I really want to say that this tee is the one I’ve been waiting my whole t-shirt blogging career for. The one that encapsulates who I am and what I do and boils it down to its bare essence. But it’s probably better if I just be straight with you.
You see, while I am both fat and down to party, I’m normally the guy who makes his way to the couch for a brief nap. That’s sort of what I do. Like all the time. I mean, if I manage to make it thru a gathering without dozing off, it’s a notable event. And it’s not like I get bored or anything — I just really like sleeping.
So I guess what I’m getting at is that this shirt speaks to me. Well, more like who I’d like to be. But it’d really be my jam if it said, “I’M FAT, YOU GUYS PARTY, I’LL BE OVER ON THE COUCH WITH MY EYES CLOSED”.
To be honest, I didn’t think that I’d ever be the sort of guy to express unbridled excitement at the start of a new season. But here we are in 2010 and I’m ready to spend my summer drinking beers and rooting for the Dodgers.
Like many kids in the 80′s, I spent a considerable amount of my youth collecting and trading baseball cards. And while I tended to prefer Topps over all the other brands, I ended up amassing a decent stack of ones from Donruss too. In fact, despite having Topps rookie cards for the likes of Jose Canseco, Barry Bonds and Jim Abbott, the crown jewel of my collection was the Bo Jackson Donruss Rated Rookie card that I somehow managed to score.
So in celebration of all those old hunks of cardboard — and the start of a new season — I’m running this tee from No Mas. It’s a design that gives me nostalgia pangs more than anything else, but I’m sure at least a few of y’all are feeling them too.
Holy shit! I know that this tee is super fucking punny — to the point of being completely absurd — but I love it anyway.
I’ll be honest. Before I laid eyes on this design, I didn’t think Motörhead could possibly get any more metal. Apparently, I couldn’t have been more wrong tho. Once you add “Curb Your Enthusiasm” star Larry David to the mix — and that goes for almost any situation — shit gets cranked up to twelve.
As winter has given way to springtime here in Los Angeles, I’ve found that my thoughts have been drifting off in all sorts of lovely directions. It’s the return of some of my favorite things in the world…
Flip flop weather! Afternoons in the park! Late night beach bonfires! Trips to the Farmers Market! Barbecues! Picnics!
Then again, LA’s one of those places where you can get away with doing most of that stuff year around. Still, there’s something magical about this time of year. You can’t really deny that.
One of the patterns that just sort of say springtime without screaming it out loud has always been gingham. Well, at least to me it has. And while the pattern may come off as a little “country” to some folks, I love the shit out of the simplicity of this design. If only they had it in a yellow on kelly green or red on heather grey colorway. *shrug* Oh well… Maybe someday.
Preshrunk pal Mack sent along this totally epic video that’s bound for viral glory. That is, if it hasn’t already done so by the time you’re reading this. So if you haven’t seen it, watch it! I swear that it’s worth four minutes of your time.
But since this is a t-shirt blog (where I’m supposed to link up stuff that’s for sale) I’d totally suck if I didn’t point out that they’re selling the actual shirts from the video for $20 to $30 a pop. Or if that’s too steep, they’ve also got really decent replicas for a more modest $18 price tag.
I swear that I’m not going to make a habit out of running shirts that haven’t even been printed yet, but Sebastiaan de With’s Bricky is just too damn rad to not mention now.
Think of this as the t-shirt blogger equivalent of yelling “first” — even if I did manage to stumble across it on Tumblr…
The Mac nerds in the crowd might remember Sebastiaan’s fantastic Exploded Settings tee. If you don’t tho, that’s totally fine. This design is a celebration of the blue legos that show up in place of Flash content on the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad. I, for one, hate Flash with a passion. If you follow me on Twitter, that’s really no secret. I earnestly want to see it stamped out by the likes of HTML5, CSS 3 and Apple’s assorted mobile products. So you can bet your ass that I’ll throw down $22.50 when this unassuming bad boy drops.
This tee is still in the scoring phase over at Threadless — well, for the next four days at least — but it’s a total five and buy as far as I’m concerned.
If you’re looking for a little context, I suggest you take twenty seconds of your time and check out this video over on the YouTubes:
That’s from Conan’s last Tonight Show a little more than a week ago, and the sentiment is something that really resonated with me. Apparently it moved enough folks to merit the Threadless submission above, a wallpaper and a Facebook Group. So in the interest of helping the cause along, I encourage you to go show it some love. I mean, you really don’t have to. But just know that sitting on your hands may make you come off as some sort of Leno sympathizer. Just sayin’…
Oh, noble space monkeys… If anything in this world deserves a smoke, it’s you.
You pierced the stratosphere to make sure it was safe for the scientists to go up. Were it not for you, Alan Shepard would have never had the chance to play that round of golf on the moon.
Then again, it’s not like you had a choice or anything. Still, I appreciate the sacrifice you made — even if you do look super creepy.
I really want to say that this tee is the one I’ve been waiting my whole t-shirt blogging career for. The one that encapsulates who I am and what I do and boils it down to its bare essence. But it’s probably better if I just be straight with you.
