coloring book.

Tonight I babysat for one of the best families in history. In a nutshell, I got to hang out with a 3-year-old Princess-in-training for an hour doing things like watching Spongebob Squarepants have a meltdown over his pet snail Gary choosing Patrick over him, getting a demo on how to properly fill a water bottle with ice and agua, brushing teeth for 15 seconds and watching as she scooped some fallen toothpaste out of the bottom of the sink (sorry, parents. I used to do it too...), reading The Berenstain Bears and realizing how completely ridiculous those stories are, being told I'm "big"..., and making up words to Somewhere Over the Rainbow and My Favorite Things.

After a long day inside office walls, I'll be honest, that girl completely turned my frown upside-down.

So after Miss Tatum was snoring away, I retreated to the basement and spotted a few coloring books. It is a well-known fact in my family that one of my Achilles' Heels (I have a few...) is coloring. Yes, I am a week shy of 23, get over it. After perusing through a few princess-y books, I settled on The Dark Knight and found this little gem attached here. Never in my life have I seen such a ridiculous excuse for a coloring book page than this. And let me just say, I couldn't have been happier. Somehow it's completely natural for Bruce Wayne to be doing gymnastics on a saddle horse tucked away in a forest in between kicking ass and taking names. And it wouldn't be complete without his trusty butler Alfred staring admiringly at his manbits. Needless to say, purple felt like the right color choice for his leotard (and believeyoume, that is a leotard hugging Brucey's little nads tightly in place under his stretch pants).

Basically, I want to know everything about this picture and its artist and won't rest until I have my answers. I need to color more often.