It’s been a long journey, but it’s finally beginning to look like something both appropriate for living and for having friends over (but not too many of those). First there was the minuscule desk that let the sun shine right onto my screen; then there was the gigantic desk occupying the whole room; now it’s just the right size, with the right angle (and it’s been a pain, first because I waited until the first day of sunny weather after three weeks of grey skies to go to the BHV and get my boards, and second because I had to cut the angle off myself) and the right height so as not to cannibalize the surrounding space.

— Ah, I can’t do that, you know, we can only make straight cuts.

— But… that’s straight.

— Sorry, we can’t.

— But… all it takes is rotating the board 45 degrees and…

— Oh, I’m not saying it isn’t simple, but we can’t do that, sorry.

In other news, LED-only lighting is actually rather dark (unless I am to buy two dozen bulbs and matching sockets) — and darker than you would think from the pictures. But maybe it’s not so bad: you probably sleep better, and earlier, if you don’t have too much artificial light after dusk (the body and brain prepares to falling asleep), so I guess all I need is a desk lamp for those times I want to read. Yeah, like I do that anymore. Oh, or eat. That one I do a lot.