Just got back from Chris & Jess’s wedding weekend…
The Missus and I stayed at a lovely hotel in DC, the Sofitel on Lafayette Square. The bathroom was especially well appointed, and among its attractions was the mirror over the sink — which, as I understand it [cough], had obviously been designed by someone who sometimes needed to apply makeup. What made it suitable for this activity was the lighting: the mirror was a large square, and every single edge was brightly lit.
At first, though, it sort of disturbed me to use the mirror but I couldn’t quite figure out why. I just wanted to conduct my business (none of it, I hasten to add, involving makeup) and get the hell away from it. It just sort of… sort of… creeped me out.
Then I realized the problem.
To wit: see anything unusual here?
Yeah: my pupils have white squares around them. This completely violates nature in general, which abhors a straight line as much as a vacuum. But it violates human facial features in specific, and it really violates the way one’s eyes are supposed to look.
Anyway, I’m back. Thanks for taking care of the place in my absence. I might have wished you’d vacuumed — speaking of abhorrence — just one more time before my return. But really, it’s home. Dust and pretzel crumbs notwithstanding.
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