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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    I have a couple of framed prints I'd like to be on the walls, but I guess I'm still waiting until we find somewhere we want to live in for a good few years

    I've never really stayed in one place long enough to ask the landlord to put nails in the wall
    see you take a hammer

    and a nail

    and you tap on the wall with your finger until you find the stud

    and you hammer that little fucker in
    ....which most landlords have written in your contract that you're not allowed to do

    and our landlord will allow it, but he has asked specifically that if we desire anything to be wall mounted, we ask him to put it up

    thanks chrishallett, looking at that link now!

    Raijin, that dvd collection is huuuuge

    I pick up a lot of movies from Blockbuster when they do the buy 3 or 4 for $20 sale.

    Raijin Quickfoot on
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Usagi wrote: »
    I am jealous of your organizational skills Mori and Janson

    I can only hope my new apartment will be half as neat

    Well, you can be jealous of Janson's skills

    I had nothing to do with it

    Moriveth on
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2009
    I have no organizational skills at all except when it comes to my movies. They are kept in alphabetical order and never left out of the case.

    Raijin Quickfoot on
  • TheClarksterTheClarkster Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    I have a couple of framed prints I'd like to be on the walls, but I guess I'm still waiting until we find somewhere we want to live in for a good few years

    I've never really stayed in one place long enough to ask the landlord to put nails in the wall
    see you take a hammer

    and a nail

    and you tap on the wall with your finger until you find the stud

    and you hammer that little fucker in
    ....which most landlords have written in your contract that you're not allowed to do

    and our landlord will allow it, but he has asked specifically that if we desire anything to be wall mounted, we ask him to put it up

    thanks chrishallett, looking at that link now!

    Raijin, that dvd collection is huuuuge

    I pick up a lot of movies from Blockbuster when they do the buy 3 or 4 for $20 sale.

    That is the best way to acquire movies. Or perhaps second best to when Best Buy unloads all their crap movies at $3 or $4 per movie. Good way to pad a collection.

    TheClarkster on
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    Waka

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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    As a teen I used to have the walls plastered with posters, the way most teens do

    One of my friends has never moved out of her parents' house and her room is exactly the same as when I first met her, ten years ago, only there's more in it

    So the posters have spread to the ceiling, and every inch is plastered in autographed photos and memorabilia

    Janson on
  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    check out this rad-ass poster i have

    20090426-kd8fxbyiaxi5m9sk7wt5qmkqpx.jpg

    Faricazy on
  • ASimPersonASimPerson And they will tremble again at the sound of our silence.Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    When I was in college the only thing I had on my wall was a map of the Chicago El.

    I don't have anything up now.

    ASimPerson on
  • UsagiUsagi Nah Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Moriveth wrote: »
    Usagi wrote: »
    I am jealous of your organizational skills Mori and Janson

    I can only hope my new apartment will be half as neat

    Well, you can be jealous of Janson's skills

    I had nothing to do with it

    I was trying to be fair and compliment both of you but

    lovely job Janson

    Usagi on
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Faricazy wrote: »
    Janson wrote: »
    I have a couple of framed prints I'd like to be on the walls, but I guess I'm still waiting until we find somewhere we want to live in for a good few years

    I've never really stayed in one place long enough to ask the landlord to put nails in the wall
    see you take a hammer

    and a nail

    and you tap on the wall with your finger until you find the stud

    and you hammer that little fucker in
    ....which most landlords have written in your contract that you're not allowed to do

    and our landlord will allow it, but he has asked specifically that if we desire anything to be wall mounted, we ask him to put it up

    thanks chrishallett, looking at that link now!

    Raijin, that dvd collection is huuuuge

    I pick up a lot of movies from Blockbuster when they do the buy 3 or 4 for $20 sale.

    That is the best way to acquire movies. Or perhaps second best to when Best Buy unloads all their crap movies at $3 or $4 per movie. Good way to pad a collection.

    It sucks now since I have the PS3. I don't want to buy anything on DVD but Bluray is still so expensive. I check the Amazon used section now. They have some good deals sometimes.

