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Feckless Friday: Passive-Aggressive Paint Job Edition
Remember the other day when I said I might paint my entryway? Well, in a surprisingly not feckless move on my part, I painted the first coat that very day. It looks lovely, but I’m out of paint. I’ll get some for the second coat soon, I promise. Definitely by summer.
About that paint job…you know how I was born in Michigan and raised to be a UofM fan? And you know how The Ohio State University hates the Wolverines? And you know how I don’t really like to wear UofM garb this close to campus because dummies make snide comments? And you know how one time at Bryan’s old job his anti-UofM boss wrote him up for a safety violation for having a UofM pen sticking pointy side up in his pen thing? (Oh yes he did! Bryan had to petition to get it off his record and everything!) And you know how we bought a house right here in Columbus where everybody hates U o fM? Well, I subconsciously wrote Columbus a passive-aggressive note when I painted my living room and entryway:
*looks better in real life*
I think the note says, “Suck it, Buckeyes. GO BLUE!” Yeah, I pretty much painted my house maize and blue. By accident. Technically, it’s sweet maple and sweet sea or something like that, but still. I didn’t even realize it until I looked at it with Bryan and said, “I just really like how those colors look together,” and he very excitedly said, “Hell yes you do! Maize and blue, baby!” And I think he clapped.
Apparently, I’m a huge fan of college sports.
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That is so funny!! Being a person who enjoys solitary sports…golfing..equestrian disciplines…I have a hard time grasping the crazy that hits this city. I like your new paint color…it is pretty close to what I am painting my living room..that I only did one coat of a month ago, and painted around theChristmas tree so there is a whole part without any paint…
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Abby Reply:
January 29th, 2010 at 12:30 pm
Yeah, I had no experience with actual rivalry venom until I moved here. It was a huge surprise, especially because in Michigan, we care more about the MSU/UofM rivalry. I don’t ever remember my dad cussing out OSU the way he did MSU. Our bumper stickers say, “My two favorite teams are UofM and whoever is playing MSU.”
Although, when I told my brother we were moving here, he laughed and said, “Dad won’t even stop in Ohio for gas on his trips to West Virginia because he’s worried that a penny might go to OSU!”
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