O Sad Day! (in the john…)
As I prepare my home for selling, I was forced to do something I once swore I would not do: tear down my X-men wallpaper. Well, it wasn’t so much wallpaper as dozens of X-men comic books ripped apart and glued to the walls with a fairly toxic 3M adhesive.
((Extended Sidenote: at my consulting firm we were doing an e-learning project with 3M at the time I was using this adhesive to plaster the X-men all over the john. I proudly told my 3M client contact that I was using their product and it was working well. She asked me, ‘What kind of respirator are you wearing while using that particular spray glue?”
“None.” I replied.
“Oh.” She said quietly. “You REALLY should.”
I still didn’t quite catch her seriousness, until FedEx arrived the next day with a full-facial, rubber 3M respirator complete with breathing cannisters accompanied by a note from her pleading with me to use it. Uh…oh.))
Anyway. It’s a buyers market right now, so alas and alack…I rented a wallpaper steamer and down came the Uncanny X-men. Here are the ‘Exciting Before’ and ‘Dull After’ photos.
April 8th, 2007 at 11:37 pm
[…] I walk around this house, losing its very Edmond-like identity and I wonder…who will I be without my charming bungalo, with its X-men bathroom and quirky paintings. Is the personality in the house or in me? […]
March 5th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
[…] Around age 32, I had a fantastic job. I lived in a gorgeous, charming house, decorated in cheerful comic-book colors with groovy music swimming through my oaky, plant-filled home. I had been (and continue to be) blessed with more rich, loving friendships than could possibly be fair; I sometimes can’t sleep pondering how I could be this fortunate. And I could buy cookies whenever I wanted. […]
April 10th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
Good advice on the 3M respirators. We use 3M adhesives at work and they can cause a lot of damage to you. For others, spend the few bucks and save yourself.
http://www.envirosafetyproducts.com/product/3M-6000-Series-Half-Facepiece-Paint-Spray-Pesticide-Respirator-Assembly.html
BTW-I like the before pictures much more.