I'm still on a lengthy road trip and spent the last few days off the grid camping on the Oregon Coast, so I was pleased to see that the story has advanced in my absence. I'm particularly thrilled that we actually get a glimpse of Toby's group gallery show. What I'm most impressed with is the number of people wandering around with paintings in front of their faces, walking blind around all that fragile ceramic art. This should be fun.
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Well, I do envy you - I could happily forego having had to see Ian's jammies. And is it just me, or is he markedly less Scots than at various points in the past?
Is that green jacket the only one that Ian owns, and is that his or someone else's arm sticking out of his right side?
Camping on the Oregon coast sounds breathtaking, Wanders. I just hope no gray seagulls like the ones dangling from the gallery ceiling are flying overhead are marring your views. "Gray" must be the operative word for this show - blech. I'm annoyed that the Moy & Giella 8-21 tag blocks the view of whatever that is above the bear - a bat? a pteranodon? But doesn't Toby seem perky after her all-nighter? You can't beat Splak for refreshment!
Meanwhile, Ian is again wearing his AstroTurf sport coat and is again facing a choice between Toby and Hilton. Ian, are you a man or a mouse? (I expect his answer will be "Squeak!")
At last Karen Moy nails a sense of conflict and suspense that is NOT about melodramatic pining/unrequited love. This is good, old-fashioned marital scuffling, and I relish the pickle Ian is in, brought on by that pickle-colored sport coat he's been wearing perhaps. Too bad that coat isn't providing him camouflage. Looks like he could use it. ..
Welcome to the Santa Royale Group Gallery Show: "One Shade of Grey, Fifty Boring Ways". Entrants have been given a choice of materials, including modeling compound, porch floor paint, and Portland cement. The show is sponsored by Santaroyalemart Hardware and Splak, the breakfast cereal with the fiber content of driveway gravel. Remember, "If you like spackle, you'll like Splak!"
I'm glad that Toby was allowed to bring in her own chest of drawers to complete her homey display of Franklin Mint animal statues.
Bravo fauxprof. I needed a laugh this morning. Thank you.
Love it fauxprof! Is blue baseball cap guy hanging up a hubcap? The street artist banksy opened an exhibit this weekend called "Dismaland," a dark parody of Disneyland. I think Toby's gray animals would fit right in.
Real world solution that KM will never consider: "Sorry, Hilton, but tonight is Toby's gallery opening and, as I am sure you will understand, I will be there to support her. Although I will miss your lecture, I am looking forward to watching it when it is posted to You Tube."
You have to feel for Ian. On one hand, he will fail to support his wife at the "Gray Matter" Exhibition. On the other hand, he won't be able to kiss up to the director, won't get that big raise and not be able to afford to go to thrift shop to get another sports coat.
Why is everything gray? Is this one of those deals where you purchase an unpainted statue, take it home and paint it yourself, and then say you made it?
Do you suppose Ian goes through this whenever a new university administrator is hired?
Someone on another website suggested looking up splak in the urban dictionary. I did, and it's not family friendly. Why on earth would it be on the front of a box purporting to hold cereal?
@Carlye at 2:04 p.m., I looked it up and agree with you. Did KM pull this word out of the air, or did someone pull a fast one on JG?
@KitKat. I just looked it up, too. Yikes, totally nasty. No way Uncle Joe would know, any more than the rest of us. He was just making up a nonsense word. What a shame, it started out being so funny, too.
Ian has committed the unforgivable sin of placing himself above the radar at his university. He will suffer conflicting loyalties, if not worse, from this point on.
My favorite is the guy in a Speedo with a huge sword. i would buy that.
Love The Princess and the Pirate reference, KitKat!
Kitkat ... at whatever time... we should not be worrying about what might be a bat above the bear? How about whatever that forked thing is to the right of that?
SATURDAY
Oh, Ian, Ian. If you're going to sit right in front, wearing an Astro-Turf jacket big enough to upholster a putt putt golf range, don't be so obvious about checking your watch. On the other hand, it's fun for us to watch you dig yourself into a deeper hole on both sides of the question.
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