What a Grind

Over the last two years and some change, Rogue Squirrel has vended, networked, did fashion shows and supported other groups’ events up and down the east coast of the United States. We’ve had design meetings, product meetings, venue meetings, sales meetings, money meetings and conference calls. It is pretty safe to say that we know or at least have a slight idea of what it is to be on the grind.

Just when we thought we have fully embraced the grind we were privileged to hear an interview from a guy from the ATL that blows any of the grinding that RS has been doing out of the water. Here he tells the world his story while he advertises his new business. Like to hear it, here it go. (Interview courtesy of the Ricky Smiley Morning Show)

Political Campaigns: The Rogue Squirrel Edition

It's been the same way for as long as I can remember. Political candidates, bashing their opponents to promote themselves. What's confusing to this voter is the methods used by grown men and women to acquire votes.

This person hates babies and punches midgets during happy hour at a bar owned by a Nazi sympathizer. The way I see it, these high school-type squabbles perpetrated by adults, shouldn't be encouraged. Yet, they are still a normal means of campaigning, so I'm left with screaming at the TV and running full speed into a brick wall repeatedly to try and inflict enough mental damage to put me on the level of these idiots.

Political candidates are applying to serve as our voice in the government. Technically they should be working for us. So we'd be their boss. This way of thinking doesn't seem too crazy. What if I walked into a job interview and started stating the faults of the other applicants.

"I heard that the guy that interviewed before me was caught slapping quadriplegic babies."

For some crazy reason, I don't think that course of action would find me happily employed.

The candidates, and I'm specifically speaking about, but not limited to, the Virginia gubernatorial race. Bob McDonnell treats women like a episode of Mad Men. Creigh Deeds lies about taxes and pees on the truth. It's a little aggravating when we the voters are berated by negativity. How about Bob McDonnell come forward and say that Deeds is a fine dancer and enjoys a nice sunset. Creigh Deeds could campaign for the way McDonnell's demeanor tickles the heart like butterfly kisses from angels. Probably not going to happen, but just a small cross-section of how ass backwards the American political scene appears. They are forcing us to vote for the lesser of two evils. One candidate farts on cancer patients but the other slips a powerful laxative into the soup at homeless shelters.

Even during debates the candidates argue like children caught drawing on the walls with permanent marker. Their immaturity knows no bounds. I find myself voting on the stability of a candidate's hair cut. I bet the campaign managers of each candidate were picked on relentlessly in school. Poor guys, they just want to exact their revenge at the expense of millions of lives.

Christian Audigier, You Glorious Bastard

I know he's not underground or exclusive but HOLY GEEZ is he successful.

I was watching cribs yesterday and saw the Ed Hardy creator's mansion. Suddenly, it hit me. I've been hating on his designs and how accessible his products are, then I remembered the old saying, don't hate the player, hate the game. I've been sucked into this war against selling out and angered by the success of those who have broken into the mass market. If Rogue Squirrel ever has the opportunity to be distributed on a national scale, you better believe that I'd be the first to sign on the dotted line and crack open a bottle of the finest Korbel.

As I was saying....

His house was fine, nothing extraordinary, and everything was yawntastic till he introduced his daughter. She was wearing a shirt that she designed. It was the usual Ed Hardy style of fabric covered from seam to seam in clip art with no particular rhyme or reason (there I go again). I'm not hating on a teen that has the outlet to produce her own clothing, I'm just a little peeved that, me the struggling T-shirt designer must in fact, struggle. Maybe their is a small trace of pent up jealousy. FINE! A giant steamy pile of jealously.

It's just the way things work out. Perhaps, down the road when I have children I can provide them the same luxury. You know, I've learned something today. Cheer the successes of others for when success knocks at your door, they will be there to cheer thee on. This is the word of the squirrel.

For now, I'll keep truckin, designing, experimenting, failing, succeeding and offering a product for those who share my passion.

Why is this so damn funny?!

I'm not a cat-person but for some reason I lose it every time I hear a cat talk. By talk, I mean pissed off. This talking cat should have won the Nobel Peace Prize for hilarity. A close second would be an old man falling down while getting hit in the nuts by a little kid falling down after being hit with a giant exercise ball.

Awesome Pomplamoose Single Ladies cover

I would make a cliché joke regarding Kanye West declaring this the best cover of all time, but that would be rather trite, don't ya think?

Anyway, check out this really cool cover of Beyonce's - Single Ladies by the one-woman-one-man band of Jack Conte and Nataly Dawn otherwise known as the YouTube sensation Pomplamoose. They also have a ton of videos for other cover and original tracks that they've done.



To check out more of Pomplamoose's YouTube Page: http://www.youtube.com/PomplamooseMusic

Free Shirt Tuesday winner!

Before we go into this weeks FST winner, we completely forgot to congratulate John W. for winning last weeks Knock Knock joke challenge. John's usage of current events made us all laugh, and ultimately got him the win. His joke? "Knock, Knock! Who's There? Imma. Imma who? Imma let you finish, but Beyonce had one of the greatest videos of the DECADE! OF THE DECADE!", well played John, well played indeed.

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Now onto this week. This week in celebration of the highly anticipated Halo ODST being release we asked you to answer a few video game questions for the prize.

This weeks winner was Dustin C., he got all the answers correctly and subsequently had his name pick from the hat, so congrats Dustin on the win.

Now for the answers that got Dustin the win.

Q1: How many Halo branded games are currently on the market?

A: 5 (ODST, Halo 1 - 3, Halo Wars)

Q2: In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade game, what boss(es) did you battle at the end of the first level?

A: Bebop and Rocksteady

Q3: Where do you find the first whistle (to jump between levels) in Super Mario Bros. 3?

A: In the first castle above the door.

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That's it for now, but you'll have yet another opportunity to win next Tuesday. So follow us on Twitter (@Rogue_Squirrel) or read it right here for your chance to win.

It's Tuesday, so you know what that means?

It means that Free Shirt Tuesday is upon us.

We figured with the highly anticipated release of Halo: ODST being today we'd have some videogame trivia. This weeks prize is the sexy and oh so alluring Main Event T-Shirt. The event has come and gone, but the shirt is timeless, seriously, time stops when you wear it. It's pretty neat.


To play follow us on Twitter @Rogue_Squirrel or email us at: info@roguesquirrel.com with the subject "Free Shirt Tuesday Answers". Answers are accepted until midnight tonight and the winner will be announced tomorrow.

Now to the questions:
Q1: How many Halo branded games are currently on the market?

Q2: In the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Arcade game, what boss(es) did you battle at the end of the first level?

Q3: Where do you find the first whistle (to jump between levels) in Super Mario Bros. 3?