Living Quarters (Pas Spam)

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 2:39 pm

Please describe, for our voyeuristic pleasure, the room that you live in. Your bedroom, or whatever room you inhabit most and most reflects your ideal conditions for functioning

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Do you live in a minimalist Zen garden of tranquility, with only a bonsai tree and a turquoise i-mac, as I suspect Minerva may well do?
An ancient library, the only non-book entity being a PC and maybe a slipper full of tobacco, as I suspect fable may?
A teenage crithouse full of 200ADs from when you were a kid, a busted Super-NES and a cheap bong?
Possibly you wallow in the urban charm of something like Marlowe's boudoire...a filing cabinet, fold out spring bed and a bottle of rum, newspaper cuttings on the floor?

Please describe your room, or if it is not terribly exciting or representative, have a guess at someone else's room

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A mystery prize at the end to anyone who manages to describe with a reasonable degree of accuracy the dwelling place of a SYMer they have never met...

So go to it

CM · Post by CM » Mon Sep 09, 2002 3:02 pm

Well single room studio. There is a bed, sofa, small table, a couple of posters hmmm...my computer hooked up to my stereo and computer speakers for surround sound. A tv, vcr and that is it. What else do you need? Oh yeah clothes on the floor form the carpet and the food is for your viewing and eating pleasure. No food stays on teh floor longer than 2 days, i usually eat it before then

Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 3:02 pm

Well, ok. But it might be a tad disturbing, so those that are weak, avert your eyes!

Well upon entry in my room, you'll see a large dresser against the wall, thats half empty. On top youll see a garfield tear-away day-to-day calendar. To the right of the dresser is my air conditioner, with the tan curtains closed. On the wall next to the air conditioner to the right, you'll see a self-portrait that I made and am proud of and alongside that, is a poster I recieved from my late-great aunt. Against the wall, is my models that Ive made-many many ships-maybe 15 actually.

Following the wall, theres the entrance. To the left of the entrance is an empty dresser-my older one that Im too lazy to take away. And on the wall on that side is a map and several pictures of birds-maybe 20-30 different birds. Next to the dresser is a table with a small tv, that I hardly watch, and next to that, Ive got my die-cast collection of NASCAR cars. I have about 75 on show, and in perfect condition. Some models dating back to 1994. On the next table, youll find my radio shaped like a 57 chevy. Next to that- a continuation of my die-cast collection. Then on the next table-my alarm clock along with wallet and whatever else I want to bring with me to school that fits into pockets. And then youve reaced my bed, with marble colored sheets. Against the wall, more bird and animal pictures against the wall. After that, youve encountered my dresser again.

There you have it. My room. Pretty creepy, eh?

Mr Sleep · Post by **Mr Sleep** » Mon Sep 09, 2002 4:09 pm

I spend a great deal of time in my computer/entertainment room but that is boring so i will speak of my bedroom instead.

On enterance to my room one is greeted by a bookcase on the left featuring all manner of weird crap from Dean Koontz through to Gaiman's Sandman.

On the right is a set of cupboards, constructed in the main part by me, featuring clothes and other assorted items.

Straight ahead are some shelves, put up by me, featuring more literature of the eclectic persuasion and many computer games.

There underneath all that sits my bed. Just South of my bed is a recliner which is one of my posession purchased from my long time at work and I am kind of proud of it. Also opposite that is a booster for the TV reception.

Other than that it is a standard room with Blue wallpaper and blue carpet, although the wallpaper is coming away a little in the corner...i need to look at that!

Ode to a Grasshopper · Tue Sep 10, 2002 1:18 am

I live in a renovated train carriage, which while only around 2 meters wide is very long (around 48 feet, IIRC), at one end there's a double bed, which for some reason (namely I like high beds) is raised to around 5 feet off the floor. Underneath the bed are a bunch of cupboards etc where I keep my clothes. On the wall above the double bed is a reading light, a Neon genesis Evangelion poster from Italy, and an ornamental katana. On the bed is a bunch of stuffed animals I can't quite bring myself to stick in a box somewhere Besides this is my reverse cycle air conditioner, and a Balinese hand fan depicting a small fishing village. At the end of the bed there's a foot or so spare, on this I keep my CD player. A bit below the CD player is a dented white wooden bookshelf which doesn't have nearly enough books in it for my tastes, what it does have is a thing called a 'UFO' which rotates and send coloured light through fiber optic cables (you know you're in a stoners house when...

