I reached a certain point after working on this all night where I asked myself, “Why am I doing this?” That point was a couple of minutes ago. I haven’t really come up with an answer, but I am tired. I mean, this issue’s already pretty much done now, so I might as well finish. I’m sure in a couple of weeks after it’s all printed up I’ll start to get ideas for the next issue and then I’ll start to get excited about #10 a couple of months later. Financially and socially Thumb is just digging the hole a little deeper, but tonight I’ve had a lot of caffeine and don’t feel much like going to sleep. After all, what other chance do I get to play graphic designer and be in total control of the content as well as the layout. I could take a picture of my ass and just put it here for the sake of putting my ass here, and I guess that in itself is reason enough to do a zine...

[Eric Mast]