Tonight, at the Shanghai Palace in Chatswood, I attended a Datacom/Microsoft Tech Support reunion dinner for those of us who suffered in the late 90’s in the days of Windows 98 and NT 4.0. I had worked closely with three of the guys there and, like any reunion, it was a mixture of slight awkwardness, reminiscing, and hearing about people’s lives. The food was the whitest possible without going as far as Sweet & Sour Pork, but it was enjoyable nonetheless. This, however, is not the subject of this post.
I arrived in Chatswood a full 40 minutes early (!) and, as it was late-night shopping, went for a walk up Victoria Ave in search of things to look at. The air was humid, smelling of Chinese spices, naphthalene, and a little bit of air conditioning mould. It was almost like being in KL.
The lure of Chatswood Westfields drew me in, and I remembered a background mission that I have been pursuing for some time: to get some new Volleys. I have looked in a Big W and 2 Kmarts but the selection has been poor in all cases. They never have any size 10’s (weird that I am size 11½ for every other shoe). Chatswood Target, however, is a Dunlop Volley shopper’s delight: they have every size of every colour. White with blue, white with green & gold, black, and white with green & gold, extra green trim, green laces and SKULLS inside! Guess which ones I bought? $30 = BARGAIN!
Aren’t they lovely? I think that I will wear them to see M.A.N.D.Y. on Saturday night. The green is the exact same as my new lamb shirt. I know that Lydia is reading this and groaning at my poor taste. I like them.
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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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Written on 10 September 2007
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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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Written on 09 September 2007
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I have a T-shirt fetish.
I have two wardrobes in my bedroom, one is for T-shirts and the other is for Miscellaneous. In my T-shirt wardrobe hang sixty-nine shirts, as I acquire new ones my least favourite go into a suitcase. There are a lot in the suitcase.
Glarkware this is one of my favourite tshirt shops, they have a lot of cool stuff. I have 6 glarkware shirts, and additionally one I bought for Bunni (which I never gave her, since she broke my heart). If you are a size S and want the “Food In, Poo Out” shirt, I am accepting applications.
My Glarkware shirts:
Number 1 threat
Twelve
Frakkin’ Toaster
Kill All Humans
Moment of Triumph
Sorry
Food In Poo Out (for Bunni)
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