#office remodel

[algebraicallychallenged]

Traditional Home Office Milwaukee Study room - mid-sized traditional freestanding desk medium tone wood floor and brown floor study room idea with beige walls

[nicothenick]

Traditional Home Gym

Mid-sized elegant medium tone wood floor and brown floor multiuse home gym photo with beige walls

[thedaveandkimmershow]

It doesn't happen often... but since my car caught a massive roofing nail on Saturday and no one was open Sunday to fix it (including the Walmart Automotive Center on Airport Way that I discovered is unfortunately and permanently closed), I had to leave my car at the house whilst we went back to the apartment in Seattle. Kimmer had to use her car during her lunch hour on Monday which meant I had no car for getting back to the house. So fine.

Public transportation.

Actually, the way it worked out was walking a half mile to the light rail station, taking the light rail to Northgate, catching a bus right there to the Lynnwood Transit Center, catching a bus directly west to Highway 99, transferring to the Swift Blue Line to a little over a mile-and-a-half from the house, then walking the rest of the way to the house.

It was that kind of morning.

Now, my plan was to do some writing or reading along the way but, right as I left on my travels I called a friend and we stayed with that conversation (catching up, really) through my walk, through the light rail to Northgate, while waiting for the bus, then riding the bus to the Lynnwood Transit center where we had to wrap it up 'cause I had to figure out my next bus and my friend had to hit the grocery store.

So far, the public transportation commute had gone without a hitch with pretty tight connections. Now that I was faced with local buses, however, the schedules were not so tight. There's no need for them to be so tight, of course, except for the fact that the first conceivable connection for me was close to forty-five minutes away and I needed all the minutes I could get to take care of my car as well as meet up with people who wanted to pick up furniture we posted on Craigslist and OfferUp.

Google Maps was helpful inasmuch as it provided variations on routes to the house including ones that started with buses yet somehow ended with a Lyft ride, each iteration of the trip maddeningly eating more time than the previous ones. At some point in there I remembered a long time ago I'd made it to the Lynnwood Transit Center in the midst of a snowstorm and had begun walking toward highway 99 where hopefully the road was clearer for transit. Halfway to 99, I caught sight of a bus heading my way from the transit center on its way to (or in the direction of) 99. So, fast forward back to the present day where I know about that bus, I look it up, and discover it's in a nearby bay three minutes from heading out.

Bingo.

The bus drops me near a corner along 99 where there's a Swift Station with a bus due in five minutes. I swipe my card and wait... wait... then get on the bus when it pulls up. I enter the rear section since it's basically right in front of me, taking the bench seat across from the door. A minute later, someone's standing pretty close to me in this not very full bus so I look up.

It's the transit cops!

Good thing I swiped my card 'cause they really do check who paid and who didn't once you get outside, you know, Seattle.

Anyway...

It's a Swift bus so I'm at my stop in no time which also happens to be the stop for the transit cops, the pair of them. I ask them a little about their job, by the way, and the kind of day they're having which, it turns out is so far thankfully uneventful. I was most curious if they had a list of buses and places they had to be... with the answer being they didn't have a rigid agenda for the day, just a number of buses they needed to ride in both directions. So having ridden up to my stop, they made their way across the street to catch the next bus back. Before parting, they wondered if my interest in their work indicated I was interested in getting a job with transit because, you know, there are jobs available.

I politely denied interest and we went our separate ways.

As I crossed the street, it struck me that I hadn't run into any kind of transit authority on bus or light rail for years now.

Seriously.

Years.

Ain't that somethin' ?

At this point, I checked to see what time a connecting bus would come to take me to the closest point to my house.

20 minutes.

I checked to see how much Uber and Lyft would cost.

8 bucks.

So I walked the rest of the way for the steps. The 12,000 steps I'm aiming for each and every day.

Apparently.

By 'n by, I'm at the house. I beat the bus, by the way. Never saw it pass as I walked. After dropping a few things at the house, I turned around, jumped in my car with the massive roofing nail in its front tire, and drove to Les Schwab where their techs fixed it for free.

For.

Free.

I was outta there in about forty-five minutes, part of which was the techs finishing up previous jobs before getting to mine. They confirmed the no charges nature of the day's work, they gave me a heads up about assessing our rear tires at the end of summer, beginning of fall, and I was on. my. way.

The rest of the day was pretty nothingburger. Coordinating with Craigslist and OfferUp clients, a bunch of shopping at the end, the drive back to the apartment, followed by dinner and The Diplomat on Netflix.

The big deal about the remains of the afternoon is that it was my first opportunity to work in my new edit suite.

Oh... it's not an edit suite yet. All my gear's still at the apartment. However, Kimmer has been working on the room, transforming it from its former glory days as Linzy's bedroom. The brightly colored walls that were really scrapbook design writ large... were muted way, way back, painted over in what experts in color, especially the color brown, call "tope". The curtains Kimmer hung actually hold most of the outside light at bay, leaving the room quite dark. Darker than its ever been in broad daylight. Darkest at the wall against which my workstation will be.

In the meantime, there's a small couch in front of the window, a couch once use at her office in Ballard once upon a time before the pandemic. In front of the couch is a faux leather storage bench coffee table which, if you flip the top over, serves as a table, a super convenient desk/work area for producers when they come up to work, is what Kimmer's thinking.

