GRAND OPENING

Monkeys from Mars are here!!!!

www.monkeysfrommars.com

Grand opening sale – 11/28 – 12/1

Free coordinating burp cloth with all baby onesies

I’ll be listing items all weekend, so check back often!

Sorry for the delayed delay

Those responsible for delaying the delay have been sacked. ;-)

Seriously, we had a (very unexpected) death in the family. I should be getting things live this week, but in the meantime.....

As Wil Wheaton says, what's the point in having a blog if you cann't be goofy sometimes? In the true spirit of Monkeys from Mars I present the most 80's of 80's videos (aka - my top 10 cheezy 80's vids - originally in no particular order, but really - they just keep getting more esoteric and/or twisted as I go - you know you love it):

#1 - Tom Tom Club - Genius of Love

#2 - George Clinton - Atomic Dog

A double dose of Adam (and the) Ant(s)

#3 - Goody Two Shoes (cause ya know - we get him shirtless at the beginning)

#4 - Puss 'N Boots (you know you can't get enough of those sleeve cuffs!!!)

#5 - Falco - Rock Me Amadeus (complete with TBS "Night Tracks" lead in)

#6 - Art of Noise (feat. Max Headroom) - Paranoimia

#7 - Thomas Dolby - Hyperactive (don't even try to tell me this didn't wig you out as a kid)

#8 - Laurie Anderson - Language is a Virus

#9 - Lou Reed - No Money Down (ok, forget Hyperactive - this one twisted me for life)

#10 - Madness - House of Fun - from their guest appearance on "The Young Ones" - a song about a 16 year old trying (and failing) to buy his first condom sung on one of my fave BBC shows ever

But you see, this list, it goes to 11 - And even though there isn't an actual video for it - from 1984 - Steve Vai - Little Green Men

(and in the spirit of those who have passed - that last one was for you, Ross)

Slight delay

Sorry for the delay - it looks like the primo shopping time on Etsy is Monday evenings. It makes the most sense for me to hold off listing my new items and opening the store until the peak shopping moments. Newly listed items show up on the Etsy home page and any boost I gan get will help. 

GRAND OPENING 7:00PM 11/3/08!

See you soon!!!!!!!

I love my new logo!

See kids, this is why we call on the professionals. 

http://www.michaelswann.net/About_.html

Launching on 11/01/08

Monkeys from Mars will officially launch on November 1st!!!!

In progress - lots of adorable onesies, tons of ultra groovy purses, some leg/arm warmers and who knows what else will be done before the launch! (Maybe a sock monkey or two?)

Oh, and a revamped logo - yay!

See you soon....

FW: UAB Hurricane Gustav update

Hey guys, I normally do not do "mass forwards" of e-mail, but sometimes an exception has to be made.

Thankfully, Gustav didn't turn into a Katrina situation. However, New Orleans still has mass power outages, the sewer systems are still out and they aren't expecting some areas to be functional until next week.

There are 300 people who were evacuated into UAB's arena, and many others in the area as well. If you have the means (time or money), here is how you can help. 

-----Original Message-----

To the UAB community:

Many of you have asked how you can help our Hurricane Gustav evacuees. As you know, Bartow Arena accepted 300 persons on Sunday evening who were evacuated from New Orleans.

Here is what you can do:

Volunteer - Go to the Birmingham Red Cross main office, 950 22nd Street North, Suite 750, Medical Forum, to sign up and receive a badge. You may request to work at Bartow Arena, but your services may be needed elsewhere, as there are many shelters throughout the metro area. The only need at Bartow is for a maximum of 20 people at any one mealtime to serve food, but mealtimes vary.

Please do not go to Bartow Arena and offer to volunteer without credentials. This presents unnecessary security and congestion problems, and the Red Cross has asked us to please work within their system.

The Birmingham Chapter phone number is 458-8282.

Provide financial assistance - This is the #1 need. Make checks payable to Birmingham Area Chapter, Red Cross and designate the funds for Hurricane Gustav. Mail or drop off your check at the address above.

Donate items - We are told that, as of this morning, the needs are clothing (primarily for men), infant formula Enfamil and Similac in powdered form, jars of baby food, and sanitary items for women. Drop items off at the Red Cross Service Center, 2250 9th Ave North. Call the Service Center at 458-8287 for updates on needs.

You may designate items for UAB Bartow Arena, but they may be redirected as areas of greatest needs are determined.

Give blood - Another way for the UAB community to help this week is to donate blood at the North Pavilion blood drive, 11:30 a.m. to 11:30 p.m. today, and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Wednesday through Friday.

I am so very proud of how the UAB community has come together to assist in this effort. Many of our administrators and staff gave up their holiday weekend to work long hours to help prepare the arena, coming in on short notice and staying late into Sunday night assisting the evacuees to get settled in. We continue to have Bartow Arena staff and others from facilities, security, housekeeping and maintenance on-site 24 hours a day to help things run smoothly. 

The Red Cross has a huge task in providing meals for evacuees around the city, but with the exception of lunch on Monday (which ran late), the meals are being served on time, and there are always plenty of snacks and drinks available around-the-clock in Bartow.

It is heartening, but not surprising to me, to watch the UAB community come together to serve others. I have spent a good bit of time at the arena these past few days, and many evacuees have asked me to express their thanks to all of you. It is my pleasure to do that now.

Sincerely,

Carol Garrison

Back in business

Nothing like trying to start a new business to tempt fate into making you sick. Blah. Ah well, it's over & I'm back to work. :-)

Woman at work

Monkeys from Mars is prepping to go live! 

Soon I'll have the store bio, shipping policies and such online. Not sure if I'm happy with the logo, but it's a first step. I'm sure it will be revised and tweaked. 

I'm about to take a break from the virtual and start back working on tons of funky monkey merchandise.......too fun!

****Update*****

I've decided that the monkey's butt looks blurry. Blah. Is it just my tired eyes, or is his butt fuzzy?

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep

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