31-07-2003 22:00									#1
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In about six weeks I move into "Pentre Jane Morgan"/PJM/Student Village in Aberystwyth with four other people.

So far I have about four posters for the walls. I've spotted a cool light kind of thing I want to get. It's like one of those fibre optics things with all different colours, but rotates like a fan. I think it will provide an interesting lighting thing.

The room won't be too big, and it will have to have my computer in there (not that I use it for anything other than mp3s, porn and the internet..).

What can I do that won't permanently change the set, but will provide an interesting look and feel to it?

	31-07-2003 22:10									#2
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An interesting thing to do is to get one of those desk top water fall type fountains then make the water glow in the dark. It sounds weird but the effect is actually kind of cool and it makes a nice conversation piece. All you have to do is get a black light ($10 at the home depot) and a highlighter pen ($2 any stationary store) and then pop open the back of the pen and let the ink pad sit in the water. Once the water has some of the highlighter ink in it just put the black light over it and you will have a water fall which glows in the dark.

Fish tanks are also cool and don't underestimate how cool home made art can be. One of my old roommates painted designs onto ceramic tiles and then hung them off of the walls and they actually looked pretty good. Real paintings can cost a fortune and pictures cut out of magazines looks cheesy so home made art might be the ticket. Besides when girls come over they can marvel at how artistic you are.

	31-07-2003 22:13									#3
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Also think about going to thrift shops as they often have some cool stuff dirt cheap. You have to sort through a lot of junk to find the gems but they are out there and even a student can afford them. If you have a camera then making large prints of your best pictures also works.

	31-07-2003 23:17									#4
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The girls will be impressed if you hang a riding crop above the bed.

Also, a very visible security-camera in the top corner of your room.

	01-08-2003 00:05									#5
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Really?

	01-08-2003 00:07									#6
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Build a shrine to Hitler. It'll be a conversation piece.

	01-08-2003 00:14									#7
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Why would I want to do that?

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Dorm rule no.1: Dorms suck.

seriously, though, the dorms I've been in look like ****, and smell like that as well. Those are the oldest buildings around my uni, though, there are some newer ones, that can be better.

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My uni had great dorms. Built in kitchen, living room, double bath, four bedrooms, fully furnished, and less then a block from the beach.

Of course the no drinking rule sucked and I much prefered having my own apartment but it was fun for a year.

	01-08-2003 00:17									#10
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They're not really dorms..just like ordinary bedrooms. Renting a house like the one I'm in next year would cost you £5000 month in London.

	01-08-2003 00:19									#11
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That would be around $7000 per month! Damn, I always thought California was expensive...

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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's Renting a house like the one I'm in next year would cost you £5000 month in London.

Did you mean £500 or is that hyperbole?

	01-08-2003 00:20									#13
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Yeah, we have our own fully-equipped bathroom and kitchen/party room.

	01-08-2003 00:21									#14
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How much would it cost to rent a 5 bedroomed detached house in the centre of London?

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Get another poster

	01-08-2003 00:44									#16
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Get patio furnitue and tanning/heat lamps since your not paying for power in a dorm... Lay-"in" and make a big deal about it...

Get a bunch of flags from different nations and convert every week switching the flag. Start telling jokes making fun of your nationality and when other people laugh get mad at them telling them you are from there... Fake the accent too... Don't forget to Switch your nationality every week.

Set up shrines for different religions and play with your statues like they are GI JOE

Drape the room in velvet

Staple random things to the wall (clothes, pages from books, comics, baseball cards, receipts)... If anyone asks why you do that tell you don't understand the question and staple something new to the wall...

Lava Lamps!

**** Capet on the Ceiling!

Pizza Box wall paper!

???

	01-08-2003 01:51									#17
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I've never been too much into decorating my room. No posters apart from a Europe map, a World map as well as 2 middle earth maps (1st and 3rd age) and the ring inscription in elvish letters.

that must have added to my reputation as a boring introvert

	01-08-2003 01:52									#18
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Lava lamps are so overrated. Everyone has them already so what's the purpose to get one nowadays?

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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's How much would it cost to rent a 5 bedroomed detached house in the centre of London?

Ah, I see you meant the whole house. I thought you were just referring to the room (ie. the bit you're paying for).

	01-08-2003 20:53									#20
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Well I suppose between us all it's costing around £1000 per month...

	01-08-2003 20:55									#21
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For you Bodd's, I suggest an African pride theme. A huge picture of Malcom X... and perhaps a picture with a black fist upon a background of some African flag.

	01-08-2003 21:02									#22
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I might get an American flag...pictures of Bush..etc..

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quote: Originally posted by Boddington's I might get an American flag...pictures of Bush..etc..

swastikas go good with the latter...

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Pictures of Bush? I thought you said the computer was for the porn.

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Crying wolf again Sava? When the real nazis come around people will have grown accustomed to your pathetic cries of swastikas and fascism that they will be ignored again.

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quote: Crying wolf again Sava? When the real nazis come around people will have grown accustomed to your pathetic cries of swastikas and fascism that they will be ignored again.

nah, just trolling you

quote: Pictures of Bush? I thought you said the computer was for the porn.

What do you think Bodd's whacks to?

	01-08-2003 21:26									#27
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you should get flowers,.,....and LOTS of teddy bears.

	01-08-2003 21:29									#28
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Er...no.

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Not even if they were the Teddy Bears from Marilyn Manson's Tainted Love video?

	01-08-2003 21:33									#30
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quote: Originally posted by MikeH Not even if they were the Teddy Bears from Marilyn Manson's Tainted Love video?

I think Stewie is interested in "biologically accurate" female teddy bears with Bush's face.