Speaking of producers, the space that was formerly dedicated to being Linzy's closet, is now an open space with a pair of cabinet drawers painted like Harry Potter luggage with the drawer handles doubling as the "suitcase" handles. The tops of the cabinets combine to form a tabletop upon which rests a coffee pot and other items in preparation for a place for drinks and snacks. Because yeah. Kimmer completely knows what she's doing. And it's exciting to see this space, my future edit suite, take shape.

Even Linzy's a little jealous. 😉

[bleachbleachbleach]

In addition to zanpakutou are cool, I will also add that Ichimaru, individually, is also very cool. He just like, saunters his way into the story, speaking Kansai, dismembering people, and demonstrating very specific knowledge of Ichigo's hair color:

I think this sounds less bananas in Japanese than it does in English, because that's just what that color is called in Japanese, but the phrase has roots in Genji and to me it still feels like the equivalent of someone using Crayola colors to reference things ("burnt umber" instead of "reddish brown"). Amazing, for multiple reasons: That Ichimaru would describe Ichigo thusly, in this moment; that he's referencing official Gotei intel that likely also called Ichigo daylily-colored.

I say official Gotei intel and not just secret Aizen intel, because I think Ichimaru might be referencing the same Onmitsukidou report that Byakuya talks about in Chapter 54:

[Bleach 054]

(Did Byakuya need to be that specific about this information? Did he need to bring it up at all? No he did not, but Byakuya be Byakuya-ing. Anyway--)

After Byakuya and Renji's encounter with Ichigo, the Gotei is able to put a name to a face, and maybe even gain additional insight into the nature of Rukia's crimes. I'd never really thought about it before, but if Rukia's High Crimes (overstaying her welcome in gigai/in the Living World and sharing her powers with a human) have the real, tangible impact of some weird daylily-colored guy showing up to invade the Seireitei, I could see an argument being made for her execution/her accelerated execution. I don't think most of the people who go off to meet the Ryoka Invasion have put all of these things together or really care to (but maybe I'll be proven wrong on re-read; guess I'll sit tight until Chapter 81 to see what our very first CAPTAINS' MEETING, MY BELOVED has to say), but that actually does make some sense to me. I'm not saying I agree with the justification for Rukia's execution, lol, but like, yeah, that could track?? I see it??

It also makes me think about why Ichimaru shows up in Chapter 65 to poke Byakuya. I've always figured it was just to poke him, because "I just wanted to poke Byakuya" is very relatable and convincing in itself. But in addition to the whole Rukia Thing, and Aizen et al being involved in the Rukia Thing, Ichimaru's comments make me also feel like he was looking for more information about Ichigo, specifically, seeing as Byakuya recently experienced him first-hand. Presumably, Byakuya just finished writing his report. Did Ichimaru want that info before it even went to press, fresh from the horse's mouth? Or maybe he wanted to intercept the mail so he could be the first to read it.

[wolfavens]

priya's conifer station flat 👠

[vault81]

thiink I'm gonna change the tilset that's been used for the Novac player room, since the OG one is literally just one used for a hallway and not a room. Moving it to one specifically made for rooms would mean i can actually do what I want with it!

(left is the hotelroom set and right is the original officehall one)

[exploring-in-space]

Three of my firm's projects (including my breast center project) have been nominated for Excellence in Construction! Tonight is the award ceremony so I'm hoping we win all three awards 🙏

[sagehaubitze]

Faithful watchers.

[sirpi-construction]

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[marmotsomsierost]

Physical therapist: So minimize leaning forward, try to keep your posture stacked vertically, keep your shoulders back, ok?

Me: what can i do when that's unavoidable?

PT: well, it can be hard to remember but you just need to practice

Me: ...

Me: my counters in my kitchen come up to here *gestures a couple inches below my iliac crest*. My sink starts an inch lower than that and the base of the sink is at the middle of my thigh.

Me: i also work with a lot of nurses who are between four and twelve inches shorter than i am and our mobile workstation keyboards will not go high enough for the keyboard to be an ergonomic height.

Me: so while i absolutely do need to be more aware of my posture i also do still need tips for when i can't.

PT:

PT:

PT: ...let me go check on that for you.

[wraithgames]

It's been a strange time lately. We're still finishing up our current Collapsus build, but we wanted to share a little something else we've been working on, too.

As some of you know, we moved out of our studio during the peek of the pandemic for 2 reasons: 1. We couldn't really use it during that time and our team had to go remote and 2. The building was being sold to become a luxury hotel :/

A good chunk of us wanted to stay remote, we still needed a space. So, for the last 6 or so months, we've been finishing up Wraith Games Studio MK2!

Unlike our old space, which was in a perpetual state of renovation, we were able to finish this up rather quickly! I posted, like, 50 photos to Twitter and, like, 30 to Facebook, and who knows how many will go on Insta, but I wanted this to be short and sweet, so here's The Before > The Plan > The After! Enjoy - Jay

[rogerlilyrp]

San Francisco Freestanding Example of a mid-sized transitional freestanding desk carpeted study room design with gray walls and no fireplace

[dinahjane97]

Freestanding Home Office in New York

[natcordeaux]

Home Office - Contemporary Home Office Home studio - mid-sized contemporary freestanding desk medium tone wood floor home studio idea with multicolored walls and no fireplace

[olsenmolly]

Home Bar - Living Room A large, eclectic, open-concept living room with a bar and white walls is shown in the photograph.