Assignment 3

The large room takes up nearly a third of the entire apartment. Sunlight, filtered by snow, and wind enter through the large windows void of curtains or blinds, bouncing off the eggshell white walls. Multiple cultures and eccentric beliefs are represented by the Jade and Teak Japanese wall hanging next the door warding off evil, the framed cross-stitched portrait of dragon stitching a septagram. A calender comparing men to weather reports and their unbelieibility hangs along side the portrait of an elf with an owl and moon in the background, framing a large wooden desk cramped with a flat screen monitor decorated with sticky-notes and pictures surrounded by speakers, CD's, the statue of a pewter wizard holding a crystal ball, photos of a young red-headed girl that will one day accept an leading actress oscar, an empty bottle of blackcherry flavored water sits next to toy figures of Legolas from the Lord of the Rings movies which stand in front of a 5X7 pictures titled storyteller. A large purple dragon looks down from atop his perch on a stack of books, the Synonym Finder, a dictionary, and a medical reference book among them, from the other side of the desk amid papers, printer, a recipe box, beaded braclet, a vase of brillent red silk roses covered with a thin film of dust. BBQ chips and the remainder of a container of chip dip sit on the table, the sharpness of which can still be felt on the tongue. Floss, fabric, CD's, zipdisks hover alongside a tin of fairy cards, a copy of Shakespeares hamlet, and a nearly empty Rainforest Cafe mug holding now cold, tea. The scent of which lingers in the air. THe room is a large rectangle, but decorated to represent a circle. A small tv and dvd player sit atop a small light oak colored corner unit with DVD's stacked in it's cabinets and on top of it, next to the tv. A wallhanging of cross-stiched birds and birdhouses sewn into green and tan calico hang over the old Magnovox. The wood unit, smooth to the touch, butts up against a pair of dented, black tall bookshelves covered with books, some sitting neatly in rows, some laying on top of the rows of books or in front of the books. Books covering history, science fiction, writing, fantasy, romance and its many subgenres, are intermixed wtih books on mythology, baby names, Native Americans, Atlases, Shakespeare, and Harry Potter. A steel gray, plastic speakers sit atop each bookshelf. Books and candle holders take up the remaining space on top of the bookcases. A tall black bottle of Unicorn Ale, once filled with Elven Mist covered in a thin film of dust, looks right at home next to iron courting candle, in front of the mixed, piles of fantasy, mystery, science fiction, and paranormal romance books. A tall, light oak wooden stero cabinet seperates the pair of bookcases, brased by scrapbooks, photoalbums, and National Geographic magazines. An inherited stero sits at the base of the cabinet, surrounded by rows and stacks of CD's. Behind the solid wood cabinets lay more magazines, books, papers, and notes. The bookcases wrap around to the wooden mission style futon covered with a blue, leaf covered fabric. A pair of black and white prints of a deserted city street hang above the futon, partially covered with files, partial stories, candles, and CD's. A tall lamp at the other end sits between the video stand, a basket overflowing with cross-stitch patterns, floss, fabric, completed and partially completed projects, and the futon. An pub stytle sits between stacks of movies, the window and the door. Above it on the wall is another striking photo of the young girl next to a black and white print of a stone table and benches in a circular stand of trees. Two empty, snowmen cookie cars complete the eccentric look. The peaceful silence is broken by the background the sounds of the movie "The Princess Bride" are interrupted by babytalk and active imaginations.