After getting dumped by her boyfriend at their anniversary dinner, Delia has moved into a new apartment, and her friends Carly and Brooke are helping her spruce up the place:
"We can finish painting this place in no time," Brooke announced, taking another sip of Riesling.
We were seated on the floor, with several boxes of my prized possessions serving as our cocktail table. Carly had thoughtfully provided cheese and crackers and olives. Very thoughtfully, since if we continued to drink wine without any food, my apartment would look more like Pee Wee’s Playhouse, after a surprise visit by Jackson Pollock.
I looked around at the splashes of paint we’d managed to get on the walls. It was July, so it was hotter than the current teen singing sensation, and so humid it wasn’t likely the paint would dry before Santa’s elves packed up for the season.
Thanks, as always, for your comments. And thanks to everyone who participates in Six Sentence Sunday. It's so enjoyable reading all of the great snippets!
Love the Pee Wee/ Pollock image - very imaginative!
Posted by: Kristal Baird | August 26, 2012 at 07:53 AM
Beautifully written!
Posted by: Lisa Fox | August 26, 2012 at 08:37 AM
So, what's next for Delia, I wonder?
Posted by: Karla Doyle | August 26, 2012 at 09:38 AM
"It was July, so it was hotter than the current teen singing sensation," Love this! Very well done!
Posted by: Ceri Hebert | August 26, 2012 at 09:39 AM
You write with such beautiful detail.
Posted by: Cara Bristol | August 26, 2012 at 09:48 AM
Love the way you weave humor into your stories!! Great 6! :D
Posted by: karen Y. bynum | August 26, 2012 at 10:04 AM
Great detail here. I could just imagine them - and the walls too!
Posted by: Paula Martin | August 26, 2012 at 10:28 AM
I agree, great detail and humor in this snippet!
Posted by: Angela Quarles | August 26, 2012 at 11:24 AM
Love the image of drunken painters winding up with a Pee-Wee's Playhouse/Jackson Pollack hybrid! Great six as always.
Posted by: Linda Morris | August 26, 2012 at 11:55 AM
Oh, Donna, that last line is brilliant! Great, great six.
Posted by: Kate Meader | August 26, 2012 at 12:13 PM
Great use of imagery in these six, Donna. Especially like the PeeWee/Pollack twist.
Posted by: Monica Enderle Pierce | August 26, 2012 at 12:15 PM
Peewee/Pollack. Now that is frightening! I just love your writing, Donna. You use such great imagery.
Posted by: Tonya Burrows | August 26, 2012 at 12:36 PM
That totally rocks!! I love the teen sensation/Santa's elf thing. I don't know where you come up with your ideas but WOW!!! As always, you knocked it out of the ballpark, Donna.
Posted by: Mae Clair | August 26, 2012 at 02:06 PM
Jackson Pollack and PeeWee Herman, all in one. Love it!
Posted by: Virginia Kelly | August 26, 2012 at 02:49 PM
I was thinking the painting could get interesting if there was wine involved. Brilliant and funny!
Posted by: Kate Warren | August 26, 2012 at 05:25 PM
So creative with your description about the teen sensation. LOL. I imaged Justin Beiber. She's painting up a brand new start on life. Love it!
Posted by: Carrie Crain | August 26, 2012 at 06:30 PM
Great six...loved this line:
It was July, so it was hotter than the current teen singing sensation
Posted by: ChristineWarner | August 26, 2012 at 07:05 PM
Great six! Love the visual!
Posted by: Amy Gregory | August 26, 2012 at 07:26 PM
Nice six! Made me smile.
Posted by: Heather Boyd | August 27, 2012 at 12:36 AM