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That creepy kid from The Sixth Sense must be sending me lucky vibes because I’ve won another Pay It Forward contest! Since I just held one of my own (your packages have been mailed folks!) I wanted to spice things up a bit. Instead of just commenting and hoping I draw your name on one of the delightfully-colored post-its I own, I’m going to make you work for your prize!
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I want to see your mad paint skillz. The last few weeks I have painted a purdy picture to go with my vending machine woes or ridiculous gym tales. I’d like to see a picture that goes along with one of your blog tales. If you don’t have a story that could easily benefit from a picture, make something up. Draw the Paint version of yourself. Imagine what it would be like if you had to balance on a giant exercise ball while lifting weights.
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It does not have to be perfect. I don’t expect anyone to channel Monet or van Gogh. Just be creative and have fun. Oh, and uh, don’t draw a stick figure flippin’ me the bird.
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I will give you until Saturday night to get your photo to me. You can email me at freeandflawed [at] gmail [dot] com (unless you have my other email address!) I will select my three favorites and send those bloggers a Target gift card and maybe another little treat.
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Mac users, I heard once upon a time that you do not have Paint on your computers. Is there another program you could use to create a little something-something? If not, to be fair, I might need to rethink this contest. Don’t rain on my parade!
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Update: Ah ha! So there is no Paint on Macs; however, a littler birdy told me about Paintbrush. It’s a free download for Mac users who would like to participate. It’s very much like Paint.
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By Lacey Bean on 05.15.08 4:37 pm | Permalink
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By What Liz Said on 05.15.08 4:43 pm | Permalink
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But, so as to not rain on your parade, there is a free download on the Mac site for a very similar program called “Paintbrush”:
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http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/imaging_3d/paintbrush.html
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I’ve download, installed and futzed with the program and it’s fun! It’s also as close as I’ll ever get to using a Microsoft program again!
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By Binary Blonde on 05.15.08 4:53 pm | Permalink
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i sent you a pic… though not a great story attached! oops!
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annnnd, i have a new blog ‘home’. (at wordpress). the problem with blogspot (my old home) is the lack of creative expression
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i don’t have any posts up yet, just spent time on the basic format.
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take care!! :>
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By leighfellows on 05.15.08 6:12 pm | Permalink
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By theglitterkid on 05.15.08 6:47 pm | Permalink
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To the SO: Do I have a paint program on this computer?
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Reading further into the post: You telling me I need to download paintbrush for the Mac! Love you!
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Also, SO says I can use the paint program on Parallels which IS installed on my Mac. (shrug) who knew I had all this stuff??
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By Vanessa on 05.15.08 6:53 pm | Permalink
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By jimsmuse on 05.15.08 7:22 pm | Permalink
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By Jessica on 05.15.08 7:57 pm | Permalink
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my real-life painting skillz are “ok”….but my computer painting skillz are far from cute….so we’ll see…..
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By Amy on 05.15.08 9:19 pm | Permalink
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By nuttycow on 05.16.08 8:43 am | Permalink
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By strugglingwriter on 05.16.08 11:39 am | Permalink
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maybe ill figure something out over the weekend!
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By alexa on 05.16.08 12:08 pm | Permalink
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By Elisabeth on 05.16.08 7:13 pm | Permalink
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By Lacey Bean on 05.18.08 8:11 pm | Permalink
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