Epic Magazine

folkinz:

The other day when sufjan & i were antiquing we came across this box of old plates.  he got really excited, in a way only he could, like how i get excited for award season or a new episode of bridalplasty.  anyway, he was sifting through the box of plates when he found some plates with states on them.

“would it be too ironic if we hung these on our walls?  i was reading about plate walls in real simple or was it on apartment therapy? either way would it be?”

“well, if we get this one of mary too, i think it will balance it out.”

we gathered the plates up and brought them to the old man sitting at the front of the antique store.  sufjan, of course, had to bargain with the man & not just pay the ticket price. 

he leaned in and whispered to me, ” these could probably get us a lot on antique road show one day.”

“do you really want to be on pbs?” i asked him.  “is this a goal of yours?” 

he laughed and clapped indicating that it was in fact a goal.  the man finished packing up our new plates and we paid & left.  on our walk home i needed to pee, i totally shouldn’t have had that strawberry coolata when we went to dunkin donuts before shopping.  we stopped at gas station so i could go. 

“i probably contracted an std in that bathroom.”

“probably,” he said, distracted. “ooh, i could have seen it on design sponge.”

later that day, after all the plates were hanging on the wall, he asked if i could take a picture of him in front of our new plate wall for his blog.