I am bechaired

See the screw holes for the headrest?

My new, el-cheapo, made-in-China office chair arrived today. No more scratching up the floor now that I roll on wheels (for office chairs, they're called casters). About those scratches (which appeared only recently): I've lost all hope of getting back whatever damage deposit I'd left last year when I'd made my rental contract... if I'd left any deposit (I'm too lazy to look at my rental contract). More likely, they'll just charge me for repairs. 

So far, I'd say the major problems are:

1. faulty light sensor (door light got old)
2. ruined wallpaper under the A/C (my fault)
3. small scratches on the floor by my desk (my fault)

I could probably go out to Euljiro's lighting district, describe my problem, and buy a new light that I would then ask the building repair guys to install. As for the wallpaper... there's a place on the first floor that looks as though it sells housing accessories, so I might talk to them about re-papering my wall (frankly, I hate wallpaper and prefer paint). And as for the new scratches on my floor... I can pray that no one notices them, but they're not exactly invisible. I'm just going to have to bite the bullet and pay the cost for reflooring when the building people see the damage as I'm moving out. If only there were a way to buff the scratches out...

Since I tend to ruin whatever chairs I sit in for months and years, I don't expect this new chair to last very long. Assembling it was a bitch, and part of the problem was the poor quality of the factory assembly: I saw screw holes where the screws wouldn't go through because the plastic molding was uneven. As a result: no headrest for uncle Kevin (see above photo). Not that I ever use a headrest anyway. And I made an active choice not to slap on armrests since I never use those, either. I'll accent the new chair with my usual double layer of ass cushions, then Bob will most decidedly be my uncle.

It feels weird to purchase a new chair when I might finally be moving out of this place this coming summer. I've been in this building for almost eleven years; up to now, I've been fine with Costco folding chairs that had cost me only W17,000 apiece. But I guess those chairs have been feeling their age (and my weight) because two of them recently popped out their backs when I sat in them—a sure sign that (1) I still need to lose another 20 kg, and (2) these chairs have been with me for a long time.

In other news: I've done three out of five weeks' worth of Substack material for The Entertaining (games and puzzles). Two more to go. I'll finish those and spend the rest of the day continuing to repopulate my YouTube scheduled posts.

With February ending, temperatures are rising. Today is sunny and windy. I won't be going for a stroll (just ate—a stroll would give rise to angina), but the afternoon sun is shining through my westward-facing window. I do, however, need to start practice-walking for my upcoming hike along the Geumgang in mid-March. That'll begin this week.