New Digs

With my parents impending move to Baton Rouge (trans. "red stick?") Louisiana, I am faced with the opportunity of a new bedroom. You wouldn't believe the level of embarrassment I've reached in my current room's decor. Lavender walls, unicorn posters, lava lamps, the worst. It started in elementary school, refused to be updated, and continued to spiral downward as I insisted on feigning school spirit through my high school years.

In thinking about my new room, I've found (somewhat to my dismay) that searching through blogs and websites pertaining to interior design holds my interest for hours. Shelving particularly. You wouldn't believe what people do with shelves these days. My plan? Make a cheap imitation of the best one, put in my new room, and take all creative credit. Anyway, I'm including pictures of some of the cooler "pieces" I've come across, as I have nothing better to do, besides sort through my stuffed animals and decide which ones I can bear to part with. "Dad, the poor don't want that one! I need him!"

Designer: Yoon-Zee Kim
Doubles as desk...



Designer: Omer Unal
Doubles as a bookmark...



Designers: Stanislav Katz followed by Sakura Adachi
Double as chairs...




Deisgners: Daniele Lago and Massimo Bonnetti
Doubles as trees, etc. (art)



Designer: Some L.A. hipster
Doubles as: sculpture?




Anyway, what lesson have we learned from all this over-priced contemporary crap? Things that double as other things are AWESOME, and functionality is in the eye of the beholder.

That, and that you should never let your children pick the color they want to paint their room. Creative expresssion has other, less...lasting...outlets.

First night out in the city as a legal patron

Bar hopping was excellent. Without paranoia, I hopped from bar to bar as I showed some tourists/travelers the sights. I got a taste of the sweet apple as I strolled from the lower east side to the west side through Madison ave and back to K town. Wind chill was zero degrees, and with some vodka to keep me warm, it was painful but still I was in a good way. New York has opened up its doors to a whole new world filled with themed bars, men that clean up nicely, and music that will keep my feet a-dancing all night long. However, I found that there was something missing tonight. As you enjoyed your "cold" 50 degree weather, I walked the icy streets without my partner in crime. The tragedy today was the potential moments that were meant to be discovered but were lost.