coffee table

table
Originally uploaded by bluepupae.

you might think it's odd to have a coffee table in the bedroom, but we have the tv in there. it was temporary, at first, but is a great place to put our laptop tray when not in use and for storing catalogs in the drawers. for the longest time, it was the bane of my existence, all covered in all manner of crap--magazines, receipts, cables, mail, etc., most of which was mike's. i don't blame him as there aren't too many other options.

ours is a constant quest to claim space in a tiny abode until we can some day own our own home and for a little while not feel cluttered. i recently bought some organizational paraphernalia (nice cloth covered boxes) and made room for sequestering mike's things, and this weekend, the first that he hasn't had to work, he cleaned the table!

i am in awe at the beautiful, relative emptiness of it. mouse, of course, has claimed it. the spaces around our "media center" are so much better as well. since getting the tv, we have fewer cables, switches, etc. mike was very excited about programming the universal remote. it's definitely a guy thing. i don't know why they love those things. i can get my freak on about a gadget like my lovely iphone, but there's nothing remotely exciting about our remote. if anything, the large number of buttons tied to the many devices are daunting. at least now, they aren't klugily connected, largely due to our tv's ability to control video & some audio switching.