slayer gyrl's logo

I love it when things turn out better than expected. When I asked my friend and superbly talented designer Pascal Alouidor to create a logo for me, he took his sweet ol’ time. He’s West Indian, so that may have something to do with it.

When I tried to hurry him along, eager to get my cancer awareness and self-awareness on, he did the e-mail equivalent of patting me on the head, assuring me that my graphic would soon come. Soon turned out to be several months, but it was well worth the wait.

My logo is beyond what I expected. It’s so, well, me. It’s got a bit of flair with its funky rocker gyrl font, and yet it’s purposeful. Just enough posturing for a good cause. In one fabulously crafted image, I’m able to promote myself and shout out ovarian cancer survivors. A win-win if you ask me. With its teal ribbon inset — the ovarian cancer color — also doubling as the y, my logo has got me feeling real official.

Forget a business card. I might walk around with my logo on display. I may rock it like a designer label, show it off like a badge, or get it made into a costume so I can dress up as the superhero version of myself for Halloween. I’m starting to think that having my own logo is going to be as good as having my own theme song. Hell, I might look into that next.