home is where the nerds are (giant jeans parlor!)

So this is the cross-stitched Christmas gift for Rob I mentioned in the last post. Sadly, I cannot take credit for the brilliant design; the conception was all thanks to the Internet. The Domestic Scientist provided the inspiration and a link to the pattern, which I doubled in size. It took forever to finish, but pretty soon after starting it I got really into it and started to realize why the ladies of yore used to cross-stitch all the time. There's something satisfying about all those tiny squares coming together to form words and pictures, especially for a compulsive neat freak like me.

Rob loves it, needless to say, and it has taken its place above our controller shelf, a repurposed IKEA CD shelf which has been dubbed "The Hutch." I set the shelf up in an attempt to organize Rob's gaming clutter (told you -- compulsive neat freak), and it has become the most commented-on piece of furniture in our apartment. Even better, Rob totally uses it! I think he likes admiring his myriad of gaming accessories, slumbering away in their little cubbies.

If home is where the controller is, where is home for the controller?

...I just made that up. It's a Zen koan for nerds. Meditate on it.

Comments (10)

turned out great! this may be the closest i've ever come to wanting to own a video game console, just looking at your tidy and well-adorned shelf.

Posted by sarah | January 18, 2009 10:33 PM

Love it!

Posted by Anonymous | January 19, 2009 7:46 AM

This makes me want to cross-stitch. Also, where do you keep his games? I know he has more than what's pictured, right? I just got a baker's rack off craigslist to satisfy my need to declutter the kitchen counter.

Posted by Jo | January 20, 2009 11:21 AM

hahahaha, very cute!

Posted by gleek | January 20, 2009 2:47 PM

Jo, the games on the left are my DS games and the right are just his "now playing" games in rotation. The rest are on a bookshelf in the living room.

Posted by Anjali | January 20, 2009 5:57 PM

My favorite remains the textpad controller needed solely for the use of texting on Xbox Live. Truly nerdy (and hilarious)!

Posted by Sonya | January 20, 2009 6:17 PM

ha ha! i like that mikanchan is residing over it!!

Posted by marol | February 1, 2009 3:30 PM

Yay, Marol! You noticed my own nerdy Collection of Strange Things With Faces.

Posted by Anjali | February 3, 2009 5:24 PM

Awesome site~! I dig your style. =)