in honor of the birth of our nation and to celebrate my freedom, i’ve decided to forgo the exploding fireworks and blood-thirsty mosquitos, instead opting to listen to gore vidal (i think) talk about my favorite dead presidents (jefferson, madison, et. al.) while searching the internet for the perfect yellow ottoman to complement the fabulous blue couch and sexxy red chair.

i think the search has proven utterly futile. not because there aren’t great gobs of swanky ottomans available for purchase on the internet, but because when you spend a grand total of $729 on your swanky new furniture, you cannot really justify spending $400+ on something you’re just going to put your feet on.

this leads me to believe on of two things. 1. i have extremely expensive taste in foot-propping devices or 2. people who make ottomans are fucking nuts to think someone is going to pay $400+ on something they are gonna put their feet on.