Wednesday, August 3, 2016

Describe the apartment of a person who has a Type-A personality, collects modern-art glass sculptures, lives on gormet take-out food, is an accountant, and enjoys Broadway musicals

The stark white walls of the 5th Avenue apartment almost glowed in the dark, and the floor to ceiling windows stared disapprovingly out at the lush, greenness of Central Park. The ghostly walls were matched by equally white wall-to-wall carpet and L-shaped sofa which dominated the spacious living area.  Tastefully concealed track lighting hung from the ceiling and illuminated violently red, green, and blue glass sculptures which swirled strange, almost bloody shadows on the walls.  

The adjoining kitchen sparkled with cleanliness.  The appliances were chef quality but obviously unused.  The stainless steel refrigerator gleamed emptily both inside and out. It was filled only with a half open bottle of expensive wine and two baby blue containers from Chef Pierre's Gourmet Takeout.  The containers were labeled Ratatouille and Beef Bourguignon.

In the adjoining office alcove, neatly stacked piles of papers in color-coordinated envelopes were lined up across a modern looking ebony colored desk.  A MacBook Pro open to 2016 Net Suite Financial and a traditional paper-roll adding machine had a prominent places on the desk.  Two tickets to Hamilton were lined up neatly on a day-by-day appointment calendar, and a framed poster from A Chorus Line hung perfectly straight on the wall behind the desk.

At the end of the hallway were two closed doors.  One door opened into a bedroom.  A huge shinny black sleigh bed took up almost the entire room.  A Zebra printed comforter was neatly spread across the king sized bed, and it matched the two striped lampshades on the nearby bureau.  Everything was meticulously clean and clear.  Every drawer and door was closed, and inside the drawers were neatly folded and color coordinated socks, underwear, collared Polo shirts, and shorts.

Opening the closet door, one would expect to see more color-coordinated organization of dress shirts, trousers, sweaters, and shoes, but inside in a crazy clash of colors and styles. Half of the clothes are in heaps on the floor, the shoes lie in a pile of unmatched and disorganized colors.  Dirty clothes mix with clean as if a monster had swiped his hand through the space, creating chaos in this hidden spot that no one would ever imagine existed in a place of white cleanliness and organization. 

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