Unusual & Unconventional Gift Ideas
Since I’m lucky enough to wear jeans and t-shirts to work, I’ve been looking around for some good t-shirts. This Employee of the Month t-shirt is kind of cute. I’m a big fan of brown shirts these days, as they don’t get as grungy looking as black or white shirts, and they don’t make you look like a 12-year-old the way a lot of brightly colored t-shirts do.
I feel fortunate to have been born early enough to enjoy much of the 1980s. The movies were great, the video games were just starting to get good, and the music…well, I’ll take a little “Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” over “The Magic Stick” and American Idol any day.
So, as you might guess, I was definitely excited to see this cute black Goonies Never Say Die t-shirt. I have a feeling that I could wear this shirt out to almost any bar and get more attention from the guys than if I were wearing a low-cut blouse. Or more quality attention, anyway.
One more note - It would be totally lame if you wore the Goonies t-shirt without having seen the movie. Don’t be that girl. Netflix is cheap.
I don’t know if it’s the fact that this t-shirt is green, or the fact that it has shiny lettering that makes me like it, but I’ll definitely be ordering this cute poly/cotton t-shirt as soon as I can figure out what else I can order to bring it up to $75 for free shipping.
I have an unnatural aversion to paying for shipping, and I don’t consider it at all strange that I would order another $55 of merchandise to avoid having to pay for it. That’s just how I operate. Especially when it comes to clothing stores, since you always need clothing - right?
Anyway, back to the focus here. If you want to pick up your own GREEN IS THE NEW BLACK t-shirt, it’s $19.50 over at Alloy. Yes, Alloy is usually considered to be a high school kid’s store, but this is the internet and no one has to know if you don’t tell them :)
I spent most of last week sick in bed with the flu. It could have been a miserable time, but one of the networks was running the Karate Kid movies and I managed to Tivo them. Instant entertainment.
Anyway, I had to smile when I saw this Ralph Macchio Karate Kid T-Shirt. It come in both male and female styles (though I’ve linked to the female version), and it’s just $20. Not bad.

Given the writer’s strike, it’s hard to say exactly when 24 and Jack Bauer are returning, but we all know it will happen at some point. In the mean time, you can express your love of the show with this “Bauer Power” T-Shirt.
The shirt features a great picture of Jack Bauer on the front, with a rainbow placed inexplicably behind his head. I’m really not sure what that’s about, unless it’s some kind of visual manifestation of the “Bauer Power” as it radiates from his body. Luckily, they had the good sense to offer the Jack Bauer “Bauer Power” t-shirt in both men and women’s sizes. It would be great for a night out at the local dive bar, and even better for the eventual 24 season premiere party that one of your friends is bound to throw.
I just wish they’d send in the Bauer Power to negotiate the writer’s strike already. I totally support the writers in their very reasonable demands, but I wish the networks would hurry up and just give them what should be theirs.