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Where I Live
Posted by Shirin Moosavi (Tehran, Iran) on 13 December 2008 in Lifestyle & Culture and Portfolio.
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December 13th, 2008: "WHERE I LIVE" challenge day
Two simple and rather general views of my room.
Two different times of the day. (with the same outlook page on the desktop!) You can find slight differences though!
Not much processing.
The only semi-creative (!) idea for the first shot was to climb up a ladder to get an almost aerial view! :D I'm not afraid of heights!
Yes, that's right; that's the new camera's box on the TV! I've not moved it yet! I will someday!
As usual, my desk is a mess! Any questions about the items on the desk?! Feel free to ask!
Actually I'm not showing one of the messiest parts of the room! You guessed! It's my bed! Most of the times you can find things like pens, notebooks, unread magazines, battery chargers, headphones, jeans, T-shirts, etc on this bed!
This is it and I'm comfortable with the atmosphere of my room. Well, seems no one else is!
I will clean it all up soon! Well sometimes I do have to!
Have fun with the theme day!
While I really do appreciate your visits and comments, I might not be able to comment back or to reply to all your great comments on a regular basis.
You're wonderful. Thank you.
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Müge from Istanbul, Turkey
Dear Shirin,
I like the atmosphere of your room. You are a young person full of life and the mess is a proof of this. And I’m sure you can find anything you want in the mess better than when everything is in order. I had a room just like yours when I was your age.
Greetings from the Neighbour :-)
13 Dec 2008 5:30am
@Müge: Thanks a million Müge!
It's wonderful to have you here at AM3 and even more wonderful to have your comment in my little photoblog :)
And you are absolutely right; I have no problem finding things in this mess!
Thank you again :)
@jamesy: Thanks Jamesy :)
ordinaryimages from Kentucky Bluegrass, United States
[do not disturb] How can you tell when you have been disturbed? : ] someone moved your backpack! best...jerry
13 Dec 2008 7:10am
@ordinaryimages: When everyone keep telling me to clean up my room! That is disturbing!! ;D
I did move the backpack!
Thank you so much Jerry for your comment :)
San G. from Encino, California, United States
I particularly like the aerial view. It's like an angel's point of view, hovering there. I appreciate how candid you are in sharing yourself so fully with us all. This is quite intimate. Thank you for being who you are.
Come visit "Where I live" at: http://sjginsberg.aminus3.com/
13 Dec 2008 7:13am
@San G.: Thanks Sandy! Your comments are always wonderful :)
Glad you liked the photos :)
Well, this is me!
Siam from Chaingrai, Thailand
Very good this presentation two photographs, very personal tidying up
13 Dec 2008 7:27am
@Siam: Thanks Siam :)
@Rags: Thank you Rags! I love this new camera!
k@ from Paris, France
For sure a dynamic young boy lives in here ! :-) Happy to meet U and thanks for your comment**
13 Dec 2008 10:01am
@k@: Thanks for stopping by! :)
I know it's a mess, but this is my room and I'm a not a boy for sure :-)
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Your room is as it should be, a boys room, just drop and leave it. My room was the same when I was a young guy, it still is now and I'm old ;)
13 Dec 2008 10:15am
@Observing: Thanks for the comment! Well we all have our own bad habits! ;)
But please...! I'm not a boy! :-(
You can find girl's stuff here in this room! Flower pictures on the wall, stars and goldfish hangings, "The Hours" dvd on the desk!
I know it's a mess and that's where all the confusion comes from!
I love my room! And I'm a girl!
Actually this was my brother's room before he moves out. It has been like this for ages!! But believe me I'm tidier than him! :) He lives in his own house with his wonderful family now and he is much more tidier now ;)
P.S: Maybe this room is cursed!! Or is it me ? :-(
dobbino from Cape Town, South Africa
Hello Shirin - this is if not the best, one of the best submissions today! My lovely Jacqui would never allow me to live like this inside our home, but my garage is not far off looking like this! That not an insult BTW - best thing of having a room like this is that one is constantly surprised at coming across things one has forgotten one owned! I must confess I also assumed that this was a boy's room - until I saw your beautiful "About" photo!
13 Dec 2008 12:22pm
@dobbino: Thank you so much dobbino! :)
Well I don't let anyone change my room and the way it is! I'm the lucky one! ;D
Thank God I posted a photo for the about page ;)
Michael Skorulski from Cigel, Slovakia
I like the wild clutter. It signifies a free mind. Keep that place just as it is.
