Calling in Old Debts

"Neither a borrower nor a lender be; For loan oft loseth both itself and friend. And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry." - William Shakespeare

This is a quote I like to use a lot, perchance, my favorite quote. Although, up until 2 minutes ago I thought the quote was actually "neither a lender nor a debtor be" and I was crediting it to Benjamin Franklin. That is, until I googled it to make sure I didn't sound like an idiot and that was I quoting it correctly. I wasn't. I also learned that among Benjamin Franklin's faults (inventing daylight savings), he is also a quote thief. For shame Benjamin!

April is the month I am calling in my debts to other people for them. I have no desire to lose friends or dull my husbandry. 

These are my 5 debts: 

1. Charlie Kelly painting for Ginacrat (Wild card bitches!)

2. Flower painting for my cousin Jennifer (almost the year anniversary of the request, whoops, sorry Jennifer. I love you!)

3. Thank you painting to my current sole repeat customer Christian (just in time for him to move out of his colorless dorm)

4. Pokemon for a first time customer and friend Capital M of Gaming Chronicles

5. Striped Bass for Patrick Perrotto (debt being called in pending inspiration)

<-- This is debt #1 for those who couldn't immediately recognize this as the best character ever on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. Although I think between the stallion shirt, the silver spray paint, and the long johns, it is unmistakably Charlie Kelly. If you don't know why he is standing in front of an Uno Wild Card, well shame on you! Go watch some TV. 

So that is the goal of April. If I can complete this, that gets me about 1 painting a week, which would be fantastic. I too easliy get off track, and after this past weekend of meeting Jonathan Coulton which was so awesome, I want to do something in the vein of his thing a week, but instead, Julie Dennebaum's painting a week. And much like Jonathan, I have 4 ideas which should last me about 4 weeks. Then I am screwed with 48 weeks and 48 paintings left. Not sure if this is possible, so I'm not really all out committing to this yet. Although if it makes me as awesome as this, it just might be worth it.