), and my (quite small) CD collection. Right next to my bookshelf is a beige couch, which I bought at a white elephant sale for the princely sum of $20. After cleaning off the mold that was on it it was fine aside from a few small tears in the material (which are covered by the blue throw rug I have anyway), between the couch and bookshelf there's a sketch pad I have to start using more often. Opposite the couch is an old TV set, a VCR, and a Super NES (I got bored of my N64 a while back and got an old SNES instead), all in a black wooden video cabinet thingy. On top of the TV is a small model hut from Thailand, made of bamboo, and a scented candle which I need to move. On the wall behind the couch we have 2 more NGE posters. The curtains are made of a heavy white fabric, and due to my mother's sometimes dubious taste have a pattern of blue cats on them. In the center of the railway carriage is a plastic picnic table and 4 picnic chairs, a bit over from this is my kitchen...Ah, what the heck, I'll just wait 'til I can post the photos.

Jaesha · Post by **Jaesha** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 2:12 am

Well, actually mine is a bit like the Zen-garden you just described there, except for a couple of changes; It´s not an i-mac, it´s a PC. There´s a bed (!) in the corner, a shower and a fridge. Everything is a kinda white see-through color, like the magneto prison in the x-men movie, and the garden is soft dark, with fireflyes soaring high above. Oh, and I want it COMPLETELY shut away from every city in the nearest 500 miles, and no cellphone or TV. Come to think about it, not even a regular phone.
The fridge, of course is filled with ice tea and beer, and some food.
The door to the outside would be transparent, and sensor-controlled. And don´t forget the tiny little stream of gurgling water, that is just about the only sound I can stand listening to 24/7...

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 3:15 am

Originally posted by frogus
or if it is not terribly exciting or representative, have a guess at someone else's room ...

@Frogus - ok -so I'm guessing - is this your room - and you're having a party with some friends from the 'hood ?

or are you over at Kam's for some plotting of how to take over the board ?

No worries, but MY quarters are BOOOOOOORING....since all the interesting things have been locked away since our kids started to walk and pull things down from the shelf

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Beldin

Tamerlane · Post by **Tamerlane** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 4:40 am

My room is for either three things, sleeping, listening to music privately or reading/studying. Although recently it has become a place to store all the junk that I keep buying and finding. Must move out soon...

I move about the house freely and refuse to believe that I spend more time in one place then another.

Vivien · Post by **Vivien** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 7:14 am

As I've mentioned before, I live in a white trash neighborhood sort of

But, oh is the rent cheap! (And what's more important, not being worried about your safety, or being worried about money??)

I won't mention the bedroom as it's not very interesting except for the old nintendo on the floor with which I've been kicking everyone else's asses at 'Super Mario Brothers'. Apparently THEY didn't spend a good part of their childhood learning how to beat the thing and NOW who's laughing?!

*ahem* Sorry about that.

So, to the room I spend most of my time in:

A tiny little room off the kitchen. It has a lovely view of the parking lot and our drugged up neighbors. Because I am a computer geek I keep the shades drawn at all times. It has my computer with its protective wood barrier around the computer box and wires (My SO built this to protect my computer from the bunnies, unfortunately they've learned how to crawl behind the thing and pull wires out for their eating pleasure. Ate clean through my speaker wire they did!)

Then there is the zoo. Two huge cages, each cage contains one small rabbit. Why not put them together you ask? Because they are right now trying to kill each other, long story.

Also there is a guinea pig cage, it's free if you'll take the guinea pigs that reside inside it, I'll even throw in some timothy hay.

The walls are white. The floor is slick white/black kitchen tile.

