adventures

Hello everyone.  This week has been a very interesting one.  As you have read, we set up a booth at the Texas Pete Ribfest last weekend.  A couple of days after the ribfest, there was a lady that left a comment on our website.  This is what the comment read:

"Dear Sirs, I saw your booth this weekend at The ribfest, and I was appalled. As I strong black woman, I felt that most of your shirts had racist undertones. I will tell all of my friends and family about your site and tell them not to visit. The man in the booth was very friendly, but shirts like these should not me allowed. Cheryl M"

This comment was copied and pasted, so don't call me a dumbass, the typos are not mine.  We always knew that there was going to be a time when we would start getting stuff like this, but we never expected it would be so soon.  In a weird sadistic way, when I read this it I could not help but view it as some measure of success.  All of the designs that we come up with are meant to be funny, I guess that not all people share the same sense of humor we do.  The fact that the lady was willing to track us down and take the time to leave this comment is pretty funny.  We welcome all criticism, both good and bad.

Our good friend Brian shared something he made with us last weekend, It is one of the coolest things I've seen in a long time.  Hopefully, soon, I can coax him into making some more for us to sell on our site.  Can't say what it is, but it is going to make drinking beer much more convenient.  Brian is a very manly dude, I did not know he could use a sewing machine.  He continues to amaze.  By the way, Happy 1st Fathers day to Brian and Pete. 

In our continued search for venues to spread our disease to, we have found a few that we are applying for.  We found a moonshine festival, a heavy metal festival, a battle of the bands, and a Oktoberfest celebration.  The one thing in common: Beer.  We will supply more information as it is received.  If you have any suggestions on places to go, please let me know.  On that note, hope everyone has a good week.
Happy Father's Day,
zac

expectations

Well our first Event, the Ribfest in Winston Salem, is in the books.  We managed to sell a few shirts,  my expectations for the event was probably too high.  I did'nt make my first million this weekend, but I met a bunch of great people and got to see some of my closest friends.  The event was little more than an organized block party, but we had a great time.  It rained every day except for Thursday, and that was the day everyone was at work.  Got a chance to spend all day on Thursday with my little brother, I don't do that enough, it was great.  Had some great friends come out.  On Friday, my good friend Ray Ray and his beautiful wife, Ashley came out and saved my ass.  They watched the booth for us so I could attend my sister's graduation.  Afterwards, we hung out and had a great time, hate we did not take pictures, I guess I'm just a dummy .  On Saturday, good buddies David and Brian spent the whole day with us.  Separated, we can not drink, but when our powers combine, we turn into superheroes trying to rid the world of beer.  More friends, Pete, Suzanne, and sweet little Lillie came and hang out for a while.  Love you, Pete, but you married way out of your league.  We'll have some pics on the website soon.  Later on, two of the loveliest women I know, Heather and Kim, came out with little miss Riley and hung out for a while.  Just want to say thank you for coming out and supporting us.  As for our new friends, Mona, Kayla, Nichole, Glenn, Charlotte and Josh: Thank you for making our first festival a pleasant experience.  It's funny how a little bit of food, drink, and beer will bring people together.  We lost money, but gained memories and friends.  Good trade if you ask me.  So in closing, Thanks to everyone that came to see us, not sure what kind of show we will do next, but I hope it is soon, and I am open to any suggestions.  Well guys and gals, have a great week and I'll be sure to have something else stupid to share soon.
Later,
Zac
www.mangledmind.com

Trial and Error

At first thought, I was pictured going to our first festival was going to be a breeze.  After this weekend, I have had to take a step back and re-evalute the situation.  Mangled Mind has it's first date this coming weekend with the Texas Pete Ribfest in Winston Salem, NC.  And no, we are not dating some dude named Pete, but we are going to set up a tent and sell some shirts.  The thoughts that were running through my mind were telling me things like it is going to be fun and it is going to be easy.  Yesterday, my wife and I went out into the yard and decided to set up a mock display so we would be prepared for the upcoming festivities.  Turns out that setting something like this up is not a quick process.  We must have went through ten different ways of displaying shirts before we found the one we fell in love with.  It was definately hard work, but we both enjoyed it.  This just reassures me that we have found something we love and we just have to make it work.  I think that what we have come up with is pretty cool, and I would love to hear anything that anyone has to say.  You can access our Facebook page to the right of this post, it contains a picture of our display.  To all of you who read this and can make it to the Ribfest, I beg that you come to our tent and have a beer with me.  Beer is on me.  Ours will be the one with the Mangled Mind logo, and the fat bastard under the tent.  So if you get a chance, come see me.  If you hate us, please cheer for our failure, and if you support us, please wish us luck.  I will let you know how it turned out next week.
Thanks for the few minutes of your life,
zac
www.mangledmind.com