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Blue Paint Special (Mike and Danny Series, #2)

Rock Lane Cooper

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Description:On a cold spring afternoon, a painter helps a college man learn something about art, sex, and the limits of language.Beginning excerpt:On a cold spring afternoon, a painter helps a college man learn something about art, sex, and the limits of language.OK, this is a long time ago. But some memories are like yesterday. Flash back to junior year in college. I'm way deep into junioritis, mostly hanging out with my buds, spending nights at the bars with a fake ID, no serious love life of course, skating by in classes, in tight with one or two younger professors, and mostly just doing well enough to keep from getting tossed out into the cold, cruel world.I forget how I get to know this guy Ted. He's an art student, but several years older than the rest of us. Veteran—Army we think—never says much about it. Maybe he just wants to feel young and still wet behind the ears, like the rest of us; maybe he's seen some kind of action he doesn't want to talk about. We let it pass, enjoying his company because he's been around some, we're a little in awe of him, and we're just dumb-ass kids anyway.We joke about his being an "ah-tist," but not much. He's serious, and we know it. A thinker, book-reader. A mind that can go deep into things, and leave us way behind. Do any of us ever see his paintings? Not for a long time, because we're not, you know, interested. He's got the confidence to be around art, do art, and think art thoughts, and it doesn't affect his masculinity one bit. We, on the other hand, are not so sure of ourselves.Like I say, he's been around, and he looks it. Nice grown man's build, dark hair and moustache; doesn't need to let his beard grow more than a day to have a dark, bristly shadow on his face. Dark chest hair curling over the top of his undershirt. Kind of rangy in his jeans. Never see him wearing anything but motorcycle boots. Picture him with a paint brush? We can't.Older students usually have wives; some have kids. You don't see them hang out much at the bars. Ted is unattached. We kid him about his sex life. We have these ideas about the military; we figure he must have plenty of experience. He just grins and picks at the label on his beer bottle. We're not getting anything out of him.I'm noticing when the bunch of us are together he mostly talks to me. When he grins and winks, he grins and winks at me. After a couple pitchers of beer, when he comes back from the can, I'm noticing that he squeezes in next to me at the table. I'm feeling his leg pushed up against mine, his boot shoved against my foot. Am I putting 2 and 2 together yet? Hardly. I figure he's just being friendly. And older guy that he is, I'm flattered that he likes me. After another pitcher, he can squeeze my knee under the table and I'm, well, just plain tickled.This goes on until Ted gives me a call one day and says he's working on a project for an art show. Wants to know if he can "paint" me. Paint me? Yeah, like what you put in a frame and hang on the wall. Could I spare an afternoon?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blue Paint Special (Mike and Danny Series, #2). To get started finding Blue Paint Special (Mike and Danny Series, #2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: On a cold spring afternoon, a painter helps a college man learn something about art, sex, and the limits of language.Beginning excerpt:On a cold spring afternoon, a painter helps a college man learn something about art, sex, and the limits of language.OK, this is a long time ago. But some memories are like yesterday. Flash back to junior year in college. I'm way deep into junioritis, mostly hanging out with my buds, spending nights at the bars with a fake ID, no serious love life of course, skating by in classes, in tight with one or two younger professors, and mostly just doing well enough to keep from getting tossed out into the cold, cruel world.I forget how I get to know this guy Ted. He's an art student, but several years older than the rest of us. Veteran—Army we think—never says much about it. Maybe he just wants to feel young and still wet behind the ears, like the rest of us; maybe he's seen some kind of action he doesn't want to talk about. We let it pass, enjoying his company because he's been around some, we're a little in awe of him, and we're just dumb-ass kids anyway.We joke about his being an "ah-tist," but not much. He's serious, and we know it. A thinker, book-reader. A mind that can go deep into things, and leave us way behind. Do any of us ever see his paintings? Not for a long time, because we're not, you know, interested. He's got the confidence to be around art, do art, and think art thoughts, and it doesn't affect his masculinity one bit. We, on the other hand, are not so sure of ourselves.Like I say, he's been around, and he looks it. Nice grown man's build, dark hair and moustache; doesn't need to let his beard grow more than a day to have a dark, bristly shadow on his face. Dark chest hair curling over the top of his undershirt. Kind of rangy in his jeans. Never see him wearing anything but motorcycle boots. Picture him with a paint brush? We can't.Older students usually have wives; some have kids. You don't see them hang out much at the bars. Ted is unattached. We kid him about his sex life. We have these ideas about the military; we figure he must have plenty of experience. He just grins and picks at the label on his beer bottle. We're not getting anything out of him.I'm noticing when the bunch of us are together he mostly talks to me. When he grins and winks, he grins and winks at me. After a couple pitchers of beer, when he comes back from the can, I'm noticing that he squeezes in next to me at the table. I'm feeling his leg pushed up against mine, his boot shoved against my foot. Am I putting 2 and 2 together yet? Hardly. I figure he's just being friendly. And older guy that he is, I'm flattered that he likes me. After another pitcher, he can squeeze my knee under the table and I'm, well, just plain tickled.This goes on until Ted gives me a call one day and says he's working on a project for an art show. Wants to know if he can "paint" me. Paint me? Yeah, like what you put in a frame and hang on the wall. Could I spare an afternoon?We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Blue Paint Special (Mike and Danny Series, #2). To get started finding Blue Paint Special (Mike and Danny Series, #2), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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