13 Dec 2008 1:42pm
@Michael Skorulski: Thank you Michael! It's so kind of you to say!
I will! :)
Wolfgang - vu@granby from Granby, Québec, Canada
There is this theory that to be really creative you need to be a bit messy, so I guess you are really creative! :-)
13 Dec 2008 2:10pm
@Wolfgang - vu@granby: Thanks a million! It was one exhilarating comment :)
Barmak from Karaj, Iran
otaghe man faghat sali 2 bar mesle otaghe to mishe, oonam vaghti ke moratabesh mikonam. :D
13 Dec 2008 4:36pm
@Barmak: Pas hanuz jaye pishraft daram! :D
mo.langel from Courtelary, Switzerland
Your inside is all the opposite from my home, each makes as he wants him and it is very well so! Sorry from my bad English!
13 Dec 2008 7:10pm
@mo.langel: No worries about the English, it's pretty good :-)
My French is a mess, like my room! :D
Thanks for your comment :)
Anthony Lambert from Bielefeld, Germany
Looks like your a very busy guy,thanks for taking part in the challenge !!
13 Dec 2008 7:25pm
@Anthony Lambert: It's a wonderful challenge Anthony and thank you for that :)
Please refer to my "about" page! :-)
@rokhsana: Mamnun!
Fliss from Melbourne Beach, United States
I would call it a 'livable mess' for you... I am sure you know where everything is.. actually, though I like things to be 'clean' I can handle a livable mess... I actually like this shot... looks homey...
13 Dec 2008 8:39pm
@Fliss: Thank you so much! I sooo happy you liked this shot!
Gary from Cochise County, United States
So many people are worried what others will think of their space that they keep it void of their own personality. I am like yourself, surrounded by what I enjoy. Thank you for sharing your space with us.
13 Dec 2008 10:24pm
@Gary: Thanks for your insight! You are totally right! 100%
It's not that I don't like tidy places; I just try to be who I am, and make myself comfortable in my very own room! This is my space!
Thanks Gary :)
Grahame from New Zealand
In chaos there is order.
Interesting the gender mix ups,
Same old story .....
literacy doesn't equal female...
People can be a bunch of dim buggers at times !!
Keep showing how wrong that conception is....
am3's interface is only letting me post as "guest" at present.
Grahame
Dreams Within Dreams
14 Dec 2008 12:31am
@Grahame: You wouldn't believe but I just suddenly woke up in the middle of the night (not exactly, as it was 5:20 a.m!) and decided to check new comments using my cell phone - which is not by accident in my bed near the pillow!- and this wireless internet thing [As I never unplug the PC and modem!]. Then I saw yours and all these things came into my mind so I decided to write them down using the pen and the notebook -again located near my pillow!- and thought to myself I would post it first thing in the morning.
Last night I decided to go to bed a little earlier [that would be 2 a.m for me!] as I have a translation job at hand [not literary, but informative as I'm not that all literary geek!!!]. But then waking in the middle of the night and reading your comment I couldn't resist writing a response! I was so sleepy that at one point or two I really couldn't think in English, so I left some parts in Persian and thought I would change it in the morning! [I wrote this part in the middle of the night too! All of this response actually! I just tried to keep the correct tense for verbs! :D]
Last night I had double shocks... One from the comments here, and one from a reply to an email which was merely an invitation...
I got over the email shock, and then tried to get over the comment shock too, but then again came another similiar comment. To be honest I felt really sad...
Yesterday I was happy to be a part of this challenge thing, but at the end of the day all enthusiasm was lost...
Well I try to be tough, but at times I become very vulnerable. I try not to show... but this whole "gender mix up", as you called it, just broke my heart...This is a friendly community and I want to be friends with everyone here. But I can't take it being called a guy when I have a photo in my "about" page. And what is it with people acting accordning to all these stereotypes? I'm a Persian girl, and I'm proud...
[At this time, being thirsty in the middle of the night, I tried to reach the bottle of water -with no glasses!- beside my bed in my messy room! And I don't have to get up and make all the way through to the kitchen!]
This whole thing gave me the idea for a future post, and I'm gonna write down the body of that post right now! Well I think I wouldn't get enough time to sleep before the alarm I set for 7:30 a.m!
