Michael S. Pascua The Life of a Freelancer

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I've recently picked up a new office chair for my "office." I think that now with the chair, it feels more office-y. So... how much was the office chair? Well, actually it was free. I saw it at the side of a dumpster at Office Depot. It looked perfectly fine on the initial look and so I quickly shoved the fully assembled chair into my trunk. The funny thing was that somehow it made it easily into my car and I had so much trouble getting it out. My neighbors just looked at me funny as I tried to pull out an old office chair. I told myself that if anyone asked (at that moment) that I got it from one of the billion yard sales that was happening that weekend.

I grabbed the chair and dragged it to the backyard. I mixed up some OxyClean with some water and attacked the chair with a brush. I let the chair sun dry for a little bit. After a little bit, I scrubbed it again. It dried and I placed it in my office. I sat down and it still felt dirty to me. So I attacked the chair with a steamer/iron. Whatever was still annoying me disappeared.

The chair is in perfect condition: the cushion is very comfortable, the seat rises and falls correctly, and the chair leans correctly. There are no arms, but I'm not the type who is obsessive for arms. I don't see why anyone tossed it. Either way, I didn't pay for the chair and just a little bit of elbow grease brought the chair to tip-top condition. I consider it being green, whilst Eric considers it a little dirty. I swear, I cleaned it.

It's weird, with the addition of the chair, the office has become more of an office. I had a hard wooden chair that I was using and it was a little too uncomfortable. Ironically, I use it for scrapbooking and now it's returned to the scrapbooking desk. Why do I have three desks?

About Michael

Michael is normally known as "Paz" but not usually as Mike. He likes reality television, all forms of music, and long walks (but not necessarily on the beach).