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Chocolate-covered gummy bears. I was so excited because this was the first time I've been able to find them being sold in almost 6 years.
Cinema ticket for Quarantine.
Next up, Car insurance
Next up, Car insurance
Today was an expensive day. I got my nails done which wasn't so bad then I went to pick up my puppy from the vet. He went in yesterday for neutering and they also found three puppy teeth that needed to be pulled. $400 later I have my pup back.
Since the day was a loss money-wise I decided I may as well add groceries to the total!
Since the day was a loss money-wise I decided I may as well add groceries to the total!
$50 on framing and matting supplies for the gift I'm making for my dad.
AC/DC's recently released CD
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and other stories CD
Kenny Rogers - 20 Great Years CD (Free with purchase of the other two)
Dinner at Schlotsky's
7 gallons of fuel so I don't have to fill up over the holiday next week.
Ed to add: Thanks for rreminding me John Clark...Auto insurance payment went out this evening.
AC/DC's recently released CD
Trans Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and other stories CD
Kenny Rogers - 20 Great Years CD (Free with purchase of the other two)
Dinner at Schlotsky's
7 gallons of fuel so I don't have to fill up over the holiday next week.
Ed to add: Thanks for rreminding me John Clark...Auto insurance payment went out this evening.
Last of the Christmas Presents - Vouchers for one person, Apricot Brandy, Headphones
Hope you feel better soon.
On a more frivolous note, I took some stuff in to be framed:
--a print of H. R. Giger's Li II
--a print of the Absinthe poster in my avatar
--an an antique (1886) print of a painting of Salammbo, Princess of Carthage, from the novel by Gustave Flaubert. Ebay ftw!
--an an antique (1886) print of a painting of Salammbo, Princess of Carthage, from the novel by Gustave Flaubert. Ebay ftw!
Pretty cool pic.
I hadn't heard of Salammbo before (I only barely made it through Madame Bovary, though Sentimental Education was OK) so just googled it up. Sounds much more up my street!
(I've been eBaying today too - picked up some white cotton handkerchiefs and have my eye on a few silk ones.)
Pretty cool pic.
I hadn't heard of Salammbo before (I only barely made it through Madame Bovary, though Sentimental Education was OK) so just googled it up. Sounds much more up my street!
I actually like it better than Madame Bovary, myself.
One interesting thing: there seem to be numerous paintings of this scene from the novel; but this particular painting seems to be lost.
I can't find a reference to it anywhere online. The artist--Gabriel Ferrier--is not even listed in the Art Renewal Center's museum. His painting seems to exist now only in books, which is where the print came from.
In that, it's like another painting that I'd dearly like to get a hold of: The Fury of the Goths by an even more obscure artist named Ivanovitz (or maybe Ivanovitch):
The original must really be something.
Pretty cool pic.
I hadn't heard of Salammbo before (I only barely made it through Madame Bovary, though Sentimental Education was OK) so just googled it up. Sounds much more up my street!
I actually like it better than Madame Bovary, myself.
One interesting thing: there seem to be numerous paintings of this scene from the novel; but this particular painting seems to be lost.
I can't find a reference to it anywhere online. The artist--Gabriel Ferrier--is not even listed in the Art Renewal Center's museum. His painting seems to exist now only in books, which is where the print came from.
And just like that, history is lost. You people haven't been archiving properly!
In that, it's like another painting that I'd dearly like to get a hold of: The Fury of the Goths by an even more obscure artist named Ivanovitz (or maybe Ivanovitch):
The original must really be something.
I can barely make out the detail in that small pic, but blood & guts, imperial-style has to be worth seeking out! Trouble is, where would you hang it? I'm thinking the study, as inspiration when plotting the death of your enemies...
Hey--that's not my fault. Talk to the Art Historians--they have their own department, and everything.
But you're right, nonetheless.
Nah. In my office.
Every autumn, the savage hordes of Goth-undergraduates cross the Danube and rampage across the Empire of academia. Somehow, each year, Rome's exhausted and battered legions have to find the strength to keep the barbarians at bay until the spring.
It's a hard, dispiriting, thankless fight--but civilization is depending on us. We must not fail.
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