In Which Progress Is Made
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serindeIn spite of sundry other commitments & distractions, nesting proceeds apace. I have hung my signed Alex Maleev print on the bedroom wall, so I am officially Arrived. Pay no attention to the ten unpacked boxes.
I might have been further along, but the weekend involved a great deal of frantic running around--but then, it was necessary running-around in order to actually proceed. E.g., the god. damn. counter. top. I have cleaning tools, which will be useful when I have cleared enough space to clean; I have organizational wossnames; I have a full length mirror that I'm not sure will stay up, and an under-cabinet toaster oven, ditto; I have LED stick-on lights over the kitchen workspace; a screen so I can have the fire escape window open without Ranger wandering out and getting horribly confused, and so on. Immediate needs include a 20' ethernet cable so that I do not have DSL wiring festooned across the center of the living room, varying sizes of screws and anchors to attach shelves to walls with some level of stability, and some kind of shelving to hold kitchenstuff overrun while I have time to make some decisions (and will hold pantry items afterwards).
In the short term, I intend to get some kind of flat-screen or cinema display that I shall use for TV (by which I mean, "DVDs"), XBox, and (eventually) hooking up a computer that is much smaller than gfefx's current incarnation. Maybe. I'm not sure how well a system such as this would work for PC gaming. But the idea of having all DVDs and CDs on it and thus clearing all the space those items currently take up is deeply attractive, and it also means Hulu etc. can be viewed as other televisionary items. In any case, the screen shall be on one of those wall-mounted arm things so I can put it flat against the wall when not in use, and extend it & angle at 90 degrees to watch it from the couch. I also need to get a couple of frames for some posters I want to hang; I realized that some 40% of my Crate of Art is wedding related. Aheheheheh. (Mem: must reclaim Mark Rogers painting.) Oh! And curtains. At last, full length curtains with nifty curtain rods shall be mine.
I am also thinking long and hard about eBooks. I have filled the two bookshelves I brought and I still have two boxes of books to go. Looking at what's on the shelves, if I got a reader that did nothing but hold Martin, Brust, Bujold, Butcher, and maybe Kay, that'd clear out nigh half a bookcase--and all of those are available in electronic format. Mmm, I haven't checked the more obscure Brust (I had a hell of a time finding a copy of To Reign In Hell even in physical form) but the Taltos and the Khaavren series are available, and that's most of the sq. ftge.
When I clear more space, I intend to get a gatefold table; so, small occasional table most of the time, expandable to seat a few guests to dinner. (This also implies folding chairs; I noticed BB&B had some very handsome ones that looked Real, that is, not like folding chairs at all.) I also need to take some leisurely thought toward the current misc furniture next to my bed which do not add up to a sensible set-up. And, finally, I need a Fiber Arts Solution.
I intend to start a tag-series for Local Stuff Reviews, but for now let me quickly note that the pub across First--O'Flanaghan's--has tasty pub food, and apparently has live music Thurs - Sat nights, but is not cheap. Seven dollar pints, what the hell, people. Also, it is important to note that it's really damn hard to find parking around here, at least on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The university on the end of my block is actually a biomedical research institution. Ground zero for zombie plagues, kids! I have an axe and a mace, don't you worry about me none. And the glorious big stone church on the corner of my street is a Slovak Catholic church. It makes me think of Grandpa's stories of his childhood 3-hour ordeals on a hard wooden bench listening to services entirely in Slovak, and I purr in fond remembrance.
I might have been further along, but the weekend involved a great deal of frantic running around--but then, it was necessary running-around in order to actually proceed. E.g., the god. damn. counter. top. I have cleaning tools, which will be useful when I have cleared enough space to clean; I have organizational wossnames; I have a full length mirror that I'm not sure will stay up, and an under-cabinet toaster oven, ditto; I have LED stick-on lights over the kitchen workspace; a screen so I can have the fire escape window open without Ranger wandering out and getting horribly confused, and so on. Immediate needs include a 20' ethernet cable so that I do not have DSL wiring festooned across the center of the living room, varying sizes of screws and anchors to attach shelves to walls with some level of stability, and some kind of shelving to hold kitchenstuff overrun while I have time to make some decisions (and will hold pantry items afterwards).
In the short term, I intend to get some kind of flat-screen or cinema display that I shall use for TV (by which I mean, "DVDs"), XBox, and (eventually) hooking up a computer that is much smaller than gfefx's current incarnation. Maybe. I'm not sure how well a system such as this would work for PC gaming. But the idea of having all DVDs and CDs on it and thus clearing all the space those items currently take up is deeply attractive, and it also means Hulu etc. can be viewed as other televisionary items. In any case, the screen shall be on one of those wall-mounted arm things so I can put it flat against the wall when not in use, and extend it & angle at 90 degrees to watch it from the couch. I also need to get a couple of frames for some posters I want to hang; I realized that some 40% of my Crate of Art is wedding related. Aheheheheh. (Mem: must reclaim Mark Rogers painting.) Oh! And curtains. At last, full length curtains with nifty curtain rods shall be mine.
I am also thinking long and hard about eBooks. I have filled the two bookshelves I brought and I still have two boxes of books to go. Looking at what's on the shelves, if I got a reader that did nothing but hold Martin, Brust, Bujold, Butcher, and maybe Kay, that'd clear out nigh half a bookcase--and all of those are available in electronic format. Mmm, I haven't checked the more obscure Brust (I had a hell of a time finding a copy of To Reign In Hell even in physical form) but the Taltos and the Khaavren series are available, and that's most of the sq. ftge.
When I clear more space, I intend to get a gatefold table; so, small occasional table most of the time, expandable to seat a few guests to dinner. (This also implies folding chairs; I noticed BB&B had some very handsome ones that looked Real, that is, not like folding chairs at all.) I also need to take some leisurely thought toward the current misc furniture next to my bed which do not add up to a sensible set-up. And, finally, I need a Fiber Arts Solution.
I intend to start a tag-series for Local Stuff Reviews, but for now let me quickly note that the pub across First--O'Flanaghan's--has tasty pub food, and apparently has live music Thurs - Sat nights, but is not cheap. Seven dollar pints, what the hell, people. Also, it is important to note that it's really damn hard to find parking around here, at least on a rainy Saturday afternoon.
The university on the end of my block is actually a biomedical research institution. Ground zero for zombie plagues, kids! I have an axe and a mace, don't you worry about me none. And the glorious big stone church on the corner of my street is a Slovak Catholic church. It makes me think of Grandpa's stories of his childhood 3-hour ordeals on a hard wooden bench listening to services entirely in Slovak, and I purr in fond remembrance.
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Date: 2009-04-14 01:00 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-14 01:32 pm (UTC)As to your "television" set up. We have a mac mini hooked up to our TV. It's great for watching DVDs directly or those that we have ripped for *ahem* archival storage. You can also watch any stuff you like from the internets. Oh and it has a remote control. I don't know how it would do for your gaming needs but talk to M. he's been doing lots of gaming (some under emulation so non-mac stuff too) lately.
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Date: 2009-04-14 01:47 pm (UTC)I know that a Mac will do what I need it to from the tech standpoint, it's more a question of whether I want that particular ergonomics setup for PC gaming. I think I need to acquire and hang the TV-like unit and then decide.
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Date: 2009-04-15 12:15 pm (UTC)You know where to get that.
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