To boldly go where no man has gone before!

War · Post by **War** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:18 am

Into the place that I do call home!

Our first port of call is my front door:

I am room number 7.11. 11th room on the 7th floor (here at Bath, the ground floor is floor 1, so I'm actually on the 6th floor). A pretty uninspiring door that was popular in the 80s.
We venture in:

On the right you will notice a sink, which is badly in need of a clean. Around it are some of the necessities in life; aspirin for the morning after my Gilette Mach3, and toothbrush and toothpaste to remove that morning after taste from my mouth. In the distance you can see my printer, an Epson. In the future I'm sticking to HP, I really don't like Epson. Notes from thermofluids lectures are littered over the floor.
We're now well into my room:

Before us is my desk, where I spend a lot of my time. By throwing my keyboard on the bed, I get just about enough space to draw a comic. I pin my favourite sketches on the noticeboard. It's washing day, so there are clothes lying about the place drying off. I'm actually not too bad about leaving dirty washing lying around, I make sport of throwing it into a bag for that purpose.
My main monitor shares the desk, the secondary one just gets used for IRC and palettes, so sits on the window ledge thing. Subwoofer in the corner with front right speaker on it. The centre speaker is hiding on the second shelf up, behind a box of instructions for drinking games. The front left speaker is hiding behind my pint mug, which is in dire need of a clean.
Wallscrolls!

I have to keep them up using huge great blobs of blu tak. I have Gunnm, Evangelion and FLCL ones so far. There's also a Trigun poster on the bit of wall you can't see. The FLCL one is my favourite, I was torn between that one and a haruko one, but I think I made the right decision. The pipe in the corner feeds the toilet on the floor above. It's a right pain when I'm about to fall asleep and someone flushes the toilet.

This is the centre of my computer. I used to call it Colossus, but this new case is a fair bit smaller than my old hulking full tower. I have to plug the various plugs in one at a time into the power strip. If I turn it on at the mains with them all plugged in it trips the jumpers. Thing's too darn sensitive.

And there you go. This is where I live.
Anyone else got photos?

Orion · Post by **Orion** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:39 am

If I had a camera I would, I live in a room which claims to be a double but is only slightly larger than a single. fortunately I have driven off all the roommates I have been assigned so I get a double sized room all to myself for less than the cost of a single.

ZOMBIE USER 14998 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 14998** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:48 am

Just to offer a counter-testimonial, I use an Epson printer, and I have been quite happy with it. In addition to the scanning of artwork, it's great being able to make photocopies in your own home.

Faceless · Post by **Faceless** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 8:49 am

I would take some pics, but my digital camera broke when I connected it to the wire. Damn cheap junk... I'll try to get new, better camera soon.

Asarea · Post by **Asarea** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:01 am

OK now I know why there are so many comics about 'weird room mates' ...

*grin*

LAGtheNoggin · Post by **LAGtheNoggin** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:17 am

Very student digs look you've got going there, nice!

I'm not going to give a walkthrough of my parents place as it's a real tip, trust me, this place isn't pretty. But I've got a picture of my desktop dating from spring 2003 if that counts?

I was entered as the Polycount's Messiest Desktop but lost out due to too much attempted organisation, they said I'd have won Most Cluttered if that was running, hrmpf...

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:19 am

I did a walkthru of my home back in Cleveland, but nothing like that here in St. Louis. I really aught to, if only for insurance reasons. Maybe I will and then post 'em here.

Faceless · Post by **Faceless** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:25 am

LAG, by any small chance do you collect Warhammer Fantasy/40,00?

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 10:44 am

Did anyone else notice that the subject line suggests Digital War is female?

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:09 am

I think it refers to the fact that he only allows females into his room.

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:15 am

Damn, I live in a $5k a year dorm/closet here... roughly 10'x20'. At least I don't have to mess with a roommate.

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:16 am

i took a couple of pictures of my desk for a silly filler one day.
here it is!

i've put in a camo and army-like stuff that normally ain't there 'cause my comic is military themed, besides the rest of my room is much worse than that.

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:19 am

brockway wrote:Damn, I live in a $5k a year dorm/closet here... roughly 10'x20'. At least I don't have to mess with a roommate.

Woah. I get 2800 square feet and three stories (well, basement, first, and second floor) for @9k a year. You're getting ripped off brockway.

Brockway · Post by **Brockway** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:21 am

I know... thats why I always bitch about them taking my money... those bastards.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:41 am

rkolter wrote:Did anyone else notice that the subject line suggests Digital War is female?

Either that, or he's not human, or he doesn't dare to enter his own room... but how would he manage to make it so messy? By throwing stuff in through the window? o_@
Yeah, I noticed that too.

War · Post by **War** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:43 am

Oh yeah, see that bowl by my second monitor. It's been there for 3 weeks. The ketchup in it has gone funny.
This is my computer when it's at home:

I love my desk. Holds everything, and still has about 4 times more drawing room than I do here. Also, room is about 3 times bigger. And a decent mattress on the bed (uni mattress sags something awful).

This image is helpfully annotated.

Jops · Post by **Jops** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:50 am

YarpsDat wrote:
rkolter wrote:Did anyone else notice that the subject line suggests Digital War is female?
Either that, or he's not human.

He's not human, trust me!

War · Post by **War** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 11:59 am

Quiet you.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 12:29 pm

Anyways it's extremly tidy compared to mine.
In my room the only surface NOT covered with piles of stuff is the sliding part of the desk, on which the keyboard rests.
And it's not covered with piles of stuff only because it's the moving part, and every pile of stuff put on it soon lands on the floor.

Okay, my floor is not covered with piles of stuff too, but that's because I have to pick everything that lands on the floor, or else it gets dezintegrated.

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BTW, LAG, I love that tower of CDs in the middle.

Iamausername · Post by **Iamausername** » Wed Jan 28, 2004 3:40 pm

if i can work out how to use my digital camera any time soon, i'll post up some photos.