creative briefing

(Finally, a much needed update on Project: Home Office)

Now that I’ve spent a bit of time cleaning up my room, I’m a little less embarassed to show some pictures of it in its current state. I thought I would give everyone a quick 360 and hopefully establish a ‘before’ image. This is what I’ll be [sadly] working with!

Starting on the left side of my room, you’ll find (L to R):

• A vertical mirror for the self-absorbed individual
• My embarassingly small (and packed) closet
• A sideview of my ‘test computer’

Desk 1 (L to R):

• My ‘test computer’ (it runs IE6 for all those late night CSS browser compatibility wars)
• 3 shoeboxes of sentimentals (okay the top one isn’t a shoebox, it was a gift box from my girlfriend - in case you’re trying to figure out what kind of shoes can possibly come in a green and purple pokadot box)
• A 17″x14″ DKT gaming mouse pad that I received as a gift during my first web design gig with the E-Sports Entertainment Association (yes, I said e-sports)

Desk 2 (L to R):

• My current ‘office’ desk
• My Dell XPS M1210 that will accompany me through this entrepreneurial journey
• Glysomed (the green bottle peaking out beside my laptop): because nobody likes dry hands
• A Brother HL-2040 B/W laser printer that I bought for $60 at Staples and only used until the original toner ran out (soon to be replaced by a HP Deskjet F4140 All-in-One)
• A stack of academic certificates and awards that aren’t glorious enough to make the wall
• Desani water bottle: because people without a job should still be baller when it comes to drinking bottled water
• 2 guitars that represent my creative musical escape: a 9-year-old Samick (caseless) and a barely 1-year-old Art Lutherie
• Bulletin board: Yes, that’s a Spider-Man costume without the Spider-Man inside it (somewhere out there there’s a naked Peter Parker)

The shelf (L to R):

• My precious hat collection (there are 20 of them) - the ones I actually wear are on the right side, you can tell by the amount of dust there is on the other ones
• My first stereo system (Pioneer) with 3-disc CD changer and 2 tape decks
• Spawn action figures taking in the ’surround sound’ experience (top)

The bed (L to R):

• Original artwork and sketch by Mike Wieringo
• The bed
• The yellow ass of a plush toy that may or may not belong to Pikachu

And finally, the door (L to R):

• Tennis racquet and pool cue (at the end of the bed): for the days when I had time to be active
• Spawn poster: one of the last remaining aspects from my childhood left in this room (along with the Spawn action figures mentioned above)
• Collection of lanyards and random hangy-dangly things (including plastic hanger from GAP)

So there you have it. Not quite MTV Cribs, but now you have a feel for what I’m working with. I feel like a used car salesman when I tell you that everything must go. I have a few pieces of new furniture picked out from the Ikea catalog already, but that’ll have to wait for the next post.