The excitment of "watching paint dry" is a matter of perspective. For example, if I am in the far corner of a room with paint drying on all sides my interest is riveted. Otherwise I'm likely to do something else.

One of my personal painting experiences took place when I was working the gas dock at our village marina in Maine as a teenager. It was a quiet weekday early in the season and the manager thought it would be a great idea if I painted the gas float. So I sanded it down here and there and was half way through slapping down battleship gray when one of the older members of the boat yard crew came down the gangway and stared critically at my work. I asked him how I was doing. He kind of grimaced and said, "Well, I think it would stick better if you didn't brush the paint on upside down..."

Cheerily,
Charley Noble