Something weird happened, guys. If you’re reading this, you may be a proud owner of a JPO 2016 campaign t-shirt, pictured here.

It all started with a flippant Facebook post to promote a real gig:

Followed by like…a lot of people saying, “YEAH!” and “We want the t-shirt!”

Which led to me looking for a fast t-shirt designer site online to make a mock up of my campaign slogan on a shirt, which led me to TeeSpring.com, where I found out you can sell shirts without having to print them yourself OR ship them yourself. Glory!

I thought I’d sell a few, so I decided to gather celebrity endorsements.

Turns out I have a great group of supporters (and I knew it, but I didn’t know it applied to my political career as well as my artistic life).  The campaign ended, and we sold 61 shirts!  Holy!  And not all of those were to my mother (as far as I know, she accounts for 1 sale, hi mom).

What does this all mean?  I’m not sure, other than THANK YOU, YOU BRILLIANT PEOPLE.  Also it might mean no one really wants to vote for any of the 8739920 real Presidential candidates.  It might mean that a slacker COULD really be President if they tried (hehehheh).  It might mean communities are awesome things to have and keep around and share your humor with, because what else are we gonna do to survive this election cycle?

The best part for me was making terrible photoshops of the shirt design on my obvious cabinet choices.

Also, if you are an entrepreneur in ANYTHING (music, art, widgets, existing) – you could gather your folks together and make a shirt.  And you can sell it.  And your tribe can all identify each other with their cool shirts.

Now, to plan the convention.  I’m thinking Duluth or Sacramento.