Yes. I Now Live In My Parents' Basement.

[bloodyrosemccoy]

I have moved to The Downstairs! I am now in the room that was formerly my brother’s—a very green sort of place, smaller than my own but also of a less stuffy temperature, and pretty comfy.* Since it’s originally an office, I’ve also got a huge shelf and lots of tiny drawers for to put stuff!

I’ve been slowly moving said Stuff, although I’ll probably leave some of it upstrairs. My favorite book collection is edging down here by the armful, though, as is the shit on my desk. Also down here, of course, the dolls, who are all sitting around waiting to be set up in their back-to-school clothes.** Or, in Laurel’s and Daja’s cases, autumn clothes. I’ve still got to get some posters up on the walls and decide what to do with the Earthquake Shelf. Mom’s going to help me with that tomorrow.

The only drawback is that I really like it down here in my basement cave. I am hoping that I don’t wind up disappearing forever down here. Y’all remind me to go upstairs from time to time, okay?


*Especially after the hideous mass vacuuming of a whole nest of newly-hatched spiders. My brother’s room is the Secret Spider Burial Ground. Normally I tend to just let our ubiquitous, possibly venomous spiders just go about their business, but the little buggers were just starting to swarm out of the sac, and we can’t have that. I said a silent apology to EB White for the whole debacle.

**Except for the severely under-clothed Kyōko, who needs a school uniform. Unfortunately, I am afraid of trying to do a sailor collar, even though it’s in my pattern book. (For the record, even though I eventually found some good references, doing research online for “Japanese schoolgirl uniforms” is an unsurprisingly hazardous undertaking.)

Comments

[mis-creation.livejournal.com]

Ha! Fellow basement-dweller!

As long as you don't have a refrigerator in your room, there's still reason to venture upstairs, unless you're the type who forgets to eat for days at a time. Well, kitchen and bathroom, usually you don't want those in your room.

But yes, it is far too easy to stay in the cool basement and never venture out...

[childthursday.livejournal.com]

It was through searching for "Japanese school uniforms" that I first encountered Taffy Cheerful. Never again.

I have a spider living on the righthand mirror of my car. The mirror has been pointing at the ground for a week and I am afraid to touch it.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Whoof, that'll put you off internet searches ENTIRELY for a while. I am glad I only encounter that brand of crazy through the filter of comm-snark. (And it could have gone worse for me. Ursula Vernon once did an image search for "black cock" because she wanted reference images of black roosters. She realized her mistake quickly enough ...)

I am just glad that spiders can't get too big a mile above sea level. To say nothing of the slugs.

[fadethecat.livejournal.com]

While researching the breeding habits of a particular aquatic animal, I once typed into Google, "octopus sex".

Right before hitting the button to search, a wave of common sense smacked me upside the back of the head. I deleted that phrase, and replaced it with "cephalopod reproduction".

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Wise move on your part, I would say. Perhaps we should compile a list of things whose weird reps seriously impede academic internet searches. Rule 34 isn't suppose to be the ONLY thing that crops up on a search, but there are certain subjects where you're hard-pressed to rummage through it ...

[stagemanager.livejournal.com]

Have you gone upstairs today?

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

Why, yes! Thank you for the reminder!

I even went--*gasp*--OUTSIDE! TWICE!

I will probably take a week to recover.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_wastrel/]

I moved to my parents' basement during my last year of university. I may not have disappeared down there, but I very nearly did, for year or two, anyway. I miss being able to forget to go upstairs for long stretches of time to this day. I hope this will be a positive situation to adjust to for you.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

Oh, I'd like a basement room, too! Sadly, California does not seem to hve discovered the concept of basements. Pity, really-- I bet they'd keep nice and cool, too.

[padparadscha.livejournal.com]

They are quite cool! However, being next to the furnace, I understand it overheats a bit in winter.* And the nice thing about this basement room is it has a window. There are advantages to being built into the side of a mountain.


*Unrelated: I haven't forgotten your winter heat pack. I have yet to find a good fabric.

[queenlyzard.livejournal.com]

ooh! I wants a house on the side of a mountain!