Painting

Darby helped me paint the bathroom downstairs today. The bathroom was a filthy brown that had that über-lame sponge effect. It always looked dirty even when it was clean. Marla wanted to paint it a pale blue though I argued the fact that the tile is brown, the counter is brown and both the sink and toilet are that horrible almond colour (wannabe brown) AND most importantly there are no professional sport franchises whose colours are brown and blue - or college either! (yes, it's true - this is how I decide which colours go together. Sport franchises want spectators to feel comfortable cheering for them, more fans means more revenue so it follows that franchise want to solicit as large a fan base as possible. But almost always the popular primary colour combinations are chosen by existing franchises thus limiting the colour combinations available. Therefore, I am positive that vast amounts of marketing dollars are spent on determining which colours are best suited to solicit a positive response from the spectators - since I cannot think of a blue and brown team I conclude that these colours do not go together. It's clear that if brown and blue were meant to be together the marketing gurus would have picked up on that by now - right?. I tried my best to convey this logical and reasoned argument to Marla but she refused to listen.) I personally was hoping for an orange mist colour - à la Cleveland Browns.

Darby had a fantastic time and he's very proud of himself. Notice the careful, steady, two-handed, mature and studied technique; he'll be contracted by the Vatican before you know it just like the masters: Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello, Michelangelo - one of Darby's goals in life is to be the fifth Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle.

Here's the best picture. This confirms his Kealeyness. This is him imitating his grandfather:

Notice the tongue. Not quite in yet not quite out.

(I will fix the red-eye on this picture eventually and re-post later)

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