[narcissism, vanity, exhibitionism, ambition, vanity, vanity, vanity]

19.12.08

Because One Renovation Wasn't Enough

gingerbreadhouse
Originally uploaded by quiet.eye.

With the help of a brilliant friend, today Jane and I made a gingerbread house.

I think this is the most ... normal ... thing I have ever done. "Normal" meaning: the sort of thing some people just do, and enjoy doing, as part of a certain tradition at a certain time of year.

It felt weird.

It was fun.

It might have felt weird because it was fun.

Then again, maybe not.

I was not, I hope, too obsessive about the roof tiles.

It tasted good, though.

Labels: house, jane

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Hi! I'm Diane Greco, and you are looking at my seven year-old exercise in narcissism, vanity, exhibitionism, ambition, vanity, vanity, and, of course, vanity.

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