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  When was the last time you had a bad day? Put on your grumpy pants? Blued yourself? Nothing was going your way. You wanted to crawl into a cave and go to sleep forever. Then there it was. Staring into your soul. A photo of a beautiful sunset with an inspirational misquote from Marilyn Monroe about going gluten free. Or a few words about dealing with the haters (Gandhi, I believe) set over an image of that sweet Caribbean time-share you've always wanted. The inspirational quote changed your life. Now we want you to change ours. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring coastal Carolina's very own Sea Love Sea Salt! What started as a dream of living at the beach has evolved into a homegrown company founded on sustainability, happiness, and salt. Amanda and Dave Jacobs gather salt from the waters of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, and through a special greenhouse solar evaporation process, produce a perfectly textured sea salt. The Jacobs are in the middle of a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to expand their operation. "What began as a backyard experiment has expanded to a 4 acre farm and we couldn't be more stoked. But we can't do it without YOU! Our newly purchased land is where all of the magic will happen: solar evaporation, growing herbs for the salts, blending flavors and scents, bottling, labeling and shipping." Small business love warriors UNITE! Each winner will get a special treat from Sea Love and a Surfbort Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and leave us your favorite inspirational quote (faux or no!) in the comments for your chance to win. Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Synchronized swimmers. Fairy wings. Senior citizens. Eggs. Ally McBeal in 1997. Newborn chickens. Newborn babies. Newborn anythings. Some of life's most captivating treasures are delicate. Today, we're celebrating the neat, petite, dainty gems! Partners in porcelain UNITE! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring porcelain flasks from Edgewood Made! The fine folks at Edgewood Made have a special knack for making quality products that have a magnetic pull on your inner design-eye. Simple and beautiful and hand made in Philadelphia with tender love and care, Edgewood's porcelain flasks are functional keepsakes of timeless (yet quirky!) design. Use it as a class-act booze carafe, secret treasure chalice, post-modern urn (I'm possibly just kidding!), a vase, or a simply ornamental addition to your home! Each winner will get porcelain flask and a Freaker of their choice! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us something (person/place/thing/idea/etc) you treasure that is delicate. Use the hashtag #EdgewoodFreaker for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

America’s birthday is tomorrow - how are you going to celebrate? Are you entering a hot-dog eating contest dressed like George Washington and/or Ru Paul? Are you screening a Vin Diesel marathon? (For real though, xXx is one of the most patriotic movies ever made.) Are you blowing things up and howling at the moon for freedom? We’re driving to the Grand Canyon to play with donkeys. Greetings from the road! We love you, America. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring 1776 co.! The team over at 1776 co. has one mission: to handmake quality products with an everyday function here in the USA. Their flagship product, the Leather Whiskey Flask, comes in gift packaging, complete with wooden tags and a stamp of certified badassery. Three winners will get a Baberaham Lincoln and a leather flask from 1776. The other two will be getting 6 Freakers of their choice! HOW TO ENTER: We want to see just how American America can get. Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and show us in the comments the most American thing you’ve seen for your chance to win. Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Freedom isn't free, but today the opposite is true. Free for freedom! From now until July 5th, for every 3 Freakers you buy, we'll be throwing in a free Murkah Freaker! Our dear Murkah is a patriotic gem that you can only get your paws on through special occasions like this one. Home of the brave. Land of the freaks.

Guess what, y'all? We're in Texas this week, a fascinating place with fascinating people. Willie Nelson. Cowboy movies. The entire city of Austin. Chuck Norris, the Texas Ranger. Tex-Mex. Friday Night Lights. Beyonce. Yes, Beyonce is 100% from Texas, and while her fanbase intensely loves her, even the Beyhive will never be as enthusiastic as Texans with their state pride. Texas invented state pride. No matter where you are, home is sweeter when you love where you live. It's Friday and we're here to help! WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring gift codes to Maptote! Handmade in Brooklyn, Maptote is the love child of a cartographer and a stylist who fell in love, got married, and popped out a company! Tote bags, tea towels, zip pouches, notebooks, wine totes, apparel. You name it, they've illustrated your state on it. And it looks good. Damn good. Each winner gets a $20 gift code to Maptote and a Lance Tiny-Arms Strong Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram & show us why you love where you live with the hashtag #FreakerMap for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

One cannot simply be fresh part time. Staying fresh is a full time life choice. You can't have luxury designer shoes with holey socks. That's a pretty nice pet ocelot, but who makes that heinous leash? Do you even have a bear rug for your smartphone, bro? You in this to win this OR WHAT? Don't worry, we're here to help. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring Snoozz Hibernation Rugs from Revolution Design House! You may remember Revolution Design House from a couple months ago when we played favorites with their glorious boxcar planters! The boys (and girls!) are back in town this week with the Snoozz Hibernation Rug. Snoozz understands that luxury is a mindset, and that everything (inanimate or otherwise) in your life has fancypants potential. Why charge your phone like a vagrant when you could give it a 5 star resting lounge that manages charging cords and dampens phone vibrations? Fresh to death. Each winner gets a Snoozz Hibernation Rug and a Fresh Prints Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and show us in the comments how to relax and recharge with style for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

