studious

I've been tagged by Dick Puddlecoat in a game of 'describe your blogging pit'. So .. .. ..


Before I broke my ankle I had converted one of our loft areas* into an office and all of my computer and paperwork things happened there. Post-accident I had to move that to a location in the house that I could easily access** so that I could continue to do paperworky things. The next evolutionary stage was to ditch the desktop and use a laptop which then freed me from a specific location for accessing the material. That said I have a pretty impressive 'Homer Simpson' style indent in the sofa I'm currently sitting on to write this.

In front of me is a sizeable coffee table which has scattered on top an array of glasses, ashtrays, cigarette packs, paper, pens and vapour rub***. On the shelf underneath is 6 months of paperwork from the business I used to own that I still haven't tied up, finished off, and then packed away alongside a printer, calculator or two, some hand cream****, some blank CDs and some empty CD cases. On the floor underneath is an ancient laptop that runs Windows 3.1 that was donated to us but we've never used.

People who enter this room make a series of assumptions about me based on what they see. Four bookcases of books*****, another of CDs and DVDs, a flatscreen TV, a NAD amp and CD player, a Wii and about 30 games, an assortment of lights and chargers for bikes, a collection of alcohol that incorporates 8 single malts****** and various hard drives, wires, cables and adapters. Above my head is an old enamel Craven 'A' advertising sign and on the opposite wall is a framed Keith Haring print. Much to my wife's dismay this room is rarely tidy******* because when I tidy up I lose track of where everything is.. .. ..

In the spirit of internet memes I tag JuliaM, banned and the Filthy Engineer. What is your blogging space like eh? eh?














* that sounds sooooooo much grander than it actually is, I promise.
** climbing a ladder using crutches is not a skill I mastered.
*** 3/5ths of the family have colds/flu and I think I'll succumb within 48 hours
**** you pervert
***** mainly sci-fi
****** I buy them occasionally, drink them less frequently.
******* She read that and gave me one of 'those' looks!