Walls are for book cases. Pictures take up valuable space where you could store a few dozen more books.
See how I'm not punching him? I think I've grown.
Mal ,'Shindig'
Natter 37: Oddly Enough, We've Had This Conversation Before.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - Jul 19, 2005 5:08:42 am PDT #1045 of 10002
brillig
askye - Jul 19, 2005 5:14:01 am PDT #1046 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I have some art up, but I haven't replaced the switch plate covers from when we were painting. Actually I need to get new covers so I look at the lightswitch and think "oh god it's going to be so tedious". I guess I have a project for this weekend.
Volans - Jul 19, 2005 5:16:15 am PDT #1047 of 10002
move out and draw fire
I can't imagine living without both books and art. Plain white walls are evil.
It's the baby's four-month checkup tonight at 7:00. I still can't quite get used to the fact that the doctor's office hours are 6:30 - 9:00 pm. I also can't quite get to feeling comfortable with having to call the doctor on her cellphone to schedule the appointment. Her receptionist thinks I'm strange for wanting to do this appointment-scheduling via the receptionist, not the doctor.
Ginger - Jul 19, 2005 5:17:13 am PDT #1048 of 10002
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
My decorating does face the constant tension between bookshelves and art.
There are cool switchplates out there, askye. Break away from the tyranny of white and beige plastic!
§ ita § - Jul 19, 2005 5:19:35 am PDT #1049 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I have stuff up on my walls in a few places -- either where the furniture is final, or there's definitely not going to be furniture. That's not much of a dent.
Well, I haven't managed any calories this morning, but the vitamins did stay politely down, and I'm taking that as encouragement to go into work.
Betsy HP - Jul 19, 2005 5:37:36 am PDT #1050 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Is this better or worse than "smug little upper-middle-class lives are so shallow " works, like American Beauty and Fight Club?
Can I go with "equally annoying"?
I like a little self-awareness in my confessional essays, some sense that "I know other people have experienced this, but this is why my experience is different/more representative/more interesting". Not to mention some sense that "I realize that my experience is extraordinarily full of privilege".
askye - Jul 19, 2005 5:44:08 am PDT #1051 of 10002
Thrive to spite them
I am definitly getting cool switch plate covers.
Theodosia - Jul 19, 2005 5:46:12 am PDT #1052 of 10002
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Replacing switch covers is easy, skye! The pretty ones usually come with matching screws, so you don't even have to hunt up anything but a screwdriver!
Nora Deirdre - Jul 19, 2005 5:53:29 am PDT #1053 of 10002
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
we got some really pretty blue lightswich covers at Target for our old apartment.
DXMachina - Jul 19, 2005 6:04:15 am PDT #1054 of 10002
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Replacing switch covers is easy, skye! The pretty ones usually come with matching screws, so you don't even have to hunt up anything but a screwdriver!
Unless they were originally installed by the same guy who wired Nutty's soon to be former apartment.