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[austin_tycho]

I was able to spring Pan from Bryan-College Station on Friday, in the form of a (estimates vary) 300 pound five-foot tall statue. I've been good and making layaway payments for some time, and was finally able to go get him with help from Gordon (for the moving not the buying- I am very proud to have made this purchase solo). It took a dolly to get him into the van, and when we got home we could only tip him out and rock him over to the inside of the garage, and contemplate how to get him in the house (over a couple of steep steps and through a couple of rooms). We finally decided to use leverage and drag him on a piece of carpet, which though my hands are all cut up worked smashingly. He's in the meditation room with the 55 gallon fish tank. He has a platform on his head, which I've tarted up already with fake plant garlands- one of ivy, which I think will stay there all the time, another of assorted flowers (which I may change out seasonally) and a bug heart-shaped glass vase-jar thing that starts as turquoise and shades up through purple and a dark pink color, and the jar filled with white Christmas lights. It may be a little over-the top but I think it works- is Pan known as being a big fan of demure moderation?

I will post pictures as soon as I can get some good ones- the flash on the camera is washing it out so you can only see the color of the stone and not the details of the face, which was what really captivated me.