{"id":6728,"date":"2015-12-01T07:20:20","date_gmt":"2015-12-01T12:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/?p=6728"},"modified":"2021-12-07T08:53:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-07T13:53:44","slug":"i-dont-but-if-i-did","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/12\/01\/i-dont-but-if-i-did\/","title":{"rendered":"i don&#8217;t but if i did"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6729\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/12\/01\/i-dont-but-if-i-did\/coloringbooks\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"673,398\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;LeEtta&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1447433062&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"coloringbooks\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks-400x237.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks-600x355.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6729 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks-400x237.jpg\" alt=\"coloringbooks\" width=\"400\" height=\"237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks-400x237.jpg 400w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks-600x355.jpg 600w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks-144x85.jpg 144w, https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/coloringbooks.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>Each time I&#8217;ve stepped in a bookstore recently I have been amazed at the plethora of coloring books on every end-cap.\u00a0 I understand it is the new cool way adults can self medicate, but the ubiquity of the things has now cemented in me the idea that I just don&#8217;t like to color.\u00a0 Not like that.\u00a0 But if I did, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Unicorns-Are-Jerks-coloring-exposing\/dp\/1477468528\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1447451333&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=unicorns+are+jerks\">Unicorns are Jerks<\/a><\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fat-Ladies-Spaaaaace-body-positive-coloring\/dp\/1463786832\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1447451354&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=fat+ladies+in+space\">Fat Ladies in Spaaaaace<\/a><\/span> would be the coloring books I would choose.\u00a0 There were on my wishlist after all.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Now that I know I don&#8217;t color, I have removed them.\u00a0 You should put them on your wishlist instead.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Each time I&#8217;ve stepped in a bookstore recently I have been amazed at the plethora of coloring books on every end-cap.\u00a0 I understand it is the new cool way adults can self medicate, but the ubiquity of the things has now cemented in me the idea that I just don&#8217;t like to color.\u00a0 Not&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/12\/01\/i-dont-but-if-i-did\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">i don&#8217;t but if i did<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[172,107],"class_list":["post-6728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-consumption","tag-unicorns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1262,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2012\/05\/23\/unicorns\/","url_meta":{"origin":6728,"position":0},"title":"Unicorns","author":"leems","date":"May 23, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't really explain it.\u00a0 I must have been feeling my inner my little pony.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DamnUnicorns.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3153,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/01\/10\/coloring\/","url_meta":{"origin":6728,"position":1},"title":"Coloring","author":"leems","date":"January 10, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/doodle020-507x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":6706,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/11\/21\/computer-coloring\/","url_meta":{"origin":6728,"position":2},"title":"computer coloring","author":"leems","date":"November 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"ComestheNight","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/ComestheNight-572x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":5883,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/03\/26\/random-character-coloring\/","url_meta":{"origin":6728,"position":3},"title":"Random character coloring","author":"leems","date":"March 26, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Randomgroup","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/Randomgroup-480x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3513,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2013\/03\/09\/using-old-doodles-as-a-digital-coloring-book\/","url_meta":{"origin":6728,"position":4},"title":"Using old doodles as a digital coloring book","author":"leems","date":"March 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"is fun, really.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Blog&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Blog","link":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/category\/blog\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"doodles404as","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/doodles404as-555x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/doodles404as-555x600.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/doodles404as-555x600.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":5887,"url":"https:\/\/theleemsmachine.com\/bean\/blog\/2015\/02\/25\/water-coloring\/","url_meta":{"origin":6728,"position":5},"title":"Water coloring","author":"leems","date":"February 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"When I have a grand drawing idea I usually pencil it out and then scan it so I can put more nuance into it than just inking allows.\u00a0 I sketched this lady so long ago, I am not sure what the grand idea was.\u00a0 Now it is colored. 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