Suspenders are my beloved friend. I searched high and low for you, succumbing to the evils of teenage accessory stores such as Claire’s and Ardene. I wanted you for the summer, to wear with shorts and a cute shirt tucked it. It took me a good two months to find your lone self, perched aimlessly on the men’s accessories rack at the local H&M. Skinny. Black. Long. Perfect Suspenders.

I wore them a total of twice, and I haven’t looked back. I miss you dearly and I hope we cross paths soon.

Admire them, for they are from the comedic heavens. I LOVE BUSTEDTEES.COM and everyone else with a slight sense of humour is compelled to as well. I adore visiting the website because of the original designs that provoke endless laughter and satirical joy it brings.

Some more info on the company:

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Busted Tees opened in March, 2004 and is entirely run by the guys from CollegeHumor.com. We decided to start making T-shirts because we want people to have fun, laugh, look good, feel comfortable, get good jobs, get sweaty dancing, and go home with someone who also did those things.

All of the designs you see on the site were made by us or by friends of ours. We’re always on the lookout for new designs, so get ahold of us if you want to be part of the family!

We do our best to keep prices reasonable while still making high-quality tees. A lot of our shirts are printed on American Apparel, which are seriously the nicest shirts you’ll find anywhere. They’re also made in Los Angeles in a sweatshop-free environment, so you don’t have to feel guilty when you order with us.

If you have anything to ask or say about our shirts or our website, we want to hear from you. Also, if you have photos of you and your friends wearing our shirts, we’d love to see those, too. Get at us, dog.

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Among my favourites: “Leave Lindsay-A-Lohan”, “Prose before Hos”, and “Pedro Lacks Political Experience”.Please, do yourself a favour and just give it a gander.

> images courtesy of bustedtees.com

I saw this just on PEOPLE.com (yeah, I’m a gossip/celeb junkie), and I thought it was pretty hilarious.

Pets have game too! Reminds me that Halloween is coming up soon, I haven’t been very into dressing up the last …many years. But sometimes it’s fun to see the kiddies go wild and see what they can come up with.

I know, you’re probably thinking: Dog Fashions, when did this become someone that anyone wanted to read about? But hey, you’re here to be entertained, not to complain.

Look at the rest for a quick chuckle or two: CLICK

People park on hills, grass, double park…

Continuing on with the Flea Market talk, I’m going to make mention of the fact that two weeks ago I visited the most glorious, industrial bargain vendor-gathering that I’ve ever witnessed. Downsview Park Merchant’s Market is an elaborate title for this bare-bones collection of random items for sale, but it also happens to be an incredible haven of quality items for cheap. Sure, you’ll come across ugly fake purses, an abundance of “I LOVE CANADA”/”I LOVE HALIFAX” shirts, and used desks priced above retail, but you’ll love the search for unique accessories and the bulk pricing of Unilever Products (that includes Dove and tiny containers of Tide). I also can’t forget to throw in that they have a rather ethnic food court, inclusive of Jamaican patties manufactured in coincidentally, Downsview, Ontario. The server also happened to be Jamaican, enforcing authenticity – so be not afraid of visiting strictly for your weekly dose of cultural diversity.

Yes, they have an old-school website in the style of your 8th grade Computer Science project, but it’s still good for a chuckle and a half:

Don’t mess with the Flea’s

Hours: Saturday and Sunday 10am – 6pm.

Front and center of www.people.com: Angelina Jolie and Zahara in matching Valentino “Histoire” handbags, simply strolling in a New York park.

It’s actually unbelievable how spoiled celebrity children have become, and frankly I’m flushing with envy because it’s becoming more and more evident. For example, on one of my MTV.ca programming binges I watched Ryan Scheckler’s (pro-skateboarder all of 17 years old) younger brother host a huge Ace-Ventura themed party complete with live animals and loads of overpriced presents.

Do I sound bitter? Probably. My children are each going to receive a rubber coin machine ball. And they will give them names.