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Well that was...useful
May. 25th, 2007 08:43 pmI'm coming off a burst of productivity, that's been brewing most of the afternoon.
Today was payday, such as it is, and I was obligated to head into WHSmiths for my Stargate part works. This leaves me with the dilemma of where to put the DVDs once they're out of the polythene wrapper. I only have finite shelf-space at present, and I'm itching to do a shift-around of my living room in the hopes of making room for at least one more bookcase. Though I'll confess I'll probably also have to rethink some of the furniture I have in here - like the somewhat too large dining table that was originally bought for my mother, and is now a repository of all the daily junk such as bags and mail. It's a miracle we ever get to eat dinner at the table. Seriously.
Anyway, I digress. So, I needed to make room for two more DVDs, knowing that there'd be more in the future. I contemplated putting away a set of books containing 'classic' childrens stories (which are unbelievably wordy, and don't hold Rowan's attention even though he's now able to cope with books with chapters), and even got as far as putting them in a box, but I eventually managed to put them back on the shelf.
Up till now, I've had an arrangement where all my movies are on the bookcase with the cupboard underneath, going up in BBFC certificate from U to 18, with the 18s and 15s as far out of Rowan's line of sight as I can get them. Above them were my TV-series DVDs, and the Stargate discs. The Stargates have been frustrating me as they make up various pictures when aligned properly on the shelf, and the company haven't been considerate enough to leave big enough gaps between pictures for you to break them up when you run out of space on a shelf. It's very annoying to have half a Stargate on one shelf, and the other half below but on the other side of the bookcase.
I've now got the second set of DVDs, which take up a third of a shelf so far, on the bookcase alongside. This means that the only thing breaking up the picture is the sides of the bookcases - which in itself is irritating, but it's a compromise. The rest of the shelf is taken up by my Due South boxsets, Sports Night, three seasons of Six Feet Under and my Josh Charles collection, such as it is. Underneath that is all Rowan's DVDs (aside from the movies, which have joined the regular movie shelves once more) and my music DVDs. These two shelves used to have my video tapes, which I intend to eventually replace with the DVD versions and have been moved over to join Rowan's old tapes on the CD/DVD towers matching the bookcases, either side of my telly.
You wouldn't believe I've only been collecting DVDs for six years, would you? I didn't even have a DVD player of my own till about four and a half years ago!
I still don't have enough room for my books, and the ones I have on my non-DVD bookcase are double-stacked. I'm pretty sure most of my books are still in Mam's house; I haven't seen hide nor hair of my Star Wars books since we moved in, for a start. Rowan's fast catching up with me - his collection's taking up more than three shelves at it is.
And the living room's even more of a mess than it was this morning...
le sigh
In good news, I can start looking for a new bed! \O/ I paid a cheque into the bank this morning that should clear a week Tuesday (bloody bank holidays...*mutter*). I hope I can find a decent one cheap enough to get some new bedding too, 'cause I desperately need it.
(And yes, LJ spell-checker, 'cheque' is a word! *mutters about Americanization*)
Today was payday, such as it is, and I was obligated to head into WHSmiths for my Stargate part works. This leaves me with the dilemma of where to put the DVDs once they're out of the polythene wrapper. I only have finite shelf-space at present, and I'm itching to do a shift-around of my living room in the hopes of making room for at least one more bookcase. Though I'll confess I'll probably also have to rethink some of the furniture I have in here - like the somewhat too large dining table that was originally bought for my mother, and is now a repository of all the daily junk such as bags and mail. It's a miracle we ever get to eat dinner at the table. Seriously.
Anyway, I digress. So, I needed to make room for two more DVDs, knowing that there'd be more in the future. I contemplated putting away a set of books containing 'classic' childrens stories (which are unbelievably wordy, and don't hold Rowan's attention even though he's now able to cope with books with chapters), and even got as far as putting them in a box, but I eventually managed to put them back on the shelf.
Up till now, I've had an arrangement where all my movies are on the bookcase with the cupboard underneath, going up in BBFC certificate from U to 18, with the 18s and 15s as far out of Rowan's line of sight as I can get them. Above them were my TV-series DVDs, and the Stargate discs. The Stargates have been frustrating me as they make up various pictures when aligned properly on the shelf, and the company haven't been considerate enough to leave big enough gaps between pictures for you to break them up when you run out of space on a shelf. It's very annoying to have half a Stargate on one shelf, and the other half below but on the other side of the bookcase.
I've now got the second set of DVDs, which take up a third of a shelf so far, on the bookcase alongside. This means that the only thing breaking up the picture is the sides of the bookcases - which in itself is irritating, but it's a compromise. The rest of the shelf is taken up by my Due South boxsets, Sports Night, three seasons of Six Feet Under and my Josh Charles collection, such as it is. Underneath that is all Rowan's DVDs (aside from the movies, which have joined the regular movie shelves once more) and my music DVDs. These two shelves used to have my video tapes, which I intend to eventually replace with the DVD versions and have been moved over to join Rowan's old tapes on the CD/DVD towers matching the bookcases, either side of my telly.
You wouldn't believe I've only been collecting DVDs for six years, would you? I didn't even have a DVD player of my own till about four and a half years ago!
I still don't have enough room for my books, and the ones I have on my non-DVD bookcase are double-stacked. I'm pretty sure most of my books are still in Mam's house; I haven't seen hide nor hair of my Star Wars books since we moved in, for a start. Rowan's fast catching up with me - his collection's taking up more than three shelves at it is.
And the living room's even more of a mess than it was this morning...
le sigh
In good news, I can start looking for a new bed! \O/ I paid a cheque into the bank this morning that should clear a week Tuesday (bloody bank holidays...*mutter*). I hope I can find a decent one cheap enough to get some new bedding too, 'cause I desperately need it.
(And yes, LJ spell-checker, 'cheque' is a word! *mutters about Americanization*)
