I went into the McDonald’s by my house recently with a friend and saw a familiar face. OMG! I thought. It was the same guy I’d had a totally bizarre conversation with nearly two years before, in that very same McDonald’s! I gave my friend my iPhone and made her take a picture of the guy with me in the background. I wrote about the conversation back when it happened, but I didn’t have any photos at the time and it was just SO random, so I never really did anything with it. Now, armed with a photo, I dug into my archives and trudged up the old story. Here it is, for your reading enjoyment. Keep in mind this was back when I worked at Paul Frank.
Continue reading ‘Gay Inclinations!’
I’m sorry, but what the fuck?? I got talked into going to dinner tonight at Mother’s Market which I gather is a grocery store for vegans, or for skinny people with bad tattoos and dreadlocks. I suppose I can see the virtue in not wanting to harm (cute) animals, I just don’t really buy the rationale for not wanting to eat or wear them. In fact, I am becoming more and more convinced that the people who do decide to willfully swear off meat are somewhat loopy. My suspicion was in no way dampened by my visit to Mother’s Market. This mecca for non-meat eaters was crammed full of aisle after aisle of the weirdest woo-woo bullshit I have ever seen. Naturally if you are going to build a grocery store for people who don’t actually eat food, well then I suppose you are going to be left with a lot of extra space to fill on the shelves. Bring on the Spiritual Pills and Holistic Ass-Cleaners!
Continue reading ‘Nose Genie! WTF!!??’
“Daddy, you are a Poo Poo, Pee-Pee, stinky butt-head.” That used to be LuLu’s favorite thing to say to me. I think she got a little thrill out of it because it was kind of like cussing for a toddler.
Continue reading ‘Fucking Hands!’
So, in the last post I had this AMAZING photo of my work station. It looked sleek and clean and the new desktop was just glowing! Pretty impressive considering I just shot it in natural light with my iPhone.
Actually there is a little more to the story than that. For the past couple of years I have had a job to go to. Like to actually physically leave the house TO GO to. This is significant because I used to do a lot of freelance work, so prior to the last couple of years I mostly worked out of the house. In fact, I had a pretty nice little home operation set up. I had stylish tables and chairs from Ikea and a nice stainless steel G5 Mac with a matching stainless steel 17 inch monitor; it was all pretty sweet.
Continue reading ‘Office Makeover! Frustrated in the Men’s Room!’
Anyone who follows the Franco Shade blog may already be aware that Drew Matthews handles all of their web stuff. For the past couple of weeks Drew has also been helping me to get GOST ready and operating on the web. In fact, without Drew yesterday’s official launch just would not have been possible, so I owe him a big thanks! Thank you DREW!!
Continue reading ‘Over 1000 Hits! Asian Pee!’
Announcing Big Changes for 2009!
We have all witnessed the evolution of Franco Shade and the Ghost and Knives logo over the past several years. Both the Franco Shade name and the logo have generated a lot of interest in this time. Franco Shade and the Ghost have both become a part of the fabric of streetwear culture in Orange County and beyond.
Now in 2009 Franco Shade and the iconic Ghost and Knives logo will split into two separate companies. Franco Shade will continue on with Joe Navran at the helm and the whole Franco Team intact: Tui, Thomas, Jerm and crew.
Arlo Eisenberg will direct a brand new spin-off company featuring the Ghost and Knives logo, appropriately named GOST (pronounced “ghost”).
Continue reading ‘GOST and HAMMER!’
I’ve been spending a lot of time on myspace these past few days setting up a new profile for GOST (www.myspace.com/gostbrand).
Continue reading ‘GOST on MySpace! Nut Tech!’
