Read it or wear it! Read it or wear it!

I'm really flattered to be able to announce this: Neighborhoodies approached me to contribute to their new Think Ups program. The way it works, per the press release, is that "the Neighborhoodies staff chooses one blogger, writer, artist, or all-around cool person a week, and asks them to come up with one pop culture-referencing t-shirt idea a day, for one week." And so, everyday this week, a new T-shirt concept born of my brain will be unveiled. (I'm not taking credit for the actual design work, btw -- that's all Neighborhoodies. I just came up with the ideas.)

I made each of them relevant to this blog (and, by extension my interests: seriously, the biggest reason I agreed to take part is that I'm brimming with T-shirt ideas and it's time I made some a reality). There's no one better, in my opinion to help launch this initiative than Swan Brooner. Here's the first design:

You can order it here in whatever color, on whatever color. And you can check back to the Think Ups fourfour page everyday this week for a new design. But don't worry if you can't keep up. I'll do a roundup of them all at the end of the week, because I'm annoying like that.

Comments

[sarah]

wow! fun. i'm looking forward to the other warped ideas from your head this week. :)

[Gen]

I just had to laugh out loud at Swan's design. I love it, it's so YOU, and it's lookin' pretty good too :) Can't wait to see the other designs you'll think of this week!

[Chicklet]

Rich + Neighborhoodies = GENIUS.

[loverlyp]

LOVE. IT. What a sweet program. What could the next one possibly be?

[Kandace]

I hope that some way, somehow Swan sees this and grants you that interview you've been dying for :P

[Cass]

HOLY FUCK. THIS IS AMAZING.

[Megan]

If this project births a Winston shirt, my life might be complete. Just sayin'!

[lyn]

I am so glad I am not the only one that hopes that this results in a Winston T-Shirt.

C'mon Winston!!!!

[Jilly]

I'm so happy that is this happening! I always kind of wished you had a CafePress account and made the t-shirts.

[youdee]

Woah, i'm going to have to wait til the end of the week until I decide on which ones to buy - I have a feeling i'll love them all!

[Nick]

Thanks for helping me with my back to school shopping Rich, this is amazing!

[JadeFan]

Come on ANTM one come on ANTM one!!

[Kate]

WHY WHY WHY did I have to get a speeding ticket? I want to spend my money on one of your hoodies, not a lawyer :(

[kiki]

if you do a winston shirt I'm sooooo wearing it to work on Friday. And hopefully I'll find some fourfour fans there. I work in a big building. :0)

[Bobby]

omg omg omg omg omg i love this concept - can't wait to see what else you thought up this week!

[Honey B Fly]

Nice, Rich. Looking forward to recap to see all choices.

[..gabriel...]

thats fuckin awesome.

[reddahlia01]

Yay, I love Neighborhoodies even more now :-D Congrats, Rich!

[Magali]

I must say I'm especially pleased they'll be good quality instead of the cafepress crap.

[Zoë]

This is really exciting! I love Neighborhoodies-- when I saw, on their site, that they had selected fourfour, I flipped out. Looking forward to it!

[Kimberly]

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that one of the shirts features Logan from Return to Fat Camp and her missing bows.

[John Taylor]

I know I probably deserved to get bitch slapped for this, but who is Stevie B? : ( im sorry, you should do a Lisa shirt with alcoholic bitch on it

[Lori]

Personally, I am hoping for the aforementioned Winston tribute shirt, as well as one for Dianne from Fat Camp, Amanda Lorber from the Paper, and definitely a Natasha ANTM shirt. Oh, yay! I can't wait to see what the rest of the week will bring!

[Erin]

I will SO be buying a Winnie shirt.

[Lori]

Hmmm. I don't think I love the Tuesday shirt, which is up early, I might add...
http://www.neighborhoodies.com/fourfour-tuesday-stevie-tshirt-hoodie-p-867.html