prep, jock, or stoner?

remember when the world was a simpler place and everyone fit neatly into some easy-to-define pigeonhole? back in those days there wasn't a lot of crossover- you were either one thing or another. the punks thought the metalheads were stupid, the "preppies" thought they were better than everyone else and the jocks were a roving gang of neanderthals that beat up anyone that got in their way. ah, the eighties. then one day one of those punk kids showed up for school wearing a metallica t-shirt. a jock got a mohawk, or one of the headbangers decided to cut all of his hair off. things started to shift and kind of melt together, and the social divisions weren't as easy to delineate. or maybe i just graduated from high school and none of that stuff seemed to matter anymore. either way, back in those days i wouldn't have been caught dead wearing a polo shirt- my friends (i was in the punk camp) would have laughed me out of their group and the "preps" would have seen it as a pathetic attempt to fit in with theirs. thank god we've evolved beyond all that! these days you can listen to whatever the hell you want to and have a lot more freedom in how you dress without being immediately lumped in one category or another. and you know what? i like some polo shirts- they're comfy and stylish. but i think they look way cooler with one of our prints on them. so i went out and bought some used polos and printed some of our designs all over them. the result is prep school, a page that features the first few of these experiments. hope you like 'em.








mention code "PREPSTER" in the "comments to seller" section of your shopping cart for a 10% refund. good until march 1st. now let your inner conformist out to play!

tuesday preversions

another pic of jezebelle to perk up your morning.



yes, i'm still working on the zb undies, there are just a lot of obstacles to doing them the way i want them done. but they are coming!

so yeah, BSG the other night basically degenerated into a frakkin' soap opera. "oooh tigh, who do you love more? he never loved me, he loved you! you know who he REALLY loves? bill adama that's who! tell her you love her, tigh, she needs to hear it! show her your love!" for an old bald dude with an eye patch, this guy sure manages to pull a lot of high maintenance cylon ass. that's nice and everything, but can we get back to the actual story line now? i find myself wondering where the hell this is all going and thinking maybe they should have just cut things off last season. but despite a couple of episodes that were kind of dead in the water, it's still the best show on television right now and they haven't disappointed me yet. no matter how they wind things up, i'm sure it's going to be pretty impressive. maybe i'm just dreading the end- i find myself getting emotional now when i hear the theme music, because i realize there are only a few episodes left- and so i'm expecting to be blown out of my seat every time. ah well. granny was a power sander.

coming very shortly: the polo shirts i posted on ebay didn't sell, so i'm going to be making them available on here. and hopefully pins shortly after that as well. keep your eyes out for dradis contact.

MJcute

more pics of cute li'l krystle wearing her MJQ (yellow) shirt posted this evening. more to come.









if you haven't seen vbs tv yet, first of all you have no idea of what you're missing out on. secondly i am incredibly jealous of you because now you get to discover all of the amazing programs this online tv station, run by vice magazine, has to offer. it will consume your life and you'll never want to turn your television on again. well, my favorite show on vbs is definitely art talk, which as its title suggests explores the world of art and gives a lot of insight into the creative process of some of today's most brilliant artists. it may actually inspire you to want to create your own art, which i find it has done for me several times.

working on a brand new design, the print is kind of complex but i'm hoping to have them finished and posted hopefully by this time next week. yip!

alcoholics 'r' us

here in nova scotia where i live, alcohol isn't so much something people do to unwind now and then as it is a daily way of life. everyone's an enabler, and you don't have a problem unless you're face down in the gutter or beating your kids. now, i enjoy a couple of beers here and there as much as the next bluenoser, but i know a problem drinker when i see one. that's why i thought this huge picture that's posted outside a new liquor store near where i live was so funny.



might not look that strange when you first glance at it, but take a closer look at some of these peoples' faces:


little bleary, are we? i think she needs some sleep. for like 5 days straight.


hey haggard henrietta, why don't you ease back on the bottle for 5 minutes? might do you some good.