  Remember the iconic TV Dad? The one throwing the baseball and swinging the hammer. Mending the fence and wrassling the gator. Chopping the trees and Liam Neeson-ing any punk that looks at his daughter. After a long day's work, Dad always managed to clean up nice. How did he do it? Tools. Man tools. The other kind of man tools. Secret man-tools. Wonder no more. We're here to solve the mystery for you. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring dapper man accents from Forge & Foundry!! Forge & Foundry is a one-man operation powered by Jeff Bridgers, who happens to also be one of our hometown's most talented blacksmiths! Working hard + feeling dapper = a winning combination. Each one of Jeff's handmade products is tried and tested in high intensity work conditions and is made with only the most natural of ingredients. Tough and handsome and Dad approved. Game on. Each winner will get a different assortment of Forge & Foundry goods and a Freaker of their choice! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us why your dad is iconic with the hashtag #ForgeAndFreaker for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

June is the official High-Five-A-Dad month. If you're a dad, go ahead and give yourself a high five. If you know a dad, give that dude a high five. And a beer. And a toolbelt. Don't worry. We're here to help. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring Pocket Monkeys from Zootility Tools! The Pocket Monkey is more than just the punchline to dirty jokes. The Pocket Monkey is "the really really thin" multi-tool that fits in your wallet! With 12+ functions, the Pocket Monkey is a bottle opener, screwdriver (flat, phillips, and micro!), orange peeler, letter opener, ruler, phone stand and loads more. Plus, the little sucker is made here in the USA, making the Pocket Monkey a perfect Robin to your dad named Batman. Each winner also gets a Hug-A-Boo and a Dad Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and show us what kind of secret function you have for your chance to win! Go go gadgets UNITE! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Aaaaaaah, the cult of pop culture. We're all susceptible to it, even when we try resistance. What's that? You're immune to pop culture? You don't know what a Kardashian is? That sounds nice, but I'm not buying it. Tilda Swinton. David Byrne. Debbie Harry. Henry Rollins. You can be a badass, but you're still playing the game. The cult of pop culture is as ritualistic as any. How many of you can quote the entire script of Mean Girls or host Game of Thrones viewing parties? Embrace it. Most everybody does it, but some are more shameless than others about their worship of pop culture. Welcome to the stage, Saint Celebrity. All hail. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring candles from Saint Celebrity! Brooklyn pizza queen, Sam Rayes, has taken the ritualism of pop culture to a new level with celebrity prayer candles. The sacred formula here is simple: take an icon, slap on a flower crown and a questionably motivational quote, then BAM - magic is born. Namaste, bitches. Each winner also gets a Pizza Cat Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us something you idolize with the hashtag #SaintFreaker for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

We’ve always been fans of the spirit animal ice breaker. Unlike “what’s your sign?”, the spirit animal question yields an unlimited variety of answers. Modern day spirit animals can be anything. What’s yours? An aardvark? How artsy. A twitchy platypus? Oh. Endearing! A three-legged corgi eating ice cream? I won’t question it. Today, ours is a utopian farm in Tennessee where the goats reign in paradise. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring Little Seed Farm! In a feat of adorabiliy, the Ray family packed up their life in New York City to start a farm in Tennessee. A goat farm, specifically. Meet the family! Meet the goats! They wear gold chains! Little Seed Farm is dedicated to quality, organic, handmade products, providing the community with healthy, nutrient-dense food, and providing their animals a natural oasis of goodness. Quality of life score? A+ goldstar. Each winner gets a Rosemary Mint Marseille Soap Block, Herbal Lip Salve, and an Alpacass Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and show us your spirit animal in the comments for your chance to win! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!    

Mother's Day is on Sunday. Have you already prepared the brunch menu? The mimosa options? Did you personally raid the neighbor's garden, in the depths of the night, to make mamabear the most beautiful bouquet in all the 7 kingdoms? How's your Mom Tattoo holding up? Oh? Well. Here, this week's Freaker Friday will be your proverbial touch-up: WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring boxcar planters from Revolution Design House! It's generally bad form to play favorites, but it's also Friday and there are no rules. Shameless honesty: Revolution Design House is definitely in the top 10 on our Favorite Companies List, which is extensive. Simply put: "Revolution Design House is a Portland based producer of American made objects." Realistically put: "These guys design and produce stuff you actually want. Looks good, feels good, works good, DONE. GIMME." This week we're featuring their futuristic boxcar planters! Step 1: stick a cactus in this baby. Step 2: sit back, bask in the glory. Step 3: try not to kill the cactus when your inner designer drools all over it. Each winner also gets a Freaker of their choice! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Facebook, find this graphic, and let us know why YOUR mom is revolutionary for your chance to win! (Yes, Yo Mama jokes apply. Bring it on, kids.) Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

  We're big fans of celebrating the quirks of everyday life. Just because something is common doesn't make it boring. Nature is especially eccentric. Volcanos are Earth Zits the size of mountains, filled with lava. Sea otters hold hands when they sleep so they don't float away from each other. Lightning exists. Turtles can breathe through their butts. Have you SEEN deep sea creatures? Oh, and we all know about the conspiracies surrounding the moon landing, but did you know entire groups of people don't believe that the moon exists at all? Get weird, y'all. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages this week featuring moon prints from artist Mary Ordog! She used to call our little hometown of Wilmington, North Carolina home. Even though we recently lost her to San Francisco, Mary hasn't lost any of that particular and peculiar eccentricity that is iconic and natural for so many Wilmingtonians. Her latest series about the moon is equal parts graceful, charming, and cryptic! Consider Mother's Day taken care of. Each winner also gets a Cherry Godmother Freaker! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us your favorite quirk about Mother Nature for your chance to win! Use the hashtag #FreakerMoon so we can find you! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!