There are black and white sketches all over the place, but most of them fall to the ground and get chewed on...

*sighs*
Viv

Jaesha · Post by **Jaesha** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 7:32 am

Originally posted by Vivien
There are black and white sketches all over the place, but most of them fall to the ground and get chewed on...

...By the rabbits? Man, you gotta give em one with the pepper spray so they might learn!

Vivien · Post by **Vivien** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 7:38 am

Originally posted by Jaesha

...By the rabbits? Man, you gotta give em one with the pepper spray so they might learn!

We've got this water squirter, but we're using it to stop the kill fests mainly... Have I mentioned that squirting the bunnies with water is now my SO's favorite nightly activity?

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 7:42 am

Originally posted by Vivien

Have I mentioned that squirting the bunnies with water is now my SO's favorite nightly activity?

The guy need professional help, if I'm any judge...

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Hi @Viv & **Hughughug**

Vivien · Post by **Vivien** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 7:58 am

Originally posted by Beldin

The guy need professional help, if I'm any judge... ....

Hi @Viv & **Hughughug**

Possibly

But wet, disgruntled bunnies trying to kill the SO are awfully cute

Hi! How are you?

Beldin · Post by **Beldin** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 8:01 am

Originally posted by Vivien

Possibly But wet, disgruntled bunnies trying to kill the SO are awfully cute

Hi! How are you?

Great, as always when such a lovely member of the female persuasion as you is around

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Might I invite you to our Rolling "Yo, mon!" Thunder - Beach Party ?

So we won't spam up Frogus' thread any more ?

**hug**

Beldin

Vivien · Post by **Vivien** » Tue Sep 10, 2002 8:08 am

Done

frogus · Post by **frogus** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 2:54 pm

Oi! Nos spamos!

@Ode, wow...that sounds like heaven! I have one of those light things too. I was so disappointed when I lifted the top of and found out it was just a rotating bulb, instead of magic strings!

Hmmph! Hehe...Anyway, so how many of you live in the train carriage, and where is it? Still on a track, or what?

My room is in an attic, but a nicely done-up one, so it has stairs and walls and useful things like that. All the walls are white, and the floor and furnishings are black - but the simplicity goes no further.

I will describe it as if you stepped in the door and faced to the left, then rotated slowly clockwise until you were facing 180 deg. right:

Immediately to the left is a desk, which can no longer be used because it is so covered in stuff. It is covered in - Acrylic paints, paintbrushes, spraycans, books (Tom Wolfe etc) and books of postcards - Warhol prints, and Rodins...It also is covered in aluminium wire for making clay armatures.
Then comes a standing fold-up woodwork bench, currently with a wooden board and an over-lifesize clay hand on it.
Then a pool table, not currently in use, because on top of it a large mirror is propped up on some little black tables (of which I seem to posess massive numbers), and a big green sheet is draped over the corner, to protect it from the oil paints, paintbrushes, linseed oil, white spirit and water which is on top of that. Next to that is a portable watercolourists' easel (the only one I could afford) with a canvas about 3.5 by 4.5 feet on it. This is set up so that I can reach paints from the side of the snooker table, look in the mirror, and paint on the easel at the same time. The canvas has a hald finished, very dark self portrait on it. Very warm, with a lot of black and deep red and brown.
Next to this is another small black table with a halogen light stood on it (which I use to create dramatic lighting for painting purposes) and some more oils and a big bottle of industrial white spirit.
Then a massive bin bag, which I occassionally just fill up with crap when I am called upon to 'tidy my room'.
next my CD player, with the speakers stood on top of two more little black tables, and on top of it stacked high the empty boxes of all the CDs I own, which I keep in one of those carrying bag folder things.
Then my stone torso which I made from Portland stone a couple of weeks ago, which is stood on yet another small black table. Then my bed, which is of the matress-on-the-floor variety

. Black sheets on it too, although my room does not seem as dark as it may sound, as all the walls are white. Also all the walls are covered in writing and pictures - poems, and things I though were funny at the time

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So there you go. You now know me better than my own mother

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Tybaltus · Post by **Tybaltus** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 3:08 pm

Originally posted by frogus
Oi! Nos spamos!

