Sheetrock

Sheetrock covers things up. Like your wires, insulation, mistakes, the cement foundation and it gets the room ready to go. I helped hang sheetrock tonight under the excellent direction of my wife (she is finally home! YAY!!! I missed you, sweetie!) who was constantly mocking me and one of my best friends in the world. We got the hole in our room fixed. It is ready for tape and mud, a compeletly odious enterprise that I have done once and that was enough for me. I will pay to have that done. It's the cost/benefit analysis in play. Anyway, sheetrock is cool. You can paint it, plaster it, put wood over it, put cloth over it, do a myriad of things with and to it. It is the base pallette off of which a room is based. Done well, you don't notice it, done poorly, you see the seams, the ridges, the tape lines, it draws your eyes to its imperfections regardless of what other accoutrements are in the room. Sheetrock, cuts easily (with the right tools) can be bent slightly, fits imperfetly into corners but made to look perfect with tape and mud, is dusty when cut, tapered to join. It is a metaphor for life. Sheetrock rocks!