have wanderlust ...will travel: boredom

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18.6.08

ennui

two weeks ago, i was bored... so i sharpied a half sun on the toe of one white chuck and a quarter moon on the toe of my other white chuck. yesterday... i was bored ...again. so i sharpied bridge silhouettes on the inside wall of each of my chucks. ...i'm not bored now ...but the outside wall is, at this moment, aesthetically unacceptably blank... any suggestions?

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18.6.08

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