School is coming, don't get some lame looking Jansport backpack. Support the sports and atheletes you love by picking up one of these Nike SB Backpacks. Not only does it look great, but it'll hold your deck and it's a high quality, durable fabric. This is the perfect back to school backpack. Available now for $89.99
A Gringo is a term that describes a white male that doesn't speak Spanish but live's in a Spanish speaking area. A Gringette is their female counterpart, and now it's also the name of one of the coolest flats available for girls today. This is the Gringette from DVS, available now for $34.99.
She may be dumb, she may be a bit of a whore, but there is no denying her popularity and success as a celebrity. Plus she likes to party, and I fully support that. So I've decided to do a roundup of a few Paris Hilton Tee Shirts that I've found around the Internet.
The Paris Hilton Color Block Tee  | Paris Hilton Face Tee |
Striped Paris Hilton Tee | Paris Hilton Boot Tee |
Paris Hilton's big face on a tee, over some bright colors...you want that? Oh you wanted her face in green or behind some pink stripes? Yeah I found those too. Hell, I even found Paris in some fishnets wearing stripper boots. Best of all, these are available now for $34.50.
Imaginary Foundation may be known for their bright color tees, but this black and white brings a welcome glow from the brand that is different from anything else they are putting it. It's The Glow Tee and is available now for $28.
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The Loots is a new brand being carried at Karmaloop, they are making some pretty great stuff. This tee pictured here is the Smoke and Mirrors tee, featuring a foil print on a dank looking pale blue shirt. Pretty big print on the sleeve too, this is a definite must have for back to school. Available now for $30 with free shipping!
Robin's Egg Blue used to be the steeziest color around. In the 70's just about every guy owned a nice suit that sported the color of the times. Well Gourmet is brining it back. These canvas kicks with a mesh inner are one of the highest quality pairs of shoes you can find. If it wasn't for the robin's egg blue I'd even say you could wear them with a suit. Available now for $125.
Boosted is the fashion and style segment of the popular cell phone provider, Boost Mobile. These phones come with an adapter to fit your iPhone, and another to fit most cell phones with the small 1.4" jack. Add that functionality to the classic look of these Stiloso Headphones and you have what I think is the best looking headphone on the market today. Available now for $48.
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I'm happy to see streetwear companies starting to stray from the super thug image that was big the style last year. This hippy pot smoker baseball shirt from the Loots looks to be one of the most comfortable rags you can get your hands on, much different than retarded things like Shutter Shades people were wearing last time this year. Settle down with this Wake and Bake Raglan for $34, with free shipping.
This is the first jersey I think I have seen that wasn't repping a brand, team, or some shitty nascar sponsor. It's repping cool guys, because cool guys are number 1! Only 300 of this jersey will every be printed, and best of all Gold Coin is offering free shipping on all of them. Stand out in the crowd when you go back to school with this instant classing, available now for $40.
I'm not a big hat guy. My head is so big its rare I can find one that even fits my head. This Expo 89 Hat by Freshjive comes all the way up to a 7 3/4 though so I should be set. Pick one up now for $44.
Summer has come and is nearly gone, for many this means going back to school. A place that is not loved by us that enjoy the lazy days summer. We all see it as a necessary step of life but never really take the time to question why. We see it as a benefit to our lives, but never step back to see the positive effects it has on us. I speak from the deepest levels of my personal feeling when I say this, I believe the academic part of my school life to have been completely worthless.
I graduated from my high school in 2004, and every year that has passed I see more and more how the experiences I had with my friends in those years have molded me into a person I am proud to be today. I wasn't a bad student, but the restrictive nature of a public education just isn't something I can look back on and feel proud of. What I can feel proud of is the adversity I have overcome by constantly challenging convention. Learning to convince teachers it wasn't I who had swore, or cops it wasn't me who was drunk may have not been the best thing for my life at the time. But in all honesty, if I wasn't forced into those situations in my teenage years I would not be able to manage the adversity life throws at me on a daily basis nearly as well today.
The purpose of this short article is two fold. The first is to let my readers know that I'm not some machine finding cool products and writing about them. I'm a person just like you. I've had run ins with the cops, I've gotten hammer drunk, and I've woken up not knowing where I was more times than you could believe.
The second, and most important reason, is that if you live your life honestly with yourself you'll do ok in the end. Doing well in school is just one of many routes to success. Live life within your limits, but constantly push those limits to expand your horizons. You don't need to answer to your parents in the end, you don't need to answer to your teachers, you don't need to answer to god, you need to answer to yourself. If you live your life truly believing this, you will live a very, very full life.
Be true. Be Good. Be Happy.
-Andrew
