Meme

[allen]

marginaliana gave me three things which I may or may not know or care about.

1. aardvarks

I never read Cerebus, or at least not more than a few pages. I had a friend in high school who had all the graphic novels up to that point in time. He warned me that they were already starting to get weird, and not in a good way. I guess I was fortunate in that.

2. oil painting

The thing that I find weirdest about oil painting, other than the basic foreignness of being able to draw in the first place, is that you layer the paint. I always just assumed that it was like pencil drawing (or, let's be honest, crayons--I'm not very sophisticated when it comes to creating visual art) where you just kind of have to get it right in a single layer. But with oils you can layer the paint on for depth, or for mixing in the colors for particular effects... It's weird.

3. shoes

I have more shoes than I thought I did. I have a pair of everyday walking shoes, boots, tai chi shoes, dress shoes (loafers), a pair of cute pumps, a pair of running/athletic shoes, slippers, and some old shoes that I use to go into the backyard/garden. (Ok, I may have lied about one of those.)

Feel free to ask in comments if you want three things.