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January 18, 2006 5:19 PM- take that, Goliath!
You've probably seen this already but I was going to respond to Sam's comment about fighting the good fight because MY GOD is there an exorbitance of conflict going on in/around my orbit of choice, of late?! Yes. Yes there is. But then, did not post about the current strife because, god! CAN'T WE ALL JUST GET ALONG?
Apparently not.
It hurts my heart-- but you'll be glad to know it is not between me and the Mister. (Oh no-- perish the thought-- the make-up sex has not yet waned). Rather it is OTHER people fighting with T which causes my blood to boil and my gentle thoughts to focus on ripping a person's scalp off with my teeth and beating them with my bare hands until their mouth is a gaping maw of blood and shattered enamel.
Was that even a sentence? Is my translator software getting wonky again? I'll have to get that fixed.
My point being (and I always have a point whether that is clear to you or not) that I was going to write about fighting the good fight but that the very thought of writing a post exhausted me because there's so much BACK story to put the current conflict into any semblance of understanding for you all.
And, in the backstory OH how I could blast public figures who you actually know (in the sense of B-celebrity know) and name names except-- were I to do that--- my little anonymous blog with no RSS feed, etc could get undue attention and then the bad people would find what I wrote and then I'd get outed and then I'd lose my job which would be really cool except I don't think any advertising folks are gonna line up to send me money-- which means I'd have to do something other than blog--- which I'm not prepared to do right now-- but if I did-- try and create my own thing? And then, I take it to some big Goliath like URBAN OUTFITTERS and then THEY TOTALLY RIP OFF MY IDEA and make airplanes dropping cupcakes t-shirts and I see no $$$$$$ from it--
Well then, I'd be right back at gripping people by the scruff of the neck while I pound their thieving face into broken pulp.
On her website, Johnny Cupcakes tells us how we can help throw stones at the Goliath that is URBAN OUTSHITTERS. Post it across the blogsphere--- let creative types know we stand together. Make sure URBAN OUTSHITTERS knows we know THEY ARE THIEVES.
So, a brief recap: I was going to post about fighting, but then was too battle-weary, but then became enraged, and posted about fighting.
See how it works? I am never free from the fighting. My dreams of a quiet zen retreat are delusional. The Dalai Llama-- he laughs at me.
got 2 cents?
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Amber says:
I am all at once appalled at the life sucking corporate giant, and so very hungry for buttery frosting. Hmm, rage and cupcakes could make for a heavy outcome!
posted on: January 18
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stephanie says:
NO JOKE! I just bought a CUPCAKES cookbook at the mega-store last night. When I picked it up, I though, BP needs this book. Email me your addy and I'll send you it if you like. I just bought it for the frosting recipes. Like 30 of them. Can you imagine? And the instructions to make a snowman cupcake. *Giggle* A-hem. Yes. I'm training for a tri.
posted on: January 18
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Erica says:
What a crappy thing to do. I just...it's just crappy, and wrong, and I hope that he finds some really painful way to make them pay.
posted on: January 18
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Sam says:
I am so upset that there is NO urban stupid outfitters in my area that I can boycott. I love the idea of boycotting, for things other than right wing religious Old Testament-ish convictions, like marching into a store and yelling, 'YOU ARE A THIEF!' and marching back out.
I hope it will all work out in the end, and that Johnny Cupcakes will get paid for the design. And by GOD as soon as I get paid? I'm buying a damn cupcake shirt because they are CUTE.
posted on: January 18
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teahouseblossom says:
Yeah, I could have told you that about Urban Outshitters.. There is one in my neighborhood. They are tacky, pretentious and WAY overpriced.
posted on: January 18
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chlamygirl says:
i'm right there with you, jumping on the backs of the people harming T and you, while mty short, though still effective fingernails are diging into their eyesockets, and my teeth are gnawing at their ears, all the while screaming 'was it worth the pain van gogh went through? give BP and T the credit and dosh they deserve!'.. yeah i'd totally play the insane person for you.
posted on: January 18
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frecklegirl says:
Another one bites the dust.... darn.
YUCK. Why do people suck so bad?
posted on: January 18
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river selkie says:
oh man, i love those johnny cupcakes shirts. i had never seen them before. big bummer about urban outfitters. i had no idea they stole like that, cause i like the stuff they carry though i never seem to actually buy anything.
posted on: January 19
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lizardek says:
30 different frosting recipes? Stephanie, which book??! More info! BP, that stinks, and I'm with you on the face-pulp-pounding plan.
posted on: January 19
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tinker says:
I second Sam...I wish there were an Urban Outfitter's in town so I could tell everyone to not go there! :>(
Now I need to save up $ so I can buy one of the original T-shirts...wouldn't that be the coolest karma of all, if the original creator ended up making more $$ than those who are ripping off the art!
posted on: January 19
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lil says:
I'd boycott Urban Outfitters, but I already don't go there. Does that mean I'm boycotting them?
posted on: January 19
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rachel says:
Wow. I e-mailed my gal pals from high school (we started a 'zine/group of girls and called ourselves the Cupcakes!) to let them know of this outrage. This is my friend Erin's reply:
"Time for cupcake action! Grr, what a bunch of big sucks! And Urban Outfitters has 0 out of 12 women on their board. They are the total worst. I wish they didn't own Anthropologie...and have cute house stuff.
Interestingly, UO started out in Philly as a hippie/hipster thrift & consignment shop. It was this awesome woman Judy Wicks and her (loathsome) husband. He was all about the benjamins tho. He dumped her, for a succession of 23 year-olds, and kept the store and the brand name. Then he went totally corporate.
She decided to start up a wonderful restaurant and gift shop: The White Dog Cafe & Black Cat Shop. It's all about fair trade, local foods and real people. It's about half a block away from the glass and plastic wonderland that is Urban, and has a WAY better reputation."
posted on: January 19
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