Dong Hung

 All I want for Christmas is a Dong Hung t-shirt.

Bless This Dress

Anikka up in Ericka's dress like a spooky ghost.

Bridal Shoes

Ericka's beautiful bridal shoes and handbag have arrived!

 

Leg Day, Starring Me!

I bought Ericka this set of leggings with my face on them and was a little bit surprised she actually wore them out in public, but she is cool like that. 

It got chilly later, so she wore my Original Misfits hoody too. Looking Good!

Out with the Old, In with the New

 Happy New Year, 2018!

Hello, My Name is Unicorn

 It isn't often you see the word, "unicorn" written in a gore font.

"Hello, my name is UNICORN."

Drop Dead Gorgeous

Branch Manager Ericka at San Juan Capistrano Library's Day of the Dead event.

Who Wore It Better?

Pet fashion contest held over social media,

Kizzy won:

New Year, New Shirt

Happy New Year pic from 2015:

 

The Clothes Make The Man

I bought this shirt from Arm the Animals at the Feline Film Festival in Los Angeles; September, 2014.

Short-Lived Hat

I bought this hat because Albert said it looked cool.  I didn't think so, but bought it on his recommendation.

For awhile, I would wear it on the bus when I rode in to work in Laguna Beach, but I eventually retired it. I think Goodwill has it now.

Selfie with hat.

Federline Hat

Under Albert's influence, I purchased a Federline hat at Nordstrom.  He says he will get one too if he finds a cheaper one.

We ate at the Japanese place in ISC. When the waiter first approached, Albert told him, "I want a beer."

The waiter responded, "We have Sapporo and Asahi."

Albert: "I want a beer.

Good food, but a bit over-priced.

Next day: Shit - I missed the bus. It was a little early. I am usually at the stop early just in case, but I was too busy admiring my hat this morning.

Bus driver said, "That's a nice hat."

Coming home, we have a couple of real lively homeless guys discussing music:

"The Black Crows were originally called the Four Horsemen."

"NOooo - The Four Horsemen was a MOVIE!"

The one who is the drunker of the two is really loud and friendly.  Keeps referencing his age, "I was 29 when I first saw the Black Crowes. Great band.  I'd never heard of them until my brother told me about them when I was 29.  Great band.  Great great band.  I first saw them when I was 29".

He also says Aerosmith's singer is "Gene Tyler". He saw them when he was 36.

Sexy Water Buffalo

 I have this great water buffalo hat in my office. I keep it in my desk drawer in case of emergency.

Fan Hat

It's a hat:

Hat.

It's a fan:

Fan.

It's a fan hat:

Fan hat.

A hat that collapses into a fan! A fan that expands into a hat!
Folds up to fit in your back pocket!
Beat the heat in style.

Aerial view.

Thank you, Chinatown!

[Originally posted on Rebel Leady Boy, June 22, 2005]

Don't Go To Bed...

So, this morning, a guy I'm making a website for tells me about a bail bondsman he knows named Moses.  When I asked who Moses was, he told me Moses was an ex-biker, turned bail bondsman/bounty hunter with a steel CAGE built into the trunk of his car. For people. He is apparently a hard core mother fucker.

But the best thing of all about Moses his his promotional t-shirt:

Moses' promotional t-shirt.

Nothing subtle about it.

And if that isn't enough to cram onto one shirt, the front displays a huge caption:

"Don't go to bed with a price on your head."

The sleeves are emblazoned with sharks:

Sleeve detail.

I just can't believe the awesomeness of this t-shirt. The back panel incorporates Moses posed as the Biblical Moses, parting a shark infested ocean so a car can drive through. The caption reads, "When you're in deep water, call Moses."

Back panel images, wide view.

8 Commandments detail.

"Thou shall not croak."

[Originally posted on I'm Nacho Steppinstone, May 18, 2004]

Avatar Vault: I'm Nacho Steppinstone

The avatar I used for my first blog, I'm Nacho Steppinstone, launched Dec. 2003.

Drawn-on sharpie sideburns were very fashionable in those days.

 

Hippy Shirts

In the mid 1980s, my friend Duane and I picked up a couple of old hippie shirts at a thrift store. Wide collars, soft and stretched from years of wear. To us, they felt like something dug up from another lifetime. The late 60s weren’t even twenty years gone, but at 16 that was forever. We wore them for an afternoon and just laughed, like we’d stepped into a world that didn’t belong to us.

Twenty years doesn’t stretch the way it used to. It’s like some kid today digging through a thrift bin and pulling out a shirt from 2005—a Von Dutch hat, a Livestrong bracelet, baggy jeans—holding it up like it’s from another planet. To me, that stuff still feels more or less contemporary.