Happy Monday. Possibly an oxymoron!

(By the way, TOMORROW: I’ll feature some art by a wonderful illustrator, and then the day after that I’ll interview him, and then the day after that he’ll tell us things he’s obsessed with. PS He recently did work for Wes Anderson. THIS IS TRUE!)

Above: stuff from 80stees.com our new advertiser.

NOTE
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about advertising and how I want to handle it — whether I want to handle it. I’ve tried some advertising services briefly in the past, but didn’t like having so little control of the ads that would appear on my site. I only want to choose sponsors whose stuff I like and would actually buy myself. I also want to be really upfront about it, ie introduce the advertiser in a post to show you why I’ve picked them and let you know what’s going on. This post, along with the ad on the right, is kind of a test. We’ll see how it goes and how I’ll proceed in the future.

By way of explanation, if I were independently wealthy I would need no advertising. I’d like to be able to pay for my hosting services and have some money to continue and expand different parts of the site. I have a full-time job, so it’s not like I’m without income, but I’m also working 10 to 20 hours a week on Stickers & Donuts and actually losing money. (What a business woman, eh?)

SHIRTS
So, here I introduce to you 80stees.com. I picked them because they make cool T-shirts that remind me of my youth (I was born in the mid-80s with an older brother to help instill a love of the era), 80s cartoons are the best television cartoons in all of history, it’s almost Halloween and the store has fun costumes, and you can shop the store based on movie or TV show (Princess Bride, The Goonies, Chuck Noris, Maverick, Saved By the Bell, Top Gun, 90210, Masters of the Universe. Sigh.).

Here are my 80s Tees favorites, left to right, top to bottom:

  1. “What Other Shenanigans Could I Get into” ($20) So this first T-shirt isn’t even from the 80s. It’s actually a Juno t-shirt. There are two main reasons why I like it: this is the funniest line in the movie & had me laughing for about 3 minutes after the trailer was over, and I love the handwriting. (I also think this one is pretty funny.)
  2. “Save the Trees” Star Wars Tee ($26) This Ewok is so cute & the T-shirt is so vintage-y I think I could tell people I found it in my drawer and I’ve owned it since 1992.
  3. “You have died of dysentery.” ($20) We’ve all been there. The Oregon Trail is a bitch.
  4. “2 Legit 2 Quit” ($20) I don’t even really know what that means. And quit what? Oh well. I like the Ninja Turtles & bright colors.
  5. ONE DOLLAR. (Rainbow Bright patch, $1)
  6. Sweatshirts are so comfy it’s just a plus when they are also cool. (Pac-Man Sweatshirt, $45).
  7. Okay, so I know Halloween is an excuse for girls to dress up kind of whorishly, and while I don’t condone this, I am sort of (a lot) obsessed with bright colors. If I were a superhero, my outfit would include rainbow colors and shiny-ness. (Sexy Rainbow Bright, $55)
  8. You are supposed to be creative on Halloween. But if you can’t seem to find the time, I guess a T-shirt manufacturer can be creative for you. (Ninja Turtle shell T-shirt, $40)
  9. I have tried on several Snow White Halloween costumes. Not because they are Halloween costumes, but because I want to dress like Snow White. Is that weird? (Snow White costume, $70)

Doesn’t this make you want to go back to the days of eating Lucky Charms and sitting in front of the TV watching Smurfs wearing PJs that cover your entire body, even your toes? Alright, so I wasn’t allowed to eat Lucky Charms. And our TV was broken and thus in black and white. I’m not sure if the channel that played The Smurfs came in. And those PJs made your feet smell. But, you know, in retrospect I get really nostalgic

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