KaijuDesk, Day One

I am here and I am working, for the first time, at KaijuDesk.

The process of moving the office entirely to the former Paint Shop (more on the room’s history in subsequent ramblings) / mud room / extra living room / exercise room begins in earnest (as does the process of moving items from said Paint Shop into my former office) – fortunately now this process can be a “during work” thing to give me something to do other than hate myself for not getting further on The Work when The Work refuses to cooperate (location agnostic) or fiddle with a fidget spinner.

Minimalization / elimination in this process of moving: what’s essential and what isn’t. What needs to make the trek downstairs, what doesn’t… Not going all Marie Kondo but I do want to take this opportunity to make it an office I would make now, not a transition from one dumping ground to the other. 

Next to make the journey: the books and the bookshelves, to make room dividers and deepen the cavernous feel. Also, dog beds – The Morkie and The Jorkie will mutiny otherwise, though the former does seem to like the extra desktop roaming space afforded by KaijuDesk’s girth; perhaps a Morkie/Jorkie under-desk cubby is in order.

Consider: a wi-fi signal booster though no, I’d prefer to go without it out here. Once the dividers go up, I’m in a Faraday Cage of work, just as I was when I wrote my first book and found my place. 

Type-type-type.

P.S. LAYLET EL BOOREE, the new album from Ifriqiyya Electrique, is amazing. Must-listen.

P.P.S. THE INCREDIBLES 2 is delightful, but I’m not as in love with it as I am with the original. That said, all I really want from the Disney / Fox deal is a Cold War / Space Race, sixties-set FANTASTIC FOUR flick directed by Brad Bird.