Thank you Grahame for your thoughtful comment! It really cheered me up :)
Denise from Perry, United States
Shirin, looks like an oprderly mess to me. We have 2 sons at university and the one has a neat room, the other has a disaster. However, the disaster one can usually find a lost item, the neat one, not so easily.... Thanks for sharing piece of your life:)
14 Dec 2008 1:19am
@Denise: Thanks Denise! Well it's one big and super ability to find things in similar messy situations! Super ability, I has it!!! (Sometimes I can't get enough of this I can has cheezburger!!)
Laurie from New Jersey, United States
Your room reminds me of my youth, and well my kids too. I was always so busy I never seemed to have the time to clear the clutter. My desk still gets a little messy from time to time but I keep after it a little better than I used to. Fun shot. Very clever to use a ladder.
I think the people who mistook you for a boy was because your name may not be clear to those who aren't familiar with names that are not common in the western world. I know there are people who thought I was a guy...well in fairness I was named for my Grandpa...the name Laurie is or was unisex in England I suppose, although I only know of 2 male Laurie's and one was a character in a Novel!
I try to look at people's profile pages if I am not sure of their gender.
14 Dec 2008 6:16am
@Laurie: I think those days are not far gone for you! You ARE young :)
The ladder was one crazy idea!! :D
I know it's not a common name for western people, but I think it's better to check than to automatically assume that it's a boy's name!
Well I got over it! Mistakes happen. I could have made the same mistake...
And I didn't know that Laurie is/was a male name too! It's beautiful anyway!
Thanks for your comment Laurie :)
Linerberry from Sumner, Christchurch, New Zealand
A very busy looking room!! Thanks for sharing;-) Great shots:-)
14 Dec 2008 8:43am
@Linerberry: I like it this way!
Thank you so much! :)
Richard_Irwin from Belper, United Kingdom
One persons mess is another's order, I bet you know where everything is, so why put things away where you will not be able to find them. I say, you have got a 'neat' mess there Shirin.
14 Dec 2008 9:35am
@Richard_Irwin: I do know for sure!
Thank you so much Richard, I really appreciate your comment :)
Mirko Herzner from Mühlheim am Main, Germany
Thanks for the insight in your life, Shirin. And don't worry about the mess... Some people need it more orderly and some don't... Both ways work well.
14 Dec 2008 2:40pm
@Mirko Herzner: You're most welcome! It works for me!
Thank you so much for stopping by :)
Alaukika from Pune, India
Wow!!!! Your room seems to the self contained. Must give a sense of belonging.
14 Dec 2008 4:04pm
@Alaukika: Thnaks for your comment! :)
Room, sweet room I can say!
@atzu: Thanks for the compliment! Much appreciated ;)
Buddy from Monroe Township, NJ, United States
It looks just like my own computer room, I have a pile of papers and magazines 5 inches thick, if I need anything important I am sure it is in that pile.
Nice photo, reminds me of home!
14 Jan 2009 9:32pm
@Buddy: Thanks Buddy! :)
It's my space and I think I should feel comfortable in it! So this is it! Welcome to the clutter!
I do tidy things up once in a while though! :D
Ti from Alpharetta, United States
Are all rats holes the same, kiddo? :-) For a second I thought this is my son's (your counter part) room! No kidding! The door, book case, closet and bed are in exact same locations, except his desk is turned 90 degree and next to the bed facing window (where you stood and took the picture).
Your closet door in open position is another book case, facing the other one, so it creates a screen for the bed from the door when entering his room. On the back of the book case are giant posters of Bjor (half naked)...his walls are full of posters...
It's funny how he finds orders within such a mess (like me, I guess...don't get my wife started...). He came back for Christmas from Japan last month along with his current girl friend, he instructed his younger brother to hide away his ex-girl friend's letters, photos, etc. a week ahead of time and knew exactly where everything are located in his room, he hasn't seen his room in almost two years! FYI, his room is messier than yours! :-)
25 Jan 2009 1:11am
@Ti: I just love your comments! I really do!
Well, at last I had to tidy up a bit! But don't worry, it will be the same again in less than a week! :D
I can't live without the closet door open! I call it the second privacy door! :D
I don't have posters as you can see. Only one poster which was a kind of announcement for our Hamlet performance at university back in my school days- which was canceled and never happened again! Those were the days!
But I do have some pictures inside the closet door; the pictures I like and the pictures full of memories.
Your son must be a master at finding stuff! Strategic stuff ;)
There's kind of order in chaos!
Thanks for your wonderful comment! :)