"dude! just one more bump! i swear i'm good to go! huhuhuhuhu!" could you do me a favor and just kind of not breath on me?


"what? i've only smoked 36 cigarettes today. has anyone seen my self-esteem?" yeesh.

wow, if this is supposed to be a way of enticing me to go get liquored tonight, i think i'll pass. if these are the best models they could find to promote the "drinking lifestyle" in our fair province, maybe we have a bigger problem than i thought.

DISCOUNT CODE FOR THE WEEK: mention code "ALKEE" in the "message to seller" section of your shopping cart for a 10% refund on your order (refunds can only be sent to those with Paypal accounts). good 'til end of the day, february 21st. now drink up.

shipping now free, shirt prices to go up

hey kids, how's your saturday treating ya? i have some good news today- shipping on zeroboutique.com is now COMPLETELY FREE from now on- that's right, no hidden costs, the price you see is the price you pay. and don't forget that we ship INTERNATIONALLY as well- anywhere in the world!

unfortunately, however, due to the rising costs of doing business in this day and age, our shirt prices will be going up next week- quite dramatically, i'm afraid. however, i will wait one full week- until saturday, february 21st, to change the prices. that gives you a nice "window of opportunity" to get the shirts at the old prices and pay nothing for shipping. so consider yourselves warned.



ah, pippi- what a breath of fresh air in this dreary world. i really must get more pictures of that girl up on this site soon.

so i did watch BSG last night, and it was a doozy, but unfortunately i missed the first 10 minutes so i was kind of confused. i know there was a lot of light shed on the whole cylon/human history, but i'll need to watch it again to really absorb it properly. what an awesome frakkin' show.

ZBQ on facebook

yes it's true, we've finally succumbed and created a "ZBQ fan club" over on ye olde fakebook: click here to join or just search "ZBQ fan club" the next time you're getting some "face time." members will be privy to all sorts of neat contests, exclusive deals and cool announcements. plus if you post some pics or videos of you or your friends rockin' the q, there's no telling what kind of sweetness might be in store for you...

i've posted a couple of new pictures today of our good friend krystle wearing her wicked lucha sportivo shirt. there should be a whole set of new pics from krystle coming in LOVECATS very soon.






so i'm trying this new diet- not to lose weight, but to try to reduce the amount of pain in my body. for the past several years i've had a lot of issues with joint & muscle pains, and it's really been a drag at times. but last week i chanced upon this article about foods in the "nightshade" family- specifically tomatoes, potatoes, and most types of peppers. apparently there is a chemical in these foods (the name eludes me) which some people have a high sensitivity to and which causes these people a lot of inflammation in their joints (which, of course, leads to pain). well, i eat a lot of tomatoes and peppers- i loves me some hot sauce on just about everything. but for the next 3 months i am giving up these foods to see if there is any difference in my pain levels. as much as i do love those foods, i'd rather be pain-free. i'll keep you posted on how it's working out.

new BSG tonight children- i hate to say it, but what else can possibly go wrong? hasn't this crew been through enough already? then again, we wouldn't watch if everything was just hunky-dory, now would we? it would be nice to see them get a break now and then though. you da man, adama.

as per our discussion

do you know what day it is today children? it's new shirt day at zbq, that's what. today i'm very pleased to be posting a brand new shirt design, one that i've been planning to print for a very long time. per is an original piece of artwork created by our good friend thesis sahib, who you may remember as the creator of jigsaw and ahriman some years ago. this is a huge, beautiful 6 color print, and i hope you love it as much as i do. available on tan, cream and silver grey t-shirts.



favorite this tee on rumplo!


i've also reprinted an old favorite that's been out of print for quite a while: motherhood. what's not to love about giraffes? i want one for a pet, like dewey cox. this one i've printed on grass green, mustard, tan and cream shirts.





favorite this tee on rumplo!

and due to popular demand, i made sure to print a few 2x and 3x shirts for those that seek such items. talk soon.

