a near miss conversion on drop ceilings

grading is done -- all turned in.

i'm still 200 emails behind.

weather is finally beautiful consistently.

office is such a disaster that i (literally) can't open the door to get in.

jaelyn has strep throat (again!).

graduation was filled with happy / odd endings with many student/friends.

i'm writing a play about superheroes and lumberjacks. Sort of.

Lynn and I are both teaching Summer One Session -- so til June 10 or something like that. its only one class each which seems much more manageable.

finished the kitchen floor, too, for those of you who have a better ability to keep up on such details...its much more squishy beneath our feet.

i've been a strict opponent against linoleum for as long as i can remember -- along with wood paneling, drop ceilings, and formica countertops.

now that i know how cushy this rolled vinyl is -- i'm thinking that i should give up all my elitist preconceptions regarding natural vs. synthetic surfaces -- tammie challenged me yesterday on my non-formica stance anyway -- she said as someone who has a moniker of retrorudd *really* should give formica the time of day.

so maybe i should embrace the simulacra...enter more fully the swirl of popcult...

it really is the drop ceilings that is holding me back. They just feel like a crime against hope. always squishing us down -- making us feel like we should live in low slung spaces....