Happy Xmas to me

January 13, 2010
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I’ve been using a fitball at my desk for years. It was an attempt to keep some kind of decent posture during all the hours I spend at my computer. What it actually did, however, was subsconciously teach me numerous ways to slump and slouch on a fitball. Bugger this, I thought. So I’ve just bought myself a late Xmas present.

chair Happy Xmas to me

It’s leather and everything. You know the most outrageous thing about it, though? Given that we have an old house with wooden floors, I thought I’d better get one of those vinyl mats to protect the floorboards. The mat cost more than the chair!

That’s just weird.

And yes, those boxes by the desk are from when we moved in here, well over a year ago. That’s all my books. It’s horrible that they’re still in boxes. I really must get around to building those bookshelves I keep talking about.

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7 Responses to Happy Xmas to me

  1. Benjamin Solah on January 13, 2010 at 8:28 pm

    Nice set-up. I have a fascination with seeing writers’ desks.

  2. alan on January 13, 2010 at 8:30 pm

    Yeah, me too. I felt a bit weird revealing this!

  3. Chris Maric on January 14, 2010 at 1:53 am

    Was gonna mention the boxes until I saw you already did! Get on it!

  4. alan on January 14, 2010 at 2:08 am

    It’s only been 17 months.

  5. Chris Maric on January 14, 2010 at 2:27 am

    mein got – really?

  6. alan on January 14, 2010 at 2:33 am

    Yeah – beginning of August last year we moved in permanently.

  7. Chris Maric on January 14, 2010 at 2:34 am

    time flies – we will have been here 3 years on April 1!!

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