But first, the fascinating angles of the bathroom fixtures at a Super 8 in Columbus, Ohio:

The people at this Super 8 were strangely friendly. As I was leaving, the housekeeping staff, who were mostly men from other countries, were tapping on the windows of the rooms they were cleaning and waving to me. Perhaps they thought I was something other than a grad student. Perhaps people are just very friendly in Ohio.
In trying to ascertain whether the neighboring establishment ("The Gold Fox") was a strip club, I fell off the sidewalk and skinned my knees for the first time since I was 8. (This would've been my excuse, had anyone asked why I was 5 minutes late for my appointment to see the apartment. But it's also the case that no interstates go to Bloomington, so for the 50 miles or so between there and Indianapolis, there were traffic lights.)
( The Falls: )
( Iron, Steel, and Shadows: )


The people at this Super 8 were strangely friendly. As I was leaving, the housekeeping staff, who were mostly men from other countries, were tapping on the windows of the rooms they were cleaning and waving to me. Perhaps they thought I was something other than a grad student. Perhaps people are just very friendly in Ohio.
In trying to ascertain whether the neighboring establishment ("The Gold Fox") was a strip club, I fell off the sidewalk and skinned my knees for the first time since I was 8. (This would've been my excuse, had anyone asked why I was 5 minutes late for my appointment to see the apartment. But it's also the case that no interstates go to Bloomington, so for the 50 miles or so between there and Indianapolis, there were traffic lights.)
( The Falls: )
( Iron, Steel, and Shadows: )