Comments on: Wave the #17 Flag

By: spinner8

spinner8 — Sun, 06 Nov 2005 04:39:41 +0000

Wow, paint by numbers. What a cool idea. Sorry it turned out to be frustrating.

By: TCho

TCho — Wed, 02 Nov 2005 23:08:10 +0000

Wow….i never knew that it would be so frustrated. I’m getting all huffy just reading about you doing it!

By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:53:40 +0000

R1: But I don't know when to stop, that's just it. Did that one guy stop when people told him he shouldn't chip away at Venus de Milo's arms? No, he kept on going, and look at her now.
SQ: Ooh, latch hooks. I had a unicorn rainbow one as a kid. Maybe I was a horse girl after all...
R2: When I goofed around with Photoshop to add the green in, the thought did occur to me: Why am I even bothering painting this at all w/ real paint? It's the 21st century!
S: You haven't even seen the ones I had to mix myself! They're even worse!
G: Oh, Fabio horse. He's so misunderstood.
V: I know! Unbridled hatred is kind of liberating.
J: [bares teeth and recoils] Hissssssss!!

By: jill

jill — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:39:39 +0000

I agree with Vivian, I’m concerned this has opened an heretofore untapped well of anger in you. I want you to remember your cats, Jenny. Punch and Judy need you. That’s it. There you go. Give me the brushes, Jenny. Just let go. That’s a girl. Just give me the brushes and everything will be alright. We’re here for you, Jenny. You’re not alone.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:45:06 +0000

Dear Jenny,
I’ve never read you so angry. I think the format is restricting your creativity too much. Turn the cardboard over and paint your own horses. Freedom my dear.
Love,
Vivian

By: gillespie

gillespie — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:57:10 +0000

I would finish Fabio horse, and call it a day. That’s the money horse, anyway!!

By: Strode

Strode — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 17:30:20 +0000

I hate the colors on paint by numbers sets. Ewww. How many of those colors would you see in a picture of those horses? That brown/orange color make me wretch.

By: Rich

Rich — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:57:46 +0000

Are there MS paint by numbers. Maybe it would be mor satisfying to wave the mouse back and forth to color in the horsies. Then it would be a nice bitmap you could mass email to people who would be afraid to open the file because it might be a virus.

By: StationeryQueen

StationeryQueen — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 02:53:11 +0000

I always hated those things. Latch hook sets, too. I tried and kept repeating, “I’m not a moron because I can’t do this. I’m not!”
Try just going to the art museum. Looking is much easier than doing.

By: Roy

Roy — Sun, 30 Oct 2005 18:40:36 +0000

I looked carefully at the photo of your progress, and I’d say you’re done. I can see what the animals are, and where they are, and the sky is blue. You have to know when to stop. I think you’re there. Don’t even white over the remaining lines and numbers. It’s camp. All it really needs now is a brown coffee ring stain somewhere on it, like on all my tax forms.