    Raijin Quickfoot on
  • TheClarksterTheClarkster Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Fari, that is one badass poster.

    TheClarkster on
    Waka
    Waka

    Flocka
  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I think I own maybe 3 DVDs

    which were all gifts

    Raneados on
  • DaricDaric Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I have no organizational skills at all except when it comes to my movies. They are kept in alphabetical order and never left out of the case.

    Thank you Raijin! I only have like 250 dvds and 50 seasons of TV shows and I spent a day last week alphabetizing them only to have my friends look at me like I'm retarded.

    Daric on
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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    It sucks now since I have the PS3. I don't want to buy anything on DVD but Bluray is still so expensive. I check the Amazon used section now. They have some good deals sometimes.
    i don't understand why Life Aquatic isn't out on Bluray but Coming to America is

    Faricazy on
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2009
    Daric wrote: »
    I have no organizational skills at all except when it comes to my movies. They are kept in alphabetical order and never left out of the case.

    Thank you Raijin! I only have like 250 dvds and 50 seasons of TV shows and I spent a day last week alphabetizing them only to have my friends look at me like I'm retarded.

    It's especially important when you have 400+ DVDs. I wouldn't even want to think how long it would take to find a specific movie if I didn't keep them organized.

    Raijin Quickfoot on
  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Daric wrote: »
    I have no organizational skills at all except when it comes to my movies. They are kept in alphabetical order and never left out of the case.

    Thank you Raijin! I only have like 250 dvds and 50 seasons of TV shows and I spent a day last week alphabetizing them only to have my friends look at me like I'm retarded.

    I have run out of places in my room to keep my dvds, so now I've got about 40 of them piled up on my floor.

    BYToady on
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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Coming to America is a mo-fuckin' classic, you shut your dirty whore mouth.

    j/k Fari, althugh I am going to steal your poster. And kill you.

    Donovan Puppyfucker on
  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Alphabetizing DVDs is for ladies and gays.

    Butters on
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  • AMP'dAMP'd Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    ASimPerson wrote: »
    When I was in college the only thing I had on my wall was a map of the Chicago El.

    I don't have anything up now.

    That must have looked cool. I think maps like that might never go out of style.

    AMP'd on
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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Butters wrote: »
    Alphabetizing DVDs is for ladies and gays.
    and gay ladies?

    Faricazy on
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    My PC games are alphabetized!

    Moriveth on
  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    These are my framed prints:

    frame_02.jpg

    and

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    and thank you Usagi! I do try

    Also, satans visited me when my room was crazy

    I had a little attic room and I knew I'd only be staying in this place a year so I didn't bother to unpack half my boxes. I disguised them with throws.

    Janson on
  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I have double copies of several movies, mostly because I can't always remember what I've got at home when I'm raiding Blockbuster's used dvds.

    BYToady on
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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Fari, that is one badass poster.

    I think I like that style. The only thing I have ever seen is the ones for old movie posters about Alcatraz, or that old Guiness poster with the bird and the man with big noses.

    I also have a few posters still in tubes. They were cool when I bought them, and then I just never put them up.
    Raneados wrote: »
    Raneados wrote: »
    Man, I am just completely falling flat on my face in terms of thread content today. Every thread is making me realize my own flaws.

    For me, my room is basically a place I sleep and go on the internet.

    don't feel bad, you share this in common with me and thus cannot be wrong in said practice

    also i like to bargain shop
    my tv cost 25 bucks
    my computer is 7 years old and has been frankensteined together with various free bits I have found after parts have failed
    I have no posters
    things are just generally in places where I can get them with the minimum of fuss
    stuff that I need is close at hand, stuff that isn't is put away

    Tell me Raneados, do you live by yourself? That is, independently? I get the feeling that if I did, my house might just be a prison cell with boxes of my shit collecting dust.

    I have 2 roommates and people staying the night every now and again but I dunno man

    I've never been one for decoration
    I'm a meat and potatoes dude

    easy to please, cheap to shop for etc

    Well I meant more like living with your parents, but I guess roommates are sort of similar. I spent a year and a half at a dorm, so I had roommates then. Never really had an issue with them, but of course, real world and school are a bit different.