rock n' roll geisha

say hi to jezebelle. jez runs her own "empowerment workshop" over at rock n' roll geishas (definitely NSFW), and she was nice enough to send us some pics recently. we're collaborating on a new shirt design with jez, and you'll be seeing much more of her in LOVECATS soon as well. enjoy in good health.



i feel as if i should comment on the last episode of battlestar galactica, but there's not much to say, is there? the whole mutiny thing was really just kind of a distraction, because we all knew it wouldn't last. still, i think they had to get rid of tom zarek at some point as he was always going to be a thorn, and gaeta was just plain annoying anyway, so good riddance there. i'm still a little shocked that they killed the whole quorum in cold blood. even though i hated those characters (zarek & felix), i sympathized with why they were doing what they did, especially in light of felix's insights into the cylon mentality while lost on that ship with one, and i still have misgivings about trusting those frakkin' toasters.

my big prediction for the end of the series? we find out that, in fact, humans were originally created by cylons- i.e., humans, in fact are cylons. chew on that for a while.

new year, new colors, new butt

so i've changed the colors around on the site to a warmer and cheerier golden yellow, to help us feel a little warmer and cheerier during this drab and chilly time of year. hope it's appreciated out there :). to that end, here's something else a little warm and cheery for your sunday:

thrillbots

this year is getting off to a "bang" with more new shirts posted today: killbots 2, an orange & yellow variation on
keeley's badass robots. this was actually the first version of this design that i printed large on the bottom of the shirt: the original print had the little metal dudes smaller & centered on the front (see the original killbots). since then i've done quite a few variations on the theme: pinkbots, icebots, grisbots and killbots (red & grey), but i'd have to say that this color scheme is probably my favorite. maybe it's because it's cold outside, and orange & yellow makes me feel all warm & fuzzy inside (i've also grown a winter beard this month, so i'm actually warm & fuzzy outside right now too). anyway, there are a bunch of new killbots 2 red, mustard and royal blue tees, and a very limited selection of ladies' tees as well, so feel free to join me in the warm & fuzzy bliss mode.











probably be about another week at least before i get some new stuff up. talk to ya soon.

gaeta must die

OK, so the sale is now over. if you snost, then you lost- there's always next year. or you could join our newsletter- newsletter subscribers always get sweet deals and are up on all the latest zb developments. just sayin' is all.

alright, so enough about that- can we get back to what's important? namely, the new episodes of battlestar frakkin' galactica, of course. the first 3 episodes in this final run have not disappointed at all- the usual pathos and chaos one has grown to expect from BSG. i will elaborate more later, but i just wanted to say that that smarmy little greasebag, felix gaeta, will be getting his comeuppance, and i for one am looking forward to it. what is it about gaeta i dislike so much? i'm not really sure. could be his "wet look" perm. could be his naked hunger for power disguised as some kind of nobility. i think he's just like one of those unpopular kids from school who, instead of doing something productive and using his outsider status to better himself, plots to get revenge on everyone instead by commandeering a battleship. dude definitely needs to go. adama's going to have a good time making that little bastard pay for this little insurrection, and i'm going to have an even better time watching it. can't wait to see what happens this week.

happy birthday to Z...and to me

howdy y'all....yes as you may have surmised from the post title, today (february 2nd) is the birthday of this site, and also mine as well. 7 years ago today zero23.com migrated over to this new domain, and 39 years ago larry and trudy larsen found themselves with a brand new bundle of joy in the form of one cute l'il me!

today is also the LAST DAY OF THE BOXING WEEK SALE folks- shirts will be going up to $18 starting tomorrow! so get 'em while the gettin's good!

so to help celebrate this magickal day, i have posted some new le punk t-shirts, since you done went and bought all of the old ones. these ones are on mustard tees and look scrumdiddlyumpcious. and we also still have a few of the white ladies' tees left as well.

damn, who is that handsome devil?



i've also printed this amazing robin antiga creation on some vintage polo shirts, which are up for sale on ebay. the auction ends in one week. click on the shirt to be taken to the auction:







more goodies coming soon! stay tooned kidz!!!