No comprende. No hablo espanol.

So in that case I guess I can SPAM.

Minerva · Post by **Minerva** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 3:46 pm

Originally posted by frogus
Do you live in a minimalist Zen garden of tranquility, with only a bonsai tree and a turquoise i-mac, as I suspect Minerva may well do?

You suspect wrong, mate.

My room is as cluttered as anyone can get.

I've got 4 bookshelves and a built-in shelves, which is mainly used as an extra bookshelf. Only one shelf is half empty. There are files, papers and photocopied prints everywhere. I move things from my desk and chair to my bed in the morning, and move them back to my desk and chair when I go to bed.

I really should de-clutter my room...

PS. I don't like Bonsai. I accept it's a different from gardening, and may even be an art with dedication, not to mention tradition. Still, I prefer trees and flowers not to be trained artificially. So, I don't like those trained or funny-shape-cut trees in gardens either.

Ned Flanders · Post by **Ned Flanders** » Wed Sep 11, 2002 3:53 pm

my basement

@tyb, too late.

I'll describe the main room in the basement of my home since that is where the bulk of my time is spent.

The basement of my home is completely below ground and the maritime thermometer rarely crosses the threshhold of 68 degrees Fahrenheit, perfect for me, however, many complain it is too cold. The dimensions of the room are fifteen by 28 feet. Adorning the southern wall is an obnoxiously large entertainment armoire and the north wall is a bookshelf running ceiling to floor. The woodwork on the walls is lightly stained tongue and groove paneling. The floor is uncarpeted, however, a large oriental rug adorns about 60% of the floor space.

Almost dead center of the room is a rather large retro octagonal coffee table. I haven't known too many people who think much of it, but it is extremely practical and original, plus I've had it ages prohibiting me from just 'getting rid of it'. The table is flanked on three sides with a matching couch, love seat, and comfy chair trio. This 'arrangement' pays homage to the obnoxious entertainment armoire.

The armoire is flanked by a pair of Meridian A-500 tower speakers powered by a Belles 150 amplifier. Also contained with the armoire and all linked together are a: Nintendo 8 bit system, a SNES, a sega Genesis, a Nintendo 64, and an Xbox. The Xbox gets preferential treatment and is thus hooked up to the stereo and takes advantage of the component video options offered by my television.

The entire room is lit only with various lamps both tacky and comtemporary strategically placed throughout the room. I have an aversion to overhead lighting, I don't know why. Multiple candles accompany the lights during the evening.

The bookshelf is packed with books of all genres both fictional and nonfictional. While this provides an abundance of reading material (even though I've read most), it also provides for excellent acoustics and sound dampening for the aformentioned Meridians.

The walls are adorned with a couple of autographed sports jerseys, paintings from a few friends, and a Hooters calendar (just kidding, have you really read this far?) The final piece of the basement is a dart board mounted on the west wall between the furniture and the bookshelf.

So there you have a very detailed layout of the main room in the basement of my abode.

Ode to a Grasshopper · Wed Sep 11, 2002 11:52 pm

Originally posted by frogus
@Ode, wow...that sounds like heaven! I have one of those light things too. I was so disappointed when I lifted the top of and found out it was just a rotating bulb, instead of magic strings! Hmmph! Hehe...Anyway, so how many of you live in the train carriage, and where is it? Still on a track, or what?

It's not too shabby, alright.

It's just me in the railway carriage (though it can fit about 5 people if 2 don't mind sleeping on the floor), I've been living in there for about 3 years now. It's just in the last couple of months I've got things set up the way I like them though. Not on tracks (though that would be cool), just on an embankment of sand that we brought in for the carriage to go on. It's just a few meters off the side of the house, I have a footpath leading to it from the front lawn. I may edit in more details later if I feel like it, the bathroom area's pretty cool too, as is the sort-of kitchen.