” from marathon, it just didn’t have as much “zing” to it – you’re welcome Dad

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