darryn

For the first year ever I actually remembered to write this post. Today my blog is 8 years old. The blog has been through at least 6 versions, and when I started the word "blog" had yet to be coined, so I was writing "updates". I have some of the old versions online:

• Version 1 (1999 - Jan 2000)
• Version 2 (2000)
• Version 3 (2001-2002) (broken at the moment) [update 22/11/2007: moved to a new server and online]
• Version 4 (2002-2003) (broken)
• Version 5 (2003-2004) (broken)
• Version 6 (2004-2007) (this red one) [update 22/11/2007: not this one anymore]
• Version 7 (coming Real Soon Now) [update 22/11/2007: this one now]

If I get home in time tonight I will fix up some of the broken ones, so check back later. [update 22/11/2007: fixed black, brown, red and grey]

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I got a new shipment of threadless shirts today, I have been expecting them for a few days now. They just had one of their $10 sales so I bought four shirts, although I really only cared for 2 or 3 of them. In descending order of fondness, they are:

Insomnia

I like this one because it is green, which suits me, and because I am as sweet and innocent as a little lamb.

Marshmallow Factory

Charlie the Unicorn and Afternoon Delight meet with cuteness. This is my flatmate, Megatron’s, favourite of this shipment.

Strength in Numbers

I liked the colour of the shirt, but the actual shirt delivered is a teal/aqua colour of which I am not too fond. The design is ok but not awesome.

Clouds Within the Thunder

This is the one I bought because it was only $10. It is a nice shade of red but the print is off-centre, too large, and doesn’t really stand out.

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On Wednesday I took delivery of my newest shirt, a Fruity Oaty Bar shirt from Make U Smile Tees. I only found this site recently, they make licensed shirts from all kinds of movies and TV shows etc. I was looking for firefly/serenity shirts, FOX closed down the good old Blue Sun Shirts website so I did a search. The fruity oaty bar shirt just jumped out at me, I told Amelia about it and she bought herself one immediately.

The shirt is made from a lightweight cotton, good for Summer. I got a large but it is a little too small for me, I will probably buy an XL to replace it. I wish everyone just used American Apparel shirts, the large size fits me perfectly. The cotton smelled funny but this was fixed after a wash. I like the colour and texture, it is unusual and kinda fits the Serenity ‘verse.

The shirt is themed on a scene in the movie Serenity where an ad for Frutiy Oaty Bars is played in a dodgy bar and it triggers River’s killing powers.

One of the best things about the shirt is that I got it for FREE! Or, at least, I didn’t pay any money for it. They have a webmasters program where a PR3 or higher site that links to them can get a shirt for free. I think it is a good deal for both sides, as long as the webmasters are honest. Anyway I was personally contacted by the owner of the site for some feedback, which was nice. I told him what I honestly thought and also suggested (requested?) some new designs based on Jayne’s shirts in Firefly. Now that Blue Sun is closed down I cannot get my fix, and anyway their shirts were ill-fitting and aged poorly.

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