#167 Buddha Belly

I pretty much was saving this shirt specifically for the next time I made my way out to Las Vegas. Then lo and behold my good friend with a good bustline, Stacy mentioned on facebook that she needed a buddy to accompany her on a trip out to Vegas for a job interview. I eagerly agreed.

Our few days there involved stuffing ourselves silly with delicious food, gaping at the people of Walmart look of non-spring break Las Vegas tourists (speaking of which, while Stacy spent most of the nights looking like a fancy prostitute, I spent most of them looking like a plaid sack of manure by comparison), drinking questionable beverages out of a plastic cowboy boot (though perhaps questionable is implied with the words "cowboy boot"), and trying my best not to drunkenly text every girl I've ever met ever. Good times.

#166 A Butterfly's Vagina

Not much to say about this RVCA shirt other than I wore it on St. Patty's day because it was green. I do remember that I wore a green shirt the day before and felt silly for wearing green two days in a row (LIKE A SAVAGE).

This St. Patty's I spent my evening with the Nelson's at Disneyland. It was patriarch Jeff XVII Nelson's birthday and so they decided to celebrate there. I met up with them after work that day. The Nelson's are awesome. I sometimes feel like I see them almost as much I see my own parents. Heck, I'd be one if Jaime ever nutted up and just married me already (kidding). But I always enjoy seeing them, they've always been super cool. We went on Big Thunder Mountain and watched Fantasmic from a really nice spot. Mr. Nelson mentioned to a friendly, giant, flamboyant cast member that he had never seen Fantasmic before and a little bit before the show start he led us to this roped off area next to the big control booth. It was a lovely evening.

Oh, and the design on the shirt looks like a butterfly's vagina. Whaaaat?! That's right, I ruined that moment of genuine sentiment with potty talk. It's the Allison way. It's probably because of my personal insecurity with naked sentiment and emotional intimacy, son! I'm doing it right now, even. Word.

...perhaps I should lie down.

#165 What Ninja Turtle phrase haven't I used yet?

Hey, what do you know, another Ninja Turtle shirt. I mean, at this point, I'm even sick of them. What else can I even say about them?

This one is notable for most likely being the first ninja turtle shirt that I ever got for myself. I don't think I had one when I was a kid.

Favorite ridiculous memory of the Ninja Turtle cartoon: In one episode, Michaelangelo goes missing. The other turtles find a slice of pizza in the trash. One of them is able to recognize the bite marks on the pizza and use that as a clue in finding Mikey. Bites taken out of a random slice of pizza is a clue. Even as a child I was like "Um, this is bullshit."

Buy it: Don't. Ringer tees are totes last year y'all.

#164 Go Bayside!

I'm not particularly proud of this photo. Though, to be fair, I'm not particularly proud of any photo taken of me ever. The one with me and Brandon suited up James Bond style is pretty good I suppose.

I digress. Saved By The Bell was one of my very favorite shows when I was growing up. I very desperately wanted to be Zach Morris. Guy had it all; the phone, the always impeccably coiffed hair, Kelly Kapowski, he was one radical motherfucker.

Favorite episode: Off the top of my head what stands out is the one where Screech and AC Slater (a pun that I now understand after spending time on a movie set) were both going for the Mr. Bayside title. I can only assume that Zach didn't run because he disqualified for being too handsome or something. A quick rundown of the plot: Screech's robot punches Screech in the eye, Screech gets a black eye, rumor spreads that Slater did it, Screech lets people believe the rumor like the dick that he is, he gets the sympathy vote and Screech gladly accepts the Mr. Bayside crown with no repercussions. At least that's how I remember the episode. Why do I like this episode? Because the plot hinges on a robot that a character built themselves that he lets smack him in the eye. They just don't make shows like that anymore (thank god).

Buy it: I got this shirt from 80s Tees.com during their black friday sale. They're a quality source of nostalgia-wear.

#163 Dexter!

My good friend Dexter decided that his birthday party would be Dexter themed. This partly involved everyone dressing up like him. To make a Dexter one needs;

1. Oversized glasses
2. Some sort of wacky T-shirt, preferably featuring something nerdy
3. Plaid shorts
4. Crazy colored Chuck Taylors
5. A devil-may care attitude

Being a tall, lanky, white dude also helps the overall ensemble but is not required. Below is a picture of the party-goers who dressed in a Dexter-like fashion. The man himself is in the bright red shirt in the top left. The thing we're all sitting in front of is a kiddie pool/ball pit.


Magnificent. Anywho, this pizza tri-force shirt is from Teefury, a daily source for new, nerdy pop culture shirts.

#162 Ai yi yi yi yi

I loved the ever loving crap out of the Power Rangers when I was a kid. Loved it. My brother and I would watch it every morning before school while we munched on Cinnamon Toast Crunch.

(Ladies please, just try and restrain yourselves from me after reading this paragraph) The green ranger was the best. Don't even try to dispute me. He always had the best weapons (the Dragon Dagger, that awesome dragon sword thing, that talking tiger scimitar), the best zord (the Dragonzord was gigantic and even had its own special mashup zord when it combined with the others), and he got all the girls. Seriously, that guy must have been the producer's nephew or something because he totally got all the best stuff.

When I was a kid I begged and begged to get Power Rangers toys for Christmas and birthdays. However, either because I'm a girl or because they just plain didn't like the Power Rangers, neither my brother nor I never got any of the toys...well from them at least. Our Aunt Tess was always the one to indulge us, partly because she and Uncle Bernie lived in Florida so we didn't see them much.

Kid stuff nowadays seems way less badass. Growing up in the 90s, so many children's shows involved action and superheroes and evil villains. Kids growing up now have Dora the Explorer. These are sad, sad times we're living in, friend.

BUY: This shirt was purchased off of MyPartyShirt.com. They've got a fantastic selection of shirts that look like character jerseys and costumes. I basically want to own their entire catalog.

#161 Anteater Band #1

This is the first shirt that Brandon designed to be sold for the Anteater Band. Nice, simple, awesome.

#160 No One Will Suspect A Thing

He's a robot in disguise. Eh? Eh?

Anywho this is another one from Teefury. Good stuff.