Win / Win a fifty dollar Threadless voucher and Human Giant DVD
We have a Threadless Human Giant T-Shirt, the first season of Human Giant on DVD, and a fifty dollar Threadless voucher to give away to a randomly selected Lost At E Minor subscriber.
To be in with a chance of winning, just leave a message under this post telling us why you’re Threadless. C’mon, we know you are.
This is all to give props to the Threadless Loves Drawing competition, which is running on the Threadless site right now and which looks like a heck of a lot of fun.
“Some of the best designs begin as a simple hand-drawn sketch. It’s incredible how random drawings in sketchbooks, on coffee table napkins, or doodled across sticky notes become sweet pieces of art once fleshed out onscreen. Your challenge is to create an amazing tee based on your original drawing. Feel free to explain your process with the submission or take some photos showing how you’ve created the design. If your design wows the community, it could be your ticket to a wealth of goodies, including a new Wacom Cintiq tablet!”
Enter the Threadless Loves Drawing competition via their website.
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Woohoo! We have five copies of the new Faint album, Fascination [Inertia], to give away to randomly selected Australian-based Lost At E Minor subscribers who leave a message under this post telling us about the last time they, ummm, Fainted.
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YOU'RE SAYING (7)
Carley said | 28 August, 2008
I’m threadless because the lema that lives in my cubby stole all my clothes. Ergo, I could do with the $50 Voucher to get unthreadless.
Dale Hutton said | 28 August, 2008
Ah threadless is my best!!! Im threadless because ever since I was a child I have not been able to find any clothing appealing enough to cover my nude form and I feel that threadless Ts might be the answer plus Im in university and getting tired of people’s awkward staring 
Dale Hutton said | 28 August, 2008
Ah i love threadless.
(Partially Fictitious Tale)
Both my parents are very cool and interesting and brought me up in an environment where quality and creativity went hand in hand. As a result they never seemed to find any clothing that was cool enough to cover my nude form so I have remained threadless for sometime now. However I feel that threadless might be a step in the right and socially more kosher direction Plus I feel awkward walking around my home town in my birthday suit. People stop and point and little children cry.
Rob said | 31 August, 2008
Is threadless cause i am a teen wolf and have a furry covering that keeps me warm..but even teen wolves would look fresh in some new threads
Zolton said | 2 September, 2008
Thanks for your responses everyone. The winner of the Threadless prize is Dale Hutton. Please contact me via the contact form on the Lost At E Minor site with your postal details:
http://www.lostateminor.com/contact-us/
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Biggoga said | 10 November, 2008
Where you are going to meet new year?
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Jessica said | 28 August, 2008
I discovered Threadless a couple of years ago and I love the site! I’m Threadless because I go on that site every single day and I always wander around on it. It’s one of the sites that I visit really often and I try to get to know the community. I love wearing Threadless and I have a couple of hoodies and a lot of tees, so I get to show off Threadless regardless of whether it’s hot or cold outside!