The Teachings of Don Juan

"A man goes to knowledge as he goes to war: wide-awake, with fear, with respect and with absolute assurance.  Going to knowledge or going to war in any other manner is a mistake, and whoever makes it might never live to regret it.

When a man has fulfilled all four of these requisites - to be wide-awake, to have fear, respect, and absolute assurance - there are no mistakes for which he will have to account; under such conditions his actions lose the blundering quality of the acts of a fool. if such a man fails, or suffers a defeat, he will have lost only a battle, and there will be no pitiful regrets over that."

From The Teachings of Don Juan by Carlos Castaneda as found in The Wheel of Time on page 15.

"This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man!"

So I just thought to update my twitter profile tag this morning a bit... Then I was thinking about the transition from one to the other.....

My recent profile tagline that I have had for a long while now was:

 I&I am a Oregon Man who hand makes tie dyes w/ the wife for: Made By Hippies Tie Dyes! Peaceful Patriot ☮ Take a Stand & Fight the Man #TFB

Then this morning I changed it to:

I&I am Oregon Man. Handmakes Tie Dyes w/ Wife for: Made By Hippies Tie Dyes! Peaceful Patriot ☮ Waging Heavy Peace: Cell Door Clicks Open, I come Alive. #TFB

So basically I updated the last part a bit... Kind of my Revolutionary Ethos if you will.  

What I am saying is that I Am a Peaceful Patriot.  I did Take a Stand.  I did Fight The Man (With my Voice and Willpower only, Not Physically).  One dark nite in March I was in the North Country.  After a nite of festivities we were on the way home and were fallen upon.  I battled with my brothers against the drunken attackers.  I was blooded in combat.  The fight was broken up quickly.  Then after all was over, the Man (Peace Officers) arrived and decided after 3 seconds to attack me with a Taser Gun...  Then when I was on the ground with some Pepper Spray to my face and my brothers it only gets worse from there.  The whole story will come out in time...  You can trust me though when I say "This Aggression Will Not Stand, Man!"

Amerika is Not Free my Brothers...
But the People do hold the Power.
We Outnumber Them...

Alas, For now I leave you with lyrics from The NightWatchman's "It Begins Tonight!"

"I'm red, I'm black, I'm city born
Mau Mau scarecrow, far from home
I'm faceless, nameless, right or wrong
I'm fearless, hopeless, sing my song
Out go the lights
It begins tonight

On stage with borrowed angel's sword
And a crossword puzzle of stolen chords
I'm alive but those I love are gone
Let's move tonight and take the throne
Out go the lights
It begins tonight

Oh lord, it begins tonight
Oh lord, oh lord, it begins tonight
Oh lord, oh lord, it begins tonight
Cell door clicks open
I come alive
Oh lord, it begins tonight

I followed the rules
What did that bring?
Looked just where you told me
I never found a thing
Yeah, I see all the jewels
Gold and diamonds glistenin'
I see your mouth movin'
But man I ain't listenin'

Sun and moon and stone and mud
A bottle of whiskey and a pint of blood
I'll burn my way to the sea
'Til all are dead or all are free
Out go the lights
It begins tonight

Oh lord, it begins tonight
Oh lord, oh lord, it begins tonight
Oh lord, oh lord, it begins tonight
Cell door clicks open
I come alive
Oh lord, it begins tonight."

Leave Me Alone!

Check out this great song I heard today for the first time, one of the best lyrics is "Shootin my dogs n fuckin tazin' my friends. Too Many Cowards, Not Enough Men! Why Don't You Leave Me Alone!"

"Ya Gotta Get Out" by Burn One Project

Check out the newest music video from my good friends Rod Wiz and Sully at www.BurnOneProject.com/ 

Hippie Movie Reviews: Born On The Fourth Of July (1989)

This is an interesting movie that gives a glimpse of the Vietnam War.  But maybe not from the traditional viewpoint of action and battles, more it gives a glimpse into what life is like for a young man both before he joins the war effort and then of course what happens to him after he gets wounded in battle and sent home to live out the rest of his days.  This movie tells the story of Ron Kovic who wrote an autobiography of the same name about his experiences in Vietnam.  This movie is pretty hardcore in showing some of the unpleasant realities of the Veteran Hospital and the ways that American's treated their returning soldiers.  The central theme of the movie is the transformation that takes place within Mr. Kovic himself as he realizes more about the personal impact that war has on a human.  In the end Mr. Kovic becomes an outspoken anti-war activist himself.  I only wish they would have depicted the final speech of Mr. Kovic's which was being lead up to at the end of the movie.

Born on the Fourth Of July gets a thumbs up from Erik and a sideways thumb from Amanda. 

http://www.allmovie.com/movie/born-on-the-fourth-of-july-v6747

Hippie Movie Reviews: Overboard (1987)

This is a funny movie that shows what could happen when the 1% fall into the hands of the 99% in a small coastal Oregon town.  Lots of laughs throughout and an ending that shows that the characters actually learned something.  That life is Love and not Money.  So yeah Overboard gets two thumbs up from Erik and Amanda.

More Info: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/overboard-v36936

Hippie Movie Reviews: The Big Lebowski (1998)

We wanted to start off our new feature of "Hippie Movie Reviews" with one of the best movies ever, The Big Lebowski.

This is the best movie ever because it has great dialogue, interesting characters and lots of crazy action and happenings.  

With too many great quotes to list a couple of my current favorites are:

"You know Dude, I myself dabbled with Pacifism at one point.  Not in Nam, of course!"

and

"Hey, Man, Why Don't you Fucking listen occasionally? You might learn something"

The Big Lebowski gets a double thumbs up from Erik and Amanda.

