Journal entry for August 19, 2001

Today's summary: My own art studio.

I actually am in the process of turning our dining room into a studio, formally. We haven't eaten there more than a handful of times since moving here, since it's always covered with wire and pliers and concrete and such! Of course the way I work I still have to move around a lot -- solder in the bathroom (or on the balcony if I'm using the blowtorch), woodworking/stain in my parents' basement... Someday I'll have a real studio with a sink, NO carpet, and an exhaust fan. When we buy a house later that's what I really need.

But meanwhile the dining room will do so I can organize my art supplies at least. Actually it feels very appropriate to me, since our dining room table is an old table my parents gave me... and that's the same table I used to do all my little projects on as a kid. I'll probably always keep it, even if it gets progressively beaten up over time. Maybe when I'm dead and famous, my grandkids can sell it on Ebay. ;)