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One of my goals is to create a think tank is condusive to writing and brainstorming. Seriously, I need to. I'm going to be 30 in June and I need to incubate my brilliant ideas rather than letting them blow away like a dandelion puff.

I don't have a lot of room to work with since I also have a keyboard and a very large rabbit cage for Pickles & Milly and they need their space. Those two things alone up every last bit of wall space I have. I'd love to create a little alcove or something. But nothing enclosed enough that would impede air conditioner flow in the summer or more importantly, be something that I could imagine an extra-terrestrial creeping behind when I wake up for water at 4 a.m.

So I reviewed with some of my most hip and tasteful co-workers today... and we decided it would be very beautiful to hang my map on a brick wall across from my bed. I'm very excited about it because as an honest pal pointed out, he hates the idea of something hanging over his head while he sleeps because it gives him the anxiety of it falling on him. Well noted.

Currently this is how my desk area across from my bed looks
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Cluttered. Also, if you saw my desk you might guess a pre-pubescent Asian girl lives there with the prevalence of Hello Kitty. Everyone keeps giving me Hello Kitty stuff! INCLUDING Bank of America who have generously sent me 3 Hello Kitty debit cards, insisting that I activate them although I've told them I changed my mind. The gesture sort of reminds of the earnest women behind the makeup counter in Asia who are a little too eager to try skin lightening products on me like I'm some sun-roasted rice paddy tending vagabond.


So the map can be hung from right below the ceiling and basically take up the entire white square above my desk and the bottom will end up being right at eye level when sitting down so I think it may be ideal.

Nagging feeling: What if the map looks totally weird and weirdly placed because it won't be horizontally centered on the wall? I hope this works out.