I figure random shots of my house couldn't hurt. These are the rooms that people will generally be allowed access in, and it helps give you an idea of how big stuff is. Not perfect, though, people who have actually been here can help say how things look or something.
Also, behold me REALLY AWFUL PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS! Note that a lot of these rooms are bigger than they look; its just I suck at taking pictures cause of lack of experience (I only now just got my first digital camera <_<.)
My room. In general, we won't be spending much time here. Just the place where my PS2 and Computer are. Yes, it looks kind of messy, and there are printers on the floor...I'm not gonna get into why. They should be gone by the con. Just thought I'd toss it up there for people curious
(and yes, that big picture is the same one super mocked me for)
The Family Room. This will be a secondary place of hanging out (primary will be the basement.) Yes, that's a large TV over. Basically, that big purple thing is a catch that goes around the room, and...yeah. The one hitch is that my parents said if they want to use this room, we pretty much have to get out, hence why its secondary...well, that and its A LOT SMALLER than the basement.
Thinking this would be a good spot to go for nongaming purposes, honestly. Well, there IS a bumper pool table here, but I don't expect that to get used much (we almost never use it <_< )
The Conservatory! This place is pretty much gonna be a pure "Hang OUt" spot. There's nothing here but chairs, and possible place for refreshments...so yeah, probably ideal if you just want to sit around and talk to others. Its located right next to the family room, mind.
Kitchen. Don't really have much else to say, its a kitchen. If you're wondering, that's a Soft Ice Cream maker on the counter...my mother tends to have an obsession with getting useless infomercial gadgets like that <_<;
Basement! This is the primary place we'll be hanging out. Its isolated enough from the rest of the house to not bother people with random things like the constant beatings of super as he tries to force us to watch XS3 Disc 2. That's a big TV over there, where the Wii is hooked up. There's enough room for at least 3 more systems in this room alone, I believe. If I clean up one of the rooms some, there might be room for another system hooked up in a side room.
First off, ignore the little girl in that picture. And if you're OK, you WILL FORGET ABOUT HER NOW OR I WILL KILL YOU (yes, that's my little sister; she happened to be playing the Wii now.)
Anyway, basement from the otherside of the room. Yeah crappy pic, primarily for the lightning. Here's what else is in the basement:
Pool Table
Air Hockey Table
2 Couches underneath those blankets (one of them folds out into a bed, so the select efw staying at my house, this is likely where one of you will be sleeping.) There's a few chairs scattered around so yeah, plenty of space to sit.
A Ping Pong Table; that's the thing that's folded up in the corner, see.
A potential Arcade Basketball system...uh, yeah, don't ask <_<;
Dog #1. This is Truffles. She sheds a little (though not as much as she use too), and well, she'll probably be afraid of you guys and thus run if you try to get close, so yeah, shouldn't worry about her or something.
(To give you an idea, she seems to only have fully warmed up to myself and a few other family members and this is after 3 years so...<_< )
My other Dog, Dookie. This one will bark at you a lot (Truffles will bark too, but she'll run at the same time), though, if you can approach him in a friendly manner (and avoid making sudden movements), he'll stop and generally be nice to you. Just be warned that sometimes, he gets a little attached to people quickly. For example, at Minimeet, he seemed to take a liking to super for some reason IIRC, so yeah, he might get a little in the way, but shouldn't be much to worry about. So long as you're friendly to him, he'll be harmless.
Neither of the dogs are particularly large, if you can't tell.
This is what the outside of my house looks like. I took a garage shot as well, realized its pointless, so won't bother posting it. In any event, for people actually driving, it'd be a good idea to reference this pic about 5 months from now and familiarize it or something <_<
NOT SHOWN: Random addition being built onto the house cause it looks like ass being, you know, incomplete.
In general, these are the rooms worth noting; most other places are either irrelevant like the hall way or generally off limits.
Also, these rooms look like a mess cause...well...they aren't exactly PREPARED for guests. They will be cleaned up, naturally, by the time the Con starts, so don't worry.
