Comic for Friday, September 14th, 2007

Posted: 7:20 am, Friday, September 14th

I actually kind of dig the Kanye (KanYe?) stuff I nabbed off elbo.ws the other day, and I think 50 Cent is ridiculous (although I love his Vitamin Water flavor), so it's no shock to me that 50 is losing the great sales beef of '07. (Those of you who live in a market where newspapers actually report news, the deal here is that 50 swore if Kanye's album outsold his album - released the same day - he would hang up his mic. He's already backed down on this and is just blaming his label for bad promotion. I wonder if O'Reilly is blaming his label for Olbermann passing him in the ratings the other day?) The main reason I posted that link is because the comments are freaking priceless. (And borderline NSFW - won't trip a flag, but will be hard to explain if someone with no sense of humor is looking over your shoulder.)

I can't believe someone went to the trouble of animating this. Wild!

RAW sent me this yesterday. I just - I - WHOOOOOOO!

OK, little bird with music comes early today - this'll get you warmed up for the ND nonsense to come. It's by DJBC, which, unfortunately, I'm pretty sure stands for Boston Collitch. So fuck 'im on that, but this mash-up of the Beastie Boys and the Beatles, is awesome.

So here's my third and final look at the catalogs of Notre Dame, until they send a Christmas one out in a few months. (There's no way it's not happening.) This third one is completely new to me - "Lady Irish." Already it sounds like something they let me title, and the last time I titled anything, we came up with the incredibly sensical "Five Bucks to Friday," so you can judge for yourself whether that's a good thing or not.

In case you don't feel like straining to make that out, the copy is "Welcome to 'Lady Irish' - a wonderful collection of clothing and accessories that embody the spirit, strength, and poise of the great women of Notre Dame. Each design features unparalleled quality and timeless style that celebrates our rich heritage. As you browse these pages you'll discover classic and sporty looks for every generation of women that share a love for the Irish." Roughly translated from marketing-speak, that reads, "This is going to hurt. A lot. You should stop reading now."

Yep, and it starts hurting immediately. What better to wear when strolling across an airport tarmac than your clamdiggers with the embroidered leprechaun? And speaking of tarmacs, the one of the right clearly works for Air Notre Dame.

Seriously, where are they getting that shade of pink, a uranium mine?

The first thing I thought when I looked at this was early teens, late thirties, sixties. The girl that's actually collitch-aged is staying way the fuck away from these three. Also, there's no way the one on the right went to Notre Dame - we didn't admit women 'til 1972. Must be a SMCer.

I found what I'm buying Sweaty for Christmas.

For the Fall Out Girl in all of us. I love the embroidered top. And the "W" in the brim - what the hell is that? Also, the slightly pink border around the interlocking ND. Just a freaking masterpiece on all levels.

Leprechaun is not a verb.

For some reason, the dark navy top halves make me think of a sports bra. And not in a good way. I mean, the natural choice would be to have the whole torso part one color, and it would look more like a vest instead of, well, a sports bra. Daring design. And by daring, I of course mean questionable.

Do you think that hat actually meant "I Fight ND"? Is that a freakin' Michigan product?! Hah, that would be kind of funny, actually. You could have "I [ugly block M that Michigan uses as a logo] ND" on a hat and just confuse everyone. By the way, fuck Michigan.

The past of OK stuff. There's the Obi-Wan-looking chick up top with her faux-torn sweatshirt, then there's the sleeveless zip-up hoodie that will never be worn on campus not once, then there's the classic zip-up jackets bottom center. Hammes' record of having exactly one spread of wearable merchandise per catalog is intact!

Doesn't that look just say, "Here, I'm wearing all this stupid Notre Dame shit, are you happy? Oh, God, seriously, you've got to take a picture now? Honestly. If this winds up on the internet, D-I-V-O-R-C-E."

And the killing blow. "Irish Spirt is in the Details." It's in the shitter if we don't score an offensive touchdown tomorrow. But, wow, the fabric belt-thingy there could seriously only be defeated by the hair thing in the inset. And it comes in your choice of leprechaun/international symbol for "Fight" *or* the interlocking ND in the shamrock? DAMN!

Anyway - go Irish, beat Wolverines! God, I hate Michigan. (And I love the idea that this would be on Bo's tombstone.)

bullfrog

Miyaa -- Friday, September 14 2007, 08:19 am

"Lady Irish" sounds more like a brand of deodorant.

The concept of a sleeveless hoodie is just plain wrong.

