A friend of mine is going to have to go into the hospital to have a medical procedure done. If you've ever been a young person in the hospital for a serious operation, you quickly grow from innocent and happy, thinking everyone in the world is a bundle of sweetness, to a hormone crazed rageaholic who realizes that people are total assholes and seem to solely exist to piss you off and that the best way to "communicate" is with a sharp fist to the face. This is sort of what is happening to my friend, someone who started out as an idealist. She actually described herself as "bitter" the other day. I was quite proud. You need a little iron in you to ensure your survival. Not from disease----she'll be absolutely healed by this time next year. No, you need iron to protect yourself from people who wander into your doorway simpering about how you have so much "heart," or medical students who openly gawk at you as though you are on view, two bits a gander.

My friend is really not happy about the medial student/freak show part of the hospital. She seemed sort of nervous about the idea of actually kicking people out of her room (even though she'll be paying for each and every unsolicited visit, natch) so I decided to make her a t-shirt.

I wish I'd had one of these.

If you know anyone else who would like to walk around in a very sexy "Piss Off" t-shirt you can purchase one for your very own. So far I only have the ladies' three/quarter sleeve up, as that is most suitable for my friend's needs. Others will be up shortly. In fact, I think a whole line of "Piss Off" products is in order. I'm also thinking of a "Don't Make Me Cut You" design, which is probably something best worn by petite women so as not to be perceived as "threatening," whatever the fuck that means. You have a problem with that? Don't make me cut you, buster brown.

Piss Off T-Shirts