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Faricazy wrote: »
    It sucks now since I have the PS3. I don't want to buy anything on DVD but Bluray is still so expensive. I check the Amazon used section now. They have some good deals sometimes.
    i don't understand why Life Aquatic isn't out on Bluray but Coming to America is

    Dude, I liked Life Aquatic it's alright but you've got to be kidding. Coming to America is a god damn masterpiece.

    Butters on
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  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I have two copies of The Big Lebowski because they both apparently have different special features

    Moriveth on
  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I don't really like my place, but it's next door to my office.


    living room with awesome cow-skin rug and 3 tvs

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    Pass-through to the kitchen for all my fancy dinner parties

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    my "view"

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    my balcony


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    my shower curtain


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    My Godfather picture


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    Stale on
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  • TheClarksterTheClarkster Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    BYToady wrote: »
    I have double copies of several movies, mostly because I can't always remember what I've got at home when I'm raiding Blockbuster's used dvds.

    I have 3 copies of Domino.

    I did not purchase any of them, and to this day I do not know how I got them. But whatever, I do love me some Keira Knightley.

    TheClarkster on
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    Waka

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  • ButtersButters A glass of some milks Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Ha ha ha! Stale, why do you still have so many TVs in your living area?

    Butters on
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  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I alphabetise everything

    Although, when you have it juuust perfect and then buy that one extra dvd, you're pretty screwed

    So I also categorise to some extent first and then leave a little extra room

    For example, books are divided by fiction, non-fiction, russian, old books (relegated to the kitchen) and oversized books (for the bigger shelves)

    DVDs are divided into films, animated films and TV shows

    Janson on
  • RaneadosRaneados police apologist you shouldn't have been there, obviouslyRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I'm not a social hideaway, nor am I a social butterfly

    I dunno man I just never really liked anything up on my walls for any extended period of time
    probably the same reason I might never get a tattoo

    right now I have a calendar and that's about it


    edit and the calendar is a gift

    Raneados on
  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    good god man, you've made Sara into a RUG?

    Faricazy on
  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited April 2009
    Front view

    lroomfront.jpg

    The rest of my apartment is boring. I need some wall art.

    Raijin Quickfoot on
  • JansonJanson Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I should buy more pbf prints

    Janson on
  • MorivethMoriveth BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWN BREAKDOWNRegistered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I don't dig posters anymore. I do have a few I want to frame and put up somewhere, though (the TF2 Turret poster, my two signed Sam & Max posters, etc)

    Moriveth on
  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Janson wrote: »
    Although, when you have it juuust perfect and then buy that one extra dvd, you're pretty screwed

    this is the worst

    if it's just one new thing i usually end up setting it on top of everything else in roughly its alphabetical home and then redo everything once i get five or six such floaters

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  • cooljammer00cooljammer00 Hey Small Christmas-Man!Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Why does he have so many tvs? Do people really argue that much over what to watch when he has these posh "dinner parties"?

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  • BYToadyBYToady Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    I need to buy a couple terrabyte external drives and rip all my movies to them. It would be so much easier than digging through the piles each time I want to watch something.

    BYToady on
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  • FaricazyFaricazy Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Fari, that is one badass poster.

    I think I like that style. The only thing I have ever seen is the ones for old movie posters about Alcatraz, or that old Guiness poster with the bird and the man with big noses.
    Also Metropolis and The Rocketeer. I'm pretty sure the style falls under Art-Deco.

    Faricazy on
  • StaleStale Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    Butters wrote: »
    Ha ha ha! Stale, why do you still have so many TVs in your living area?

    I don't anymore


    the 56" is in the bedroom


    and I haven't used that 42" plasma in at least 3 months, if not 4. It just sits there.

    Stale on
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  • satansfingerssatansfingers Registered User regular
    edited April 2009
    i only have two unframed posters that i still hang. one's an autographed mountain goats poster and the other is a lovely arcade fire poster i got when i first saw them way back when. aside from that, i only roll with framed stuff.

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