Above the fireplace

Amanda and I have been cruising craigslist for free stuff to furnish our house with. So far, all we've got is a dining table and some lamps.

However, I've got to say that the most impressive addition to our domicile would be authentic Chelsea Boothe paintings. They're even autographed! We have four complete abstracts and will be making a trip to michaels for the framing and matting. Sooo excited.

Anyway, this got Amanda and I thinking about our wall hangings. We have an old school awesome fireplace with a huge mantle, and last night we decided that the most obvious thing to put there is a regal portrait of us in a really thick gold frame. Something similar to below:
Except that we would both be in it, and I'm feeling more of a rectangular frame, and we'll both be holding small froufy dogs. It'll be on a red background, and one of us will be holding a cigarette with the cigarette holder. And we're going to not do the dog-that-just-got-back-from-the-veterinarian look around the neck, but instead we'll opt for frilly white button down shirts and pearls.

I'm so excited!!!

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I don't like it when people tell me i'm doing "good work." I'm kind of tired of hearing it and don't necessarily believe it either.  And also, if you can tell i'm doing good work, why aren't you doing any? because if you were you wouldn't think what i was doing was all that amazing. 

or maybe you would; i don't know, i guess being poor does kind of suck; but just because i'm sacrificing money and living like the american poor doesn't make my work any more special than it is. It just means i was naive about money at the beginning of the year. but millions of people do work that is way more significant and way more important and way more "good" than what i do. 

anyway. happy birthday evan! it is your birthday now in north carolina...1 am. well i'm late by an hour. but thats okay.

isnt my grandpa adorable?