More Info: http://www.allmovie.com/movie/the-big-lebowski-v158880
Dudeism: http://dudeism.com/

Long Sleeve Tie Dye Shirts

Camouflage Spiral Long Sleeve Tie Dye Shirt

Rainbow Spiral Long Sleeve Tie Dye Shirt

Rastaman Spiral Long Sleeve Tie Dye T-Shirt

2013 Spiral Tie Dye T-Shirt Sale

Happy 2013 Hippies!

So we have a very special deal going on for 2013.   We are offering our three most popular tie dyes at a special rate of just $13 each, including free shipping to the U.S.A.!  What a deal!  You can get either the Camouflage Spiral, Rainbow Spiral or Rastaman Spiral Tie Dye T-Shirt for just $13 shipped to you via the USPS.  You can place your order today at http://www.madebyhippies.com/tiedye/tshirts/2013sale/ and as always check out all of our tie dyes at http://www.madebyhippies.com

Peace!

Erik

Organic Search Statistics for www.MadeByHippies.com June 2012

Yeah so check out these cool Organic Search Engine Statistics from http://www.webstatsdomain.com/domains/www.madebyhippies.com/

Made By Hippies ROCKS THE TIE DYES!!! Is basically what they are saying.

All you know, without any paid advertising or SEO outsourcing or any of that crap!

http://www.madebyhippies.com is all handtyped by Erik using notepad and uploaded via ftp!

Rock On Hippies!!!
Peace!

Erik

Annual 4/20 Tie Dye Sale

*** Made By Hippies Annual 4/20 Tie Dye Sale ~ 42% off anything with coupon code FOURTWENTY ~ Sale Ends Sat at 4:21pm ~ http://www.madebyhippies.etsy.com ***

Psychedelic Tie Dye Treasury

Yo,

Check out the Psychedelic Tie Dye Treasury:

http://www.etsy.com/treasury/4dbb93e4b8ce6d91ec206919/psychedelic-tie-dyes

Happy 420! 42% off Made By Hippies Tie Dyes, Today Only!

I hope all hippies are having an IRIE day! Use coupon code FOURTWENTY in our http://www.etsy.com/shop/madebyhippiesand save 42% today only!

500 One of a Kind Handmade Items for Sale at Made By Hippies Etsy Shop

We have 500 one of a kind handmade by hippies items for sale at our etsy shop right now: http://www.etsy.com/shop/madebyhippies

Our goal is to have 1,000 unique one of a kind items for sale so keep checking back as we get higher and higher to our goal!

PEACE and LOVE!

Erik

http://www.madebyhippies.com

Alien Tie Dye T-Shirts For Sale

Hola, I just wanna let ya know about our Alien Tie Dye T-Shirts we have for sale at our Made By Hippies Etsy Shop. Check them out they are all one of a kind and gonna sell out fast.

Oh yeah, you can enter the coupon code "madeforhippies" at checkout to get 10% off your order from our etsy shop. As always free USA shipping. PEACE!

Check out a few of the Alien Tie Dye Photos below:

Green Alien

Brown Alien

Green Alien Tie Dye

Grey Alien Tie Dye

Green Alien Tie Dye

Black Alien Tie Dye

Made By Hippies Dot Com Updated!

Hey Now! I've spent the last week updating all the pages on our website, http://www.madebyhippies.com so go visit and check it out. We updated a bunch of the photos, fixed up some old pages and tuned up the buttons and links on each page to get a clean quick loading website to our visitors. So check it out and let me know what you think by leaving a comment below, I would love to hear from you. I write all the code for www.madebyhippies.com myself using simple html code and notepad as my editor, then I ftp the files to my webserver and whalaa, a website! Check out the vending photos page to see photos of us selling our tie dyes in 2010. Also check out the updated about us page to see photos of our new home in Hippyland, Oregon and some of our neighbors.

So just for ole times sake I'm gonna check out the website rankings real fast...
On a basic google search for each search term here is how www.madebyhippies.com ranks:

tie dye, #9 on the first page
tie dye clothing, #3
how to tie dye #7, www.howtotiedye.net is #6 (our other website, check it out!)
tie dye t-shirts, #10 & #11 both on the first page

so that is all pretty sweet... gonna be a great tie dye year this 2011, it already is!

PEACE~!

Erik

Sandy Mountain Festival 2010

Here is a photo of Amanda selling tie dyes from our booth at the Sandy Mountain Festival in July 2010. We had a great time and sold a lot of tie dyes. We will be back in 2011!

Tie Dye Disc Golfs

Hiya Hippies,

Just thought I'd drop a line to let ya know about these groovy tie dye disc golf discs being made by DISCRAFT. Santa gave me a PhaZe 3 Supercolor Spectra 1 Maximum Distance Driver for Christmas and it looks pretty rad. Check one of these cool tie dye disc golf discs at http://www.discgolfstation.com

PEACE!

How To Tie a Peace Sign Tie Dye Pattern

Hippy Advice #1

This I say Verily unto you young hippies... Never ever get a job working for the Man. In the end it will just be a waste of your life with nothing to show for it. Even if ya can't think of someway to be in business for yourself, which is the way to be, then find someone cool to work for and do whatcha gotsta do ta survive. Oh yeah, and never cut ya hair either! Let's seize the time, let's make the system pay for it's crime. We surround them! There is no reason to slave ya life away in debt, that is no way to be a FREE MAN, an AMERICAN!