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My Room... In 1998
When I was a lad in high school, I happened at some point to take a picture of one corner of my bedroom for some reason. I can't recall exactly why I did this, but regardless, I stumbled upon the photograph recently. I thus present to you an annotated, if small, window into the Rym that was (in high school). I was awesome.
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A. Classy original Star Wars movie poster
B. Decidedly non-classy Star Wars poster
C. I have no comment about these Star Wars lithographs
D. This was a terrible graphic novel, which I only owned for the fact that it involved dragons.
E. I periodically stacked different manga/comic books here as the whim came or went. In this case, it was Tenchi. Note the hardcover of Cormyr.
F. My cable box, required to gain access to the premium channels.
G. I used to play darts fairly often, and this was for practice. I was never terribly good.
H. Forgotten Realms and other mostly fantasy books. Few of these were particularly good.
I. My hand-made wizard staff. My grandfather helped me grind down and then install the enormous quartz crystal in the top.
J. Fansubs. Mostly Sailor Moon from VKLL.
K. Commercial anime VHS tapes, including Dragon Half, Project A-Ko, etc...
L. My sword.
M. The 1979 RCA. This survived through Colony, and then into the GeekHaus in Beacon. We left it outside for over a week while we decided how to properly dispose of it. and we amazed that, despite multiple rainings, it still functioned after the ordeal.
N. I've used this alarm clock for most of my life, and continue to do so.
O. My mini-fridge. Used originally for band camp, and then later for RIT, this was filled with Dr. Pepper and Canada Dry primarly, plus some cheese and cold cuts.
P. Posted signed by the cast of Les Miserables. Peeking out from behind it is my second varity letter, which didn't fit on my jacket.
Q. VKLL's fansub of End of Evangelion. I saw this long before I even knew there was a show that preceeded it.
R. Atari 2600 and 7800 games.
S. I loved this hat. I wore it daily for much of my freshman year at RIT, and it was even stolen once. It eventually shrunk, and no longer fit my head. I don't know what actually ever happened to it. Note the Forgotten Realms box beneath it.
T. Sheet music, probably for marching band. Music was easily the most important aspect of high school for me.
U. An enormous tin of Altoids. I was semi-addicted to them since middle school.
V. Two very important texts to me (at the time): the collected works of Poe, and a wonderful collection of classic short stories.
W. My NES, Atari 7800, and Macrovision-free VCR. The SNES was in my brother's room.
X. My M.A.S.K. trash can, which I've had for almost my entire life.
Y. My D&D books, along with some forty issues of Dragon Magazine, not to mention a handful of Dungeon.
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A. Classy original Star Wars movie poster
B. Decidedly non-classy Star Wars poster
C. I have no comment about these Star Wars lithographs
D. This was a terrible graphic novel, which I only owned for the fact that it involved dragons.
E. I periodically stacked different manga/comic books here as the whim came or went. In this case, it was Tenchi. Note the hardcover of Cormyr.
F. My cable box, required to gain access to the premium channels.
G. I used to play darts fairly often, and this was for practice. I was never terribly good.
H. Forgotten Realms and other mostly fantasy books. Few of these were particularly good.
I. My hand-made wizard staff. My grandfather helped me grind down and then install the enormous quartz crystal in the top.
J. Fansubs. Mostly Sailor Moon from VKLL.
K. Commercial anime VHS tapes, including Dragon Half, Project A-Ko, etc...
L. My sword.
M. The 1979 RCA. This survived through Colony, and then into the GeekHaus in Beacon. We left it outside for over a week while we decided how to properly dispose of it. and we amazed that, despite multiple rainings, it still functioned after the ordeal.
N. I've used this alarm clock for most of my life, and continue to do so.
O. My mini-fridge. Used originally for band camp, and then later for RIT, this was filled with Dr. Pepper and Canada Dry primarly, plus some cheese and cold cuts.
P. Posted signed by the cast of Les Miserables. Peeking out from behind it is my second varity letter, which didn't fit on my jacket.
Q. VKLL's fansub of End of Evangelion. I saw this long before I even knew there was a show that preceeded it.
R. Atari 2600 and 7800 games.
S. I loved this hat. I wore it daily for much of my freshman year at RIT, and it was even stolen once. It eventually shrunk, and no longer fit my head. I don't know what actually ever happened to it. Note the Forgotten Realms box beneath it.
T. Sheet music, probably for marching band. Music was easily the most important aspect of high school for me.
U. An enormous tin of Altoids. I was semi-addicted to them since middle school.
V. Two very important texts to me (at the time): the collected works of Poe, and a wonderful collection of classic short stories.
W. My NES, Atari 7800, and Macrovision-free VCR. The SNES was in my brother's room.
X. My M.A.S.K. trash can, which I've had for almost my entire life.
Y. My D&D books, along with some forty issues of Dragon Magazine, not to mention a handful of Dungeon.
Comments
Neat picture, by the way.
I mean that would be weird if other "normal humans" saw my geekish lifestyle