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Yummy paint fumes

May 15, 2005

Over the last couple of weeks I've been slowly cleaning my office. As with all things in my life, "cleaning" is a process where before things can bet better, then need to get much, much worse. Sometime around Wednesday the mess reached something of a crescendo:

But I finally got it all cleaned up, bought some new desks, threw away a ton of shit, and even painted. I'm inhaling the fresh paint fumes even as I type this. (As you can see, I'm through my Orange phase. Now red is the new orange.) All it needs now is something to hang on the walls... Check it out:

Posted by rus at 10:28 PM

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Is that at work or at home? Looks pretty swank /envy.

Posted by: Steve C. at May 16, 2005 10:48 AM

That's the room where the guests sleep. I wonder if he's gotten rid of the very loud "servers" that he used to keep right by where your head would be. I seem to recall constructing elaborate sound walls out of pillows and other construction materials lying around the room :)

Then I realized that even lying less than 1 foot away from the machine, it was *still* much quiter than the machine on the other side of my room. That's when I decided to get a new machine (actually, I decided to get the new machine when a certain female walked into my room, stopped, turned to me and said "does that have to stay on?").

Posted by: Anon because of content ;) at May 16, 2005 09:01 PM

Wow, should I watch for you on upcoming episodes of Clean Sweep? ;)

Posted by: Theresa at May 16, 2005 10:36 PM

Sorry, Nathan, there's enough context in there that I know it's you. :)

I'll move the server to the other side of the room.

Posted by: Rus at May 16, 2005 11:21 PM

I slept rather well with the white noise of the machines humming along.

Posted by: Darcy at May 17, 2005 12:00 PM

What were you thinking having all that junk in your office? The after is much better. :)

Posted by: Penny at May 19, 2005 11:42 AM

Wow- Nice paint job, super clean cutting in! Cooper and Sadie were wondering if Uncle Rus wants to come and paint their playhouse... the pink and baby blue are just so 1987 Fresno. We wonder if that unnamed female lives in Solvang. Your office looks warm, cave-like and impressively grown up.

Posted by: Annie & Betsy at May 25, 2005 11:48 PM

AWESOME job Rus! My room looks beautiful! Comfy, too. Thanks Sweetie.

Posted by: Sue at June 1, 2005 02:49 PM