I get the sense that the Michigan - Notre Dame will be simply an overtime affair as both teams are too inept to be able to score any points in regulation. The loser of this game must endure their alumni and fans marching to their Athletic Department's offices and either have the head coach fired, or face riots, coaches and ADs burned in effigy and more than just the threat of removing or ending of donations to the school.

Wow. I think I need to hire the Notre Dame catalog copywriters for my next brochure.

You know how a thousand monkeys with infinite time and typewriters would eventually give you the complete works of Shakespeare, Sec?

ND Catalog = five monkeys, twenty minutes.

I don't know what's more pathetic - that Clemens does this shit, or that the people in the comments *want* this fucking shirt?

http://yankees.lohudblogs.com/2007/09/14/roger-clemens-the-new-ll-bean

Well... yeah, that stuff if pretty horrible.

For some reason "I Leprechaun ND" made me laugh.

Although it hasn't panned out yet, GO IRISH!!!! Beat Fuckin' Michigan.

I'll need to convice my wife to sit in the back of the wedding ceremony as work has come through with my BlackBerry complete with internet access.

Mike Hart is an ass...

My favorite quote of Hart's was a few years back in their 7-5 season when he said that Michigan never loses three games in a season. In the nine full seasons since Michigan's half-national title, they've lost three or more games seven times.

Although it was pretty clever of him to say that he runs like water, since his last name starts with an H and his number is 20. He must have picked that up in his general studies major.

I think he meant he has the runs like water...

Here's to hoping Laws gets a hold of him and fires off a counter opinion on his guarantee by breaking his leg.

I'm quite riled up for this game... 2 minutes is not enough time.

I am positively livid with myself for forgetting to put this up in the main post. This is absolutely one of the coolest things in the history of the last two weeks. I implore you to check it out and play with it on your own.

http://www.dylanmessaging.com/messages/V784-EZS4-K9MY-3D9C-S1WS

That is, by far, the most awesome thing I've ever seen!

eek... this just came into my inbox... http://takeareport.com/2007/09/07/and-you-thought-brady-quinn-was-gay/

way to break out the student film festival squirrel rant - always makes me smile. fucking moon out in the fucking middle of the fucking day. did you ever get a copy of the films from that year?

No. I've looked and looked, too.

Oh, silly Crownover, that photoshop's been going around the interweb since Clausen committed in April '06.

oops - so not the one i meant to post. i got 2 in an email. I didn't like that one. this one is funny - http://takeareport.com/2007/09/13/when-neither-team-is-fit-to-give-points-the-dismal-bowl/

Ha!

The problem with your monkey analogy is that monkeys make lousy photographers.

The best reason why Notre Dame will win:

Lloyd Carr

Oh, of course not. The campus squirrels are the photographers.

The best reason why Michigan may win:

Tyrone Willingham.

To clarify, Mr. Fifty said he would only hang up the mic on his "solo" career. He will continue, apparently, putting out the even more boring, talentless G-G-G-G-Unit albums with his other bros as they bounce in and out of incarceration.

By the way, Kanye album is by far his worst yet.

I suggest the new Keith Murray for anyone with real hip-hop taste.

And, muck fichigan. Even if we should not score more points than them tomorrow, they still will always suck more than us. We have the legacy of Reggie Ho...all they have is the Bo Schembecklers.

I don't have the other two, so I'm kind of left in a limbo to judge it. But I like the track with the Daft Punk sample. Even the one with the dude from Coldplay is pretty OK. I was actually underwhelmed by the one with L'il Wayne on it, though.

Wow, I totally forgot to post everything I wanted to today. Tomorrow, at the Brooklyn Public Library on Grand Army Plaza, free, for all ages: Harry and the Potters. I would totally be there if it wasn't exactly up against Notre Dame-Michigan. And I will probably regret not being there, the way our OL is "playing."

http://www.eskimolabs.com/hp/shows.htm

I cannot stress enough how incredibly fun this show was. Highly, highly recommended, and you can get yourself a Save Ginny t-shirt.

The tOSU husband says that he wishes Notre Dame luck tomorrow, and hopes to send his congratulations to you after the game! Fuck Michigan.

I love working.

Sorry that ND lost (38-0...yikes!). Now you'll have to go and storm the AD's house and protest the 0-3 start. You can start by asking what the hell happened to Jones that made him transfer in the midst of the football season?

To Northern Illinois, too!

wow, we are bad.

Yes. Yes we are.

At least the Sox came back and won last night . . .