An Adventure in Tee-Tagging: Part One

So this evening in the beautiful Pittsburgh rain, I went on a tee-tagging spree throughout Squirrel Hill and Shadyside--two of the most affluent areas of the city. I left Taintees with the URL of this blog and a catbaby sticker embroidered on the tag at the following locations:

1) The GAP

2) Victoria's Secret

3) American Apparel

4) Avalon

5) J. Crew

It was a little scary dropping off the tees (or rather, inserting them into the circulation of clothing at each store). The most difficult of all of these was Victoria's Secret because they hardly have any clothing on display to begin with--only sexy lingerie. Of course, I found a solution to this problem...

It was thrilling and relieving to get rid of some of these shirts and release them into the world, even if they do end up in the American Apparel dumpster.

Huckabee

Hyuck, hyuck, hyuck! We're sitting on Mike Huckabee's beady eyes! I forgot that he existed. He was one of those presidential candidates who had his 15 minutes of fame and then almost vanished. I wonder what he is doing at this very moment...

Strand

This game of hangman on the wall. There were some mistakes. It must be written in some sort of code that I am not smart enough to understand. 

Yellow circle

These colorful bottle caps are everywhere. I heard that something important and awesome will happen if every hole in this building is filled with bottle caps.

Re

Re: Catbaby

This email is a reminder that you exist. Please remember. 

--

Steelers

Here I am on the nose of a Steelers treeface. This was not here yesterday. Only in Pittsburgh.

Yellow

Yellow is my favorite color. It's the color of piss. It's also the color of the sun. It's cheese, jaundice, curry, straw, lemonade, daffodils, dandelions, and some other stuff.

Spicy

I'm a spicy little cat. I like it hot. I like to inflict pleasure and pain. 

How do you like it?

Another H

Here's me and my twin in an "H" apartment.

Ouch

I had bad timing and walked under the gate right as it was coming down. It hit me pretty hard, but I'm okay.

Outside pole

Here's me and my twin on a metal pole outside. It's cold, but at least we have each other.

Fire

HELP!!! I'M ON FIRE!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING JUST SITTING THERE!? I'M BEING CONSUMED BY FLAME!!!

10 Cent Tampons

This was actually a freebie machine, but for some reason, the 10 cent label was still on there. This is misleading. What if a girl was bleeding through her light-colored, tight jeans and she was discouraged by this sign? What is she searched through her pocket for that forsaken dime (or two nickels) and found nothing? She would keep on bleeding and humiliating herself in public. Her crush would probably see and then she could write a "confession" for Cosmo Girl. Period confessions! Those are never old.

Danger

I'm in danger! 

Actually, I'm just next to danger.

Obey - Dialogue with artist

I met Shepard Fairey. He is a clean looking guy with a hot wife. He is rich, even though he's an artist. He is successful in this way because he took the initiative to promote himself early on. Now, people worship him. He has more fans that he can even think about. 

Big things start small.

Stairs

Stairs. No fun to walk on them.

Walking up is hard because you're fighting your weight against gravity, and your muscles have to work harder. Walking down is also hard because it works more unused, weaker muscles in your leg.

I'd rather sit around.

Trash

If I were a piece of trash, this is what I'd look like. Throw that trash away!

Free rides!

Yay! I got a free ride!

Light switch

Here's me with a great light switch. It was currently turned off. Wanna turn it on?

Openings

I saw some interesting openings in the wall - a big one and a littler one on top. Sort of reminded me of a vagina and anus, respectively. Or it could be the other way around.