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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!

Once upon a time in an enchanted land called "1999," Beyonce was on the cutting edge of technology. "You make me wanna throw my pager out the window // I wanna put your number on the call block, have AOL make my emails stop // Its not hot that you be callin me, stressin me pagin my beeper" Sixteen short years later, it looks like all of her beeping problems have solved themselves. Undoubtedly, her beeping problems were her only problems and now instead of yelling about Bug A Boos, we should all take a moment to Hug A Boo. Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm welcome to the newest member of the Freaker Family... Hug-A-Boo!

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!

Humans have a special talent of finding connections with inanimate objects. Once upon a time, I knew a girl who was best friends with a toaster oven. That may be an extreme case, but nobody is immune. Did you have a childhood teddy bear? What's your lucky charm? Ever seen a dude fall in love with a motorcycle? The struggle is real. Today, we're celebrating this quirk of human nature with a Freaker that we 100% feel an intimate connection to. For the lulz. Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm Welcome Back to an old favorite... Pizza Cat!

With this week's release of Big Booty, we've been extra excitable about being jerks in the high-seas, and it's Friday so we need you to join this pirate party. Summer is a time for treasure maps. Where there are treasure maps, there are treasure hunts. Where there are treasure hunts, there are treasure chests. Where there are treasure chests, there is treasure. And where there is treasure, there is pleasure. We want to see your inner summer scavenging pirate. It's Friday - go wild. WHAT YOU'RE WINNING: We have 5 care packages (read: treasure chests) this week filled with Freakers for you to make it rain with. If anybody blacked out for the last couple of years, Freakers are bottle insulators that will fit any sized bottle - from a sippy cup to a 40 oz! They keep your drink cold, your hands dry, and you awesome. We make them in North Carolina, the grand land of Petey Pablo, Cheerwine, and Blackbeard. Each winner will get 8 Freakers of their choice from our Boutique and/or Greetings From lines! HOW TO ENTER: Get on Instagram and show us why you're secretly a pirate for your chance to win. Use the hashtag #FreakerBooty so we can find you! Winners announced in our Tuesday newsletter!

Quick update on your Kickstarter packages: Our sweet mill is rushing to get the last of our socks through manufacturing and we have about 60% off the styles here, ready to freak! We still have to wait until they’re all here before we can start the super-shipping process, but things are looking bright. We’ve also been waiting on our new fancy pants retail boxes, and guess what?! They arrived this morning! We’re super excited to get this shipping ball a-rolling, and we’ve already started chipping away at some of the smaller packages (I'm lookin' at you, $1 reward tier.) If you have moved or need an update to your address - please let us know ASAP! Email support@freakerusa.com and Lauren will make sure that all of your address dreams come true! We’re trying as hard as we can to get these babies out to you, thank you so much for your patience. We love you, we want to hug you, we can’t wait to freak you. Peace, esé.

Today in the age-old "pirates vs ninjas" debate, we chose pirates. Why? Not just because of the history of pirate lockdowns in coastal North Carolina (here's lookin' at you, Blackbeard.) No. We choose pirates for freedom. Pirates looked at the rule book and said "Nah." They saw a map and said "Nah." Pirates looked at the English language and said "Arrr, shiver me timbers, let's make our own speak. Savvy?" There's even an International Talk Like A Pirate Day in celebration of doing what you want, when you want, and how you want. And for that, it's a pirates life for me. Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm welcome to an update on one of our favorite Freakers... Big Booty!

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!    

There are so many ways to try and get to know a stranger. Where are you from? What's your sign? What do you do for money? Your spirit animal? Everytime somebody pops the question, we have an automated response. Spirit animal? Easy. An alpaca. Smoking a cigarette. With laser eyes. Staring at a girlbutt. Alpacass. Of course. Ladies and gentlemen, give a warm re-introduction to one of our long-lost favorite Freakers... Alpacass!

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!

Rumor has it that being a Mom is often a thankless job. Remember when you were a child and your Mother would forbid the luxurious things in life like running with scissors, taking candy from strangers, and walking Danzig's way? What about all of those times she had to post bail in the principal's office? The endless Yo Mama jokes. The "science experiments." The kidnapping scares. (GOTCHA! Just hiding under the house again, Mom!) From now until Friday, we're having a storewide sale in honor of the fearless leaders called Mothers. Your Mother, specifically. Get 20% off your entire order on freakerusa.com when you use the discount code: Danzig (offer valid 5/5-5/8)

You see, kid - I did it all for the Wookie. #MayTheFreakBeWithYou #CincoDeCuatro #STEVEHOLT