The comic in question is from somewhere between 1991-1993. And, having actually gone to the trouble of *looking* myself, I'm pretty sure it's X-Men #24, which means it was pencilled by Andy Kubert, not Jim Lee, so huh.
So would you recognize yourself from a room twenty years in your future?
Mmph. Books, papers, disks all over every flat surface, including the desk, the chair, the floor (that latter not my fault so much any more, it's the cats these days, pushing things off the shelves; but still infinitely familiar from the days when, yup, that was me); heavyweight computer gear; empty coffee cups; boxes full of books; walls & ceiling & woodwork in bright, emphatic colours (gold and crimson, more or less, these days; twenty years ago it was more the green & purple, but still...); one solitary piece of art, my all-time favourite painting, then and now: yes, of course. What's not to recognise? I have, emphatically, not grown up at all.
Well, given that it's been 20 years since I graduated from high school...
I'd recognize the mess, most definitely. And the books. Well, I'd be startled at how many non-fiction books I own, but not so much the topics. What would be a surprise is the computer and all the computer games. Considering that personal computers were not all that common, and they didn't have anywhere near the processing powerd they have today...That would be startling.
And there would be the disappointment that this room isn't anywhere near a NASA facility. But oh, well. I ended up where I'm at.
In this particular case, since the story is set in an alternate-world Europe, the map was not really all that *difficult* to do. I just had to get my act together and *do* it. :)
*beams* Hooray for books with your name on the spine. Eheheh. :)
20-year-ago Scott would recognize today's Scott's workplace. It's an open space (a dining table in the living room) that is defined as a "space" because it is open. There's candles and a selection of pens and notepads (usually unused except when they're very used)and five boxes with odd things inside that make the boxes exciting and interesting to open. The bookshelf is near at hand and jammed, and the only actual book on the table is Creatures of Light and Darkness, which I've been wearing out for about two decades.
The only thing twenty-year-ago Scott would be surprised at is the area around the space is not a ridge of clutter shoved off of the table. Progress, I feel, although he might wonder who is tidying up around him. :)
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Mmph. Books, papers, disks all over every flat surface, including the desk, the chair, the floor (that latter not my fault so much any more, it's the cats these days, pushing things off the shelves; but still infinitely familiar from the days when, yup, that was me); heavyweight computer gear; empty coffee cups; boxes full of books; walls & ceiling & woodwork in bright, emphatic colours (gold and crimson, more or less, these days; twenty years ago it was more the green & purple, but still...); one solitary piece of art, my all-time favourite painting, then and now: yes, of course. What's not to recognise? I have, emphatically, not grown up at all.
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I'd recognize the mess, most definitely. And the books. Well, I'd be startled at how many non-fiction books I own, but not so much the topics. What would be a surprise is the computer and all the computer games. Considering that personal computers were not all that common, and they didn't have anywhere near the processing powerd they have today...That would be startling.
And there would be the disappointment that this room isn't anywhere near a NASA facility. But oh, well. I ended up where I'm at.
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*beams* Hooray for books with your name on the spine. Eheheh. :)
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The only thing twenty-year-ago Scott would be surprised at is the area around the space is not a ridge of clutter shoved off of the table. Progress, I feel, although he might wonder who is tidying up around him. :)
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