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purple paint

2012-06-12 - 10:52 a.m.

I did my first fiver job, my first two fiverr jobs actually, but they were for the same guy, so I dunno if that really counts as more than one gig.

Today it finally stopped raining like cats and dogs, so I decided to start on my painting project. The tin said "Kona Brown." It looked purple. It went on purple. I was starting to think very, very angry thoughts about the store where I bought the so-called Kona Brown. I mean, I'm just a simple physics major who took only two art electives. If the can says "Brown," I don't figure it to be purple.

The only reason I start slapping on the paint is because I'm old and tired, and I didn't have the energy to go back to the store and return the paint. "Maybe somebody WANTS a purple chest of drawers," I says to myself, says I.

It looks purple in the can and looks purple as hell while wet. However, after about six hours, it does change to dark brown. Apparently, it's like hair dye -- it's purple in the tube but really! truly! your hair does not end up purple. So...whew.

Actually, I think the amethyst purple is more attractive than brown, but hey. I'm painting this item to re-sell, and I don't have any faith in my audience just yet. They are probably all a bunch of hicks who don't appreciate purple. I want to start slow, by selling something brown.

Stay tuned.

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