What distinguishes religious conversion from more humdrum experiences of change is depth.
That sort of romanticism was quickly eclipsed by three years of a humdrum Army experience and a budding antiwar sentiment that Mr. Myers once summed up this way: "I learned something about dying.
And, no matter how pissed off his family may seem, he knows that he's safe: he provides the only drama that these humdrum pinheads ever experience.
But generations of backpackers have been lured here by a tantalizing promise: guests can sleep in treehouses, eat freshly grown food and, in countless other ways, avoid a humdrum, big-city hostel experience.
PAGE 22 AT HOME IN A TREEHOUSE In the swampy forests of south Georgia, Hostel in the Forest is a destination unto itself, where generations of backpackers have been lured by a tantalizing promise: guests can sleep in treehouses, eat freshly grown food and, in countless other ways, avoid a humdrum, big-city hostel experience.
The impressive new commercial - directed by pop promo specialists Fleur et Manu - is quite a departure for the retailer and presents Argos as a slick emporium full of wonderful surprises... which might provide a bit of a jolt to anyone familiar with the humdrum reality of the Argos experience.
Looming like an oasis in the midst of an industrial area, the 800,000-square-foot, $350 million outlet center, chock-full of upscale brands, promised to be a respite from the humdrum strip mall and indoor mall experience that has long defined Long Island's shopping scene.
Though the humdrum characterizes the bulk of our social experience, Mr. Brekhus wrote, sociologists disproportionately favor the outlandish.
And in the midst of all this talking I realize that I'm enlivening her, as well — that as she listens, unable to do what I am doing, she can still imagine life as it was for her, can still smile at the experience of living in the humdrum of one's daily routine.
His images captured the heady experience of entering rooms rather than humdrum details of collections and fabrics.
