JEO 30/46
//// 7 Dec 97
Somewhere in West Wales, the rain falls onto six green acres upon
which stands an old shepherd's cottage, with what used to be a cow
barn attached to it.  The lights are on in the cow barn, and there is
the sound of techno music coming from within.
If you were to enter the cottage, the first thing you would see would
be a life-sized sheep-shaped stool and a one-fourth-scale Highland cow
on wheels in the entrance lobby.  If you were to open the door and go
into the cow barn, you would see:
In the corner of the room, a Dell Pentium II-300 PC next to a desk
upon which is a large monitor, a keyboard, some speakers, a power
supply and a naked circuit board with glowing LEDs.  A small plush cow
sits on one of the speakers; a small plush llama on the other.  Cables
snake from the circuit board to the PC and to a large Sony wide-screen
telly against one of the walls.  There is a large, plush goat standing
on top of the monitor.  There is a 2-foot-high plush dromedary camel
standing on top of the telly; on its hump sprawls a somewhat smaller
and rather stoned-looking additional plush camel.  Next to the telly
on the left is a stereo; there is a medium-sized plush dromedary camel
standing on it.  To the right of the telly is a speaker; there is, as
I am sure you have come to expect, a small plush camel standing on the
speaker.
To the left of the stereo is a wooden cabinet containing two Nintendo
64s (one US, one UK); a PlayStation, a Saturn, a 3D0, and a sh!tload
of games.  Joysticks and controllers lie in profusion in front of the
cabinet, and a bunch of cables snake out of the back off towards the
big telly.  To the left of the cabinet is the other speaker; a
somewhat confused-looking plush goat stands on the speaker.
On the other side of the room, facing the telly, is a couch and an
armchair.  In front of these are two tables.  On one of the tables,
there is a mug that recently contained a cup of tea, three remote
controls, a green Nintendo 64 controller with rumble pack attachment,
a packet of fags and three copies of New Scientist.  The other table
is mostly filled by a large, seated, plush Bactrian camel.
In the corner, there is a massive CD collection and a big pile of Red
Dwarf videotapes.  On the walls there are some pictures: one of a cow,
three of llamas, three of individual sheep and one of a flock of
sheep, and, above the fireplace, a framed picture of a herd of camels.
On the screen of the big Sony, the beginnings of a new videogame are
displayed.  The image is unusual; for there are no visible pixels.
Yak is home.
My, but it's taken a while to get here though... but hey, it's worth
it :-)
... "The world has one less Santa..." -Mike Nelson
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