In celebration of: the nerdroom
Everyone can benefit from having a private space, a space free from distractions when distractions are unwanted. It gives the mind a place to stretch, the ears a place to rest, and the ass a place to sit and unwind.
Dr. Strange has his Sanctum Sanctorum. Batman has his Batcave. Superman has his Fortress of Solitude. Nerds? We have our nerdrooms.
Some of my friends have their nerdliness spread throughout their houses, but that just doesn’t work for me–I have so many spheres of nerddom that everything would become hodge-podged and unwieldy. In order to organize my house more effectively and in a more aesthetically pleasing way, I’ve confined my chief objects of nerdery to one room–the office. It’s a wonderful space. It’s a place to do my school work, a place to do my own personal writing, a place to kick back with a book or a comic, and–in times of guests–an extra bedroom. It seems strange, I suppose, sharing a private space with others by letting them stay there, but the room in my house that was to be my guest room became my room, so the emergency guest sleeping spot in the nerdroom became the general guest sleeping spot. C’est la vie.
The room, though? It’s probably my favorite room in the house. It’s the first room that has really been completed, with a place for everything and everything in it’s place.
For such a small space, I think I’ve divided it up pretty well. One wall is devoted to reading–graphic novels on one side; fiction, poetry, and my Oxford English Dictionary on the other:
The comics side is flanked by a Paul Chadwick Concrete portfolio, and the futon for sitting/sleeping:
The workspace has little nerdy nods, like a Superman figure, a Street Angel sketch, and the satellite radio that’s most often tuned to jazz, hip hop, or NPR–I find that having this dedicated space for working on things has provided an increased desire to be productive at home:
I think the best thing, though, about having a private nerdroom is having a nerd-in-training to share it with:
June 14, 2007 at 9:32 pm
[...] Ed Cunard’s blogging again, and here he shows off his nerdroom. I love seeing this stuff, because it makes me feel better about living surrounded by bookcases. And yes, Ed, please do talk more about old movies on TCM. Maybe it’ll encourage me. [...]
June 15, 2007 at 9:53 am
That Spider-Man lamp makes the room.
June 15, 2007 at 9:56 am
Man, seeing this really makes me want to get going on my own nerdroom. Nice work, Ed!
June 19, 2007 at 9:59 am
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June 19, 2007 at 9:23 pm
[...] In Celebration of The Nerdroom Dr. Strange has his Sanctum Sanctorum. Batman has his Batcave. Superman has his Fortress of Solitude. Nerds? We have our nerdrooms. [...]